Dell Shows off 10" Inspiron Duo Convertible Netbook/Tablet
Dell just demonstrated its upcoming 10-inch Inspiron Duo convertible netbook/tablet. Based on the dual core Atom N550 the Inspiron Duo runs Windows 7 Premium. The system can work as...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/14/2010First Public Demo of Oaktrail and Windows Gaming Tablet
Earlier this year Intel unveiled its Moorestown architecture, branded as the Atom Z600 series for smartphones and handhelds. Moorestown focused on a significant reduction in idle and active power...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/14/2010Intel Announces CE4200 SoC for Smart TVs
Intel just announced its CE4200 (Groveland) SoC, the successor to the CE4100 used in devices like the Boxee box. The CE4200 is based on Intel's 45nm Atom architecture and features...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/14/2010Neofonie WeTab: Preliminary Impressions of MeeGo
Out of Germany comes the WeTab, the first shipping MeeGo-based tablet, running Intel’s new open source operating system on top of the venerable Atom N450 processor. It’s a fairly...
1 by Vivek Gowri on 9/14/2010Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 & OCZ Enyo, Quick Look at Two USB 3.0 SSDs
Since I reviewed my first SSD, three things have happened. 1) Controllers have improved significantly. My personal favorite, SandForce’s SF-1200, can outperform the original X25-M by more than 3x...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/14/2010NVIDIA Announces Parallel Nsight 1.5 & CUDA Toolkit 3.2
Not to be outdone by Intel’s IDF and AMD’s counter-meeting this week, NVIDIA’s GPU Computing group has their own announcement this week ahead of their GPU Technology Conference next...
23 by Ryan Smith on 9/14/2010Intel's Sandy Bridge Architecture Exposed
A few weeks ago we previewed the performance of Intel’s next-generation microprocessor architecture, codenamed Sandy Bridge. We came away impressed with our early look at performance but honestly had...
62 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/14/2010Moorestown Preview: OpenPeak Tablet Benchmarked and Impressions
In IDF’s technology showcase, we got a chance to catch up with OpenPeak, makers of the OpenTablet 7, a 7” Android tablet running atop the Moorestown Atom Z6xx SoC...
8 by Brian Klug on 9/14/2010AMD Benchmarks Zacate APU
Update: We've spent more time with Zacate and have some more accurate performance comparisons here. It's tradition for AMD to have an off-site meeting place during IDF week and this...
66 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2010Intel Demos Many Integrated Core (MIC) Cloud Raytracer
Intel is no stranger to raytracing - we've seen demonstrations such as Quake IV ported to an Intel-designed raytracer along with a number of other demos in the past...
28 by Brian Klug on 9/13/2010NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Launch Roundup: Asus, EVGA, Palit, and Calibre Overclocked and Reviewed
Wrapping up our two part series about NVIDIA’s new GeForce GTS 450, we have our in-depth look in to the vendor cards. As was the case with the GTX...
17 by Ryan Smith on 9/13/2010IDF 2010 - Computing Solutions provider, not just Chipmaker
The Intel Developer Forum kicked off today with a keynote by Intel CEO Paul Otellini in San Francisco. Intel's focus in today's keynote has threefold. First, the change in...
8 by Brian Klug on 9/13/2010Intel Demos Sandy Bridge, Shows off Video Transcode Engine
Today marks the first day of our IDF 2010 coverage and we just left Dadi Perlmutter's keynote. Keeping up with tradition, Dadi's keynote focused on two of Intel's upcoming...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2010Boxee Box: The Inside Story, Swapping Tegra 2 for Intel CE4100
Boxee and D-Link announced the availability of the Boxee Box for pre-order on Amazon today. At CES 2010, they demonstrated the Boxee Box with the Tegra 2 SoC inside...
53 by Ganesh T S & Brian Klug on 9/13/2010NVIDIA’s GeForce GTS 450: Pushing Fermi In To The Mainstream
After the drawn out launch of GF100 and the GTX 400 series earlier this year, NVIDIA has been firing on all cylinders when it comes to the launch of...
69 by Ryan Smith on 9/13/2010ASUS' N82Jv: Jack-Of-All-Trades
Over the years, we've looked at many of ASUS' mobile offerings. From the lowly Eee PC up through gaming powerhouses, ASUS has something for everyone. They're looking to increase...
34 by Jarred Walton on 9/11/2010Virtualization - Ask the Experts #4
Our Ask the Experts series continues with another round of questions. A couple of months ago we ran a webcast with Intel Fellow, Rich Uhlig, VMware Chief Platform Architect, Rich...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2010Server Clash: DELL's Quad Opteron DELL R815 vs HP's DL380 G7 and SGI's Altix UV10
Three totally different servers in one test: the dual Xeon X5670 HP DL380 G7, the quad Xeon X7560 SGI Altix UV10 and the Quad Opteron 6174 Dell R815. Three...
51 by Johan De Gelas on 9/9/2010Apple's iPod Touch (2010) Review, Not a Poor Man's iPhone 4
Last week Apple announced a complete overhaul of its iPod lineup including a new Shuffle, a new Nano (with multitouch screen) and a new iPod Touch. While the nano...
89 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/9/2010ARM Aims at Intel, Cortex A15 Headed for Smartphones, Notebooks and Servers
Last month TI announced it was the first to license ARM’s next-generation Eagle core. Today, ARM is announcing the official name of that core: it’s the ARM Cortex A15. Architectural...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/9/2010