http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - CPU Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2013 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 03:04:31 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 03:04:31 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Kabini-APU-Details-Exposed-by-HP-Notebook-Specification-Sheet-352731.shtml AMD's Kabini accelerated processing units, set to be used in notebooks, have been the talk of the industry for a while now, along with the Richland APU series and Intel's Haswell upcoming collection.

However, the information available on the Kabini line has been, for the longest time, quite incomplete, due to the sp... (read more)]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 08:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Kabini-APU-Details-Exposed-by-HP-Notebook-Specification-Sheet-352731.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Kabini-APU-Details-Exposed-by-HP-Notebook-Specification-Sheet-352731.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Core-i7-4770K-Haswell-CPU-Review-Posted-in-China-352512.shtml We've already seen Intel's Haswell central processing units start shipping in China, even though Intel won't officially introduce them until Computex 2013, in June.

One thing led to another and now we have an actual review of the flagship central processing unit up for perusal in China, on Chinadiy to be precise.

... (read more)]]> Sat, 11 May 2013 07:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Core-i7-4770K-Haswell-CPU-Review-Posted-in-China-352512.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Core-i7-4770K-Haswell-CPU-Review-Posted-in-China-352512.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Desktop-CPUs-Already-Selling-in-China-352375.shtml Intel hasn't formally introduced its Haswell collection of central processing units, and doesn't plan to do it until next month, June 2013. Yet this was not enough to prevent the chips from selling early.

It's the Chinese that have jumped the gun, or rather Chinese online etailer taobao. The desktop Haswell central processing uni... (read more)]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 12:37:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Desktop-CPUs-Already-Selling-in-China-352375.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Desktop-CPUs-Already-Selling-in-China-352375.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Core-i5-4570-and-Core-i7-4770K-CPUs-Benchmarked-Again-351829.shtml Back in March, we found out about a benchmark involving Intel's upcoming Core i7-4770K central processing units, and it wasn't altogether encouraging, so we decided to wait for a second opinion.

Now we have that second opinion, thanks to an "admin" user at RedQuasar forum, but it isn't any more appealing than the ... (read more)]]> Thu, 9 May 2013 06:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Core-i5-4570-and-Core-i7-4770K-CPUs-Benchmarked-Again-351829.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Core-i5-4570-and-Core-i7-4770K-CPUs-Benchmarked-Again-351829.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-Tegra-4-Benchmark-Surfaces-Thanks-to-Project-Shield-Owner-351565.shtml No one has yet released a product based on NVIDIA's Tegra 4 system-on-chip. None that is on sale anyway, which is why it has proven so troublesome to benchmark the mobile processing and graphics platform.

Curiously enough, the Project Shield portable game console has proven to be the item most commonly available to d... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 May 2013 09:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-Tegra-4-Benchmark-Surfaces-Thanks-to-Project-Shield-Owner-351565.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-Tegra-4-Benchmark-Surfaces-Thanks-to-Project-Shield-Owner-351565.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Releases-Silvermont-CPU-Architecture-for-Mobile-Devices-351092.shtml Intel has probably not managed to match the ARM architecture in terms of performance-per-watt, but its Silvermont architecture could have finally come close enough to carve a share of the mobile processing market.

The x86 architecture has an advantage in the many applications and programming interfaces that work on it.<... (read more)]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 06:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Releases-Silvermont-CPU-Architecture-for-Mobile-Devices-351092.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Releases-Silvermont-CPU-Architecture-for-Mobile-Devices-351092.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Could-Buy-AMD-as-x86-CPUs-Lose-Ground-to-ARM-350350.shtml We doubt Intel will ever buy Advanced Micro Devices, not just because of the long-standing rivalry between the two, but also because that would give Intel a monopoly on the CPU industry, and there are regulations against that.

Nevertheless, a person speaking to the Tech Trader Daily blog (identity unknown) says that Intel will buy... (read more)]]> Thu, 2 May 2013 08:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Could-Buy-AMD-as-x86-CPUs-Lose-Ground-to-ARM-350350.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Could-Buy-AMD-as-x86-CPUs-Lose-Ground-to-ARM-350350.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Developing-Customer-Specific-IP-for-Specially-Tailored-Products-350298.shtml The relationship between suppliers and customers on the IT industry is a rather ambivalent one. Customers tell suppliers and tech designers what they want, but they don't always get it, as suppliers have limitations of their own.

