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A closer look at the new AMD by Scott Wasson — 4:08 PM on February 9, 2012 AMD has a new management team and a new direction. They recently shared their vision for the company's future, and we were there, listening... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Servers	78
Execution by Fred Silver — 10:09 AM on November 15, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics	89
Intel's Core i7-3960X processor by Scott Wasson — 2:01 AM on November 14, 2011 The new Extreme version of Sandy Bridge doubles up on nearly all of the resources included in the original quad-core variants. The result? ... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	182
A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling by Scott Wasson — 5:32 PM on October 27, 2011 Is an awareness of the shared nature of AMD's Bulldozer architecture the key to unlocking its performance? We investigate. Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	106
Life in the lab with Noctua's CPU coolers by Geoff Gasior — 10:51 PM on October 26, 2011 We rarely review CPU coolers here at TR, but we've spent a few months working with a trio of Noctua designs that are really quite... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Cooling	64
Ready, set, go! by Fred Silver — 4:02 PM on October 24, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs	93
AMD's FX-8150 further overclocked by Scott Wasson — 9:07 AM on October 19, 2011 AMD plans to bundle a water cooler with some models of its FX processors. We strapped one of 'em to our FX-8150 to see... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	147
AMD's FX-8150 'Bulldozer' processor by Scott Wasson — 12:21 AM on October 12, 2011 AMD's "Bulldozer" processors are here, and we have a full and extensive review. Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	585
AMD's A8-3800 Fusion APU by Scott Wasson — 10:28 PM on October 2, 2011 We weren't terribly impressed with AMD's A8-3850 APU, in part because its 100W power envelope seemed rather large for a chip whose integrated graphics are... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	57
Live blog: IDF 2011 Justin Rattner keynote by Scott Wasson — 11:05 AM on September 15, 2011 Time for one last live blog from the Intel Developer Forum in San Franscisco. Today Justin Rattner gives an update on the future:... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs	4
Live blog: IDF 2011 Mooly Eden keynote by Scott Wasson — 11:04 AM on September 14, 2011 Join us as we offer a live account of Mooly Eden's day-opening keynote from the Intel Developer Forum 2011 in San Francisco. Reload... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Systems	24
Live blog: IDF 2011 Paul Otellini keynote by Scott Wasson — 11:01 AM on September 13, 2011 Ok, we're going to attempt a live blog from the opening keynote of the Fall 2011 Intel Developer Forum. Keep reloading this page... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs	18
Inside the second: A new look at game benchmarking by Scott Wasson — 6:08 PM on September 8, 2011 We set out to introduce some new game benchmarking methods, and those new tools promptly helped us uncover an intriguing problem: multi-GPU micro-stuttering. Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Gaming	162
Keep your G6; I'm in it for the P6 by David Morgan — 5:20 PM on August 18, 2011 Honestly, I tried to fight the urge to reminisce today, but August 18th marks the day the youngest member of the Pentium Pro family... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs	101
The many seasons of better benchmarks by Fred Silver — 10:04 AM on August 15, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics	60
Llano in overtime: 1866MHz RAM & IGP-only power by Scott Wasson — 11:51 PM on July 17, 2011 Will 1866MHz memory make a big difference to the performance of the AMD A8-3850 APU? How does power consumption look without a discrete GPU... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics	69
Talent by Fred Silver — 9:40 AM on July 5, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs	39
AMD's A8-3850 Fusion APU by Scott Wasson — 11:17 PM on June 29, 2011 AMD's "Llano" APU makes a compelling proposition as a laptop chip, but its position on the desktop is more precarious. Read on to find... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	174

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens.

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Xenolith

No Start menu, so the Xbox One is dead to me. +38

danny e.

Based on the content of the presentation, it almost feels like gaming is taking... +35

superjawes

I am thinking PC. +28

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