Samsung has introduced, at CES 201, a new hybrid mobile chipset, Exynos 5 Octa, with 8 cores.
   Similar with the 4-PLUS-1 architecture used by NVIDIA Tegra 3,  Exynos 5 Octa has four Cortex A15 cores  clocked at a maximum frequency of 1.8 or 2 GHz and four Cortex-A7 cores, clocked at a frequency maximum of 1.2 GHz. Data processing work will be divided between the different strength core, low or medium tasks will be executed on Cortex-A7 cores, once the necessary computing power will exceed their limits,  the big.LITTLE architecture will allow execution switching on the more powerful Cortex-A15 cores in about 20 microseconds.
   According to Samsung, the new Exynos 5 Octa mobile processor , which also marks the transition from a 32nm manufacturing process to a 28 nm procces will have a 70% higher energy efficiency than Exynos 5 Dual.
   Samsung hasn't confirmed the type of the GPU, but they said that the new processor will provide a computing power twice higher than that of any rival product currently available on the market. It might be accompanied by ARM's Mali-T658 GPU.
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   Qualcomm has presented today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the new generation of mobile processors, Snapdragon Snapdragon 800 and 600.
   Snapdragon 800 is based on the quad-core Krait 400, clocked at 2.3GHz and  the Adreno 330 GPU, which is, according to the statements from Qualcomm, 50% faster than Adreno 320.
The power of Snapdragon 800 allows it to run content in Ultra HD resolution (4k - 30 fps).
Overall 800 Snapdragon will offer a 75% higher performance than the S4 Pro generation.
The 800 series will be found not just on top smartphones and tablets, but also on the new generation of Smart TVs and digital multimedia devices, according to official Qualcomm announcement.
   Snapdragon 600 is based on the dual core Krait 300, clocked at 1.9 GHz and the Adreno 320 GPU, and will have a speed comparable to that found on the S4 series. The Snapdragon 600 processors are designed for mid-range smartphone.
The new chipsets from Qualcomm are built on 28nm architecture and will become available to the manufacturers in mid, this year.
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   An Overclocker from Ukraine, named T0LSTY, has overclocked two cores of the AMD FX-8350 CPU to 8.37 GHz.
  The record has been achieved using a MSI 990FXA-GD80 motherboard.
  The previous record of the FX-8350, 8.176 GHz, was achieved on all 8 cores.

   AMD is proud with the performance obtained by the Opteron 6300 series, the new generation of processors for servers with Piledriver cores.
   According to the manufacturer, the Opteron 6300 chips,  offers higher performance, 24% higher than the previous generation and an increased ratio of performance/energy consumed by 40% per watt compared to Intel Xeon.
   AMD offers ten models of the new series with prices from $293 to $1,392.
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   AMD's new FX CPUs the utilizes multi-core architecture Piledriver, with up to 15% better performance than   the previous generation.
   Piledriver architecture used by the latest AMD FX was designed for multi-threaded applications: creation of audio/video and the best gaming experience
   AMD has launched 4 processors from this series:
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    Soon we will have Windows 8 tablets based on the AMD hardware, these tablets will be cheaper than the alternatives based on Intel  Clover Trail and will have an unbeatable 3D performance.
   The new superstar is the AMD Z-60 APU, codenamed Hondo, which the company will bring on the market later this year, propelling a new wave of Windows 8 tablets.
  The elements of attraction for future Windows 8 tablets with AMD hardware are: the x86 compatibility with PC applications, autonomy up to 10 hours on a tablet and can attach to a docking station with keyboard and mouse for converting the tablet into a notebook.
  Unlike Clover Trail platform with Intel Atom processor, the new AMD chip focuses primarily on 3D skills, announcing gaming performance even 5-6 times higher than is possible with an Intel tablet, which opens new horizons for Windows 8 tablets. Basically, tablets with AMD's APU could get a whole new utility, serving as gaming platforms with access to titles that we expect to meet only on a console or on PC systems.
