Making Sense of the Intel Haswell Transactional Synchronization eXtensions
Intel has released additional information regarding the Transactional Synchronization technology (TSX) inside their upcoming Haswell processor; it's basically an instruction set architecture (ISA) extension to make hardware accelerated transactional...
29 by Johan De Gelas & Cara Hamm on 9/20/2012
The iOS 6 Review: Maps Thoroughly Investigated and More
By this point, we’re all familiar with Apple’s revised release cadence for iOS and iOS devices. Introduce a new iOS release at WWDC, beta test it through to the...
103 by Brian Klug & Saumitra Bhagwat on 9/19/2012
HTC's Windows Phone 8 NYC Event live blog
We just sat down at HTC's NYC event. Specifics aren't being shared about what's being announced here but follow along with our live blog to see what's bound to...
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Dell OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One Review: Dell's All-in-One Goes Enterprise
The all-in-one market is a tough nut to crack, both for the vendors and in many ways for the press as well. Apple sidestepped the landmine entirely by simply...
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In-Win GRone Case Review: Do Features Make the Case
It's been a very long time since we've had an In-Win case in house for review. In fact, the last one we checked out was the BUC, an affordable...
31 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/18/2012
Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Review: Thunderbolt Times Two
Now that the exclusive license Apple had for Thunderbolt has expired, since Computex 2012 we have seen a number of motherboards destined for PCs with a Thunderbolt connector. ...
15 by Ian Cutress on 9/17/2012
Analyzing the iPhone 5 Geekbench Results
While working on our Haswell piece, I've been religiously checking the Geekbench and GLBenchmark results browsers to see if anyone ran either benchmark and decided to tap upload. This...
118 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/16/2012
The iPhone 5's A6 SoC: Not A15 or A9, a Custom Apple Core Instead
When Apple announced the iPhone 5, Phil Schiller officially announced what had leaked several days earlier: the phone is powered by Apple's new A6 SoC. As always, Apple didn't...
162 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/15/2012
Rosewill Fortress Platinum 450W
Rosewill is a familiar name here at AnandTech. It's Newegg's in-house brand, through which they sell products such as notebook accessories, peripheral equipment, cases and power supplies. Their stated...
26 by Martin Kaffei on 9/14/2012
Why the iPhone 5 Lacks Support for Simultaneous Voice and LTE or EVDO (SVLTE, SVDO)
So we've seen the new iPhone, and had a chance to briefly play with it at the demo room, but as I've learned in the past so many times...
88 by Brian Klug on 9/14/2012
Intel Developer Forum 2012 - Justin Rattner Keynote Live Blog
The last day of IDF is always reserved for the Intel technology research keynote. This keynote has nothing to do with product announcements, or roadmap updates for the next...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2012
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Review: GK106 Fills Out The Kepler Family
It's been nearly 6 months since the launch of the first Kepler GPUs, and due to 28nm production difficulties NVIDIA has spent the last 6 months with a sizable...
146 by Ryan Smith on 9/13/2012
Our Apple iPhone 5 Live Blog
With IDF day 1 under our belts and the live blogging engine tested in our keynote and Haswell architecture coverage, it's time to set our sights on the next...
69 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 9/12/2012
Intel Haswell Architecture Disclosure: Live Blog
Intel is about to give us the first architectural details on its 4th generation Core processor microarchitecture, codename Haswell. Follow the live blog for full details as we get them!
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2012
Intel Developer Forum 2012 - Dadi Perlmutter Keynote Live Blog
Today we're trying out something new: a beta version of our new Live Blog engine. As long as WiFi and cellular networks cooperate, we'll be providing live coverage from...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2012
Midrange System Buyer's Guide
Intel has dominated the midrange and high-end segments of the desktop processor market since the release of its Sandy Bridge architecture in early 2011. A few months ago we...
94 by Zach Throckmorton on 9/11/2012
Amazon Kindle Preview: Paperwhite, Fire (2012), and Fire HD 7" & 8.9"
Earlier today Amazon revealed four new Kindle devices: a new Touch e-reader called the Kindle Paperwhite; the latest update to the Fire (not the Fire 2, just Kindle Fire)...
81 by James Pikover on 9/6/2012
Gigabyte X79S-UP5 WiFi Review: Ultra Durable 5 Meets the C606 Chipset
As part of the Computex 2012 show, Gigabyte demonstrated to us their new version of Ultra Durable. This fifth iteration of their power delivery combines their previous features...
16 by Ian Cutress on 9/6/2012
AMD’s Enduro Switchable Graphics Levels Up
A couple weeks back, I contacted AMD to let them know I was working on a notebook review—a Clevo P170EM from AVADirect with HD 7970M graphics. Much to my...
200 by Jarred Walton on 9/6/2012
Building the 2012 AnandTech SMB / SOHO NAS Testbed
The market for network attached storage (NAS) devices has registered huge gains over the last few years. In keeping up with the market trends, the coverage of NAS units...
74 by Ganesh T S on 9/5/2012
