CPUs
Qualcomm this morning is taking the wraps off of a new smartphone SoC for the mid-range market, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. The second of Qualcomm’s down-market ‘S’ tier Snapdragon 7 parts, the 7s series is functionally the entry-level tier for the Snapdragon 7 family – and really, most Qualcomm-powered handsets in North America. With three tiers of Snapdragon 7 chips, the 7s can easily be lost in the noise that comes with more powerful chips. But the latest iteration of the 7s is a bit more interesting than usual, as rather than reusing an existing die, Qualcomm has seemingly minted a whole new die for this part. As a result, the company has upgraded the 7s family to use Arm’s current Armv9 CPU cores...
Intel Teases Baytrail Performance with Atom Z3770 Cinebench Score
Intel's lone ranger and Principal Engineer, Francois Piednoël, published one of the first semi-official Baytrail benchmarks on his Twitter feed earlier today. The score is for the unannounced Atom...
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Intel Core i7 4960X (Ivy Bridge E) Review
Twenty two months ago Intel launched its LGA-2011 platform and Sandy Bridge E aimed at the high-end desktop enthusiast. The platform brought more cores, more PCIe lanes and more...
120 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/3/2013
Xeon E5-2600 V2 Price List: Server Ivy Bridge-EP
We have known for a while that the Ivy Bridge-E launch will supposedly take place in a few weeks time, with information about pricing of the consumer components coming...
53 by Ian Cutress on 8/9/2013
Intel Ivy Bridge-E Pricing Leaked
Yesterday VR-Zone leaked information on the initial pricing expected for Ivy Bridge-E (IVB-E) processors, which we’ve reproduce in the table below. The LGA-2011 platform is an interesting departure from...
58 by Jarred Walton on 7/31/2013
Haswell Goes Fanless: 4.5W SDP Parts in Limited Volumes Later this Year
At the beginning of the year, Intel introduced the first 7W SDP Ivy Bridge parts in limited quantities with the promise that Haswell would bring even lower power options...
32 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/23/2013
Samsung Updates Exynos 5 Octa (5420), Switches Back to ARM GPU
In the first part of our series on ARM, we mentioned that with every major microprocess design ARM tries to choose 3 licensees to get early access to technology...
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 7/22/2013
Is Haswell Ready for Tablet Duty? Battery Life of Haswell ULT vs Modern ARM Tablets
With the exception of article production or live blogging, my on-the-road notebook usage model is filled with tons of idle time. Last week I was in a large conference...
83 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/22/2013
The ARM Diaries, Part 2: Understanding the Cortex A12
A couple of weeks ago I began this series on ARM with a discussion of the company’s unique business model. In covering semiconductor companies we’ve come across many that...
66 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/17/2013
The 2013 MacBook Air: Core i5-4250U vs. Core i7-4650U
Apple typically offers three different CPU upgrades in its portable Macs: the base CPU, one that comes with the upgraded SKU and a third BTO option that's even faster...
129 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/4/2013
Trials of an Intel Quad Processor System: 4x E5-4650L from SuperMicro
Trials of an Intel Quad Processor System: 4x E5-4650L from SuperMicro In recent months at AnandTech we have tackled a few issues of dual processor systems for regular use, and...
53 by Ian Cutress on 7/3/2013
AMD's A10-5750M Review, Part 1: The APU and Radeon HD 8650G Performance
While AMD's Richland update has been of modest benefit on the desktop, improved power consumption and turbo features tend to go over much better in mobile. Is the AMD...
82 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/28/2013
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 6/28/2013
A 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 6/24/2013
AMD 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 6/20/2013
Rumors 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 6/20/2013
Competitive 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 6/19/2013
AMD 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 6/18/2013
UPDATED! 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 6/13/2013
Intel'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 6/9/2013
Silvermont 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 6/9/2013
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