   According to AMD, on Windows 8 tablets built on their platform you can play games like Modern Warefare 2 and Orcs Must Die at medium quality settings and a resolution of 1024x768 pixels. For movies you can  attach a TV or monitor with HDMI and play them at a resolutions up to 1920x1200 pixels. However, AMD recommends that for the best viewing of the videos to confine ourselves to materials with 720p resolution.
   AMD Z-60's power consumption will be less than 5W , which accommodate in the tablets under 10mm thickness and weight comparable to conventional tablets with ARM processors. Autonomy varies from 6 hours for watching movies,  8 hours for surfing on the internet or up to 10 hours on the Windows Presentation Mode, of  the text documents and PowerPoint presentations. According to AMD, the autonomy for standby is almost 2 weeks.
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   Back in June we mentioned that AMD’s upcoming D4 Bolton chipset does come with FM2+ support but back then we were lacking some details.
   It turns out that Bolton D4 is just a new version of the A85X chipset that will have better support for Richland processors. AMD has already officially confirmed that Trinity refresh in 2013 comes in the new 28nm process and we found out that the current schedule for Richland processor is late Q2 2013 launch.
   We also heard from AMD that the FM2 infrastructure is here to stay and that the future processor including FM2 based Richland will work in FM2 boards. It remains unclear if Richland qualifies as a FM2+ processor that simply works in all FM2 motherboards.
   The long-term strategy is to stick with the same socket for a longer than just one generation, as this was always a side of AMD that many fans appreciated.
   The Bolton D3 chipset will also support both FM2 and FM2+ parts and comes without four USB 3.0 connectors but it allows cheaper motherboard to hit the market.
You should not have any doubts, Windows 8 will work just fine on Trinity and Richland and they are pretty nice processors in their respective price ranges.
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   There is more to Trinity than A-series APUs. AMD also has a few Athlon processors based on the new architecture and they should end up on the cheap side.
   A British retailer is listing two of them, the Athlon II X4 740X and the Athlon II X4 750X for £46 and £53 respectively. Although we are talking about crippled Trinity chips, sans graphics and turbo, the prices look pretty good and the Athlons will probably end up just marginally more expensive than dual-core Trinity APUs.
   The Athlon II X4 740X comes in clocked at 3.2GHz and features a 65W TDP. It packs four Piledriver cores and 4MB of L2 cache. The unlocked Athlon II X4 750K is also a quad, but it’s a 100W part clocked at 3.4GHz. Another Athlon is on the way, but we still don’t have the price. However, the Athlon II X4 730 is the slowest of the bunch, a 2.8GHz part with a 65W TDP, so it should end up even cheaper.
   The new Athlons look like a pretty good choice for gamers on a very tight budget or basically anyone looking for a modestly priced all-rounder with discrete graphics.

   AMD announced the availability of the second generation of APUs, Trinity, for desktop PCs, small and home theater.
   The second generation of AMD APUs Desktop Series are available at prices between $ 53 and 122 dollars.

   The Alpha 24 Super Stock all-in-one personal computer is described by Maingear's CEO Wallace Santos as the proof that people don't need to sacrifice anything when choosing an all-in-one over a standard desktop PC.
   The so-called disadvantages that all-in-one systems have compared to desktops are multiple: lack of upgradeability, lower top performance potential, little overclocking support (if any) and, of course, a higher price.
   Maingear decided to eliminate these drawbacks, or at least offer enough to completely counterbalance them.
   The overclocking issue is easy: people who consider buying an AiO aren't thinking of tweaking the clock by default.
   The lack of upgradeability and performance issues were solved in a single move: Maingear equipped the Alpha 24 Super Stock with high-end components that won't actually need changing for months, years even.
That leaves the price, and we dare say that the number achieved by the custom system maker, $1,349 / 1049 – 1,349 Euro, is more than decent when taking into account just what Alpha 24 Super Stock can do.
