Intel today made its 6th generation of Core processors official based on Skylake architecture. Termed as “company’s best processors, ever,” the new processors deliver enhanced performance with low power consumption and support variety of PC designs. Built on Skylake architecture, the new processors take advantage of 14nm fabrication process and deliver up to 2.5 times […]
Qualcomm won’t commercialise Snapdragon 802 chip for TVs
Qualcomm has confirmed to not commercialise its Snapdragon 802 chip meant for Smart TVs. Qualcomm puts the blame on the demand, which according to them proved “smaller than anticipated.” Snapdragon 802 belonged to the Snapdragon 800 family and was unveiled at the CES last month targeted towards Smart TVs, set-top boxes and digital media adapters. […]
AMD unveils world’s first 5GHz processor
And we thought the world has moved on from the clock speed race! AMD just announced the commercial availability of the world’s first CPU to break the 5GHz clock speed. AMD claims the FX-9000 Series CPUs boast “new levels of gaming and multimedia performance” with 8-cores and “Piledriver” architecture. The CPU also supports AMD Turbo […]
Qualcomm teams up with Microsoft to power Windows RT 8.1 with Snapdragon 800 CPUs
Qualcomm has confirmed that they’re collaborating with the Redmond giant to make Snapdragon 800 processor support Windows RT 8.1. Windows RT is Microsoft’s Windows variant built for ARM-based chip, which the Qualcomm Snapdragon CPUs are based on. The Snapdragon 800 is the most powerful processor Qualcomm currently offers that comes with multimode 3G/LTE modem, quad-core […]
AMD announces Z-60 APU for Windows 8 tablets
AMD is sprucing up the competition by introducing their latest Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) optimized for Windows 8 tablets. AMD claims the Z-60 is their only APU to consume the lowest power while giving an optimum all day performance, reduced boot times, full HD video playback support and gaming performance powered by AMD Radeon. […]
LG licenses ARM Processor technology
LG had expressed its intention to develop processor for mobile devices in the past and they’ve taken the first step towards it by licensing processor technology from ARM. LG seems to have taken inspiration from its Korean counterpart, Samsung who also develops processors for their high-end devices. Anyways, under the agreement, LG Electronics will […]
Intel unveils Atom Z670 processor based on Oak Trail platform
Intel today released a new Atom processor based on its Oak Trail platform. The Atom Z670 is packed with features that is said to benefit mobile devices like tablets and netbooks. The Atom Z670 is 60 percent smaller than previous Atom generations and promises to deliver improved video playback, internet browsing without compromising on […]
Marvell shows off 1.5GHz tri-core CPU for smartphones
Marvell has created a new Applications Processor that makes dual-core 1.5GHz CPUs kind of old. They’ve created ARMADA 628 which is the world’s first System-on-Chip (SoC) tri-core processor running at 1.5GHz. The ARMADA 628 is targeted at high-end smartphones and tablets and touts impressive performance with low power consumption and longer battery life. Marvell […]
ARM unveils Cortex-A15 smartphone CPU that can run up to 2.5GHz
ARM has achieved a great breakthrough in the mobile devices processor market with the Cortex-A15 MPCore processor. The new CPU gives 5x better performance as compared to ARM’s previous Cortex-A8 processors and has the capability to be clocked at 2.5GHz. ARM is making this processor available for licensing to OEMs and has confirmed to […]
Intel introduces new Core CPUs for ultrathin notebooks
Intel’s powerful Core processors are now available for ultrathin laptops. The range includes the Core i7, Core i5 and Core i3 CPUs with Hyper-boost (Core i7 and Core i5) that promise to give the much needed performance without compromising on the battery life. These new processors are based on 32nm process that make the […]