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After almost a year of Ivy Bridge implementation in everything from Windows tablets to miniature computers, Intel has finally rolled out its latest architecture to its budget line of silicon. According to CPU World, the chip giant released pricing and concrete specs for three Celeron CPUs, four Pentiums and a new Core i3-3210, all of which are available today. The Celerons all have 2MB of L3 cache, HD graphics and range from 2.3GHz to 2.7GHz. Meanwhile, the Pentiums rank a touch higher with 3MB of L3 cache, HD graphics and processors that clock at 2.5GHz on the low end to 3.2GHz on the high end. Last but certainly not least, the 3.2GHz Core i3 tops the lot with 3MB of L3 cache and HD 2500 graphics.

All the Celeron and Pentium models have two cores and two threads each, but the Core kicks it up to four threads with the help of Hyperthreading. They’re all compatible with existing Socket 1155 motherboards and cost anywhere from $42 for the cheapest Celeron to $117 for the Core i3. Of course with Haswell on the horizon, Ivy Bridge won’t be the latest and greatest for much longer, but that shouldn’t derail budget-conscious silicon lovers from a good deal. If all of this CPU speak gets your heart thumping, be sure to peek at the source to get a more detailed pricing breakdown of each individual chip.

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Via: ZDNet

Source: CPU World

At CES 2013 we saw the unveiling of the NVIDIA Tegra 4, a mobile processor the company suggested was the World’s Fastest, it containing 72 GPU cores, five CPU cores (one of them an A15 “companion”), and the ability to work with 4G LTE. The Tegra 4 will be working with the NVIDIA Icera i500, that being a 28nm HP, Category 3 LTE (4 in the pipeline) Soft Modem. These two pieces of architecture together will be NVIDIA’s hero technology for mobile devices throughout 2013.

NVIDIA Tegra 4

The NVIDIA Tegra 4 System-on-Chip with five ARM Cortex A15 cores – four of them with 1.9GHz max clock speed, a fifth synthesized to work at lower power. The technology working around this fifth Companion core is similar to the Tegra 3, and for the lay person, it may as well be presented as the same due to how similar it really is. The fifth core is not visible to the operating system you’re using (be it Android, Windows, or something else), acting as more of a “Shadow Core” or a “Ninja” as we’ve been apt to call it, just as it was with Tegra 3.

Above you’re going to see a rundown of what Tegra 4 is, how it compares to Tegra 3, and what the future holds for mobile processing. The talk you’re seeing above is with NVIDIA Technical Marketing Director Nick Stam who presented us more of a detailed look at the Tegra 4 and what it means for mobile devices in 2013 (and beyond.)

For those of you that want to get rather technical with it all, you’ll be interested in knowing that the die size here in this new model is 80mm^2, ever so slightly larger than Tegra 3, but a whole lot denser as well. The cores you’re seeing here work on 28nm HPL, that being 28nm low power with high-k plus metal gates. What that basically means here is that you’re going to get one extremely optimized experience, made for high performance and low power consumption – as every great processor should.

The Tegra 4 processor will be working with “Always-On” HDR camera technology as well. You’ll find a rather interesting set of details in our initial reveal post, and we’ll be seeing this technology in-person sooner than later. It’s then that we’ll be seeing what it really means to be able to instantly take a shot with multiple exposures at once!

NVIDIA Icera i500 Soft Modem with 4G LTE

The NVIDIA Icera i500 Soft Modem is what the company describes as 40% smaller than a conventional die – this referring to other modems they’ve worked with from companies other than themselves, of course. The Icera i500 will work with Soft Modem technology, starting with UE Category 3 LTE (100 Mbps downlink on 20 MHz FDD-LTE) and moving forward to UE Category 4 LTE in the very near future. VoLTE is supported with other voice mode technologies, and the modem will be paired with a new never before seen transceiver built on 65nm LP CMOS.

The NVIDIA Icera i500 Soft Modem is built on TSMC’s 28nm high performance High-K Metal Gate process, and the company is able to power gate each of its cores individually. Depending on the needs of each device’s software package, each of the NVIDIA Icera i500′s 8 cores can be used or not used, gating based on changing load conditions.

Following Tegra 4

Those of you getting pumped up about Tegra 4 and NVIDIA’s full 2013 experience, you’ll have a fabulous time hitting up our massive Tegra Hub. There you’ll find not just your everyday NVIDIA Tegra mobile processor news, but featured hands-on articles, must-read up-to-the-minute updates, and reviews of Tegra-toting devices of all kinds.

Right this minute you’ll find several stories on the first device to have been revealed working with the Tegra 4 processor: NIVIDA’s own Project SHIELD. You’ll find plenty of awesome Project SHIELD action in the immediate future and up with its final name some time in Q2 of this year. Also have a peek in the timeline below to see the first important detail articles to have come down the line here in the first week since Tegra 4 was first revealed – Project SHIELD included!