   The Core i3-3240 Ivy Bridge CPU (3.4 GHz) is the base processor option, but a Core i7 can be chosen instead. Up to 16GB of RAM back up the unit.
   For graphics, Maingear selected an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 GPU, but has the GeForce GTX 680 in reserve, just in case.
   Moving on, a hard drive supplies the configuration with as much as 3TB of storage space, though an SSD can be employed instead, with a top capacity of 256 GB but faster data rates.
   Everything else follows the standard blueprint: HDMI, USB ports (2.0 only for some reason), mic/headphone jacks, ODD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and an ODD (DVD or Blu-ray).
   "In this day and age, there shouldn't be a reason anyone would need to compromise for an all-in-one performance PC," says Wallace Santos, CEO and founder of MAINGEAR.
   "Other all-in-one PC solutions pale in comparison to the ALPHA 24 and can be summed up with just a few words: 1080p gaming set to Ultra, maxed anti-aliasing and tessellation."
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  The new generation of AMD servers includes storage space for 1408 HDD or SSD with a total capacity of 5 million GB. SM15000 was developed by AMD with SeaMicro technologies, a company acquired earlier this year for $ 334 million U.S. dollars.
  The new SM15000 was developed as a solution for storing of large volumes of information in the cloud and is compatible with platforms like Hadoop and Cassandra that  typically uses hundreds of computers.

  This AMD system can include up to 64 chips called "compute card", each with up to 8 processors. At the moment it only uses Intel Sandy Bridge processors, but in November will be available with AMD Piledriver and Intel Ivy Bridge.
  The AMD initiative is an alternative that significantly reduces the space required for storage in a modern data center .

We know it’s a big statement but sources close to the matter that have seen a roadmap or a two have revealed us that Haswell comes three times faster 3D graphics than today’s Ivy Bridge Core i3000 series.
It turns out that Haswell, Intel's fourth-generation core architecture, can score three times the performance of Ivy Bridge GT1 and the Haswell in mind is called GT2 Desktop SKU.
In addition the new core scores up to three times faster in video conversion, something that Intel got better in the last few processor generations. Of course, up to three times in 3D and up to two times in video conversion are best case scenarios, but it sounds quite optimistic and impressive.
It can make AMD and Nvidia run for their money in the lower end market segment and possibly better gaming at entry level notebooks and desktop computers.
When one of the Nvidia’s general managers was asked what happens if Intel gets its act together and get its integrated graphics much faster, he replied that Nvidia will make even faster entry level parts. The same probably goes for AMD, but with the added luxury of top notch graphics in APUs.
The chase will definitely continue heated up in Q2 2013 when we should expect to see the launch of Haswell.
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Although AMD’s focus has shifted to APUs, the company is not about to kill off its legendary Athlon brand anytime soon.
CPU World reports that AMD is planning to refresh the Athlon II X4 lineup with three Piledriver parts for the new socket FM2 platform, but we don’t have a launch date yet.
The Athlon II X4 730 is a 2.8GHz part with a 65W TDP, while the Athlon II X4 740 comes in clocked at 3.2GHz and features the same TDP. Both pack four Piledriver fours and 4MB of L2 cache.
The unlocked Athlon II X4 750K is also a quad-core, but it’s a 100W part clocked at 3.4GHz.
There is still no word on Turbo clocks, although it is very likely the new Athlons will feature Turbo Core technology. Also, no word on pricing yet, but since we are talking about Piledriver parts with no graphics, they should end up on the cheap side.
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We have already know that AMD FX 8350 is a 4GHz eight-core, capable of hitting 4.2GHz on Turbo, in a 125W.
It turns out that AMD is working on two more Vishera eight-cores.
The AMD FX 8300 is also an eight-core processor with a 95W TDP that still has 16MB of cache and works at 3.3GHz default clock or 3.2GHz on Turbo. This processor looks really attractive due to the somewhat lower TDP. The rest of the specification is still the same, DDR3 1866 memory, AM3+ 32nm SOI and eight-cores. This part has a real chance of being really popular, at least if the price is right.
