The TR Podcast 175: the Zen of chipmaking and ARM's Cortex-A72 revealed
The video of last night's TR Podcast live stream is now available on YouTube. We talked about the AMD Zen rumors, Rys joined us to discuss his excellent article on Semiconductors from idea to product, and we dug into ARM's new Cortex-A72 CPU architecture, among other things.
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Elon Musk lays out vision for a battery-powered future
Tesla may be best known for its electric cars, but founder Elon Musk has broader ambitions for the company's battery packs. Last night, the would-be battery baron unveiled his vision. Operating under the umbrella of Tesla Energy, Musk wants to use Tesla's battery technology to help improve the viability of solar power and other renewable energy generation methods.
One of the major problems of solar energy and other renewables is the inherently cyclical nature of the generation methods. Wind doesn't always blow, and ...
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Inside ARM's Cortex-A72 microarchitecture
Thanks in part to the smartphone market's rapid move toward 64-bit-capable processors, ARM's licensable CPU cores have seen an upsurge in high-visibility deployments this year. From the Exynos version of Samsung's Galaxy Note 4 to newer offerings like the Qualcomm-based LG G4, ARM's Cortex-A57 has become the new standard for processing power in Android phones. That's a bit of a change from the last couple of years, when custom cores like Qualcomm's Krait dominated the same landscape.
The folks at ARM know that they have to keep progressing in order to remain competitive with the customers who license their instruction set for custom core development. ...
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Asus' 144Hz MG279Q monitor may top out at 90Hz with FreeSync
We've been eagerly awaiting the release of Asus' MG279Q, a FreeSync display with an IPS panel and a fast 144Hz peak refresh rate. It appears that the MG279Q may not be able to refresh at top speed in FreeSync mode, however. A poster on the SweClockers forums received their MG279Q a couple days back, and they discovered that the display will only enter FreeSync mode with the system set to refresh rates between 35Hz and 90Hz.
Forum posts might not be the most credible source, but there's official confirmation of this limitation, too. The 35Hz-90Hz range is repeated in Asus' own FreeSync FAQ ...
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Deal of the week: A Bay Trail netbook for $161, free case fans, and more
The only thing more difficult than coming up with a fresh intro for our weekly deals posts is doing it the morning after a podcast recording session. So, without further ado, here are the deals I spotted while combing the web this morning.
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DirectX 12 Multiadapter shares work between discrete, integrated GPUs
During its Build conference yesterday, Microsoft revealed that its next-gen graphics API offers enhanced support for accelerating performance with multiple GPUs. Dubbed DirectX 12 Multiadapter, this capability gives developers explicit control over GPU resources. It works with not only traditional CrossFire and SLI setups, which team multiple discrete graphics cards, but also with hybrid configurations that combine discrete and integrated GPUs.
According to Direct3D development lead Max McMullen, who presented a Build session on graphics performance , DX12's Multiadapter mojo lets developers generate and execute commands in parallel on ...
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Gigabyte's 9-series motherboards are Broadwell-ready
The desktop versions of Intel's Broadwell CPU aren't available yet, but motherboard manufacturers are making sure their products are ready well before the new chips arrive. Gigabyte has announced that all of its H97 and Z97 boards are Broadwell-compatible with firmware updates available from the company's website.
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The TR Podcast will be live on Twitch shortly!
We'll be starting up the TR Podcast live stream at 9:30PM ET/6:30PM PT over on our Twitch channel. Come join the chat, ask questions, and see what's up.
I've just confirmed that Rys will be joining us to talk about Semiconductors from idea to product, which should be amazing. We'll also kick around ...
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AMD delays FreeSync support for multi-GPU systems
Monitors with AMD's FreeSync technology are finally shipping, but support for the variable-refresh tech has been limited to PCs with single Radeon GPUs thus far. AMD had promised to release drivers with FreeSync support for CrossFire setups this month, but it appears that there will be a bit of a wait yet. AMD released a message on its support forums today stating that "support for AMD FreeSync monitors on a multi-GPU system is not quite ready for release."
AMD's post doesn't offer any other details or reasoning for the delay. The company says "we will continue to develop and test this solution in accordance with our stringent ...
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Continuum turns Win10 phones and tablets into desktops
At its Build keynote yesterday, Microsoft showed off the adaptability of Windows 10 on a variety of devices. Win10's Continuum feature allows devices to"flex" in order to fit different use cases and connected screens as users move between desktop and on-the-go contexts.
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BenQ's curved 35'' gaming monitor updates at 144Hz
Add another 21:9 monitor to the ranks. BenQ's new XR3501 is the latest display to adopt the ultra-wide aspect ratio, but that's not the only trick up its sleeve. The screen is also curved, with a "2000R" arc that's more extreme than other wrap-around units. And it can hit high refresh rates, too.
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Leaked AMD roadmap schedules 14-nm bonanza for 2016
AMD's next financial analyst's day is scheduled for May 6, but materials from the event may have already leaked out. Official-looking slides hosted on Imgur and linked on Reddit spell out the firm's desktop and mobile plans through 2016. A full slate of 14-nm chips is on deck for next year, according to the documents, including the first CPUs based on AMD's next-gen Zen architecture.
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MS wants Win10 on a billion devices, will support Android apps
Microsoft wants Windows 10 to be the platform for developers. At its Build 2015 keynote this afternoon, the company set some ambitious targets for Windows 10 adoption, and it unveiled some initiatives to make building Windows apps easier for developers also working on competing platforms.
Windows 10 wouldn't be appealing to developers without a large installed base. To that end, Microsoft wants as many devices as possible running Windows 10, and it's set a target of a billion devices running Windows 10 within ...
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Windows 10 web browser named Microsoft Edge
Microsoft's upcoming browser has long been known by its unofficial codename, Project Spartan. Today, we can dispense with that name. The new browser is officially called Microsoft Edge, and the company revealed a couple more details during its Build 2015 keynote.
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MSI's Prestige Series notebooks are all about color
Content creators like photographers and videographers demand consistent color reproduction between displays, but screens with 100% sRGB coverage are pretty rare in notebooks outside of bulky, expensive mobile workstations. MSI's new Prestige Series might bridge that gap. The company claims that the displays in these portable PCs are factory-calibrated, and that they reproduce 100% of the sRGB gamut. That's impressive in a notebook that starts at $1,199.
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