SlashGear 101: NVIDIA Tegra 4 in detail is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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At CES 2013, Qualcomm has made an announcement that is likely going to set their tone for most of 2013: their new Snapdragon processors are here, and they come not only with much improved features and performance, but also with a new naming scheme. The changes are broad, and Qualcomm has tried to improve just about everything from the previous Snapdragon S4 Pro. Here are the changes that you must absolutely know about in the Snapdragon 800 and 600: (more…)

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Today the folks at Qualcomm have outlined their next generation in mobile processing for premium and high-end smart devices galore, starting with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and aiming for a double-whammy with the Snapdragon 600 too. These processors not only take what the Snapdragon SoCs of the past have done and make with the amplification, they also introduce new technology for connectivity, performance, and location services.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800

The Snapdragon 800 is made for what Qualcomm describes as “premium mobile and computing devices”, this meaning that we’ll certainly be seeing it in a set of what are considered now to be standard Smart devices like smartphones, but that we could also see it in machines outside this standard box as well. Inside the Snapdragon 800 you get next-level pieces of the Qualcomm family all around, including the Krait 400 CPU, Adreno 330 GPU, Hexagon v5 DSP, and the ability to connect to some of the fastest mobile networks in the world with a 4G LTE Cat 4 modem.

While the top-level processor made by these folks right now is the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, that being the one you’ll find in such gems as the Google Nexus 4 and the LG Optimus G, the Snapdragon 800 will soon take its place as the head hero. The Snapdragon 800 is said by Qualcomm to deliver “up to 75 percent better” performance than the Snapdragon S4 Pro. The Snapdragon 800 also moves Qualcomm to 28nm High Performance for mobile (HPm it’s also called) technology node so that you’re using “exceptionally” low power with this lovely piece of technology.

With the Snapdragon 800 you’ve got the Krait 400 CPU in quad configuration, that in simple terms meaning there’s four of the cores on your one mobile chip, each of these cores working at up to 2.3Ghz clock speed. This all works with a technology you may have heard of before when we’re talking about multi-core processors, that being asynchronous SMP – each core is used only when you need it, and the whole system is made to conserve power whenever possible while you get peak performing processing.

The Snapdragon 800 also brings you 2x32bit LP-DDR3 at 800MHz with memory bandwidth of 12.8GBps and Hexagon DSP V5 for top-notch floating point support, expanded multimedia instructions for low power performance, and dynamic multithreading. And if you’ve never heard of any of those terms before, the next one’s really universal in how simple it is to understand: IZat.

The location technology known as IZat is brand new, bringing on multiple tracking systems into one system that’s both high performance and extremely accurate. This technology is ready and rocking for both auto and pedestrian apps of the future. You’ll be able to connect through the future with Category 4 Third Generation 4G LTE, Advanced Carrier Aggrication, and both World Mode and multi-band support – and USB 3.0, Bluetooth, and FM radio support for good measure.

In the media universe, the Snapdragon 800 is capable of UltraHD video playback, capture, and display. UltraHD video, for the uninitiated, is four times 1080p pixel density – the Snapdragon 800 also supports displays up to 2560×2048 as well as Miracast wireless video streaming at 1080p HD – this will work well with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and above, an operating system that also supports Miracast standard wireless streaming technology.

This processor also works with HD multichannel audio with DTS-HD as well as Dolby Digital Plus technology for the most block-rocking of beats. Your camera will also be fantastic as the Snapdragon 800 works with dual Image Signal Processors (ISP), this newest amalgamation bringing on the best image processing in a Qualcomm SoC yet!

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor family has been announced this week as being in sampling and is expected to be “in commercial devices” by the middle of the year here in 2013. Then there’s the Snapdragon 600, another next-generation processor that takes on many of the great points of the 800 with a slightly lower clock speed and a few different components as well.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600

The Snapdragon 600 is expected to be popping up in high-end mobile devices by the second quarter of 2013, so quite possibly a bit sooner than its slightly more powerful associate, the Snapdragon 800. With the Snapdragon 600, Qualcomm has put together a processor made to deliver “up to 40 percent better performance” than the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor and is also said to do it at lower power.

This SoC works with a quad-core Krait 300 CPU clocked up to 1.9GHz per core and engages with a newly speed-enhanced Adreno 320 GPU as well as support for LPDDR3 memory. The Snapdragon 600 also brings on “system-wide” improvements in architecture as well as connectivity features and options.

Have a peek at our Snapdragon tag portal to see more about the next generation of Qualcomm processors and prepare yourself for the hottest smart devices ever in 2013!

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 600 quad-core mobile processors head off 2013 is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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One new SoC per year? That’s what NVIDIA pledged back in the fall of 2010 and today at its CES 2013 presser, it delivered with the Tegra 4’s official unveiling. The chip, which retains the same 4-plus-1 arrangement of its predecessor, arrives with a whopping 72 GeForce GPU cores — effectively offering six times the Tegra 3’s visual output and is based on the 28nm process. It also is the first quad-core processor with Cortex A15 cores on-board, and offers compatibility with LTE networks through an optional chip. NVIDIA claims this piece of silicon is the world’s fastest mobile processor, and showed a demonstration in which a Tegra 4 went head-to-head against a Nexus 10 in loading websites (you can guess which one won).

The Tegra 4 also introduces new computational photography architecture, which adds a new engine to drive the image processing and significantly improve the amount of time it takes to calculate the necessary mathematics 10 times faster than current platforms. To show off its power, NVIDIA demonstrated HDR rendering on live video. The chip is also capable of implementing HDR in burst shots and with LED flash. The idea, NVIDIA says, is to eventually make our mobile cameras more powerful than DSLRs, and this is certainly a step in the right direction.

Joseph Volpe contributed to this report.

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