The runner up is called AMD FX 8320 and is an eight-core with 16MB cache at 3.5GHz that can get to 4.0GHz on Turbo. It is still a 32nm SOI part with a 125W TDP that supports DDR3 1866 memory and comes in AMD’s AM3+ package.
They all should show up in late October according to current plans which point to an early Q4 2012 launch. For many value minded consumers these chips might be a great pre-Thanksgiving / Xmas treat and they will be a good basis for mid-range gaming rigs. We are sure that these parts will have some very attractive pricing as the fastest AMD FX 8150 Zambezi core currently sells for €173 or $199 in States. This is truly a good price for such a part.
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Intel’s next-generation processor and the whole Haswell-EP platform is likely to be the biggest jump in performance since the 2006 introduction of Core 2 Duo. The Haswell processor itself will be considerably more advanced than Ivy Bridge, while bringing new innovative features and raw computing power.
The Haswell processor will still be manufactured in 22 nm process, which confirms the fact that Intel is not going to reach 14 nm processor manufacturing during the next year.
Intel’s new platform will most likely be the first DDR4 personal computing platform available on a large scale. The fastest DDR4 memory modules supported will be running at a modest 2133 MHz.
We’re calling 2133 MHz modest because many memory manufactures have announced weeks – if not months – ago DDR3 modules certified to work at 3 GHz using overclocking settings.
The company has always been conservative about the memory frequencies supported by its chipsets, so the Haswell-EP platforms will be no different this time.
Intel’s slide, published by ChipHell, clearly shows that the processor is supposed to have 10 or more processing cores.
Moreover, if we take a look at the level 3 cache allocation, we’ll see that the chart also says that there will be roughly a 2.5 MB level 3 cache slice allocated to each core.
Considering that there will be a total of 35 MB of level 3 cache, this amounts to about 14 cores, and that’s an impressive number in itself.
AMD originally had 10-core processor plans for 2013, but those were scrapped once new management came in place.
Sure, the small, fabless CPU designer can stick together two dies with 8 cores each, but that's a totally different approach when compared with Intel’s 35 MB shared level 3 cache.
HyperThreading technology will still be around and Haswell will also come with HNI or Haswell New Instructions.
That is an Intel AVX 2.0 set of instructions that the company will design inside its new processor.
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Intel wants to invade all market segments with its third-generation processors, now launches new mobile processors from the i3 series. The announcement comes shortly after the company revealed that Surface, Microsoft's tablet, uses Intel. Intel has launched two new mobile processors Core: i3-3110M and i3-3217U, both at a price of $ 225. Intel Core i3-3110M is a dual-core at 1.8 GHz that consumes 35W, has 3MB cache and iscompatible with PCI Express 3.0.It has Intel Graphics HD 4000 as integrated graphics chip , running from 650 MHz to at 1GHz. Intel Core i3-3217U consume about half the energy needed by first chip, only 17W, but offers similar specifications: a dual core at 1.8 GHz. The differences come from the graphics, Intel HD Graphics 4000 runs at 360 MHz and is compatible with PCI Express 2.0.
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AMD is working on three new Vishera platform Zambezi 32nm processors featuring enhanced turbo core technology. They are all developed in 32nm SOI technology, slapped in an AM3+ package and they are compatible with AM3+ motherboards, no surprise there.
As you can imagine there is an eight-core, six-core and a quad-core. They also come with DDR3 1866 support which is officially the highest speed supported by a retail product.
The top notch AMD FX 8350 is an eight-core with an unlocked multiplier and is faster than the 3.6GHz FX 8150. Its turbo speed is also faster than 4.2GHz that you also find at FX 8150, but as you’ve probably guessed by now, we don’t know the exact clocks. We can confirm that it will pack 16MB cache, that it has an unlocked multiplier and it should be at 125W TDP part.
