AMD has launched its second-generation A-series line of processors aimed at a wide range of computers from desktops to “ultrathin” notebooks. You can’t call them ultrabooks because Intel owns the rights to that word. Code-named Trinity, the new chips in this family range from a low power 17W dual core processor processors aimed at ultrathins to more powerful 35W quad-core…
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It’s been a long way since gigahertz were the best way to measure computer processor performance. There are a lot of other factors that help determine how well a CPU will be able to perform a task. But that hasn’t stopped chip foundry TSMC from announcing that its new ARM Cortex-A9 dual core processor can hit clock speeds of 3.1…
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The Lava Xolo X900 is the first smartphone to ship with an Intel Atom processor. The Xolo X900 is available in India for about $420, and the Android handset features a low power 1.3 GHz Intel Atom Z2460 system-on-a-chip. The phone is based on an Intel reference design, and upcoming phones from Orange and Lenovo are expected to look very…
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Samsung has introduced its first quad-core chip, the Exynos 4 Quad. The processor is based on an ARM Cortex-A9 design and will power Samsung’s next Galaxy smartphone — which the company plans to introduce in May. That’s probably the Samsung Galaxy S III. But it’s possible we could also see this new chip in other upcoming phone sand tablets from…
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Intel unveiled 13 new processors as part of its third generation Core family lineup today. The new processors should be about 20 percent faster than their predecessors while using 20 percent less energy — but the biggest change will be in the improved graphics. The new chips are designed to support DirectX 11 graphics, HD video encoding and decoding, and…
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As expected, Intel is introducing its first 3rd generation Core family processors today. The first crop of the new “Ivy Bridge” chips will be high performance quad-core processors, and the BBC reports most of the 13 new processors coming today will be destined for desktop computers. Some of the chips will arrive in high performance notebooks such as the new…
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AMD has announced that it’s next-generation notebook processors started shipping last quarter, which means that they’ll likely start showing up in laptops in the coming months. The new processors continue AMD’s recent trend of combining CPU and discrete-level graphics on a single chip while keeping power consumption low enough to enable decent battery life — something AMD hasn’t always been…
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Intel is expected to launch its 3rd generation Core series processor line on Monday. But the first Ivy Bridge processors will be quad-core chips designed for high performance computers. We won’t see the lower power dual-core chips for ultrabooks and “mainstream noteboks” until later this year. CNET reports that Intel CEO Paul Otellini spoke a little bit about the timeline…
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MIPS-based processors don’t get a lot of love these days, but there are a handful of Android tablets on the market with these low power chips. That includes the Ainol Novo 7 and the Skytex Primer Pocket. Unfortunately, they can’t run all Android apps, because apps written using the current native developer kit for Android don’t support MIPS architecture. But it…
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Chip designer ARM has unveiled a new version of the company’s Cortex-A15 design. The ARM Cortex-A15 MP4 Hard Macro is a low power 28nm quad-core chip design that runs at 2 GHz. What sets the “Hard Macro” designs apart from “Soft Macro” is that the soft macro versions offer chip makers more flexibility to customize various aspects of the chip….
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Chinese chip maker Rockchip is starting to show off its latest RK3066 ARM Cortex-A9 dual core processor, as well as a number of the tablets and set-top boxes that will use the new chip. But the RK3066 is just one of the new processors the company plans to bring to market this year. In the second quarter of 2012, Rockchip…
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Sure, quad-core ARM processors are all the rage these days. But chip maker Amlogic is just now introducing its first dual core processor, which is still kind of a big deal since Amlogic’s low power processors are found in a number of low power Chinese tablets including the Zenithink C71 that’s the basis for the open source Linux-based Vivaldi tablet….
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