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May 15, 2012 analysis
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Intel Small Business Advantage is a security nightmare

Unaviodable remote exploits for an added fee

Intel doesn’t understand security, but they are not shy about shouting it from the rooftops.

May 14, 2012 analysis
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AMD finally launches Trinity

A look at the 5 mobile parts launching today

AMD’s Trinity is finally here, and the first question on everyone’s mind is what is launching.

May 11, 2012 analysis
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Intel outs Merrifield and 6331

22nm phone phocused Atoms

Intel has two new 22nm phone chips to talk about, and one platform gets pushed out to 2014.

May 9, 2012 analysis
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Memjet buys the IP it needs to spread

With luck, this will fix availability

Memjet has purchased all the IP behind their printers, likely allowing them to spread the tech out to new markets.

May 8, 2012 analysis
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Nvidia’s five new Keplers raise a red flag

Manufacturing woes are worse than they seem

Nvidia released five ‘all new’ video cards last week, and it is a cause for celebration, right?

May 8, 2012 analysis
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Is Nvidia’s GTX 690 Priced Too High?

Not if you’re a fan of supply and demand…

Nope.

May 4, 2012 analysis
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Emilio Ghilardi leaves AMD

No word on this one, good, bad, or otherwise

AMD today announced Emilio Ghilardi, Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer, has left the company.

May 1, 2012 analysis
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Why can’t Nvidia supply Kepler/GK104/GTX680?

TSMC is blameless, Kepler is a self-inflicted wound

Nvidia has been busily blaming TSMC for their many supposed failings on 28nm, but SemiAccurate has learned what is really going on.

Apr 30, 2012 analysis
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Nvidia Outs The GTX 690

Because dual-GPU flagships are the next big thing, right?

In preparation for the launch of its GTX 690 next Thursday, Nvidia has started seeding reviewers with samples and showing off some of the features and design choices of their latest flagship dual-GPU graphics card.

Apr 30, 2012 analysis
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How Does Intel’s HD 4000 Compare on the IQ Scale?

Image quality that is...

One of the biggest question marks we’ve had on our minds is the impact of the HD 4000′s (the GPU side of Ivy Bridge) notably inferior Anisotropic filtering quality.

Apr 26, 2012 analysis
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How well does Intel’s new phone work as a phone?

Review: Hands on with the Lava Xolo X900

Intel is now making phone chips, and the first device to bear one, the Lava Xolo X900, is on the market.

Apr 25, 2012 analysis
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Does disabling Hyper-Threading increase performance?

Some trade-offs get better with time...

Since Intel introduced its Hyper-Threading technology with its Pentium 4 microprocessors back in early 2002 reviewers have occasionally noticed that under certain condition Hyper-Threading can actually hurt performance instead of helping it.

Apr 25, 2012 analysis
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Via ships 3rd generation USB3 chips

VL812 has a lot of nice features

If the news that the Via VL812 supporting YD/T 1591-2009 doesn’t get your attention, I don’t know what will.

Apr 24, 2012 analysis
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Intel buys Cray’s interconnect arm but not for that reason

Laughably comical back-pedalling over AMD's SeaMicro buy

What do you do when your baby gets purchased out from under you?

Apr 24, 2012 analysis
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Adobe accelerates CS6 with OpenCL

Speed for the unwashed masses

Adobe and AMD today anounced that the next Creative Suite 6 (CS6) will be OpenCL based.

Apr 24, 2012 analysis
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The Battle of the Bridges

How much performance does a 'Tick' get you these days?

It’s that time of year again and Intel’s introducing its new Ivy Bridge based offerings.

Apr 23, 2012 analysis
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Overclocking Intel’s HD 4000

Lots of extra voltage for just a little extra performance...

After playing around with Intel’s HD 4000 in our previous reviews and recording some pretty impressive performance, I decided to try and find the limit of the HD 4000′s graphics performance.

Apr 23, 2012 analysis
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Comparing the Ends of the Spectrum

The old HD 2000 versus the new HD 4000...

Intel sent us two chips for review in the lead up to its Ivy Bridge launch.

Apr 23, 2012 analysis
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Par for the Course: Part 2

A Look at Intel's HD 4000 Graphics Continued

In this half of the review we will be continuing our testing of the graphical capabilities of Intel’s HD 4000.

Apr 23, 2012 analysis
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Par for the Course: Part 1

A Look at Intel's HD 4000 Graphics

Today we are taking a look at Intel’s new Ivy Bridge chip, the Core i7-3770K.

Apr 23, 2012 analysis
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Atom takes the process lead on 14nm

What Otellini meant by beating Moore's law

During their Q1 conference call, Intel stated that Atom was going to move faster than Moore’s law.

Apr 20, 2012 analysis
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Qualcomm moves majority of production to Global Foundries

Just like we said over a month ago

Recently, Qualcomm has been the subject of many rumors on fabbing and capacity.

Apr 20, 2012 analysis
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Where will AMD make 28nm APUs?

Question answered in the Q1 conference call

AMD solved a mystery about where the next gen parts are going to be fabbed in yesterday’s conference call.

Apr 19, 2012 analysis
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What good are benchmarks when a PC is ‘good enough’?

Modern problems for modern systems

With each new chip that comes out, benchmarks become less and less relevant, and are now almost pointless.

Apr 17, 2012 analysis
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Windows on ARM RT = WART

I can't think of a more fitting description

Windows on ARM RT is WART, can you think of a more fitting name?

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