Samsung Confirms APQ8060 for T-Mobile Galaxy S 2
After the Samsung Galaxy S 2 launch announcement, I made an educated prediction that the T-Mobile variant would come with a Qualcomm SoC and not Samsung's own Exynos. The...
13 by Brian Klug on 9/13/2011Intel's Medfield Gingerbread Smartphone Reference Platform
Earlier this morning Paul Otellini showed off Intel's Android smartphone reference platform running a version of Gingerbread. We just got up close and personal with the device as you...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Intel Releases New Sandy Bridge Graphics Drivers
Amidst a full day of updates from IDF, I'd like to draw your attention to some more Intel-related news: Intel has refreshed its generic Sandy Bridge graphics driver to...
11 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/13/2011Updated: Intel's Honeycomb Reference Tablet: 8.9mm Thick, Medfield Inside
Paul Otellini showed this tablet off earlier today but we got a little more detail on it just moments ago. Intel has put together a 32nm Atom (Medfield) based...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Intel's Unified Design: Core & Atom Now Under One Roof
Intel has had a bit of a reorg. The photo above depicts how Intel used to work. Core and Atom architecture development happened via independent design teams. Core was...
8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Intel Oculus: Preparing Intel for Competition in Smartphones & Tablets
Intel has been quietly working on its plans for smartphones and tablets. This is a significant departure from the waves it was making just a couple of years ago...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Sandy Bridge E: Live at IDF
Intel's upcoming 6-core, quad-channel high end Sandy Bridge E platform is due out in Q4 of this year. Intel has demos of the platform around IDF, many of which...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Windows 8 Developer Preview Available for Everyone at 8 PM PST
At BUILD today Microsoft just announced that the same version of Windows 8 Developer Preview we've been using on Samsung tablets for the past day will be available at...
9 by Brian Klug on 9/13/2011Tons of Thunderbolt Peripherals at IDF
We've been asking for more Thunderbolt devices and it looks like we're seeing the first examples of that today at IDF. Check out the gallery below for a bunch...
10 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011OCZ Reveals 7.5mm 2.5" SSDs
OCZ just issued a press release revealing that LG is using OCZ's brand new 7.5mm 2.5" SSD in their P220 laptop. Note that regular 2.5" drives have height of...
9 by Kristian Vättö on 9/13/2011Meet the Ultrabooks: OEM and ODMs Show Off Designs at IDF
IDF is well underway and we've just gone through the Ultrabook section of the convention center. Everyone from Foxconn to Lenovo had Sandy Bridge based Ultrabook designs at the...
22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Google: All Future Versions of Android Will be Optimized for Intel x86
Paul Otellini just showed off a Medfield based Android phone (running the "latest" version of Android) and immediately announced a development partnership with Google. Andy Rubin from Google just...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Haswell Design Complete
Intel just announced, unsurprisingly, Haswell's design is complete and already in the testing phase. Update: We just confirmed that although Haswell is complete, the solar powered demo below wasn't...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Haswell Will Enable 10 Days of Connected Standby Battery Life
Intel just announced that Haswell (due out in 2013) was designed to reduce connected standby power by 30% compared to Sandy Bridge. The Haswell platform as a whole will...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Ivy Bridge Will Bring a 35W Quad-Core i7
Earlier this year Intel revealed its mobile Sandy Bridge lineup, including a slew of 45W quad-core Core i7 SKUs. Next year Ivy Bridge will expand the range to include...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Meet the 2012 Thunderbolt Controllers: Cactus Ridge
Image Courtesy iFixit Thunderbolt has seen limited use this year - the standard has only been implemented by Apple and Sony, the rest of the PC market will have to...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011AMD Sets World Overclocking Record with 8.429GHz Bulldozer Processor
Before every major architecture launch from AMD or NVIDIA, the companies typically hold an editor's or tech day. These events usually last about a day (sometimes two) and involve...
43 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011The Updated Tegra Roadmap: Kal-El+ in 2012, Wayne in Late 2012/Early 2013
Last week we confirmed NVIDIA would be introducing a Tegra SoC with integrated Icera baseband called Grey, but we got the timeframe down. Above you'll see the updated Tegra...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/12/2011Pricing Revealed for First AMD Bulldozer FX Chips
Though AMD began shipping Bulldozer-based sever CPUs last week, we're still waiting until Q4 for the new architecture to hit the desktop. In the meantime, however, pre-order pricing for...
58 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/12/2011Acer Iconia Tab A501 Coming To AT&T's HSPA+ Network
Acer made a value play with their Acer Iconia A500, and the results left something to be desired. How much of that was Honeycomb growing pains is hard to...
2 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/12/2011