Intel SSD 510 Series vs. 10K RPM Hard Drive: Speed Comparison
By: Jamie Pert | Posted: March 2, 2011Filed under: Computers, Storage
Yesterday we introduced you to Intel’s new solid-state drives, these new SSDs are all part of Intel’s 510 series and we have heard that these are all faster than 10,000 RPM hard drives, we now have some video evidence showing just this. There are three videos in total, one of…
Is Thunderbolt Port a Dud? AMD Thinks So
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: March 2, 2011Filed under: Computers
Questions have been raised about the new Thunderbolt port, asking if it is a dud or not, and looking at what AMD has been saying, they believe it could be. This new port now takes pride of place in the new MacBook Pro, but there have been rumors that the…
Intel SSD 510 Series, fastest sequential performance
By: Jamie Pert | Posted: March 1, 2011Filed under: Computers, Hard Drives
Intel recently unveiled a new series of solid-state drives, these are called the Intel SSD 510 series and by the looks of things these SSDs will set the benchmark for other SSD manufacturers to follow. According to Intel’s press release these 6Gbps compliant SSDs outperform 10,000 RPM hard disk drives…
New SeaMicro servers with Intel’s Atom N570 dual-core processors
By: Jamie Pert | Posted: February 28, 2011Filed under: Computers
SeaMicro recently announced a new low-power server the SM10000-64, this server features 512 x Intel Atom N570 1.66GHz processors which combined equates to roughly 850GHz of processing power. Let’s start with power consumption, according to PCWorld.com the 512 Atoms will provide better performance-per-watt than an Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron-based…
Thunderbolt peripherals, new port needs products
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 26, 2011Filed under: Computer Hardware, Computers, Input Devices
The new Thunderbolt port is pretty impressive on paper, and looks to revolutionize what can be done from a single port, especially when it comes to speed of data transfers and the range of peripherals that can be used with Intel’s Thunderbolt, it excels. Apple’s new MacBook Pro is the…
Viewpad 10 to make an entrance with Atom N550 CPU
By: Chris Maugham | Posted: February 25, 2011Filed under: Computer Hardware, Portable Computers & Tablets
For those of you that are into Android powered tablets, you will probably have heard of the ViewSonic ViewPad 10. It originally appeared last year with an Atom N450 CPU as well as it’s Android OS; well it seems it has resurfaced, this time with the dual-core N550 CPU. The…
Thunderbolt I/O Technology, Intel and Apple Collaboration
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: February 25, 2011Filed under: Computers
When the new 2011 MacBook Pro refresh went live on the Apple store yesterday we were given confirmation that the notebook came with Thunderbolt I/O Technology. This latest Intel and Apple collaboration is exclusive for now, but we know that the chip maker will want to offer this new connection…
Benefits of MacBook Pro and Light Peak In 2011
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: February 23, 2011Filed under: Computers, Portable Computers & Tablets
We already knew that the iPad 2 could be getting Light Peak, but what would be the benefits of the MacBook Pro getting it in 2011 as well? The reason we ask this is because Intel and Apple are expected to hold a meeting tomorrow talking about how the new…
