AMD has officially released its entire mobile platform for the year 2013. Today the company released the Kabini SoC for the ultrathin notebooks and the Temash SoC for tablets. Built on the 28nm process, Temash and the Kabini are expected to deliver up to 20% better CPU performance, 75% GPU performance and longer battery life.
Blizzard has a special was of not just launching a new game but making it an experience. After being at the Heart of the Swarm event mere years ago I can say this not only stepped up the game but blew it off the map as the new Starcraft II Heart of The Swarm midnight launch was more of a festival or celebration than your standard launch event.
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Today, AMD kicks off 2013 with the launch of Richland, the successor of the Trinity APU. The company launched four mobile APUs with 35W TDP designed for performance notebook. Architecturally, Richland is identical to Trinity as both APUs are based on the Piledriver CPU cores and Southern Island GPU cores. With Richland, AMD has bumped the clockspeed on the CPU and the GPU and improved upon the Turbo Core technology. In addition, AMD has worked with software vendors to provide facial recognition and gesture support that leverage on their GPU computing power.
Want a tremendous speed boost? Keep reading, as we explore the benefits of a RAMDisk.
Gigabyte’s Aivia Osmium gaming keyboard is a very slick looking and attractive peripheral to have displayed as part of your entertainment setup. But is it worth it?
Mobile Trinity kicks off 2012 for AMD by incorporating the Piledriver CPU core (an enhanced version of the Bulldozer) and the updated GPU core based on the VLIW4 design derived from AMD’s Northern Island discreet GPU from the HD 6970. With the mobile APU out of the way, AMD also launched the budget APU codenamed the Brazos 2.0 and has revealed the desktop SKUs.
A glance over AMD’s plan shows that 2012 will see a greater push for APUs. From high performance systems all the way down to everyday performance and productivity systems, AMD has APUs designed to meet users’ computing needs. After introducing the second generation mobile A-Series APU (codenamed Trinity) in May, AMD today brings us the low power E-Series edition of the APU, codenamed Brazos 2.0, and designed for very basic computing needs.
AMD today unveiled the next generation APUs for notebooks: Trinity. With more performance, Eyefinity-support and more improvements it looks like the perfect companion for those new Ultrathin laptops.
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Could it be that NVIDIA’s latest GeForce GTX 670 can beat AMD’s flagship 7900 series graphics cards at a lower cost? Keep reading to find out!
Today we check out the performance of the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 in Surround mode at 5760 x 1080 and at 6040×1080 (Custom Resolution) on 8 different games.
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Check out Rosewill’s Thor V2 or Blackhawk cases, their latest laptop cooling solutions, or even their Cherry MX Switch Mechanical Keyboards at CES 2012
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CyberPower showed off a very interesting 2-in-1 PC at CES 2012 called the Black Mamba Fang III. Its a combination of a High-End Gaming system and a Server based system in one single case.
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Kingston shows off their latest red Hyper Limited Edition memory modules, next concept T1 modules, a 64GB system running a high demanding composition, and latest Ultrabook Flash Drives.
Razer at CES 2012 showed off two of their latest products, the Naga Hex gaming mouse, and their latest on-the-go Project Fiona Gaming PC Tablet with game controllers on the side.
This year at CES 2012, GIGABYTE showed off their latest upcoming Z77 motherboards supporting the next-generation 22nm Ivy Bridge processors from Intel.
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AMD’s new Bulldozer chip is highly anticipated, but how far can it really go? Keep reading to find out.
The AMD A3850 APU is a capable APU for the mainstream user. It has a lot of potential as part of an HTPC. We’ve compared it to an Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3-2100T/H67 combo to see who can make the best HTPC.
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What does it take to build a video card or a motherboard? ZOTAC was kind enough to take us through their factory to show how it is done. Read along as we discover how everything is assembled and qualified through stress tests.
AMD’s new 990FX chipset natively supports SLI, so we decided to test its impact in games. Keep reading for more.
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To wrap up Computex 2011, we went ahead and wrapped up some of the latest motherboards, video cards, tablets, and memory products from MSI, GIGABYTE, and Kingston.
Like every year, we bring back some of the finest Booth Babes for our readers, this time at Computex 2011.
Computex 2011 just finished and we are ready to show off some of the latest products coming out this year. In this article we’ll take a look at Thermaltake, Noctua, ZOTAC, Zalman and Silverstone.
NVIDIA 3D Vision for YouTube is finally here. Users can enjoy sharing their favorite family moments and stream 3D Movies straight from YouTube with Nvidia’s 3D Vision glasses.
NVIDIA’s release of the GeForce GTX 560 Ti comes with a new chip (the GF114). The card is intended to replace the old GTX 460 (GF104), and fill the lowest high-end slot for the GeForce 500 family.
A final post-CES 2011 overview of the show floor and some of the latest products showcased this year.
The G1 Killer lineup of motherboards will be the ultimate weapon for gamers, with its built-on Creative audio chip and very low latency Bigfoot Killer network card.
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Patriot Memory just announced their new Javelin S4 Media Server NAS, capable of up to 12TBs of storage for a massive home theater movie/music/photo collection.
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Cooler Master showed us some of their new products at CES 2011, including a new CM Storm case and a couple of new CPU coolers.
Day 2 at CES2011 we visited PowerColor to get a view on some of their upcoming products including a passively cooled HD6850 and a water cooled HD6970.
Zalman unveiled some new products today at CES 2011, including cases, coolers, and more.
Nvidia has announced the Tegra 2 chip, which will bring in a new generation of superphones like the LG Optimus 2X.
It is time to unveil AMD’s latest GPU’s: the HD6850 and HD6870. These are mid-range GPU’s aimed to go head-to-head with the GTX460. Will they succeed? Read our reviews to find out.
This summer, at IDF 2010, Intel revealed the newest processor microarchitecture: Sandy Bridge. We take a look at this brand new technology, expected to be released in 2011.
The GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship is the largest overclocking event this summer. Bjorn3D was there to catch the action live, and now we’re bringing the action to you.
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While there were quite a few Kingston products announced during Computex, we were lucky enough to attend a meeting with David Sun, co-founder of Kingston, as well as take a tour and show you how all of our every day used memory modules are made at the Kingston Hsinchu Factory.
Zalman had some impressive new products to show off at Computex 2010 this year, including their new 3D Monitor, Laptop Cooler with external HDD enclosure, their new VGA cooler for ATI and nVidia based cards and a low-profile CPU cooler for HTPC systems.
Every year we have them, and we love them. This year, Bjorn3D was able to bring you some of the booth babes from Computex 2010.
During Computex 2010, we were able to talk and learn some new information from Gigabyte. Later followed the new product lunch of the X58A-UD9 and Gigabyte Technology’s Seminar. Video coverage available on 2nd Page.
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Kingston just announced their plans for their new USB 3.0 HyperX SSD and the long waiting 64GB SDXC memory cards. These products will have blazing speeds delivered straight through the USB 3.0 and SDXC interface.
Gigabyte is showing off their latest motherboards at Computex 2010 with unlocked Intel Core i7 CPUs.
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