It looks to us that it is coming in mid Q3 2012 so you should probably be able to get it before the back to school period or before fall (autumn) in the Northern hemisphere. The FX 6300 is a six-core, basically a faster iteration of the 3.8GHz clocked FX 6200 and it’s turbo will work at more than 4.1GHz. It comes with 14MB cache as the two cores are disabled at this native eight core design and we suspect that this might be the first 4GHz natively six-core ever.
The FX 4320 is a quad-core and again it replaces a Zambezi quad-core called AMD FX 4170 clocked at 4.2GHz native and 4.3GHz with turbo overclocking and it will come with 12MB cache and 125W TDP.
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AMD's desktop Trinity APUs are already detailed at AMD's website and although there have been some rumours of these parts possible being delayed, AMD says that parts are incoming and all seems well in Trinity land. In case you missed them, the initial batch will feature a total of four parts with either 100W or 65W TDP.
The lineup starts with a flagship A10-5800K quad-core APU that works at 3.8GHz base and 4.2GHz Turbo clock and features Radeon DH 7660D graphics part cwith 384 stream processors and 800MHz GPU clock. The A10-5700 is a similar part, but without the K "unlocked" moniker, and works at 3.4GHz base and 4.0GHz Turbo clock. It features the same Radeon HD 7660D graphics part but with a slightly slower 760MHz GPU clock.
The next two in line are part of the A8-series including A8-5600K and A8-5500. The A8-5600K works at 3.6GHz with 3.9GHz Turbo while the A8-5500 works at 3.2GHz base and 3.7GHz Turbo clock. Both of the A8-series APUs feature Radeon HD 7560D graphics part with 256 stream processors and 760MHz GPU clock.
The unlocked A10-5800K and A8-5600K will have a 100W TDP while the non-unlocked ones will have a 65W TDP. The entire lineup feature a quad-core CPU part based on Piledriver architecture, feature 4MB of L2 cache, fit into FM2 socket and have support for DDR3-1866 memory.
As noted, there has been a couple of rumours stating that these parts might be delayed, but according to our info and statement provided by AMD for Hadwarecanucks.com, all is well in Trinity world. We have been told that parts are shipping and that OEMs should announce their systems with AMD desktop Trinity parts pretty soon.
The actual retail/e-tail parts were always scheduled to appear later this year (second half of 2012 according to AMD) and AMD was foucsed on OEM systems as part of their initial rollout of Trinity APUs.
Of course, we will surely keep an eye out for these parts.
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Orange Santa Clara, the smartphone with Intel design and processor , arrives in Europe on June 6 under the name Orange San Diego. The Intel Medfield chipset with an 1.6 GHz Atom Z2460 processor and 6260 XMM HSPA + wireless modem are made by Intel and they are trying to enter to the smartphone market. The most praised aspect of the phone it's the battery life of 14 days on standby.
Orange San Diego has a 4-inch screen with an 1024x600 resolution and 16GB storage space. The new smartphone developed by Intel and Orange uses NFC for mobile phone payments.
The first European country in which Orange San Diego will be sold is the UK, where the price without contract is 200 pounds.
(by byetech staff)

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The AMD FX-8150 CPU has been overclocked repeatedly, which means that breaking record speeds isn't really all that easy anymore.
That didn't stop Thai overclocker 'ksin' from trying though. He even claims to have succeeded, pushing two of the eight cores to 8.80 GHz (8,805.64 MHz really).
CPU-Z hasn't validated the results, probably on account of insufficient information as to how the feat was achieved, like cooling. The overclocker did mention some of the other hardware though: ASUS Crosshair V Formula and 4 GB of ADATA RAM.
To reach the speed, ksin used a base clock speed of 303.29 MHz, a 29.0x multiplier and a 1.86V core voltage.
What does this mean for us? Nothing, really. Overclocking isn't actually relevant for the common man, especially when only 2 of 8 cores are used. Big numbers are still nice though, in their own way.
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