Intel
Over the last couple of days, numerous reports have revealed that Intel's recently announced Meteor Lake SoC, primarily a mobile platform, would be coming to desktop PCs. Intel has further clarified that while their Meteor Lake processors will be featured in desktop systems next year, they won't power traditional socketed desktop PCs. Instead, these CPUs, primarily crafted for laptops, will be packaged in ball grid array (BGA) formats, making them suitable for compact desktops and all-in-one (AIO) devices. Intel's statement, as reported by ComputerBase, emphasizes, "Meteor Lake is a power efficient architecture that will power innovative mobile and desktop designs, including desktop form factors such as All-in-One (AIO). We will have more product details to share in the future." A senior Intel official recently mentioned...
Intel Insider: Sandy Bridge Gets 1080p High Bitrate Streaming
In an attempt to ultimately raise its stock price, Intel is trying to shock and surprise investors by keeping details scarce on unannounced products. We saw the first example...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/10/2011
Lucid Enables Quick Sync with Discrete Graphics on Sandy Bridge
If you read our Sandy Bridge Review you’ll know that we were very excited about Intel’s Quick Sync hardware transcode engine. It easily offers at least twice the performance...
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/7/2011
Ask Your 2nd Gen Intel Core Processor Questions Here, Update: Now with Answers!
ASUS and Intel are putting together a webcast that they've invited me to attend. The topic of discussion? Sandy Bridge. The webcast will air after Intel's official announcement of...
223 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2011
CyberPowerPC's Gamer Xtreme 4000: Now with Sandy Bridge
Intel's Sandy Bridge processor architecture is upon us, and with it a freshly minted gaming PC courtesy of CyberPowerPC: the Gamer Xtreme 4000. If you read Anand's preview of...
42 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/4/2011
The Sandy Bridge Review: Intel Core i7-2600K, i5-2500K and Core i3-2100 Tested
Intel never quite reached 4GHz with the Pentium 4. Despite being on a dedicated quest for gigahertz the company stopped short and the best we ever got was 3.8GHz...
284 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/3/2011
Intel’s Sandy Bridge i7-2820QM: Upheaval in the Mobile Landscape
Ever since the Sandy Bridge preview, we’ve been waiting to see what Intel’s new architecture could do for mobility. No longer would quad-core notebooks require discrete graphics solutions, and...
66 by Jarred Walton on 1/3/2011
Intel's SSD 310: G2 Performance in an mSATA Form Factor
Although not quite the Intel SSD announcement we were expecting in Q4, today Intel unveiled its first mSATA SSD: the Intel SSD 310. Based on the 34nm Intel X25-M G2...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/29/2010
DigitalStorm BlackOps: Almost Too Fast
While most of the desktops we've received so far have been fairly affordable (read: south of two large), we haven't really had a chance to take a run at...
77 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/29/2010
ASUS N53JF: Midrange 15.6” 1080p, Take Four
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a 15.6” notebook walks into the AnandTech labs, sporting NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 425M and a 1080p display…. Yes, for the fourth...
65 by Jarred Walton on 12/28/2010
CyberpowerPC's Compal NBLB2: Affordable Gaming
Periodically the Compal NBLB2 (and its predecessors) has popped up on our comments as an alternative 15.6" notebook with a 1080p screen, and people have been asking for a...
36 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/21/2010
HP Mini 5103: Looking at the Dual-Core Atom N550
Netbooks are all so similar in terms of performance that it’s difficult to get excited about reviewing “yet another netbook”. Aesthetics and build quality may change, but outside of...
59 by Jarred Walton on 12/17/2010
HP Envy 17: HP's MacBook Pro Killer?
You demanded them, we listened, and finally some fruit fell from HP's tree. We have an Envy 14 in house getting tested right now, and today we bring you...
85 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/16/2010
HP EliteBook 8740w: IPS on the Go
The search for a notebook with a quality screen, at least in the mainstream sector, can often feel like a futile one. Outside of Jarred's recent love affair with...
63 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/8/2010
Dell Latitude E6410: Minding Intel's Business
Business centric laptops are something most people have used at some point or another, but they're not always the first devices to get reviewed. The reason is pretty simple...
51 by Jarred Walton on 12/2/2010
Micron's ClearNAND: 25nm + ECC, Combats Increasing Error Rates
NAND endurance is on its way down with each subsequent process generation. At the same time unrecoverable bit error rates are on their way up. Companies like SandForce have...
24 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/2/2010
ASUS EeePC 1215N: Bringing NG-ION to the 1201
When we first looked at the ASUS Eee PC 1201N last year, we thought it was a unique take on the netbook idea, and possibly one of the first...
41 by Vivek Gowri on 11/25/2010
AVADirect's Clevo B5130M: GeForce GT 425M with a 15.6" 1080p Chaser
Finding a mainstream notebook with a high resolution screen can be harder than pulling teeth. Outside of the new Dell XPS 15 and the odd business-class machine, a resolution...
25 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/23/2010
ASUS UL80Jt: Overclocked i3 ULV
Back when ASUS released the UL80Vt last year, we gave it a glowing review, praising its balance of performance and battery life without breaking the bank. The UL80Vt had...
47 by Vivek Gowri on 11/17/2010
Dell XPS L501x: An Excellent Mainstream Notebook
As we discussed a couple weeks back, Dell has relaunched their XPS brand for laptops, with a focus on quality and "mainstream performance". The latter means that unlike previous...
95 by Jarred Walton on 11/10/2010
ASUS G73Jw: Out with the Old, In with the New
The original ASUS G73Jh was an instant classic: a great performer with a good screen, build quality and cooling at an amazing price. Six months later, ASUS is coming...
53 by Jarred Walton on 11/3/2010
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