CPUs
China has initiated a policy shift to eliminate American processors from government computers and servers, reports Financial Times. The decision is aimed to gradually eliminate processors from AMD and Intel from system used by China's government agencies, which will mean lower sales for U.S.-based chipmakers and higher sales of China's own CPUs. The new procurement guidelines, introduced quietly at the end of 2023, mandates government entities to prioritize 'safe and reliable' processors and operating systems in their purchases. This directive is part of a concerted effort to bolster domestic technology and parallels a similar push within state-owned enterprises to embrace technology designed in China. The list of approved processors and operating systems, published by China's Information Technology Security Evaluation Center, exclusively features Chinese companies. There are...
The ARM Diaries, Part 1: How ARM’s Business Model Works
We’ve had well over a decade of Intel sharing its beliefs with us, but this is ARM’s first attempt at doing the same. What will follow over the next...
65 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/28/2013A Look at Intel HD 5000 GPU Performance Compared to HD 4000
When I got my hands on a Haswell based Ultrabook, Acer's recently announced S7, I was somewhat disappointed to learn that Acer had chosen to integrate Intel's HD 4400...
55 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/24/2013AMD Takes Samsung, Kabini in the ATIV Book 9 Lite & ATIV One 5 Style - Hands On
Samsung was curiously quiet on talking about specs with a couple of its newly announced PCs, and now we know why. Both the ATIV Book 9 Lite (affordable ultraportable...
28 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/20/2013Rumors on Ivy Bridge-E: 3 SKUs, September Release?
A performance enthusiast always wants to know what is coming next. This morning HardwareLuxx published a rather interesting and official looking Intel slide detailing information about the upcoming...
48 by Ian Cutress on 6/20/2013Competitive Overclocking: The GIGABYTE OC Lab and HWBot.org
Every field has enthusiasts – the users that obsess over the smallest details to get the best, to be the best, and excel in their field. Well it turns...
18 by Ian Cutress on 6/19/2013AMD Evolving Fast to Survive in the Server Market Jungle
There are two important trends in the server market: it is growing and it is evolving fast. It is growing fast as the number of client devices is exploding...
80 by Johan De Gelas on 6/18/2013UPDATED! AMD Announces FX-9590 and FX-9370: Return of the GHz Race
AMD Announces FX-9590 and FX-9370: Return of the GHz Race Today at E3 AMD announced their latest CPUs, the FX-9590 and FX-9370. Similar to what we’re seeing with Richland vs...
115 by Jarred Walton on 6/13/2013Intel's Thunderbolt 2: Everything You Need to Know
At Computex, Intel officially branded its next-generation Thunderbolt as Thunderbolt 2. As a recap, current Ivy Bridge platforms use Cactus Ridge Thunderbolt controllers while newly launched Haswell platforms use...
34 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/9/2013Silvermont to Sell under Atom, Celeron and Pentium Brands, 2.4GHz Z3770 Leaked
During Computex a bit of Intel news leaked out that I didn't have time to talk about. Now that I'm back in the US, it's time to play catch...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/9/2013The Haswell Ultrabook Review: Core i7-4500U Tested
With Haswell we got a staggered launch, with only some parts ready to go immediately. Interestingly enough, it’s the high-end Haswell desktop parts that are most ready at this...
89 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/9/2013AMD's Richland vs. Intel's Haswell GPU on the Desktop: Radeon HD 8670D vs. Intel HD 4600
The run up to Computex has been insane. Kabini, Haswell and Iris hit us back to back to back, not to mention all of the travel before receiving those...
102 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/6/2013AMD Continues Assembling Dream Team: Sean Pelletier from NVIDIA Tech Marketing to Join, Update: He's back at NVIDIA
Last year AMD was hemorrhaging talent. While we don't have a good indication of the extent of the talent exodus, Qualcomm seemed to benefit quite a bit from the...
61 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/5/2013AMD Richland Desktop APUs Now Available
We’ve all known for a while that AMD would be releasing desktop Richland SKUs, and there have been a few leaks—including the APUs going up for sale at Newegg...
42 by Jarred Walton on 6/5/2013Intel Announces Thunderbolt 2 at Computex: 20Gbps Bi-Directional Bandwidth per Channel
Earlier this year Intel revealed some details about Falcon Ridge, its 2014 Thunderbolt controller. Today it went a little further and gave the updated Thunderbolt spec a new name...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2013Choosing a Gaming CPU at 1440p: Adding in Haswell
A few weeks ago we released our first set of results to aid readers in deciding what CPU they may want for a new single or multi-GPU build. ...
116 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2013Introducing the Dual-Core Haswell SKUs
Introducing the Dual-Core Haswell SKUs On Saturday Intel lifted the embargo on information related to their quad-core Haswell processors, and we’ve been busy posting all sorts of details over the...
50 by Jarred Walton on 6/4/2013ARM Cortex A12: Between Cortex A9 and A15 in Power & Perf, Sampling in Late 2014
We’ve talked about the hole in ARM’s product lineup for quite a while now. The Cortex A9 is too slow to compete with the likes of Intel’s Atom and...
78 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/2/2013Intel's Haswell - An HTPC Perspective: Media Playback, 4K and QuickSync Evaluated
Over the last two years, the launch of every major desktop CPU family from both AMD and Intel has been accompanied by a dedicated HTPC-oriented article. This coverage has...
95 by Ganesh T S on 6/2/2013Exploring the Floating Point Performance of Modern ARM Processors
As a programmer who wants to write decent performing code, I am very interested in understanding the architectures of CPUs and GPUs. However, unlike desktop and server CPUs, mobile...
39 by Rahul Garg on 6/2/2013Hit the Road, Jack: Intel’s Mobile Quad-Core Haswell SKUs
For those who are just looking for information on the various processor models with their associated features, we wanted to put together a short list of all the parts...
34 by Jarred Walton on 6/1/2013