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Three Down-Draft Heat Sinks: The Last Of A Dying Breed?Oct 7, 2012 - in Reviews
There’s an enormous amount of aftermarket coolers available to those wanting more performance or lower temperatures. The market’s currently dominated by tower coolers, and top coolers have fallen out of favor. Rightfully so? We find out.
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Oracle, AMD Agree on GPU-Accelerated JavaOct 7, 2012 - in News
In an announcement made at JavaOne, Oracle and AMD confirmed that the two companies have created an OpenJDK project with the goal to run the JVM on GPUs.
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AMD Prepping 'Mutated' Hardware for October 9Oct 5, 2012 - in News
AMD has posted a mysterious video as a teaser for an announcement to be made on October 9. Could it be Hondo?
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Nvidia GPUs to Help Simulate a Bee's Brain for Flying RobotsOct 5, 2012 - in News
Scientists are attempting to build a flying robot that can carry out specific tasks, and can function as autonomously as a bee.
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Report: Nvidia to Give Green Light for Video Card DesignsOct 5, 2012 - in News
Intel is reportedly cracking down on graphics card designs that do not meet the company's approval.
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Intel-powered Razr i Now Shipping to Customers in the UKOct 5, 2012 - in News
The Intel-powered Droid Razr i is finally available in the UK.
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Meet The Editors Of Tom's Hardware (And Their Technology)Oct 4, 2012 - in Picture Story
Tom's Hardware editors in eight countries introduce themselves and the technology they use. You might be surprised to learn that, while we play with a lot of hardware before it comes out, those parts usually don't make it into our personal systems.
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Apple Considering Moving Macs Away From Intel ChipsOct 4, 2012 - in News
Chips from chief rival AMD supposedly the option Apple may switch to.
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Four 2.5" Hard Drives From 500 GB To 1 TB, BenchmarkedOct 3, 2012 - in Reviews
Thanks to advances in manufacturing and 4 KB sectors, we finally have 2.5" hard drives with 500 GB per platter and a notebook-friendly 9.5 mm Z-height. Thanks to their high data density, even power-friendly 5400 RPM drives offer impressive transfer rates.
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Troubled Outlook: Semiconductor Sales Down 5% in 2012Oct 3, 2012 - in News
The representing body of the chip industry, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), reported a disappointing result for August 2012.
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A Scanner Performs Gotye's ''Somebody That I Used to Know''Oct 3, 2012 - in News
A new spin on a popular tune.
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Custom Cooling: Deepcool's Dracula And Arctic's Accelero XtremeOct 2, 2012 - in Reviews
Overclocking AMD's Radeon HD 7970 requires effective cooling, but the company's design is incompatible with most aftermarket heat sinks. Arctic and Deepcool claim to have solutions able to get the job done, without the reference cooler's loud fan.
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Enermax Unveils CPU Liquid CoolersOct 2, 2012 - in News
The new ELC liquid cooler series is based on a new patented Cold Plate design which enhances heat dissipation.
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AMD's Trinity APU Efficiency: Undervolted And OverclockedOct 2, 2012 - in Reviews
We've been playing with AMD's Trinity APUs for four months, and they're just now being rolled out to the channel. This time, we take a look at the architecture's efficiency compared to a pair of Ivy Bridge-based Core i3s. Can A10 and A8 stand up to Intel?
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Rumor: Asus Making Offer to Acquire ASRock Mobo DivisionOct 1, 2012 - in News
Asus may be gearing up to purchase ASRock's motherboard division.
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MSI Caught Overvolting GTX 660 Ti, 670 Power Edition CardsOct 1, 2012 - in News
If a company changes its product in the middle of a production run after an error becomes public, you know something’s fishy. If Nvidia steps in as well, that’s a good indication there’s something serious going on. Here’s what happened at MSI.
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HP, Hynix Not Commercializing ReRAM Until 4Q13Oct 1, 2012 - in News
HP doesn't plan to go commercial with ReRAM until the end of 2013 due to business reasons.
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Researcher: First Quantum Computers are 5 to 10 Years OutSep 30, 2012 - in News
Australian researchers claim to have passed a significant milestone toward quantum computers as they said they were able to create the first qubit based on a single atom in silicon.
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Intel Intros Dual-Core Atom Processor Z2760 SoCSep 28, 2012 - in News
Intel revealed a new SoC during a press event in San Francisco on Thursday.
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Report: Intel Haswell Causing Concern Among Mobo MakersSep 27, 2012 - in News
A report coming out of Taiwan suggests that the continued integration of new features in microprocessors will cause some motherboard makers to pull out of the market.
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AMD Releases Two New ULV Trinity APUsSep 27, 2012 - in News
AMD has added two ultra low power APUs to its A-series processor lineup.
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AMD Launches AppZone; Relaunches BlueStacksSep 27, 2012 - in News
AMD has launched AppZone, a place where you can download the new BlueStacks Android emulator and other desktop software ideal for your AMD-based GPU and APU.
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Qualcomm Intros Two Quad-Core Snapdragon S4 Play SoCsSep 27, 2012 - in News
Qualcomm has introduced two new quad-core Snapdragon SoCs for high-volume smartphones.
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Gaming At 1920x1080: AMD's Trinity Takes On Intel HD GraphicsSep 26, 2012 - in Reviews
Think you're pretty snazzy because your integrated graphics core plays mainstream games at 1280x720? We're on to bigger and better things, like modern titles at 1920x1080. Can AMD's Trinity architecture push high-enough frame rates to make this possible?
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AMD Releases Catalyst 12.9 Beta With Enduro SupportSep 26, 2012 - in News
AMD just posted the beta driver of Catalyst 12.9, which comes with the usual array of improvements and one especially noteworthy item.
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AMD Trinity On The Desktop: A10, A8, And A6 Get Benchmarked!Sep 26, 2012 - in Reviews
Desktop-bound Trinity APUs are shipping to OEMs, but they won't show up in the channel for months. Nevertheless, we got our hands on three upcoming models. How does Piledriver fare? What about VLIW4 graphics? Does memory play a big role? We answer within!
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AMD Desktop Trinity Update: Now With Core i3 And A8-3870KSep 26, 2012 - in Reviews
We update our first look at AMD's A6, A8, and A8 Trinity-based APUs with numbers from an A8-3870K, Core i3-2100, and Core i3-2105. The new results give us a much better idea of how the upcoming architecture will fare in productivity apps and games.
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RadioShack's CEO Steps DownSep 26, 2012 - in News
RadioShack is now looking for a new CEO to save the sinking electronics ship.
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Intel Confirms LTE 4G Support for Future Atom Mobile ChipsSep 26, 2012 - in News
Intel has confirmed that it will be adding LTE support in future Atom smartphone SoCs.
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Texas Instruments OMAP Focus Shifting to EmbeddedSep 26, 2012 - in News
Texas Instruments is shifting its primary focus away from the mobile sector and navigating its OMAP line towards the embedded processing business (updated to reflect a response from TI).