A first look at AMD's Mullins mobile APU
Three years ago, AMD released Zacate, a new APU architected from the ground up for low-power mobile systems. Every year since then, the company has rolled out an updated lineup of chips with that very same mission. The new arrivals this year are called Mullins and Beema, and they promise to deliver the best blend of performance and power efficiency seen so far in low-power AMD APUs.
We already learned a little bit about these products at AMD's APU13 event back in November. A couple weeks ago, however, AMD flew us down to its Austin, Texas campus ...
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Samsung selling server SSDs based on three-bit TLC NAND
In the beginning, server SSDs relied exclusively on SLC NAND with one bit per cell. MLC-based drives with two bits per cell have become more popular in recent years, though. These drives offer sufficient performance and endurance for many enterprise tasks, minus the hefty price premium associated with SLC NAND. Now, Samsung has gone one step further with a new PM853T server SSD based on TLC flash with three bits per cell.
The PM853T is already in mass production, according to the official press release , and Samsung is quite bullish about its chances. ...
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Analyst: Global PC game sales surpass consoles
According to market research firm DFC Intelligence, PC game revenues are now ahead of consoles. The word comes from DFC owner David Cole, who told UK site PCR that "on a global basis PC games have surpassed console games." DFC expected the shift to happen, but not until 2015. Cole went on to say that the latest consoles could boost game sales on that side of the fence, though.
Unfortunately, Cole didn't supply supporting figures to back up his assertion. He did make a couple of other interesting observations, however. Free-to-play and "multiplayer online battle arena" games like League of Legends and Dota 2 "dominate everything else by an order of magnitude in terms ...
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Internet Explorer hit with zero-day exploit
If you use Internet Explorer, you might want to switch to another browser for a little while. On Saturday, Microsoft posted an advisory about a new security vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 6... and 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. All recent versions of the browser are affected, and a fix is still pending.
Here's how Microsoft ...
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Is this a 14'' Android laptop from HP?
Google's
mobile operating system strategy has been fairly clear-cut so far:
Android goes on certain devices, and Chrome OS on others. The lines
might be about to blur, though. NotebookItalia has the scoop on a 14" HP laptop that, by the look of it, runs Android exclusively.The information apparently comes from a leaked promotional video. Said video outlines the Slatebook 14, a colorful laptop with a 14" full-HD touch screen, a quad-core Nvidia ...
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