2011 Sony VAIO Z vs. 2011 MacBook Air – benchmarks compelling
By: Jamie Pert | Posted: August 1, 2011 | 3 CommentsTag: sony, VAIO
Recently Engadget published its 2011 Sony VAIO Z review (more on that later), we had a quick look through the content and what intrigued us the most was the fact that in terms of benchmarks the VAIO Z was more impressive than what the 2011 MacBook Air, however the price…
AMD Corona platform, 10 core desktop CPU coming in 2012
By: Jamie Pert | Posted: July 28, 2011 | 1 CommentTag: amd
If you think your quad-core processor is fast, think again, we are hearing that the guys over at AMD are working on a new platform called Corona, this will apparently bring 10-core processors to the desktop market, pretty blowing huh? We don’t have too much to go by right now,…
Apple Mac mini refreshed and Thunderbolt display revealed
By: Gary Johnson | Posted: July 20, 2011 | No CommentsTag: apple
Earlier today we told you about the new MacBook Air range and Mac OS X Lion being available to purchase. But the company has been busy with some of its other products as the Apple Mac mini has been refreshed, and Thunderbolt display revealed. Apple’s entry level mini starts at…
AMD A8-3850 benchmarks, integrated Radeon HD 6550D graphics impress
By: Jamie Pert | Posted: July 1, 2011 | 1 CommentTag: amd, Radeon
We are beginning to hear more about AMD’s new Llano desktop APUs therefore we thought you would appreciate finding out about the most powerful APU in this series the A8-3850, it has four 2.9GHz cores and integrated Radeon HD 6550D graphics, this GPU features 400 shader processors running at 600MHz,…
NVIDIA GTX 580 liquid cooled GPU and CPU from PNY
By: Chris Maugham | Posted: June 9, 2011 | No CommentsTag: NVIDIA, PNY
If you’re looking to upgrade your video card we have some news that might interest you as PNY has announced a new NVIDIA branded video card. The company has a reputation of selling cards from NVIDIA and this one is rather more interesting than the rest as it comes with…
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3-iSSD specs include integrated 20GB SSD
By: Jamie Pert | Posted: June 6, 2011 | No CommentsTag: Computex 2011, gigabyte
Recently whilst attending Computex 2011 Engadget came across an upcoming Gigabyte motherboard which demanded their attention, this is because it features an integrated solid-state drive. This motherboard is called the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (yes, iSSD stands for integrated-SSD), it features an Intel 20GB SLC SSD thanks to its mSATA slot, this…
Texas Instruments 1.8GHz dual-core OMAP4470 processor announced
By: Jamie Pert | Posted: June 3, 2011 | No CommentsTag: Texas Instruments
Lately we have started seeing smartphones and tablets emerge on the market with 1.2-1.5GHz dual-core processors, however now Texas Instruments has given us a taste of what’s in store for us in the future by announcing a new dual-core chip. This chip is called the Texas Instruments OMAP4470, it boasts…
Intel Ivy Bridge processors release update, 2012 launch revealed
By: Chris Maugham | Posted: May 31, 2011 | No CommentsTag: Intel, Intel Oak Trail, Intel Sandy Bridge
We recently brought you news of Intel’s intentions to have success in the tablet market, and the use of their Oak Trail chips in those devices. Today we have news of the company’s latest series of processors, codenamed Ivy Bridge. These next-generation chipsets will bring users more efficiency and power…
