Samsung Galaxy S 4 Incompatible with Original TecTiles, TecTile 2 Announced
23 comments by Brian KlugIn our part 1 review of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 (SGS4) I noted that the device included a BCM2079x NFC controller. This is...
Intel's Return to DRAM: Haswell GT3e to Integrate 128MB eDRAM?
81 comments by Anand Lal ShimpiWe've known for a while now that Intel will integrate some form of DRAM on-package for the absolute highest end GPU configurations of its...
The King is Back: Raja Koduri Leaves Apple, Returns to AMD
64 comments by Anand Lal ShimpiI remember back when AMD’s CTO of the Graphics Product Group, Raja Koduri, first quietly left the company for Apple. This was hot on...
Best Motherboards for $100-$200, April 2013
A quick look at the motherboard market and there is plenty to choose from under the $200 mark from both Intel and AMD. For Intel this marks the...
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Capsule Impressions: The Stinky Footboard
Every so often an oddball peripheral or product comes around and your attention is demanded, but with the Stinky Footboard I felt unusually torn. As a gamer I'm an...
19 by Dustin Sklavos 6 days ago
NVIDIA R319 Series Beta Driver 320.00 Available
NVIDIA's driver numbering can be a bit of a mystery at times, but after the R313 Series that encompasses all version 313.x and 314.x releases, NVIDIA is jumping ahead...
15 by Jarred Walton on 4/23/2013
Best Thin and Light Laptops, April 2013
My focus on laptop recommendations today is on the rather nebulous “thin and light” category. That can mean different things to different people, but with Ultrabooks encroaching on this...
78 by Jarred Walton on 4/19/2013
Toshiba's New KIRAbook Brings QHD to the Windows PC
I recently had an opportunity to take a meeting with Toshiba in San Francisco. Meetings with reps from major notebook vendors are oftentimes an exercise in enthusiasm coupled with...
44 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/18/2013
NVIDIA’s Spring GeForce Game Bundle Announced - Metro: Last Light
NVIDIA sends word this evening that they’re launching a new GeForce video card game bundle for the spring timeframe. Their latest bundle, replacing their recently expired $150 February free-to-play...
20 by Ryan Smith on 4/16/2013
Google Announces Glass Specs, Developer SDK, Shipment to Glass Explorers in Waves
Google dropped a bunch of Glass related news today. First up are some high level specifications which posted in an FAQ document. There's still no word about SoC or...
21 by Brian Klug on 4/16/2013
Intel Details Haswell Overclocking at IDF Beijing
As we march towards the June 2nd release of Intel's Haswell processors, the company is slowly but surely filling in the missing blanks. Most recently we saw a shot...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/12/2013
Best Gaming Notebooks, April 2013
For this week’s update of our laptop/notebook recommendations, we turn our eye towards the mobile gaming sector—and no, we’re not including tablets in this category, even though they can...
59 by Jarred Walton on 4/12/2013
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 19
Remember Brian Klug? Want to hear him rant about phones, operators and Facebook? It's time for the next podcast. The AnandTech Podcast - Episode 19 featuring Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug &...;
49 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/12/2013
AMD Expands Never Settle Reloaded Bundle; Adds Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon & Radeon HD 7770
Word comes from AMD this afternoon that as of today they’re going to be expanding their Never Settle Reloaded bundle. The bundle, which launched a bit over two months...
18 by Ryan Smith on 4/11/2013
Best High End Z77 Motherboards, April 2013
As part of our ‘Best X’ range of pipeline posts, our focus turns on to the motherboard segment. At this point of the year, we really are between...
27 by Ian Cutress on 4/11/2013
Haswell GT3e Pictured, Coming to Desktops (R-SKU) & Notebooks
One of the worst kept secrets is Haswell will have four different GPU configurations: GT1, GT2, GT3 and GT3e. As with Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge, higher numbers mean...
64 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/10/2013
Hardware Accelerated BitLocker Encryption: Microsoft Windows 8 eDrive Investigated with Crucial M500
Most modern SSDs come with some form of hardware encryption. On these drives with hardware encryption, it’s usually permanently turned on - all data written to the NAND is...
33 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/10/2013
Intel Confirms Falcon Ridge Production in 2013, Ramp in 2014
Yesterday Intel announced its updated Redwood Ridge Thunderbolt controllers (adding 4K/DP1.2 support, lower power operation and slightly lower BOM cost) as well as next year's Falcon Ridge family of...
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/9/2013
Intel Releases OpenCL 1.2 Driver and Tools Update for Ivy Bridge and Haswell
Intel has released an updated OpenCL driver for their 3rd Generation Core (Ivy Bridge) and 4th Generation Core (which we can safely call as Haswell) products that brings OpenCL...
20 by Rahul Garg on 4/9/2013
