Rumor: Intel to match ARM SoC pricing with low-end Bay Trail-T
Could we see Intel's low-end Bay Trail processors competing directly with tablet SoCs from Qualcomm and Nvidia? Yes, according to DigiTimes, which says it was tipped off about Intel's pricing plans by "sources from tablet players."
According to those sources, current Bay Trail-T chips sell for as little as $32, plus 10% off for bulk orders—reportedly not competitive enough with ARM-powered offerings. In ...
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Delta Six game controller looks like an assault rifle
Remember Duck Hunt on the original Nintendo Entertainment System? Now, imagine a similar concept with modern technology—and first-person shooters. That's the idea behind the Delta Six, a PC-compatible game controller that looks like an assault rifle.
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Latest Windows Phone 8 update adds phablet support
Last month, Microsoft's newly minted Windows chief hinted that Windows RT was coming to phablets. Earlier this morning, Microsoft announced its third update for Windows Phone 8—which, you guessed it, introduces phablet support.According to the announcement on the Windows Phone Blog, the update "paves the way for future Windows Phone devices with 5- and 6-inch touch screens." It enables support for resolutions ...
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Imagination intros its first 'Warrior,' the MIPS P5600 CPU core
Imagination Technologies has introduced the first CPU core of the MIPS Series5 "Warrior" lineup it announced in June. The P5600 is a 32-bit core aimed at low-power mobile and embedded devices. Thanks to the MIPS Release 5 ISA, this core supports 128-bit SIMD computation and hardware-assisted virtualization. This new MIPS ISA also allows for 64-bit instructions, as a superset of the 32-bit execution path, but this particular core doesn't support the extra bits.
Still, the P5600 can access up to a terabyte of memory via virtual addressing. The mobile devices Imagination Tech is targeting won't have nearly that much memory, ...
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Virtual Retinal Display beams images onto your eyeballs
Everyone seems to be pretty excited about the Oculus Rift VR headset. The folks at Avegant are working on an even more intriguing head-mounted display. Dubbed the Virtual Retinal Display, the headset eschews LCD screens in favor of a micro-mirror array that beams reflected light directly into the eyes.
Avegant CEO Ed Tang spoke to CNet about the technology, which purportedly eliminates eye strain while also producing more realistic images than traditional LCDs. He describes the ...
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Microsoft: Surface 2 name chosen to avoid consumer confusion
The first Windows RT tablet from Microsoft was called the Surface for Windows RT. The second-gen version of that device, on the other hand, has dropped the RT suffix and is known simply as the Surface 2. What gives?
Speaking to Australian site ARN, Microsoft has now revealed why it chose the suffix-free name: "to avoid ...
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Rumor: 12'' Retina MacBook coming next year
I've
been waiting for a more affordable Retina MacBook for ages, and it
sounds like I might finally get my wish soon. According to AppleInsider,
a 12" MacBook with a high-density display is on schedule for next year.The site quotes KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, whom it calls a "well-connected insider," as saying the upcoming 12" MacBook will have an "ultra-slim clamshell form factor" as well as a display "on par" with that of existing MacBook Pro ...
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