More high-DPI and sunlight-friendly displays on the way
Exciting things are happening in the world of display technology. Engadget China has seen next-generation Asus ultrabooks with 1080p IPS displays, confirming an earlier report that the systems would include high-res panels. 1920x1080 doesn't quite match the pixel count of the iPad 3's Retina display, but Pixel Qi claims to have a screen that does, and it's purportedly much more power-efficient than the Apple implementation.
Pixel Qi specializes in low-power screens that are readable in direct sunlight. Those displays have stuck to relatively standard 1024x600 and 1280x800 resolutions, and there's no indication of whether the new 2048x1536 panel remains readable when forced to compete with the ...
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Rumor: Big SSD vendors squeezing out smaller fish
The solid-state drive market is a harsh, unforgiving place for smaller vendors. Or, at least, would one think so after reading DigiTimes' latest piece. The site has gleaned from Taiwanese "industry sources" that major SSD vendors are trying to squeeze out smaller competitors by slashing prices.
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Apple posts preposterous revenue, profit growth
We've gotten used to record-breaking Apple results these past few years, but the company's latest financials really take the cake. Apple managed to practically double its profits compared to a year ago, and its revenues surged a whopping 59%, too. The numbers aren't too far off from what the company posted for the holiday quarter.
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Google Drive becomes official
I guess the rumors were right—this time. Google has officially taken the wraps off its Drive service, which promises 5GB of free cloud storage capacity with all kinds of sharing and collaboration features. The Google Drive website is here, although it doesn't appear to be letting in new users just yet.
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Adobe CS6 supports OpenCL acceleration
Applications that support OpenCL are still relatively rare. The API is designed to allow software to tap graphics horsepower for general-purpose computing tasks. It's similar to Microsoft's DirectCompute and Nvidia's CUDA, but with the added warm fuzziness that comes along with being an open standard. OpenCL isn't limited to a particular vendor's hardware, so it's compatible with GPU hardware from both AMD and Nvidia. Even Ivy Bridge's integrated GPU offers support.
The next version of Adobe's Creative Suite will, as well. AMD's Fusion Blog has revealed that CS6 versions of Photoshop and Premiere will ...
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Max Payne 3 to demand 35GB of storage
Rockstar has released the official system requirements for Max Payne 3. Most of the specifications are standard fare. They call for at least 2GB of RAM, two processor cores, and a DirectX 9-class graphics card. Nvidia's GeForce 8600 GT and AMD's Radeon HD 3400 are listed as the minimum-spec GPUs, and both are pretty ancient.
There is one requirement that caught my eye, though. You'll need a whopping 35GB of storage capacity to host Max's latest bullet-time adventure. That's an awful lot of space, especially for folks with overstuffed SSDs. It's also 10GB more than is demanded by Rage , which requires lots of storage ...
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Windows 8 Release Preview due early June
Two months after the Consumer Preview, and seven months after the Developer Preview, Microsoft is getting ready to release a third preview build of Windows 8. It's called the Windows 8 Release Preview, and according to the official Building Windows 8 Twitter feed, it's coming in early June. Here's the tweet and the accompanying photo of Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky delivering the announcement:
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AMD unleashes higher-end, 28-nm Radeon HD 7000M GPUs
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away—last December, actually—AMD introduced the first members of its next-generation mobile GPU series: the Radeon HD 7600M, 7500M, and 7400M. As it turns out, those weren't really very next-gen at all, since they were based on the same 40-nm fab process and VLIW5 Terascale 2 architecture as, well, last-gen models.
Today, AMD has injected some actual newness in its mobile GPU lineup with the Radeon HD 7900M, 7800M, and 7700M. Code-named Wimbledon, Heathrow, and Chelsea, the new GPUs are fabbed on a state-of-the-art 28-nm ...
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Nvidia reveals when 'it' is coming
You might have seen Nvidia's latest launch teaser in the news last week: a single image, almost pitch black, of a GPU cooler with the caption "It's coming." As vague as it was, it piqued our interest. What exactly is coming, though, and when?
Nvidia answered the second part of that question today, posting a live countdown ...
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Transformer Pad 300 debuts at $400
Asus' Transformer Pad 300 made its official debut yesterday. The tablet arrived in our labs late last week, but we've been busy with Ivy. It'll take some time to run the new Transformer through its paces and generate a full review. Since Amazon is already selling the tablet for $400, I thought I'd give you a quick preview of what it has to offer.
An upgrade to Nvidia's Tegra 3 SoC defines the new model, which has a thinner profile than its Tegra 2-based forebear. The Transformer Pad 300 isn't quite as skinny as the Transformer Prime, and its Tegra chip ...
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The TR Podcast 110: The lowdown on Ivy Bridge and her mobos
 | Date: April 23, 2012 Time: 1:26:46 Hosted by Jordan Drake Co-Hosts: Scott Wasson, Geoff Gasior, and Cyril Kowaliski Download: MP3 (62.6MB) | M4A (85MB) Subscribe: RSS (MP3) | RSS (M4A) iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (M4A) |
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Intel's long-awaited Ivy Bridge processors (and our review) come out in concert with this latest episode of the TR Podcast. Before diving into ...
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Ivy Bridge on air: The Core i7-3770K overclocked on four motherboards
Overclocking is a sort of rite of passage for PC enthusiasts. You're not truly hardcore until you've pushed your hardware beyond the stock speeds defined by the manufacturer. Back in the day, that meant fiddling with DIP switches, navigating arcane BIOS interfaces, and sometimes even making hardware modifications with a #2 pencil. Also, we had to walk barefoot through several feet of snow just to get our hands on the hardware; Newegg wasn't around, and Amazon only sold books.
Today, clock boosting couldn't be easier. AMD and Intel both offer CPUs with fully unlocked multipliers, the holy grail of overclocking. Pushing one's CPU past its default speed requires ...
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Intel's Core i7-3770K 'Ivy Bridge' processor
Yes, folks, today Intel is introducing the long-anticipated new CPU code-named Ivy Bridge. The release of any new microprocessor comes with a tremendous amount of complex information, and Ivy is certainly no exception. Intel has handed over vast amounts of detail about its new chip, the products based on it, and their dizzying arrays of features. To that, we've added a boatload of test results comparing Ivy Bridge to her contemporaries. We're practically bursting with info to share with you.
However, I've been reviewing CPUs for quite a while now, and I'll let you in on a little secret. Sometimes, beneath all of the complexity, the scuttlebutt on a new chip is pretty simple. And, truth ...
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