NVIDIA Tegra 4 Architecture Deep Dive, Plus Tegra 4i, Icera i500 & Phoenix Hands On
Ever since NVIDIA arrived on the SoC scene, it has done a great job of introducing its ultra mobile SoCs. Tegra 2 and 3 were both introduced with a...
75 by on 2/24/2013Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0: Introduction & Hands On
Samsung's goal for 2013 is to see the same success in tablets as it did in smartphones in 2012. It's a lofty goal, but one that is entirely feasible...
32 by on 2/23/2013Samsung's TV Discovery Service Enables TV to Smartphone/Tablet Streaming
I'm not entirely sure I understand the point of MWC this year if everyone is going to pre-empt the show with announcements of their own (or in the case...
7 by on 2/22/2013The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 17
We managed to get in one more Podcast before Brian and I leave for MWC 2013 today. With the number of major announcements that happened in the past week...
17 by on 2/22/2013ZTE to Build Tegra 4 Smartphone, Working on i500 Based Design As Well
ZTE just announced that it would be building a Tegra 4 based smartphone for the China market in the first half of 2013. Given NVIDIA's recent statements about Tegra...
11 by on 2/20/2013Sony Announces PlayStation 4: PC Hardware Inside
Sony just announced the PlayStation 4, along with some high level system specifications. The high level specs are what we've heard for quite some time: 8-core x86-64 CPU using AMD...
161 by on 2/20/2013An Update on Intel's SSD 525 Power Consumption
Intel's SSD 525 is the mSATA version of last year's SF-2281 based Intel SSD 520. The drive isn't just physically smaller, but it also features a new version of...
8 by on 2/20/2013Samsung Details Exynos 5 Octa Architecture & Power at ISSCC '13
At CES this year Samsung introduced the oddly named Exynos 5 Octa SoC, one of the first Cortex A15 SoCs to implement ARM's big.LITTLE architecture. Widely expected to be...
52 by on 2/20/2013Intel Demos CloverTrail+ Based Lenovo IdeaPhone K900 Ahead of MWC
Lenovo announced its ultra slim (6.9mm) 5.5" 1080p IdeaPhone K900 at CES earlier this year, based on Intel's presently unannounced CloverTrail+ SoC. While we're expecting to learn a lot...
16 by on 2/20/2013NVIDIA Announces Tegra 4i, Formerly Project Grey, With Integrated LTE and Phoenix Reference Design
It has been a while since we’ve heard anything about Project Grey, the first NVIDIA SoC with an integrated digital baseband, and the result of NVIDIA’s acquisition of soft-modem...
21 by on 2/19/2013High-End Meets Small Form Factor: GeForce Titan in Falcon Northwest's Tiki
Today NVIDIA officially unveiled its first consumer facing GK110 graphics card: the GeForce Titan. Although GK110 launched last year, gamers didn't have access to it as it launched exclusively...
33 by on 2/19/2013Microsoft Surface Pro mSATA SSD Upgrade: Dangerous but Successful
Unlike current ARM or Atom based tablets, Microsoft's Surface Pro integrates a full blown mSATA SSD. My review sample included a 128GB Micron C400, while I've seen reports of...
35 by on 2/17/2013The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 16
It's the calm before the storm. The coming weeks are full of big announcements from smartphones to PC components, leaving us to talk about everything we can before the...
30 by on 2/17/2013Anand's Thoughts on Intel's TV Initiative
Earlier this week Intel announced what we'd heard rumors of in months past, that it would be creating an IPTV service along with a custom software and hardware platform...
97 by on 2/14/2013Tegra 4 Shipment Date: Still Q2 2013
Last night NVIDIA's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, stated that shipments of its Tegra 4 SoC to customers would begin in Q2. A few outlets incorrectly assumed this meant Q2 of...
6 by on 2/14/2013Apple Cuts Pricing on MacBook Pro with Retina Display and SSD Upgrades
Earlier this morning Apple announced a combination of price cuts and spec updates to its MacBook Pro with Retina Display lineup. The price cuts impact the 13-inch rMBP, while...
37 by on 2/13/2013Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown: mSATA SSD Inside
After we published our Surface Pro review I went back and updated it to confirm that the SSD inside was indeed of the mSATA variety. My particular review sample...
12 by on 2/13/2013Micron P400m Review (200GB)
Micron has remained one of the more stable players in the SSD space over the past few years. Although not typically at the top of our charts, Micron (and...
24 by on 2/13/2013Times are Changing: Intel Building an IPTV Service + Box
The most interesting things at CES were the things that weren't at CES. While I'll discuss the others in due time, one notable absence from CES was the often...
25 by on 2/12/2013Microsoft Surface Pro Review
There's clearly interest in a device that converges the tablet and notebook. ASUS saw some of the earliest success in this department with its Transformer line of Android tablets...
229 by on 2/5/2013