AMD's Steamroller Detailed: 3rd Generation Bulldozer Core
Today at the annual Hot Chips conference, AMD’s new CTO Mark Papermaster unveiled the first details about the Steamroller x86 CPU core. Steamroller is the third instantiation of AMD’s Bulldozer...
126 by on 8/28/2012The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 2
We're back! After a false start last week, we have our second podcast. This week Brian Klug, Ryan Smith and myself discussed Thunderbolt, Quick Sync in OS X, Windows...
25 by on 8/28/2012Preparing for the iPhone Next: Rumors Analyzed
While we typically don't comment on rumors we don't know to be true at AnandTech, we often get requests to help set rational expectations ahead of major iDevice launches...
132 by on 8/27/2012Sprint 4G LTE Network Performance on the Motorola Photon Q
Last week Motorola sent us the Photon Q 4G LTE, a Qualcomm MSM8960 based Android smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. While I'll touch on the phone and its...
15 by on 8/26/2012Qualcomm's APQ8064 and GLBenchmark 2.5 - MDP/T Results
A month ago Qualcomm invited us to play with their latest mobile development platform, the APQ8064 based MDP/T. For those of you who have trouble following Qualcomm's naming scheme...
9 by on 8/24/2012Intel's Medfield Reference Design Picked up by Russia's MegaFon
Intel has taken a unique approach to getting its Medfield SoC into the hands of customers around the world. After building a competitive, midrange (by today's standards) reference smartphone...
13 by on 8/22/2012Corsair Releases Neutron/Neutron GTX SSD Pricing
When we published our Neutron/Neutron GTX SSD review this morning we didn't have official pricing from Corsair. That's not all that unusual as pricing for many components can be...
3 by on 8/20/2012Synaptics ForcePad: A Thinner, Pressure Sensitive Trackpad for Notebooks
Late last week I talked a bit about Synaptics’ smartphone touch technology, but today’s announcements apply to their role in the notebook space. Today Synaptics is announcing two new...
7 by on 8/20/2012Synaptics ThinTouch: Bringing the Capacitive Touch Revolution to Mechanical Keyboards
Earlier this month Synaptics announced the acquisition of Pacinian, a company that focused on physical keyboards that used capacitive touch. To expand, Synaptics has to look beyond clickpad and...
15 by on 8/20/2012Corsair Neutron GTX SSD Review (240GB): Link A Media Controller Tested
Not interested in diving headfirst into a market full of teething pains, Corsair held off on its first SSD introduction. Even after it entered the market, Corsair remained conservative...
36 by on 8/20/2012Synaptics Talks In-Cell Touch & The Value of a Good Touch Controller
After Rick Bergman left AMD, a few familiar faces joined him at his new home Synaptics. Godfrey Cheng joined not too long after Bergman's departure as Synaptics' VP of...
10 by on 8/17/2012Intel Brings TRIM to RAID-0 SSD Arrays on 7-Series Motherboards, We Test It
In an unusually terse statement, Intel officially confirmed that the ATA TRIM command now passes through to RAID-0 SSD arrays on some systems running Intel's RST (Rapid Storage Technology...
41 by on 8/16/2012Live from Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 Launch
We just sat down at Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 US launch event. First announced at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, the Galaxy Note 10.1 brings Samsung's Note brand...
43 by on 8/15/2012Microsoft Reveals First Battery Life Specs for Windows RT Tablets
Yesterday Microsoft announced the final roster for ARM based Windows RT tablets expected to launch this year. We'll see Windows RT tablets from ASUS, Dell, Lenovo and Samsung, as...
18 by on 8/14/2012OWC Announces 480GB SSD Upgrade for MacBook Pro with Retina Display
In our review of the MacBook Pro with Retina Display I mentioned that the base $2199 configuration is near perfect, save for its 256GB SSD. With no room for...
12 by on 8/14/2012The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 1
Last Friday, Brian Klug, Ian Cutress and myself took an hour to discuss a lot of what was on our minds lately. At a high level we discussed building...
59 by on 8/13/2012Samsung Announces A15/Mali-T604 Based Exynos 5 Dual
Yesterday Samsung officially announced what we all knew was coming: the Exynos 5 Dual. Due to start shipping sometime between the end of the year and early next year...
36 by on 8/10/2012NVIDIA Q2 FY13 Earnings Report: $1.04B Revenue, Tegra Sales Recover
I don't normally comment on earning's calls, but this is something I've been talking a lot about in meetings offline so I decided to write up a short post...
14 by on 8/10/2012The Intel SSD 910 Review
The increase in compute density in servers over the past several years has significantly impacted form factors in the enterprise. Whereas you used to have to move to a...
39 by on 8/9/2012AMD Introduces FirePro A300 & A320 APUs: Trinity for Graphics Workstations
At its Financial Analyst Day earlier this year, AMD laid out its vision for the future of the company. For the most part the strategy sounded a lot like...
42 by on 8/7/2012