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TSMC, ARM team up on 64-bit chips with non-planar transistors by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:13 PM on July 24, 2012 Unlike Intel, vendors of ARM-based SoCs can't yet reap the benefits of 64-bit addressing and "3D" transistors. But soon, they will. Oh, yes. TSMC and... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Personal tech	31
AMD loses two high-profile executives by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:45 AM on July 24, 2012 Well, this can't be good. Yesterday evening, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that AMD's VP of Strategic Development, Bob Feldstein, has defected... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Game consoles	32
Marvell, Wilocity partner up to push WiGig solutions by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on July 24, 2012 As the first 5G Wi-Fi devices begin to break cover, the folks... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Networking	47
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 24, 2012 Eight is Enough Reuters: Apple heads into choppy water as new iPhone awaited ZDNet: Samsung sacrificed Qualcomm truce for Apple war AllThingsD on... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	43
Faster Core i7 Extreme may be on the way by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:01 AM on July 23, 2012 Intel isn't exactly under a lot of competitive pressure at the $999 price point. AMD hasn't offered a thousand-dollar desktop processor in many years, and... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	36
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 23, 2012 Eight is Enough Linux 3.5 released WinUnleashed.info: Windows 8 RTM on the way X-bit labs: Thunderbolt interface to boost speed to 20Gb/s... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	21
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 22, 2012 Eight is Enough AMD: Macroeconomic situation in the world slowing down microprocessor business X-bit labs: AMD does not see necessity in third... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	25
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 7:16 AM on July 21, 2012 7 Up Barack Obama: Taking the cyberattack threat seriously VR-Zone: PC gaming fastest growing platform VR-Zone: ECS first motherboard vendor to support... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	17
AMD revenues, profits down, but still in the black by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on July 20, 2012 Well, AMD has some good news and some bad news in its freshly released quarterly results announcement. The good news: AMD didn't lose any... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics	104
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 20, 2012 Eight is Enough DigiTimes: PC players need to consider selling smart services in the post-PC era, says Quanta chairman CNNMoney: Apple granted 'the mother... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	30
Apple hires Trinity platform architect John Bruno by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:49 AM on July 19, 2012 One of the brains behind AMD's Trinity APU has a new job—and no,... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mac	64
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 19, 2012 Eight is Enough Bloomberg: Apple must publish notice that Samsung didn't copy iPad in U.K. AppleInsider: Apple fixes CPU power use, USB... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	35
Intel posts modest revenue growth by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on July 18, 2012 If Gartner's latest estimates are any indication, the PC market isn't faring... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	32
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:10 AM on July 18, 2012 Eight is Enough TechCrunch: Intel earnings up 5%, PC market sales up 3% despite Windows 8 expectations X-bit labs: Intel takes over... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	79
Report: AMD to reveal Jaguar details in August by Geoff Gasior — 11:04 AM on July 17, 2012 Tablets are the hot new thing. Research firm IDC says over 100 million slates will sell this year, and that number is expected... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing	29
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:01 AM on July 17, 2012 The Starting Five AllThingsD: Marissa Mayer named Yahoo! CEO, will start tomorrow ocaholic: Roger "splmann" Tanner with new Z77 Corsair memory overclocking world... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	31
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 16, 2012 7 Up The Kansas City Star: Sprint's LTE to lift off Sunday Know Your Mobile: iPhone 5 official release date revealed as Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	19
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 15, 2012 Eight is Enough Microsoft: Apple has it wrong, it's a PC+ era Alive and booting: 8 reasons the PC still matters -... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	51

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tipoo

It's not a benchmark suggestion, but a benchmark*ing* suggestion, I've always wanted to see more older CPUs thrown into what benchmarks they can to sh...

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there... +27

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +27

lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

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