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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.
Qualcomm has Imagination
As far as stopgap GPUs go, damn good choice
It looks like Qualcomm is going to pull a fast one on the industry and use an Imagination GPU for their quad-core S4 parts.
Sony Playstation 4 will be an x86 CPU with an AMD GPU
But that is only the beginning of the story
With the current wave of Playstation 4 leaks, it is time to spill some of the beans on what we know about the console.
Why purchasing SeaMicro was important for AMD
Analysis: Few understand this deadly important server market
There are a lot of people that don’t understand what the AMD/SeaMicro deal is about, and the rampant handwaving is starting to get annoying.
AMD opens up Bobcat to 3rd party IP
Financial Analayst Day 2012: Just like we said
Updated: Mark Papermaster just confirmed what SemiAccurate has been saying for years, AMD is opening up Bobcat to 3rd party IP.
Spotlight: BrazosTweaker
An Under-volting Tool for AMD APUs
Today were taking a look into the tweaking niche that has enviably developed around AMD’s Fusion APUs.
Exclusive: Anyone curious about Trinity?
SemiAccurate has a cure for that craving
So what do we know about Trinity? SemiAccurate knows that it looks like this.
Intel’s 22nm Knights Corner
A special spot on the other end of the Sandy Bridge…
What Intel’s Rajeeb Hazra held up in the air was one of the largest chips I’ve ever seen.
Calxeda has a new paradigm, but what for?
Silicon is easy compared to changing things
Calxeda launched their new chip, the EnergyCore ECX-1000 line last Tuesday, and that changes the question from what to who.
Calxeda launches a 4-core ARM server chip
1000+ cores in 4U, plus real server features
Calxeda just launched what is quite possibly the most important new chip this year, it will change the game.
Will Sandy-E ship without PCIe3?
Rumors point to borked PHYs and multi-layer respins
The problems with Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E have finally started to come in to focus, and they are troubling.
Exclusive: TSMC raises prices on AMD and Nvidia
Apple and low yields to blame
TSMC is doing some thing that are sure to make AMD and Nvidia grumble, and grumble a lot.
Nvidia’s 28nm mobile lineup leaked
Fermi, not Kepler, as a stopgap
What does Nvidia have coming up for the post-Christmas GPU line?
Next gen XBox chip gets a name and date
No, not XBox 361, just the SoC
It is mating season for the singing moles of Redmond, fresh off their migration back from Mountain View, and they are singing about the XBox Next chip.
Project Denver is more than a T50 core
Part 3: The rest of the SoC that is Denver... for now
In part two of this series, we looked at the core of Project Denver, aka T50.
What is Project Denver based on?
Part 2: A look at the T50 core
There are a lot of misconceptions floating around Nvidia’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) ‘Project Denver’ aka Tegra 5.
A look at Tegra 3, 3.3 and 4
Part 1: Tegra 3 warts lead to a new variant
What’s going on with Nvidia’s Tegra line lately?
Samsung tapes out first 20nm processor
First 20nm chip is a test processor based on ARM’s architecture
Samsung Foundry, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (SEO:005930) is currently testing its entire 20nm process flow and has just taped out a complete test processor.
VIA launches dual core Mini-ITX board
First Mini-ITX board to feature the Nano X2 E-Series processor.
VIA Technologies has just launched the EPIA-M900 Mini-ITX board in the well-known 17 x 17cm form factor, according to a press release from VIA.
AMD and ARM join forces at last
Fusion 11: Not what you think, much much more.
Anyone watching the industry knows AMD (NYSE:AMD) and ARM (NASDAQ:ARMH) are up to something together, it is more obvious than two teen-agers giggling when they glance at each other.
Nvidia, AMD, and VIA quit BAPCO over SYSmark 2012
The bad joke is now official
Updated: BAPCO has turned into a bad joke, so bad that Nvidia, AMD, and VIA just quit.
China develops MIPS processor for smartphones
Uses only 240mW with integrated graphics
Chinese MIPS developer Ingenic has just completed a 65nm MIPS24 compatible chip complete with integrated graphics and I/O on the chip.
Intel declares open war on mobo makers
This is going to be messy
Every once in a while, a company does something so incredibly bone-headed it makes your wonder what they were thinking.
Photofast makes an iPhone USB memory stick
Computex 2011: Official, approved, and white
Photofast had a first at Computex, a USB memory stick with iPhone connectors.
Qualcomm demos MSM8260/8660 and more
Computex 2011: But that is not the big news
Qualcomm was showing off their new Snapdragon CPU/SoCs at Computex, but that wasn’t the big news.
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