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Rumor: AMD to drop Vision branding by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:10 AM on December 28, 2012 AMD's branding initiatives don't have a terribly good track record. Remember Better By Design? Or the AMD Live! push? Yeah, probably not. Even... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Systems	45
AMD loses another top chip exec to Samsung by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:00 AM on December 27, 2012 Another high-placed AMD chip executive has jumped ship. According to a report by AllThingsD, 25-year AMD veteran Michael Goddard has quietly left his post... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	36
Rumor: 95W AMD FX-8300 due later this week by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:09 AM on December 26, 2012 AMD's FX-8350 processor is a relatively solid performer for the price, but it has two notable downsides: sub-par gaming performance and high power consumption.... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	77
Acer Clover Trail tablet benchmarked by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:28 PM on December 21, 2012 Windows 8 tablets based on Intel's Clover Trail Atom processors are finally here, and Anand Lal Shimpi over at AnandTech has benchmarked one of... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	36
Asus downplays Intel's rumored switch to BGA CPUs by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:59 AM on December 21, 2012 Are we all doomed if Intel transitions away from socketed processor packages on the desktop, as rumored? Not quite, according to Asus VP and... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Motherboards	34
Leaked slide unmasks next-gen Tegra SoC by Geoff Gasior — 11:22 AM on December 18, 2012 About a year has passed since Nvidia revealed its Tegra 3 SoC to the world. Rumor has it the firm will lift the curtain... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Mobile computing Personal tech	31
Analyst: Intel should open up fabs to Apple by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:53 AM on December 17, 2012 The idea of Intel manufacturing Apple's proprietary A-series chips isn't new—the rumor mill broached the subject a year a and half ago. According to... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	71
Report: Via SoC to anchor $99-149 Asus tablet by Geoff Gasior — 11:46 AM on December 13, 2012 Back in the day, Asus made motherboards based on Via chipsets. The PC market looks quite different now, and it seems the partnership is changing... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	40
MicroATX MSI board boasts passively cooled Celeron by Geoff Gasior — 10:56 AM on December 12, 2012 Passive cooling is the holy grail for folks looking to build quiet PCs. It's particularly important for home-theater rigs, and MSI has a new motherboard... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Motherboards Cooling	33
New Atom chips headed to servers by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on December 12, 2012 Intel's Atom processor lineup made a name for itself in netbooks. Since then,... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	38
Intel details 22-nm process tuned for SoCs by Geoff Gasior — 1:00 PM on December 11, 2012 Intel has been cranking out desktop and mobile processors based on 22-nm tri-gate transistors for some time now. The company's Atom SoCs continue to be... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	19
Report: Haswell desktop TDPs to reach 84W by Geoff Gasior — 11:38 AM on December 11, 2012 Mobile versions of Intel's upcoming Haswell microprocessor are expected to have TDPs as low as 10W, a substantial reduction from the 17W thermal envelope of... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	94
TR's 2012 Christmas gift guide by Geoff Gasior — 4:30 PM on December 7, 2012 We've compiled our lists and checked them twice. Read on for TR's Christmas gift guide. Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Displays Input devices Mobile computing	88
AMD lowers wafer orders, will pay $320 million charge by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:47 AM on December 7, 2012 We already know AMD suffered from both a slow CPU market and a decrease in market share last quarter. It's no wonder, then, that... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	103
IHS: Qualcomm the number-three semiconductor supplier in 2012 by Geoff Gasior — 1:55 PM on December 6, 2012 IHS iSuppli has put together a preliminary list of the top 20 semiconductor suppliers for 2012. Intel is still at the top, despite the fact... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Mobile computing Personal tech	4
Intel will offer socketed CPUs for the 'foreseeable future' by Geoff Gasior — 12:38 PM on December 6, 2012 Remember last week's rumor about Intel ditching socketed desktop CPUs in favor of BGA chips soldered onto motherboards? AMD responded a couple... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	48
Specs leak for 13W, 10W Ivy Bridge CPUs by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:36 AM on December 6, 2012 Remember that rumor about Intel rolling out some lower-wattage Ivy Bridge CPUs ahead of the Haswell launch? Well, the folks at VR-Zone Chinese Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing	44
AMD: We're not abandoning socketed CPUs by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:20 PM on December 4, 2012 If you were reading the news last month, you might have noticed those slightly worrying rumors about Intel ditching socketed CPUs in 2014. Intel... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	80

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