We’ve already seen Sony attempt to shake things up in the entry-level market by introducing a custom 1Ghz dual-core processor in the Xperia U, and now MediaTek has announced that it will be throwing its own silicon into the ring. The company has introduced the MT6577 platform, comprised of a dual-core 1Ghz Cortex A9 CPU paired with a PowerVR Series5 SGX GPU and HSPA modem. Everything is designed to run on Ice Cream Sandwich and targets phones with a sub-$200 price.
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AMD Embedded G-Series APU targets low-power x86 markets
AMD may be struggling to keep up with Intel in terms of raw performance, but the company continues to push ahead with its APU solutions. The latest come in the form of the Embedded G-Series, designed for low-power and small form factors. AMD say that the TDP of the new chips is 4.5W, but average draw is just 2.3W. That makes it ideal for use in embedded point-of-sale, transportation, and medical markets.
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Intel Xeon Phi: a Teraflop supercomputer in a PCIe card
Intel has launched its new brand for "Many Integrated Core Architecture" chips, Intel Xeon Phi, with the coprocessors headed to workstations, data centers and even supercomputers. The MIC chips, which are expected to go on sale by the end of the year and were developed under the "Knights Corner" codename, will build on Intel's existing Xeon E5-2600/4600 chip range but be designed to support highly-parallel processing.
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OMAP 5 Android development platform hands-on
This week we’ve gotten the opportunity to see in a very basic way how powerful the next generation of Texas Instruments device processors will be. Graphics are the name of the game here, Texas Instruments’ Curt Moore showing off how an OMAP 5-toting developer platform tablet works with Android – which, incidentally, is running a bit of software called SBP Shell 3D (see our hands-on with the Viewsonic Viewphone 4S smartphone to see more SPB action). This software displays an array of homescreens all at once, allowing you access to each as they spin on a carousel: prime real-estate for showing off graphics power on OMAP 5 architecture.
Windows RT Texas Instruments development platform tablet hands-on
This week we got the opportunity to take a peek at Texas Instruments‘ effort in the Windows 8 space with their development platform tablet. This device is made for developers to get a handle on how their OMAP 4470 processor (that’s still OMAP4, not quite OMAP5 yet) works with Windows RT. After having been in development for over a year in direct collaboration with Microsoft, Texas Instruments is finally ready to show off its excellence here!
AMD Trinity APU prototypes get Computex outing
AMD has already waxed lyrical about the benefits of its 2nd-gen Trinity APUs, but the company brought along some more prototypes to Computex 2012 including a Transformer-aping tablet and dock. The Compal-made reference design is built around an 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 touchscreen and runs Windows 8, with AMD claiming its several years of collaboration with Microsoft on the next-gen OS means significant performance advantages over Intel- and ARM-based alternatives.
Qualcomm expands Snapdragon S4 line
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 is certainly proving to be popular, and has now made the jump to televisions, tablets, and Windows 8 PCs in addition to smartphones. We’re used to seeing the dual-core 1.5Ghz chip in the this year’s range of high-end phones, but Qualcomm will be extending the line to include additional dual-core variants plus quad-core chips.
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Console-quality Flash gaming in 12 months says AMD
Flash may have fallen out of favor in recent years, but AMD is betting on a resurgence of the technology with the prediction that Flash games will equal their console counterparts in quality within the twelve months. The chip manufacturer made the ambitious prediction at the launch of the new AMD Trinity, the company’s latest APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) that delivers, among other things, hardware-accelerated Flash support.
AMD Trinity official: Hands-on
AMD is back, and the company isn’t willing to take a back seat to Intel any longer. Trinity, AMD’s second-generation APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) is official, and it’s the mainstream platform the company expects to challenge Intel’s Ivy Bridge in everything from ultrabook-rivaling ultrathins, though notebooks and into desktops and all-in-ones. SlashGear caught up with AMD earlier this month to find out what makes Trinity so special.
Intel roadmap reveals plans for 5nm chips
Slides were released during Intel's annual Investor Meeting that revealed an ambitious roadmap for the chip maker. Intel plans to shrink its chip fabrication process down to a mere 5nm, with a 10nm process set to release in 2015 and work having already begun for the 7nm and 5nm processes. The company's latest Ivy Bridge chips are 22nm and the next iteration for 2013 will jump down to 14nm.
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TSMC 28nm ARM chip reaches speeds of 3.1Ghz
We may be reaching the point where raw specs no longer matter and the software experience is paramount, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping manufacturers from pushing the boundaries. Chip foundry TSMC has created a 28nm ARM-based chip capable of reaching speeds up to 3.1Ghz. The chip is a dual-core Cortex A9 variant, and based on the “high performance mobile” process.
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AMD teams with GameFly for major gamer push
It appears that AMD is bringing the heat back to the world of gaming, or at least some pointed focus, with a deal they've struck with GameFly. This online video game rental and PC download service has a membership program which will be given for free (for 30-days) to purchasers of any of several new AMD processor packs. This membership also includes a 20 percent discount on brand new PC game purchases via GameFly's own PC store.
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