Intel's Core 2011 Mobile Roadmap Revealed: Sandy Bridge Part II
Late last week we pulled back the covers on Intel's next-generation Core architecture update: Sandy Bridge. Due out in Q1 2011, we learned a lot about Sandy Bridge's performance in our preview. Sandy Bridge will be the first high performance monolithic CPU/GPU from Intel. Its performance was generally noticeable better than the present generation of processors, both on the CPU and GPU side. If you haven't read the preview by now, I'd encourage you to do so.
One of the questions we got in response to the article was: what about Sandy Bridge for notebooks?
While Sandy Bridge is pretty significant for mainstream quad-core desktops, it's even more tailored to the notebook space. I've put together some spec and roadmap information for those of you who might be looking for a new notebook early next year.
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Farewell to ATI, AMD to Retire the ATI Brand Later this Year
Four years ago AMD did the unthinkable: it announced the 5.4 billion dollar acquisition of ATI in a combination of cash and stock. What followed was a handful of very difficult years for AMD, an upward swing for ATI and the eventual spinoff of AMD’s manufacturing facilities to GlobalFoundries in order to remain profitable and competitive.
In the years post acquisition, many criticized AMD for blowing a lot of money on ATI and having little to show for it. Even I felt that for $5.4 billion AMD could’ve put together its own competent graphics and chipset teams.
Despite the protest and sideline evaluations, good has come from the acquisition. The most noticeable is the fact that AMD’s chipset business is the strongest it has ever been. AMD branded chipsets and integrated graphics are actually very good. And later this year, AMD will ship its first Fusion APUs (single die CPU/GPU): Ontario using Bobcat cores and an AMD GPU. Ontario will be the first tangible example of direct AMD/ATI collaboration since the acquisition.
Just as we’re about to see results from the acquisition AMD is announcing that it will retire the ATI brand later this year. Save those boxes guys, soon you won’t see an ATI logo on any product sold in the market.
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DisplayPort: Active Single-Link DVI Adaptors Available Soon
For quite a while now one of the largest obsticles for using Eyefinity in budget scanrios has been an issue of connectivity. Eyefinity video cards are cheap and large TV-derrived monitors are fairly cheap, but cheap monitors rarely have the DisplayPort connectivity required for the 3rd monitor in an Eyefinity configuration. The previous solution has been to use an active dual-link DVI adaptor capable of converting the DP signal to DVI, but at around $100 for these adaptors the cost was as much as some video cards.
Next month this situation will largely be resolved with the release of active single-link DVI adaptors. These adaptors still convert a DP signal to DVI, but by only generating a signal for a single-link port they're cheaper to build and no longer require external power. At $30 each they should go a long way towards making Eyefinity cheaper for gamers and non-gamers alike.
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So Long, Farewell: AMD to Kill ATI Brand Name
AMD's market research shows that it's time to get rid of the ATI brand
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Report: Huge CO2 Release Sped Up Ice Age Melt
But scientists say it did not contribute to global warming today
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Company Builds Mobile Phone Into Clothing
Users dress to take phone calls; clothing embedded with SIM card.
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