Earlier today NVIDIA announced that it would begin licensing its Kepler GPU architecture to 3rd parties. This is a sensible next step for NVIDIA, but an unprecedented one among the two remaining discrete PC GPU suppliers. Note that what NVIDIA is announcing today is contrary to AMD’s semi-custom approach to SoC production. AMD is offering to build (semi) custom tailored silicon to customer needs, while NVIDIA is taking a more ARM-like approach and offering its GPU IP to 3rd parties for integration on their own. In other words, NVIDIA is looking to compete with ARM and Imagination Technologies rather than AMD or Qualcomm. In addition to its GPU architecture, NVIDIA is now also open to licensing its visual computing patents to 3rd parties. The visual computing...
Nexus 4 and Nexus 10: A Closer Look
If we'd never heard the name Sandy, we'd have featured two live blogs today, and had a few hours to spend with the latest members of the Nexus family...
102 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/29/2012
LG and Google Announce the Nexus 4, Starts at $299
This isn't how they wanted to do it, but LG and Google are going ahead with the announcement of the Nexus 4, and it's a steal. The lineage of...
91 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/29/2012
The Windows RT Review
Meet Windows RT. It’s Microsoft’s first major foray into the modern tablet market, the shipping version of Windows-on-ARM, and it’s one of Microsoft’s most important product launches ever. Windows...
233 by Vivek Gowri & Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/25/2012
Microsoft Surface Review
A week ago, I sat in an auditorium and listened to Steve Sinofsky talk about the tablet market. He talked about how the iPad was a great device, and...
233 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012
ASUS Windows 8 and RT Products Revealed
ASUS has spent the last few years showing how good design can yield big dividends in the Windows notebook and Android tablet markets. With today’s announcement of their Windows...
17 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/23/2012
iPad (4th gen) Hands On
Although it's physically no different than the 3rd gen iPad we have some hands on video showing the perf of the new A6X.
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012
ASUS VivoTab RT Review
The ASUS Transformer line of tablets have consistently been among the strongest contenders in the Android tablet world, so when it was announced that they would be one of...
68 by Vivek Gowri on 10/23/2012
iPad mini Hands On - Updated with More Photos & Videos
We just spent a good amount of time with the iPad mini and the easiest way to describe the device is that it's lighter than you'd expect. The build...
64 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012
Apple's iPad mini Event Live Blog
We've lined up and are getting ready to bring you live coverage from Apple's special event today. Widely expected to make an appearance are the iPad mini as well...
89 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012
Acer Iconia A110 Guns For Nexus 7
Everyone's getting into the small tablet market, and with the success of Google's own Nexus 7, and Amazon's Kindle Fire, it's no surprise. The Iconia A110 fills that segment...
19 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/18/2012
Inside Microsoft's Surface RT Tablet
Along with the first pricing and availability details, Microsoft gave us some additional insight into Surface in a tour of the design and engineering facility where the project was...
73 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/16/2012
Microsoft Surface RT Starting at $499, Available 10/26, Preorder Today
Earlier this summer Microsoft did the somewhat unexpected and announced first party Windows RT and Windows 8 tablet hardware under the Surface brand. Microsoft wanted to have flagship devices...
68 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/16/2012
Razer's Project Fiona Gaming Tablet Confirmed for Production
Razer garnered a lot of press at CES this year with their Fiona gaming tablet, a 10.1" Windows-based tablet packing a Core i7 processor and two joystick handles featuring...
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HP's ElitePad 900 Windows 8 Tablet: No Short Skirt, But a Couple of Long Jackets
The major vendors have been doing the rounds out here in sunny California, gearing up a series of product launches to go hand-in-hand with Windows 8's launch later this...
31 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/1/2012
Intel Details Atom Z2760: Clovertrail for Windows 8 Tablets
For much of the past year we've been hearing that Intel's Atom for Windows 8 tablets is going to be the one to beat. Ivy Bridge (and later, Haswell...
78 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/27/2012
Additional Details on Micron’s DDR3L-RS, DDR4-RS, and Other Memory
Earlier this week we posted a short write-up about Micron’s new DDR3L-RS memory. We didn’t have a lot of technical detail to go on at the time, but Micron...
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Dell's Enterprise Windows 8 Rollout Begins
While today we already have a review up of Dell's enterprise all-in-one, the OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One, our meeting with them in San Francisco bore fruit with two additional pieces...
21 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/19/2012
Acer Iconia W510 and W700 Hands On at IDF
Intel had Acer W510 (Clover Trail/Atom based) and a W700 (Ivy Bridge based) Windows 8 tablets in its private press demo room at IDF. Both devices are featured in...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2012
Google's Eric Schmidt: 1.3M Android Device Activations Per Day, 480M Android Devices in the Market
Some data from Google at today's Motorola On Display event: There are now 1.3M Android device activations per day, as of today. About 70,000 of those device activations per day...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/5/2012
Sony Xperia Tablet S: A Tablet and Universal Remote Rolled Into One
The Android tablet market is getting decidedly crowded, with dozens of different offerings from big and small companies alike, in sizes from 5” to 13.3”. How do you make...
15 by Jarred Walton on 8/31/2012