AMD previews Carrizo APU, offers insights into power savings
"Carrizo"
is the code name of AMD's next-generation CPU for notebooks and
convertible PCs. This chip has been on AMD's roadmap for some time now
as the successor to the Kaveri chip that powers the firm's current
lineup of A-series APU products. We even got an early look at the first working Carrizo silicon at CES in January.Still, many of the details about Carrizo and its next-generation "Excavator" CPU cores have been shrouded in mystery to date. Fortunately, that's changing. In conjunction with the International Solid State Circuits Conference, AMD has begun to tell the story of how it has achieved major improvements in ...
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Nvidia CEO on GTX 970 controversy: 'We won't let this happen again'
Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia's CEO, has spoken out on the recent controversy about the GeForce GTX 970's memory configuration.In a blog post on Nvidia's website, Huang emphasizes that the GTX 970's lopsided memory configuration is by design—and he says it's ...
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Report: OS X, iOS, Linux were the most vulnerable OSes in 2014
The Lenovo-Superfish fiasco might have some contemplating an OS switch, but the grass isn't greener on the other side—at least not according to GFI. The security firm has published a report ranking last year's most vulnerable OSes and applications, and guess what? OS X, iOS, and Linux made the top of the list. Take a look:
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Valve announces Steam VR, promises GDC demo
Steam machines are still missing in action, but Valve is pressing ahead with its hardware efforts. Late yesterday, the company announced Steam VR,
a "previously-unannounced . . . hardware system." A full reveal is
scheduled for the Game Developers Conference early next month.With the introduction of SteamVR hardware, Valve is actively seeking VR content creators. Are you a developer or publisher interested in experiencing the ...
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Nvidia faces class-action lawsuit over GTX 970 memory issue
Lenovo isn't the only one facing a possible class-action suit. As PC World reports, Nvidia is also the subject of legal ire over the GeForce GTX 970 memory debacle.
Filed with the U.S. District Court for Northern California, the suit names both Nvidia and Gigabyte as defendants. In PC World's words, the suit alleges that Nvidia "misled customers about the capabilities of the GTX 970." Although ...
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Beta testers, your Homeworld Remastered keys are coming shortly
If you're a TR subscriber who participated in the private Homeworld Remastered Collection beta, you should be receiving a Steam key for the full game in your inbox soon. Look for an email from Cyril later today.The full Homeworld Remastered Collection comes on out Wednesday, so the game won't unlock until ...
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Lenovo posts Superfish removal tool; user files lawsuit
The Superfish saga continues. In its latest statement about the vulnerability, Lenovo has provided a link to an "automated removal tool" that can rid users of Superfish's ill-fated Virtual Discovery software. The statement also clarifies a few things, including the fact that ThinkPad laptops are, mercifully, unaffected by the Superfish snafu:
As we've said previously, Lenovo is exploring every action we can to help our users address ...
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The rest of the story: Komodia, Lenovo, and Superfish
It's always a busy month in the field of security. This month has seen its share of ugly stories, including the growing amount of state tax fraud, massive bank heists, and another depressing breach of our personal privacy by a major business. Those stories are all big, but the one that really captivated the attention of our community has been the one about Lenovo and Superfish.That story has all the requisite narrative pieces to be a big tale that riles the enthusiast: a large PC maker pushing crapware onto untold numbers of users, that crapware being adware afflicted with a major security flaw, ...
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