VIA has outed its latest CPU, the VIA Eden X2, a dual-core 64-bit chip intended for fanless systems. The company claims the Eden X2 sips the least power of any dual-core x86 processor around, and throws in an integrated AES Security Engine for data security.
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Fujitsu Semiconductor pick up ARM chips: Cortex A15, Mali GPUs, more
Fujitsu Semiconductor has become the latest company to sign up to ARM's Cortex A15 cores, following Texas Instruments and others in creating the next-generation of SoCs. Although exact products haven't been confirmed yet, the deal will give Fujitsu access not only to ARM's processors but to GPUs like Mali.
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IDC Reports processor shipments flat in Q4 2010 year-over-year
When it comes to tracking the computer market IDC is one of the research firms we all look to for an idea how well things are going. IDC has issued its report for worldwide PC microprocessor shipments for Q4 2010 this week and ranked the vendors on unit and a revenue basis.
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Intel Medfield smartphones/MIDs on sale Q3 2011 tip insiders
The first Intel Medfield based devices could ship as soon as Q3 2011, according to Taipei component sources, with the low-power devices making their debut at Computex in late May. According to DigiTimes, Intel has accelerated Medfield testing so as to better challenge the dominance of ARM-based chipsets in the mobile device market.
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Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition is new hexacore flagship
Intel has released its latest high-end processor, the Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition, packing six 3.46GHz cores and 12 processing threads. Capable of being overclocked to 3.73GHz using Intel's Turbo Boost technology (and likely higher again, when the aftermarket modders get their hands on the chip), the Core i7-990X Extreme Edition comes with unlocked multipliers so that tweaking the speed is more straightforward.
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iPad 2 and iPhone 5 multi-core tipped by iOS benchmark tool
Further evidence to suggest the incoming iPad 2 and iPhone 5 will use a new, multi-core processor has emerged, with iOS benchmarking tool Geekbench 2 [iTunes link] being updated recently with new "support for multi-core processors." The app, available on iTunes for $0.99, runs performance tests on processor and memory; however, so far all iOS devices have used single-core chips.
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Snapdragon refreshed: up to 2.5GHz Quadcore with 3D & LTE
Qualcomm has officially announced its new, next-gen Snapdrgon range of mobile chipsets, with single-, dual- and quad-core processors using new micro-architecture. The single-core MSM8930, dual-core MSM8960 and the quad-core APQ8064 will run at speeds up to 2.5GHz, and use a new Adreno GPU with up to four 3D cores, together with an integrated LTE modem.
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MacBook Air Sandy Bridge refresh tipped for June
Apple is reportedly planning to refresh its MacBook Air ultraportable with Sandy Bridge processors in June, delayed slightly due to the chipset issues Intel has experienced. CNET's sources haven't disclosed which exact processors in Intel's Core 2011 range will used, though the update is expected to follow a MacBook Pro Sandy Bridge refresh in March or April.
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Samsung rebrands Exynos processor family: Hummingbird flies away
Samsung has rebranded its latest-gen application processor range, which will now be known as Exynos. Incorporating Orion, the Samsung dual-core chip expected to power tablets and smartphones later in 2011, Exynos originates from the Greek words smart (exypnos) and green (prasinos).
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Qualcomm’s HP Touchpad-powering Snapdragon APQ8060 detailed
HP's new Touchpad tablet is the first device to publicly commit to Qualcomm's new Snapdragon APQ8060, and now the chipset company is spilling the beans on exactly what its dual-core can do. The third-generation of Snapdragon, Qualcomm pairs the APQ8060 with an integrated Adreno 220 GPU (with twice the graphics processing power of its predecessor) to offer Full HD 3D support.
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TI OMAP 5 outed: twin Cortex-A15 cores, Kinect-style tracking, more
Texas Instruments has officially announced the TI OMAP 5 platform, the company's latest multi-core chipset complete with two 28nm ARM Cortex-A15 MPCores running at up to 2GHz. The new OMAP5430 and OMAP5432 processors offer up to 3x the performance of the previous-gen OMAP4430, with support for Kinect-style gesture recognition, 5x the graphics performance, and the ability to drive up to four simultaneous displays.
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Intel Medfield smartphone prototype gets brief preview
Squint, or you'll miss it. The tiny slab of shininess clutched in the hands of Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, is apparently a Medfield based smartphone that, according to the Maemo forums, was shown off at an Intel sales conference last week.
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