Closer collaboration can help make products that perform better and more in line with... (read more)]]> Thu, 2 May 2013 07:04:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Developing-Customer-Specific-IP-for-Specially-Tailored-Products-350298.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Developing-Customer-Specific-IP-for-Specially-Tailored-Products-350298.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-CPUs-May-Demand-New-PSUs-349977.shtml Intel's Haswell central processing unit collection has been detailed and priced recently, which has been a welcome occurrence, but there is one tiny bit of info that could cause problems.

There will be a whole bunch of new technologies in the chips, but there is one that will cause headaches to anyone who has today's PSUs.

Basic... (read more)]]> Wed, 1 May 2013 08:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-CPUs-May-Demand-New-PSUs-349977.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-CPUs-May-Demand-New-PSUs-349977.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Ivy-Bridge-Celeron-and-Pentium-Intel-CPUs-Detailed-349360.shtml Intel's central processing units can never really stay hidden, not with an entire section of the world wide web and rest of the media hounding their every step, so it's not a surprise that Celeron 1005M, 1017U, and Pentium 2127U have been detailed.

These particular CPUs were reported a while ago actually, but the specification... (read more)]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Ivy-Bridge-Celeron-and-Pentium-Intel-CPUs-Detailed-349360.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Ivy-Bridge-Celeron-and-Pentium-Intel-CPUs-Detailed-349360.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Intros-G-Series-Embedded-System-on-Chip-347521.shtml For all intents and purposes, the first steps of the Jaguar micro-architecture from Advanced Micro Devices came in the form of the hardware used in the Sony PlayStation 4 game console.

The Jaguar is being used in other things as well though, in this case embedded system-on-chip devices bearing the brand G-Series.

AMD Figured... (read more)]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Intros-G-Series-Embedded-System-on-Chip-347521.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Intros-G-Series-Embedded-System-on-Chip-347521.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Starts-Making-Money-off-Kabini-APUs-346728.shtml During a recent conference call with financial analysts, Advanced Micro Devices revealed some things about its operations, beyond the financial losses suffered during the first quarter of the year.

As it happens, the Kabini accelerated processing unit has finally started to bring money to the coffers of the CPU, APU, and GPU maker.
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Sadly, the heavy reorganization that Advanced Micro Devices went through over the past couple of years did not allow for much monetary gain... (read more)]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Posts-Smallest-Loss-Yet-But-It-s-Still-a-Loss-346653.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Posts-Smallest-Loss-Yet-But-It-s-Still-a-Loss-346653.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Admits-that-Its-Chip-Manufacturing-Business-Won-t-Make-Money-for-Years-346410.shtml Intel has always made its own chips, but recently it has also opened up a foundry business similar, in a sense, to Globafoundries and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

Paul Otellini, Intel's chief executive officer and president, is confident that the foundry business will eventually become a re... (read more)]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Admits-that-Its-Chip-Manufacturing-Business-Won-t-Make-Money-for-Years-346410.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Admits-that-Its-Chip-Manufacturing-Business-Won-t-Make-Money-for-Years-346410.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Kyoto-Microserver-Processors-to-Appear-Later-this-Year-in-HP-Servers-346305.shtml Back in March, during the WorldHostingDays event, Advanced Micro Devices put together a presentation (PDF file) in which it revealed a few things about a new series of microprocessors called Kyoto.

Found here, the file, titled “A Vision for Tomorrow’s Hosting Data Center,” says that Advanced... (read more)]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Kyoto-Microserver-Processors-to-Appear-Later-this-Year-in-HP-Servers-346305.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Kyoto-Microserver-Processors-to-Appear-Later-this-Year-in-HP-Servers-346305.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Details-on-AMD-Kabini-APUs-Are-Sparse-but-They-Are-There-345367.shtml With Kabini and Kaveri accelerated processing units already shipping to developers, one would think that information leaks would happen more, but this doesn't seem to be the case, although we do have some data on a few of the chips.

