AMD Announces Their First 8000M GPUs
AMD held a press briefing today on their upcoming 8000M graphics chips, which they are calling the "second generation GCN architecture" parts. We’ll have more on that in a...
88 by Jarred Walton on 12/17/2012Samsung Acquires SSD Caching Company NVELO
This came out of the blue. Samsung announced their intent to acquire NVELO, known for their Dataplex SSD caching software. Price or specific timeframe of the acquisition have not...
16 by Kristian Vättö on 12/16/2012AMD's Radeon HD 7970M: Ivy Bridge vs. Trinity Video
In one of the most "interesting" moves I've seen in the mobile market, MSI has equipped their GX60 gaming notebook with an HD 7970M...paired with an AMD A10-4600M APU...
85 by Jarred Walton on 12/14/2012Steiger Dynamics Launches LEET Gaming HTPC Lineup
We are no strangers to boutique PC makers here at AnandTech, having reviewed systems from AVADirect, iBUYPOWER and Puget Systems regularly. Most of these boutique PCs are targeted exclusively...
31 by Ganesh T S on 12/13/2012Broadcom's pre-CES Sneak Peek: BCM 43341 NFC Combo Chip and More..
We were at Broadcom's press event in San Francisco on Tuesday, where they outlined their vision for the trends in the next few years. Covered aspects included location technologies...
8 by Ganesh T S on 12/13/2012Intel Launches “Centerton” Atom S1200 Family, First Atom For Servers
In recent months much has been made over the potential incursion of ARM into Intel’s tightly held server markets, and for good reason. ARM’s general focus on SoCs for...
35 by Ryan Smith on 12/11/2012Samsung Explains The Firmware Bug Causing The Failures of SSD 840/840 Pro
We've been covering the issues surrounding Samsung's SSD 840/840 Pro lately. The issue was first discovered when Anand's pre-production review sample died during testing and we also noted that...
56 by Kristian Vättö on 12/7/2012ARCHOS GamePad Introduced: 7" Gaming Tablet with Hardware Controls
Sometimes it's easier to take risks, if you aren't moving quite so many units. ARCHOS, long a player in media playback devices has spent a few years exploring Android...
24 by Jason Inofuentes on 12/6/2012Mushkin Announces First 480GB mSATA SSD
We're seeing a true shift in the mobile market to including SSDs in more of the market spectrum. What was once the domain of $1500+ laptops is now being...
27 by Jarred Walton on 12/6/2012TeamViewer 8 Released, with Windows 8 and Retina Support
TeamViewer is one of those applications that some people have heard about and love, while others have no idea what it is. At its core, TeamViewer is a remote...
31 by Jarred Walton on 12/6/2012Hands on with the Analogix SlimPort microUSB to HDMI and VGA adapters
In my Nexus 4 review, I noted that the device was the first shipping handset to include support for SlimPort via an Analogix ANX7808 SlimPort transmitter. When I wrote...
33 by Brian Klug on 12/5/2012Qualcomm Announces S4 Play MSM8x26 and WTR2605 - Quad Core ARM Cortex A7
Yesterday, Qualcomm announced a new SoC for its Snapdragon S4 Play category, the MSM8x26, and alongside it a new transceiver, WTR2605. The announcement was a little light on detail...
18 by Brian Klug on 12/5/2012AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11 Drivers Available
Continuing their work on the 12.11 drivers, AMD has recently released their 12.11 beta 11 driver update. This driver fixes several system hangs while including the previous improvements to...
23 by Chris Hansen on 12/4/2012NVIDIA GeForce 310.70 Beta Drivers Available
Seeking a candidate for WHQL certification, NVIDIA has just released their 310.70 beta driver update for desktops and laptops. The driver continues to iterate on the 310.33 beta driver...
9 by Chris Hansen on 12/4/2012Latest WebKit Build Doubles Scrolling Performance on MacBook Pro with Retina Display
In both of our MacBook Pro with Retina Display reviews (13-inch & 15-inch), I pointed out a big downside to the user experience today: UI performance in some applications...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/4/20123DMark Fire Strike Trailer
This isn't major news, but I find the periodic updates to the 3DMark suite at least interesting if only to see what Futuremark is up to. They have released...
22 by Jarred Walton on 12/3/2012The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 12
Today's podcast covers two major topics: the rumored BGA-only version of Intel's Broadwell (2014/2015) CPU and Qualcomm's disclosures at its recent analyst day. The Broadwell BGA topic spawned a...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/3/2012The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 11
We're back! Brian and I recorded this one just after the holidays last week. Despite there not being a lot going on release wise, we had a bunch to...
27 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/29/2012Microsoft Announces Surface Pro Pricing and Availability: 17W IVB Starting at $899 in January 2013
Last month I reviewed Microsoft's Surface RT tablet, and came away generally impressed. The form factor and attention to detail were both much better than expected from Microsoft. The...
93 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/29/2012Update on Samsung SSD 840/840 Pro Failures
In our review of Samsung's SSD 840 Pro I noted that my drive died shortly after I completed testing. Samsung sent me a replacement, which also stopped working (although...
45 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/28/2012