NVIDIA Pascal next-gen GPU platform revealed

NVIDIA has announced Pascal, its next-gen GPU platform for gaming PCs, cloud computing, supercomputing, and machine learning. Featuring new technologies NVLink and 3D Memory, Pascal introduces new strategies to increase … Continue reading

Intel Broadwell chips to land in PCs in second half of 2014

Intel has been one of the top makers of CPUs for computers and other devices for years. The current generations of CPUs for PCs that sit at the top of … Continue reading

Apple’s A8 SoC tipped to be made by TSMC

Further feeding the rumors surrounding Apple’s next chip, Taiwanese media are reporting that the privilege of manufacturing the A8 has been awarded to TSMC. This creates a further gap between … Continue reading

Qualcomm Snapdragon 610/615 bring 64-bit octacore to midrange

Octacore mobile chips are usually the preserve of flagship phones and tablets, but Qualcomm is aiming to bring an abundance of cores to the midrange with its new Snapdragon 610 … Continue reading

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chip targets mobile flagships

We’ve seen some fast smartphones here at MWC 2014 but they’re going to get even faster if Qualcomm has its way, with the launch of the new Snapdragon 801. Promising … Continue reading

MediaTek MT6732 SoC jumps on the 64-bit bandwagon

With the mobile chip wars slowly heading towards the 64-bit architecture, it was only a matter of time before MediaTek outed its own budget-conscious offering. But the newly unveiled MT6732 … Continue reading

MediaTek MT6595 is world’s first 4G LTE Octa-core SOC using ARM Cortex-A17 for Smartphones

MediaTek has announced a new product that it claims is the world’s first 4G LTE octa-core smartphone SOC using the just announced ARM Cortex-A17 CPU. The MediaTek part also supports … Continue reading

ARM unveils Cortex-A17 processor, Mali-T720 GPU, and enhanced IP suite

ARM has announced some new hardware and IP products that it is aiming at the mid-range mobile and consumer market. The IP suite includes a new CPU, GPU, and physical … Continue reading

AMD unveils 64-bit octa-core Opteron A1100 ARM chip for servers

The fact that the ARM architecture is finally breaking into other spaces beyond mobile devices is proven by this latest piece of news. AMD has just announced the Opteron A1100, … Continue reading

AMD Opteron 6300 series CPUs with 12 or 14 cores unveiled

AMD has announced the launch of some new processors in its Opteron range. The new processors go into the Opteron 6300 series and are aimed at sever systems. The new … Continue reading