AMD Nods at Shorter Design Cycles, More Synthesized Designs
The presentations we've seen from AMD thus far today haven't been very specific in terms of numbers, but there's a lot of reading between the lines that we can...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/2/2012AMD: Flexible Around ISA
The slide above gives an example of the new agile/flexible AMD as it applies to the datacenter. Again, we're not seeing ARM, but we are seeing that AMD is...
3 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/2/2012AMD's Financial Analyst Day 2012 - Mark Papermaster, SVP & CTO Presentation
If you want to follow the CTO presentation we've been quoting from a lot today, check it out in the gallery below.
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/2/2012AMD is Open to Integrating 3rd Party IP in Future SoCs
Don't expect AMD to go into much detail on this here at the Financial Analyst Day, but the slide above shows a definite step towards becoming a modern SoC...
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/2/2012AMD Outlines HSA Roadmap: Unified Memory for CPU/GPU in 2013, HSA GPUs in 2014
AMD's CTO Mark Papermaster just put up this slide that shows its HSA (Heterogeneous Systems Architecture) roadmap through 2014. This year we got Graphics Core Next, but next year...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/2/2012AMD's Rory Read Outlines AMD's Future Strategy
AMD's Financial Analyst Day is under way and we're currently hearing from Rory Read about the future of the company. Specifics and roadmaps will follow, but the fundamental shift...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/2/2012Qualcomm and Ericsson Demonstrate SR-VCC Voice Handover from LTE to WCDMA on MSM8960
Until now, the way voice has worked on handsets with a 4G LTE air interface has been, well, interesting. That is to say, thus far all voice calls haven't...
9 by Brian Klug on 2/2/2012Apple Releases OS X 10.7.3, Safari 5.1.3
Apple today released the OS X 10.7.3 update for the client and server versions of Lion - unlike 10.7.2, which introduced a major feature in iCloud, the 10.7.3 update...
9 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/1/2012US Cellular Announces Initial 4G LTE Markets, Devices
Not to be left in the dust by their big national counterparts, regional carriers are also moving onward to 4G LTE, and US Cellular today announced its initial 4G...
4 by Brian Klug on 2/1/2012AMD Radeon HD 7950 Launch Recap
I'm going to be honest with you: the Radeon HD 7970 launch recap was pretty boring, with its wall-to-wall stock coolers and stock clocks. Like many high-end GPU launches...
16 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/31/2012Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X, Brings Back Features from Final Cut Pro 7
Apple has today issued an update for their professional video editing suite, Final Cut Pro X (FCPX). The update carries version number 10.0.3 and re-introduces some crucial elements, such...
12 by Kristian Vättö on 1/31/2012Firefox 10 Releases Today, Fixes Add-On Compatibility Issues
Firefox 10 is due to release today, continuing Mozilla's commitment to the six-week release cycle it switched to last year. As usual with these rapid-release browsers, Firefox 10 brings...
28 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/31/2012Microsoft Makes Changes to Windows 8's File Management Changes
We've been covering the changes in Windows 8 fairly closely since Microsoft started talking about the upcoming operating system, and while most of these changes will probably land in...
7 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/31/2012Microsoft Office 15 Reaches Technical Preview Milestone
Apart from a few screenshots leaked early last year, not much was known about the next major release of Microsoft Office codenamed “Office 15”. However, as of yesterday, Microsoft...
20 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 1/31/2012Motorola Announces RAZR XT910 Developer Edition with Unlocked Bootloader
A while ago, Motorola announced plans to start unlocking bootloaders on devices "where operator and channel partners will allow it" sometime in 2011. While it's clear now (with that...
14 by Brian Klug on 1/30/2012Apple Updates AirPort Utility, AirPort Base Station Firmware - Adds iCloud Remote Access
Apple just pushed out a slew of updates to its WiFi related products which we've covered and reviewed already, including the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule. The latest update...
7 by Brian Klug on 1/30/2012Samsung Announces Galaxy S Advance
Reports about a new Samsung Galaxy series smart phone have been floating around for a few days now, and today Samsung has finally made it official by announcing the...
14 by Kristian Vättö on 1/30/2012Intel Releases Seven Sandy Bridge CPUs
Today, Intel has released seven new Sandy Bridge based CPUs: three Core i5 and four Celeron models. All the i5 SKUs are desktop models, whereas the Celeron SKUs are...
44 by Kristian Vättö on 1/30/2012Snapdragon S4 “Krait” – MSM8960 GPU Benchmark Surfaces
A NenaMark 2 benchmark score for an unknown device based on Qualcomm’s upcoming 28nm Snapdragon S4 “Krait” MSM8960 SoC has just surfaced. The device seems to have 1.5Ghz CPU...
33 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 1/28/2012AMD Posts Catalyst 12.1 Drivers, Catalyst 12.2 Preview
AMD has posted its first Catalyst driver package of the new year, Catalyst version 12.1, the feature set of which hasn't changed much since the preview release - the...
11 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/27/2012