AMD DID MENTION that it wanted a slice of the tablet market and it seems like this is happening sooner rather than later, as Acer has announced that it will be launching an AMD powered tablet sometime in February next year. At the same time the company announced that it’s readying two Android tablets, both powered by ARM and all three tablets are said to have dual core processors.
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OVER THE PAST couple of years we’ve seen several dual-screen notebook mock-ups and the odd prototype here and there, but it wasn’t until earlier this year when Toshiba launched its limited edition Libretto W100 that the first dual screen notebook arrived. However, the Libretto W100 only had a pair of 10-inch screens and Acer has just announced its dual 14-inch screen touting Iconia Touchbook which not only offers larger screens, but also more potent hardware inside.
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CONSIDERING WE’RE STILL about a month and a half from Intel’s Sandy Bridge launch, we’re surprised to see that the pricing has already leaked, courtesy of a Swedish online retailer. The best part of the new is that the overclockable K models are only slightly more expensive than the non K models, something which should be good news for those wanting to try their luck at overclocking their new Sandy Bridge setup.
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DESPITE SIGNING NDA’S it seems like it’s impossible to prevent leaks of upcoming products and a set of slides detailing AMD’s upcoming Radeon HD 6900 series have made its way online. These slides are the real deal, but some details are still missing, as AMD decided to leave some of the important details out of its presentation.
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WE’RE NOT SURE what’s going on over at AMD, but in a blog post on AMD’s official blog, AMD’s product marketing director, John Taylor, is commending both Intel and ARM for adding support for OpenCL to its products. It does, of course, also tell the tale of how AMD has been supporting OpenCL since 2009, but that’s a different story, right?
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IF YOU’VE BEEN using computers for a few years, then you’ll most likely know that we’ve moved from 4:3 or 5:4 aspect ratio CRTs to 4:3 LCDs to 16:10 LCDs to finally end up with 16:9 LCDs being the most common type of LCD screen available. That in itself might not be an issue for many, but why in the name of all things unholy have we ended up with lower screen resolutions today than what we had a decade ago?
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HOME VIDEO EDITING is a growing market segment in the world of software, one only need to take a look at the massive amounts of new content being uploaded daily to YouTube to understand that any company that makes video editing software is going to want a slice of the action. Today, CyberLink has announced the release of PowerDirector 9 which the company claims is the world’s first native 64-bit consumer video editing software.
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EARLIER TODAY WE attended a presentation by Edgar Figueroa, the CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance where he presented the benefits of Wi-Fi direct and a little bit about Wi-Fi in general. He also highlighted some future developments in Wi-Fi technology, of which at least two are bringing something interesting to the table.
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IT’S REALLY QUITE amazing how advanced motherboards are these days, just about everything you need is already right there on the board and even more so now that we’re moving towards integrated graphics in every CPU. Not that long ago anything integrated onto a motherboard was frowned upon by anyone that knew anything about computers, but alas, today that is not the case.
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THE TUF SERIES of motherboards from Asus has always been a product range that we haven’t quite understood, as it makes bold claims about MIL-SPEC tested components and has never struck us as a must have type of motherboard. The latest addition to the TUF series is the Sabtertooth P67 and it adds even more head scratching features, although it’s very possible that we’re not the target market and that’s why we don’t understand Asus’ reasoning.
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AMD HAS FINALLY allowed the first benchmarks of its Brazos platform to be published and it’s without a doubt an Atom beater, well, at least the Zacate based E-350 is. As expected the graphics performance is quite good, albeit quite some ways away from AMD’s discrete offerings, however it seems like on the CPU side of things, VIA of all companies have managed to one-up AMD in terms of entry level processor performance.
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AMIDST CONCERNS THAT Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors will lack much in the way of overclocking it seems like Intel might’ve come up with a solution that will appease the masses. We’ll take this with a grain or two of salt for now, as the leaked slide covering what is set to be a new performance chipset from Intel doesn’t quite look like an Intel slide, but that doesn’t mean we won’t entertain the thought of such a chipset being launched.
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WE’VE GIVEN YOU the details of Asus’ next generation R.O.G. board, the Maximus IV Extreme, but the company has decided to extend the R.O.G. series beyond motherboards and graphics cards. Currently Asus is working on Codename Thunderbolt, a project that combines two unlikely products into one.
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BEFORE WE CONTINUE with the rest of Asus’ new motherboard line-up, let’s take a closer look at some of the new features that Asus’ Sandy Bridge motherboards will feature. It’s interesting to see how many of the big motherboard companies are turning into software companies to be able to offer additional value-adds, although this article will talk about a bit more than just new software features.
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SO FAR ASUS has been fairly unchallenged in the so called gaming motherboard market, although its R.O.G. series of motherboards are potentially more for high-end overclockers than gamers these days. The latest addition to the series is the Maximus IV Extreme which has taken a slightly different approach to other more recent models.
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