Intel starts shipping 32-nm Cedar Trail Atom CPUs
Intel has started shipping Cedar Trail versions of its Atom processor. This third generation of the Atom purportedly offers double the graphics performance of Pine Trail thanks to a new GPU core based on PowerVR tech from Imagination Technologies. Although early reports indicated this GPU would support DirectX 10.1, the press presentation (PDF) on Cedar Trail lists only DirectX 9. At least the new "media engine" is supposed to be capable of decoding 1080p content. Intel has also added support for its Wireless Display tech.
Some of Cedar Trail's improved graphics performance likely comes from the greater memory bandwidth enabled by its support for DDR3 memory up to 1066MHz. Higher clock speeds are also on the menu for the CPU, which is otherwise unchanged from the ...
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Former AMD developer-relations head hired by Intel
Former AMD head of developer relations Richard Huddy has reportedly joined Intel. KitGuru appears to have the scoop on what could be an important development for Intel's graphics business. Huddy worked at Nvidia for several years before defecting to AMD in 2002, so he's spent quite a bit of time helping graphics hardware companies interface with game developers.
Gaming has always been a weak point of Intel graphics hardware. While things have improved immensely from the days when most new titles wouldn't even run on an Intel GPU, there's still ...
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XBMC 11.0 now out in beta
XBMC has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a media player for hacked Xbox consoles. The software is now available in a variety of flavors, including versions for Windows, OS X, Linux, and even a bootable distro designed to run entirely off a thumb drive. For Christmas, a beta of the next release, 11.0, trickled onto the web, bringing a smattering of upgrades both large and small. Here's a quick summary of the highlights:
Version 11.0 will apparently work much better with remotes, and it's supposed to offer a measure of GPU-accelerated video decoding with AMD graphics hardware under Linux. Interestingly, this is ...
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Medfield performance, power numbers leak out
New details have leaked out on Medfield, the 32-nm Atom system-on-chip Intel is targeting at tablets. VR-Zone has the scoop on the upcoming processor's development platform, which is said to feature a 1.6GHz CPU backed by 1GB of DDR2 RAM. The system sports a 10.1" screen with a 1280x800 display resolution and runs the Honeycomb variant of Android, though Ice Cream Sandwich will purportedly be the OS of choice for shipping products. Intel worked with Google to add x86 optimizations to the latest version of the tablet operating system.
The VR-Zone story also has performance ...
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