Cineca’s Tesla K20-Based “Eurora” Supercomputer Unveiled; Water Cooling Unlocks Extra Efficiency
We typically don’t cover a lot of supercomputing news outside of the major Top500/Green500 announcements due to the fact that the launches of so many supercomputers are clustered around...
17 by Ryan Smith on 1/31/2013
Epic Games Releases Epic Citadel for Android Devices - We test it out
Epic Games granted us a huge wish and released Epic Citadel for Android devices publicly this week, and included a benchmark inside. Getting Epic Citadel for Android and thus...
52 by Brian Klug on 1/30/2013
Samsung Laptops Bricked by Booting Linux Using UEFI
Ryan passed this along early this morning (really early for Ryan, seeing that we’re not even in the double digits of the morning hours!), and while this issue is...
43 by Jarred Walton on 1/30/2013
Updating AnandTech’s 2013 Mobile Benchmark Suite (RFC)
If it seems like just last year that we updated our mobile benchmark suite, that’s because it was. We’re going to be keeping some elements of the testing, but...
47 by Jarred Walton on 1/29/2013
Slightly Smaller Apple TV 3,2 (A1469) Contains A5X SoC, BCM4334 Combo
Yesterday along with iOS 6.1 being pushed to iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches, Apple released an update to the Apple TV 2,1 and 3,1, and curiously enough released another...
17 by Brian Klug on 1/29/2013
AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 3 Drivers Released
As promised alongside last week’s release of the Catalyst 13.1 WHQL drivers, AMD has shipped out the first public beta for the next version of their drivers this week...
6 by Ryan Smith on 1/29/2013
HP Leaks Their First Chromebook
Google's venture into the desktop operating system space has been getting a lot of the right kind of attention lately. Acer's C7 Chromebook has been well received, as has...
20 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/29/2013
Trio of New Gigabyte Server Motherboards Announced
We recently reviewed a dual processor setup using the Gigabyte GA-7PESH1 and a pair of socket 2011 Xeons, with varied reactions from the point of view of a need...
13 by Ian Cutress on 1/29/2013
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 15
We're back after CES and have a little bit of post-show wrap-up. We kick off this week's podcast with a discussion of Intel's near term challenges in the industry...
32 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/28/2013
NVIDIA GeForce R313.95 Beta Drivers Available
It seems ironic that after years of their monthly releases when AMD/ATI has now switched to a "when it's necessary" release schedule--something NVIDIA has been doing via official beta...
2 by Jarred Walton on 1/28/2013
Intel's SSD 525: Bringing iSandForce to mSATA
Today Intel is officially announcing what we've had in house since the end of last year: the Intel SSD 525. Based on SandForce's SF-2281 controller but using a special...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/28/2013
Element Case Sector 5 for iPhone 5 Review
Most of the AnandTech crew seems to be averse to putting cases on their phones for a variety of different reasons. I’m still of the persuasion where I want...
47 by Brian Klug on 1/26/2013
AVADirect’s Clevo P570WM X79 Gaming Notebook Available for Pre-Order in the US
Depending on whom you ask, desktop replacement notebooks are either a growing or a shrinking market. Most large OEMs have completely abandoned the DTR market, with high-end DTR-like notebooks...
19 by Jarred Walton on 1/25/2013
Intel Introduces the Safaricom Yolo Based On Z2420 Lexington Smartphone Platform
At CES I took a look at Intel's newly announced Lexington platform FFRD (Form Factor Reference Design) which is an entry-level smartphone design aimed at emerging markets and uses...
17 by Brian Klug on 1/24/2013
Whither 3DMark—Updates on the Cross-Platform Launch
Early in December 2012, I posted a short article about the Fire Strike trailer for the next 3DMark with the note that the full release was promised before the...
15 by Jarred Walton on 1/23/2013
AMD Q4’12 and FY 2012 Earnings: Closing Out a Rough Year, Looking Towards the Next
Continuing the spate of earnings announcements this week we have both AMD’s Q4’12 and fiscal year 2012 earnings. The 4th quarter presents something of a culmination of several events...
34 by Ryan Smith on 1/23/2013
The End of an Era: Intel's Desktop Motherboard Business to Ramp Down Over Next 3 Years
Today Intel made a sobering, but not entirely unexpected announcement: over the next 3 years Intel will be ramping down its own desktop motherboard business. Intel will continue to...
53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/22/2013
Hands on with Microsoft's Surface Pro, Available in US & Canada on February 9th
When it launched Surface RT, Microsoft mentioned that 3 months later it would be bringing out an Ivy Bridge version running Windows 8 Pro. At the end of last...
56 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/22/2013
Microsoft Announces New Surface RT SKU: 64GB Without Touch Cover
When Microsoft launched Surface RT, you could only buy the 64GB SKU with a bundled black touch cover. Although Microsoft's custom keyboard covers are an integral part of Surface's...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/22/2013
Rounding Out the Surface Announcements: New Markets and New Touch Covers
Along with the 64GB $599 Surface RT and Surface Pro availability announcements, Microsoft is also announcing three new limited edition touch covers, expanded availability in 13 new markets and...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/22/2013
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