Sony confirms PlayStation 4's PC guts
Confirming the rumors that have been swirling for quite some time, Sony finally revealed today that its next-generation console is basically a PC. At a press event this afternoon, the PlayStation maker said the fourth incarnation of its iconic console will use a "supercharged PC architecture" built around an AMD processor with eight x86-compatible CPU cores and an "enhanced PC GPU." According to Ars Technica, the CPU and GPU components will share the same die and will be linked with 8GB of unified GDDR5 memory. Storage will be handled by a mechanical hard drive.
Sony hasn't revealed the pedigree of the processor's CPU or GPU components, although it claims the latter is capable of pushing two teraflops—a little more oomph than the Radeon HD 7850. The memory interface purportedly delivers 176GB/s of bandwidth, which is slightly better ...
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AMD tech to boost convertible tablet battery life Convertible tablets are here to stay. Heck, I'd expect them to become the norm rather than the exception, at least as far as Windows 8 slates go. AMD wants a piece of that market, naturally (who wouldn't?), and it's developed a technology to ensure convertibles offer the best of both worlds: great performance when docked and great battery life in tablet mode. ComputerWorld has the goods: ComputerWorld says Turbo Dock increases performance by "up to 40%" when the tablet is docked with its keyboard, uh, dock. Turbo Dock will premiere in Win8 convertibles based on AMD's upcoming Temash APU. As we learned at CES last month ... Read more... Read More ...
CPU coolers compared in epic 33-way throwdown As you may have noticed, we're big proponents of comparative performance testing here at TR. There's perhaps no better way to evaluate a product's strengths and weaknesses than seeing how it stacks up against the competition. With that in mind, I've gotta give a shout out to an excellent CPU cooler round-up published by Hardware.Info. The article compares the cooling performance, noise levels, and overall efficiency of 33 different heatsinks from a range of manufacturers. The lab geek in me is particularly impressed with the test rig used for the comparison. Hardware.Info strapped each cooler to a CPU simulator that purportedly replicated the exact heat signatures of Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge-E ... Read more... Read More ...
OCZ shrinks Vertex 3.20 with 20-nm NAND Nearly two years have passed since OCZ's Vertex 3 SSD made its debut. The SandForce-powered drive is still selling today, but it may not be available for long. OCZ has announced an updated version with next-generation NAND. Dubbed the Vertex 3.20, this new model trades the 25-nm flash of its forebear for smaller 20-nm chips.
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JPR: PC graphics shipments fell in Q4 We've already seen the doom and gloom about the PC market from research firms like Gartner. Unsurprisingly, last quarter wasn't any kinder to PC graphics. Jon Peddie Research has published its latest report on the PC graphics market, and it says all major vendors saw their shipments shrink. AMD's shipments declined 13.6% compared to the previous quarter and 29.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011, according to JPR. Intel saw a 2.9% quarterly slump and 5% year-on-year shrinkage, while Nvidia suffered declines ... Read more... Read More ...
Firefox 19 introduces home-brewed PDF viewer One thing I love about Chrome is the integrated PDF viewer. I don't have to watch Adobe Reader stall my browser anymore—and once PDF files load, the interface for navigating them is responsive and snappy. Instead of, you know, not. Well, now Firefox users can revel in that same luxury. As of yesterday, Firefox has its very own PDF viewer built and maintained by Mozilla. The viewer premiered in version 19 of the browser, which is ... Read more... Read More ...
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AMD tech to boost convertible tablet battery life Convertible tablets are here to stay. Heck, I'd expect them to become the norm rather than the exception, at least as far as Windows 8 slates go. AMD wants a piece of that market, naturally (who wouldn't?), and it's developed a technology to ensure convertibles offer the best of both worlds: great performance when docked and great battery life in tablet mode. ComputerWorld has the goods: ComputerWorld says Turbo Dock increases performance by "up to 40%" when the tablet is docked with its keyboard, uh, dock. Turbo Dock will premiere in Win8 convertibles based on AMD's upcoming Temash APU. As we learned at CES last month ... Read more... Read More ...
CPU coolers compared in epic 33-way throwdown As you may have noticed, we're big proponents of comparative performance testing here at TR. There's perhaps no better way to evaluate a product's strengths and weaknesses than seeing how it stacks up against the competition. With that in mind, I've gotta give a shout out to an excellent CPU cooler round-up published by Hardware.Info. The article compares the cooling performance, noise levels, and overall efficiency of 33 different heatsinks from a range of manufacturers. The lab geek in me is particularly impressed with the test rig used for the comparison. Hardware.Info strapped each cooler to a CPU simulator that purportedly replicated the exact heat signatures of Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge-E ... Read more... Read More ...
OCZ shrinks Vertex 3.20 with 20-nm NAND Nearly two years have passed since OCZ's Vertex 3 SSD made its debut. The SandForce-powered drive is still selling today, but it may not be available for long. OCZ has announced an updated version with next-generation NAND. Dubbed the Vertex 3.20, this new model trades the 25-nm flash of its forebear for smaller 20-nm chips.
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JPR: PC graphics shipments fell in Q4 We've already seen the doom and gloom about the PC market from research firms like Gartner. Unsurprisingly, last quarter wasn't any kinder to PC graphics. Jon Peddie Research has published its latest report on the PC graphics market, and it says all major vendors saw their shipments shrink. AMD's shipments declined 13.6% compared to the previous quarter and 29.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011, according to JPR. Intel saw a 2.9% quarterly slump and 5% year-on-year shrinkage, while Nvidia suffered declines ... Read more... Read More ...
Firefox 19 introduces home-brewed PDF viewer One thing I love about Chrome is the integrated PDF viewer. I don't have to watch Adobe Reader stall my browser anymore—and once PDF files load, the interface for navigating them is responsive and snappy. Instead of, you know, not. Well, now Firefox users can revel in that same luxury. As of yesterday, Firefox has its very own PDF viewer built and maintained by Mozilla. The viewer premiered in version 19 of the browser, which is ... Read more... Read More ...
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