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Intel Cloverview to hit at same time as Windows 8, Intel vs. ARM matchup coming

It seems like Windows 7 from Microsoft just hit the market and already we are talking about Windows 8. Generally when Microsoft launches a new OS you can count on it being tied firmly to Intel processors and other x86 offerings on the market. With Windows 8, Microsoft is breaking away from its past of putting the bulk of its weight ...

Posted on June 29, 2011 | Tags: Archive, intel, Microsoft, windows 8

Sony’s ultraslim 13-inch VAIO Z laptop revealed in Europe, packs external GPU for power on demand

Turns out those leaked shots we saw of Sony's new VAIO Z laptop were right on the money as the company showed it off officially today for the European press. The specs reveal a 13.1-inch "ultramobile" notebook that comes in at under 1.2kg with a 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 processor, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM, 1600x900 screen and sheet battery borrowed from ...

Posted on June 28, 2011 | Tags: 6650M, a, AMD, breaking news, core i7, CoreI7, d, dock, europe, extrenal gpu, ExtrenalGpu, GPU, i7, intel, laptop, light peak, LightPeak, PCIe, power media dock, PowerMediaDock, radeon, Sony, sony europe, SonyEurope, thin, thunderbolt, ultraportable, ulv, VAIO, Vaio Z, vaio z series, VaioZ, VaioZSeries, viao

AMD Gains HPC Market Share, Interlagos On The Way

AMD announced its share of the TOP500 supercomputer list has grown 15 percent in the past six months. The company credits industry trends, upgrade paths, and competitive pricing for the increase. Of the 68 Opteron-based systems on the list, more than half of them use the Opteron 6100 series processors. We covered the launch of Magny-Cours more than a year ago; ...

Posted on June 27, 2011 | Tags: AMD, Bulldozer, enterprise, intel, Interlagos

Acer Moves Forward in Time

Acer's popular TimelineX line of notebooks has undergone a refresh to Sandy Bridge and brought a healthy number of upgrades to the hardware with them, including a major (and much appreciated) change to the keyboard. With models topping out at just 1.15" thick and 5.6 pounds in the case of the 15.6" model, these notebooks are made for performance in a ...

Posted on June 14, 2011 | Tags: Acer, intel, laptop, Mobile, notebook, NVIDIA, Sandy Bridge, TimelineX

LucidLogix brings GPU virtualization to AMD notebooks, all-in-ones, keeps sharing the graphics love

Late last year, LucidLogix introduced us to Virtu, the GPU virtualization software that makes disparate GPUs play nice on Sandy Bridge PCs, and now its extending the love to AMD Bulldozer and Brazos machines. The latest version of the software, dubbed Virtu Universal, also extends GPU virtualization to all-in-ones and notebooks (on both AMD and Intel), enabling simple switching between discrete graphics and the integrated ilk. What's more, the program ushers in the debut of Virtual Vsync, which claims to bring ...

Posted on June 02, 2011 | Tags: AMD, Brazos, Bulldozer, discrete graphics, DiscreteGraphics, GPU, gpu virtualization, GpuVirtualization, Graphic, graphics cards, GraphicsCards, integrate graphics, IntegrateGraphics, intel, lucid logix, LucidLogix, sandybridge, Virtual Vsync, virtualization, VirtualVsync

Computex 2011: MSI’s X79 and Llano Motherboards

By now you know that Ivy Bridge (due out in March - April of 2012) will be backwards compatible with some 6-series motherboards. The CPU itself has a PCIe 3.0 controller on-die, however MSI tells us that without modifications to existing motherboard designs you won't be able to properly support the 3.0 spec. MSI's Z68A-GD80 (G3) features new circuitry ...

Posted on June 01, 2011 | Tags: Board, chipset, Computex 2011, intel, Intel Chipset, Llano, mobo, motherboard, MSI, Trade Show, X79

More on Intel’s Thin Mini-ITX Standard

I stopped by Intel's booth at Computex to grab a few shots of the small but potent Thin Mini-ITX ecosystem. If you read our coverage yesterday you'll remember that Thin Mini-ITX is just a low profile Mini-ITX standard designed for affordable (or potentially DIY) all-in-one PCs. Intel had a number of Sandy Bridge motherboards on display that conform to the ...

Posted on June 01, 2011 | Tags: chipset, Computex 2011, CPU, intel, ITX, motherboard, thin mini ITX, Trade Show

Computex 2011: Zotac Z68 miniITX Motherboards

Zotac has two mini-ITX Z68 motherboards on display at Computex: the Zotac Z68-ITX WiFi A and B models (Z68ITX-A-E and Z68ITX-B-E). Both feature Intelâ€™s Z68 chipset with all of the goodness that brings along with it (mainly SSD caching). The A model has a PCIe x16 slot for discrete graphics and uses standard DDR3 DIMMs. The B model features a GeForce ...

Posted on May 31, 2011 | Tags: Computex 2011, intel, ITX, Mini-ITX, mobo, motherboard, Trade Show, Z68, Zotac

Intel’s Ivy Bridge roadmap narrowed down to March 2012

Intel's Ivy Bridge chip architecture may have its launch timing narrowed down based on an updated roadmap leaked out Wednesday. Where a previous copy had only given the 22 nanometer desktop processors a vague first-half 2011 target, MyDrivers' new version narrowed the release down to a "March-April" timeframe. The schedule wasn't strictly a delay but would be later than Intel's usual ...

Posted on May 31, 2011 | Tags: 22nm, compatibility, dates, directx 11, Directx11, graphics, intel, intel roadmap, intel roadmap 2011, IntelRoadmap, IntelRoadmap2011, ivy bridge, IvyBridge, leak, leaked, leaks, plans, R, roadmap, roadmap 2011, Roadmap2011, support, x86

Intel reveals skinny Ivy Bridge ‘Ultrabooks,’ Moore’s Law-defying Atoms

Press Released: Intel's Maloney Talks Mobile Growth, Industry Opportunities at Computex New Roadmaps Across IntelÂ® Coreâ„¢ and Atomâ„¢ Processor Families to Usher in Next Wave of Laptops and Connected Mobile Devices NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel defines new category of mainstream thin and light mobile computers, called Ultrabookâ„¢. Intel aims to shift 40 percent of consumer laptops to the Ultrabookâ„¢ by end of 2012. Separately, Intel is accelerating the Atomâ„¢ processor roadmap to a one-process-generation per year cadence to enable a wider range of optimized solutions for multiple ...