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Nvidia’s 2017 trouble is called RTG
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 15 November 2016 16:28

Nvidia’s 2017 trouble is called RTG


Return of the GPU Jedi

Nvidia, as you have seen, did an amazing job gaining a lot of the GPU high end and mainstream market. Pascal worked out great on the desktop and notebook, but it would be naive to expect that AMD is not going to come back with a vengeance.

UMC ready for 14nm in the second quarter
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 27 October 2016 11:41

UMC ready for 14nm in the second quarter


UMC is expected to  move its 14nm FinFET process to volume production in the second quarter of 2017.

Intel shows off 14 nm IoT Atoms
Published in IoT
Wednesday, 26 October 2016 13:52

Intel shows off 14 nm IoT Atoms


Atom E3900 series totally redesigned

Intel has been showing off its next generation of its Atom microprocessors intended for the Internet of Things (IoT).

How good is Kaby Lake really?
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 07 October 2016 15:40

How good is Kaby Lake really?


Not bad, but not 10nm according to PC World.

PC World has done a comparison test on Intel’s 14nm Kaby Lake to see how it stacks up with earlier versions.

Nvidia GP107 GPU pictured on GTX 1050 Ti
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 04 October 2016 22:34

Nvidia GP107 GPU pictured on GTX 1050 Ti


Small GP107 GPU rumored to be made by Samsung

After the performance leak, it was only a matter of time before someone took a picture of either the GTX 1050 or GTX 1050 Ti. Earlier this week, a set GTX 1050 Ti PCB pictures revealed a smaller GP107 GPU, which also added fuel to recent rumors that it might be the first GPU made on Samsung's 14nm manufacturing process.

Vega 20 GPU arrives late 2017
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 22 September 2016 12:29

Vega 20 GPU arrives late 2017


Replaces Vega 10, 32GB HBM 2

Vega 10 is Radeon Technology Group’s first HBM 2 part and should launch in early 2017. AMD – RTG is also planning a successor called Vega 20 that might launch later in the year.

AMD Vega 10 scores 24 TFlops
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 20 September 2016 08:42

AMD Vega 10 scores 24 TFlops


Slightly faster than P100

Vega 10 is coming next year and it seems that it will be faster than the P100 card. P100 (21.2 TFlops) is a  supercomputer part and has much higher theoretical performance than GP102 (10.97 TFlops). According to the raw numbers, AMD Vega 10 with 24Tflops, Vega 10 will significantly outperform Geforce Titan X. 

Qualcomm details Snapdragon 821
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 01 September 2016 11:51

Qualcomm details Snapdragon 821


2.4GHz, 10 percent faster at five percent less power

Qualcomm just released a blog post and gave more details about the Snapdragon 821 including some clock speeds and the fact that it needs five percent less power.

Zen gets analysts and Fudzilla excited
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 19 August 2016 11:22

Zen gets analysts and Fudzilla excited


Server and notebook deeper in 2017

AMD has showed off some clock and performance details about upcoming desktop Zen and some of you might remember that back in June at Computex, Fudzilla said that if the Zen boots windows it will boost AMD’s share too

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has Snapdragon and Exynos
Published in Mobiles


Same as S7, S7 Edge

Samsung will launch its Galaxy Note 7 today and it will stream events. The latest info is that the phone comes with Exynos 8890, the similar to what we’ve seen in S7 and S7 Edge but we have heard that there will be a Snapdragon version too.