In fact, information on AMD's upcoming processor product line seems to be getting harder and ... (read more)]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:47:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Details-on-AMD-Kabini-APUs-Are-Sparse-but-They-Are-There-345367.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Details-on-AMD-Kabini-APUs-Are-Sparse-but-They-Are-There-345367.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Chips-Will-Be-Easier-to-Overclock-Without-unlocked-Multipliers-345268.shtml One problem that some people have with the Ivy Bridge series of Intel CPUs is that they can't really be overclocked, unless they have the “K” suffix denoting an unlocked multiplier. Haswell won't have this limitation, Intel has revealed.

Last week, Intel held the Intel Developer Forum event in... (read more)]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:09:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Chips-Will-Be-Easier-to-Overclock-Without-unlocked-Multipliers-345268.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Chips-Will-Be-Easier-to-Overclock-Without-unlocked-Multipliers-345268.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Prepares-5-GHz-Piledriver-FX-Centurion-Superpowered-CPU-345059.shtml There are rumors and then there are rumors, and what we have here, thanks to the nice folk at Hexus.net, is definitely one of the latter, likely to leave a lot of people reeling.

To avoid a lengthy egress, it has been reported that Advanced Micro Devices is working on a central processing unit with a clock speed of 5 GHz.... (read more)]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:46:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Prepares-5-GHz-Piledriver-FX-Centurion-Superpowered-CPU-345059.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Prepares-5-GHz-Piledriver-FX-Centurion-Superpowered-CPU-345059.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Details-Xeon-CPUs-and-Atom-SoCs-for-Data-Centers-344404.shtml Yesterday, Intel and HP, but mostly HP, really shook the world by revealing Project Moonshot, an admittedly spectacular new type of server that marks the ascension of the Atom brand on the server and data center market.

Now we get to see just what kind of product line the Atom S1200 SoC (system-on-chip device) is part of, alon... (read more)]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:29:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Details-Xeon-CPUs-and-Atom-SoCs-for-Data-Centers-344404.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Details-Xeon-CPUs-and-Atom-SoCs-for-Data-Centers-344404.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mobile-Intel-Haswell-Celeron-Coming-in-Third-Quarter-344253.shtml Intel will officially launch the first Haswell central processing units in June, but the full range of processors based on that architecture will take some time to reach the market, and the product introductions will be done in stages.

Desktop Celeron processors based on Haswell, for example, are only expected to make their firs... (read more)]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mobile-Intel-Haswell-Celeron-Coming-in-Third-Quarter-344253.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mobile-Intel-Haswell-Celeron-Coming-in-Third-Quarter-344253.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-BGA-Chips-with-Better-Graphics-Prepared-for-Mini-PCs-343601.shtml In mini personal computers, and even all-in-one PCs, system designers usually employ the CPUs (central processing units) normally used in laptops. Intel wants to make something special for them, however.

According to a roadmap posted by VR-Zone China, Chipzilla is preparing Core i “Haswell” R-series mic... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Apr 2013 06:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-BGA-Chips-with-Better-Graphics-Prepared-for-Mini-PCs-343601.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-BGA-Chips-with-Better-Graphics-Prepared-for-Mini-PCs-343601.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Confirms-USB-3-0-Bug-on-Next-Generation-Chipsets-343463.shtml Last month, we discovered a report that said Intel's Lynx Point chipset, the 8-Series made for Haswell CPUs, had a problem in regards to the USB 3.0 connectivity technology.

Now we finally have the official word on the matter. Intel has confirmed the issue and promised to have a modified stepping out in short order.
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Granted, Advanced Micro Devices believes that NVIDIA is only putting up an act, and that it is, secretly, bitter about it.
... (read more)]]> Wed, 3 Apr 2013 06:38:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-Tegra-5-Will-Outperform-PS3-and-Xbox-360-342410.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-Tegra-5-Will-Outperform-PS3-and-Xbox-360-342410.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-ARM-Cortex-A57-64-Bit-Processor-Taped-Out-342257.shtml The ARMv8 architecture was what opened the door for ARM Holdings on the computer industry, as it adds support for 64-bit instructions, a must on modern PCs. Now, though, we get to see the first optimizations.

ARM Holdings is collaborating with TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), which happens to be the world's largest ... (read more)]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:32:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-ARM-Cortex-A57-64-Bit-Processor-Taped-Out-342257.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-ARM-Cortex-A57-64-Bit-Processor-Taped-Out-342257.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Trinity-APUs-Have-a-Problem-Their-Clocks-Plummer-Below-the-Base-342157.shtml Most everyone who bothers learning the basics about computers will know that today's CPUs and APUs from Intel and AMD have dynamic overclocking technology. What they might not know is that down-clocking happens as well, for AMMD chips at least.

Then again, it's not as though Advanced Micro Devices wants people to ... (read more)]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 09:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Trinity-APUs-Have-a-Problem-Their-Clocks-Plummer-Below-the-Base-342157.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Trinity-APUs-Have-a-Problem-Their-Clocks-Plummer-Below-the-Base-342157.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Steamroller-Architecture-Will-Debut-This-Year-2013-342117.shtml Intel would probably love to have the server industry all to itself, and maybe the rest of the processor segment too, but Advanced Micro Devices isn't sitting idly by, no matter what impressions it may give off.

Of course, the many articles about AMD's graphics cards and A-Series accelerated processing units have made it clear... (read more)]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 07:58:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Steamroller-Architecture-Will-Debut-This-Year-2013-342117.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Steamroller-Architecture-Will-Debut-This-Year-2013-342117.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Here-is-Intel-s-Ivy-Bridge-E-HEDT-CPU-Lineup-341910.shtml The LGA 2011 socket, supported by the X79 chipset, was invented by Intel for its high-end collection of central processing units, higher than even the Core i7 line of CPUs. Those top-tier CPUs have now been detailed.

The marketing name of the next HEDT series of central processing units, where HEDT means high-end desktop, is called Ivy ... (read more)]]> Mon, 1 Apr 2013 12:23:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Here-is-Intel-s-Ivy-Bridge-E-HEDT-CPU-Lineup-341910.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Here-is-Intel-s-Ivy-Bridge-E-HEDT-CPU-Lineup-341910.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Eurocom-Intros-Panther-7N-Super-Laptop-With-Two-Xeon-CPUs-341823.shtml In the past, we described some high-end laptops as supercomputers, but we might have spoken too soon, as most of them can't hold a candle to the Panther 7N from Eurocom.

Eurocom really didn't cut any corners when it put together the Panther 7N, just like it didn't cut any corners when it made any of the other Panther-series... (read more)]]> Mon, 1 Apr 2013 08:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Eurocom-Intros-Panther-7N-Super-Laptop-With-Two-Xeon-CPUs-341823.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Eurocom-Intros-Panther-7N-Super-Laptop-With-Two-Xeon-CPUs-341823.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-NVIDIA-Is-Bitter-Over-Losing-Sony-PS4-Deal-341761.shtml Back in mid-March, NVIDIA said it had deliberately refused a deal with Sony for supplying the PlayStation 4 with GPUs. Now, however, AMD says that's not how things really happened.

People may or may not have heard how dismissive (at best) NVIDIA has been about Sony's latest gaming console.

In a nutshell, the Santa Clara,... (read more)]]> Mon, 1 Apr 2013 06:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-NVIDIA-Is-Bitter-Over-Losing-Sony-PS4-Deal-341761.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-NVIDIA-Is-Bitter-Over-Losing-Sony-PS4-Deal-341761.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Roadmap-for-Embedded-and-Server-Intel-CPUs-Revealed-341150.shtml Last Sunday, an Intel PDF file leaked, one that revealed the company's entire roadmap. The file has since been removed, but it should still be available in Google cache. Thus, we can still find the information.

Part of it we've already covered. Not long ago, we wrote about the complete list of mobile Haswell CPUs and the Core i7-... (read more)]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:48:00 GMT Softpedia News - CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Roadmap-for-Embedded-and-Server-Intel-CPUs-Revealed-341150.shtml CPU http://news.softpedia.com/news/Roadmap-for-Embedded-and-Server-Intel-CPUs-Revealed-341150.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop)