Intel
Intel's Meteor Lake series of processors was launched in September 2023 with a focus on mobile platforms. Multiple mini-PC vendors have utilized these processors to market offerings in the SFF / UCFF desktop market. ACEMAGIC is an Asian manufacturer with products in multiple categories including micro-PCs, UCFF (ultra-compact form-factor) and SFF (small form-factor) PCs, and notebooks. They were one of the first to market with Meteor Lake-based desktop systems. The ACEMAGIC F2A 125H is the entry-level version of the F2A line, equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor. It is a bit larger than the traditional NUCs, slotting it in the SFF category. However, that allows for the processor to be operated at 65W (compared to the 28 - 40W adopted in the...
The 2013 MacBook Air Review (13-inch)
Apple launched its Haswell ULT based MacBook Air into the wild earlier this month. With lofty battery life claims, an increased focus on lower power, 802.11ac and a PCIe...
234 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/24/2013June 2013 Top500 List Published: Xeon Phi Takes Top Spot
Kicking off this week is the International Supercomputing Conference in Leipzig, Germany, one of the two major supercomputing/high performance computing conferences of the year. There will be several announcements...
16 by Ryan Smith on 6/17/2013Intel SSD DC S3500 Review (480GB): Part 1
We always knew that Intel would build a standard MLC version of its flagship S3700 enterprise SSD, and today we have that drive: the Intel SSD DC S3500.
54 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/11/2013Intel's Thunderbolt 2: Everything You Need to Know
At Computex, Intel officially branded its next-generation Thunderbolt as Thunderbolt 2. As a recap, current Ivy Bridge platforms use Cactus Ridge Thunderbolt controllers while newly launched Haswell platforms use...
34 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/9/2013Silvermont to Sell under Atom, Celeron and Pentium Brands, 2.4GHz Z3770 Leaked
During Computex a bit of Intel news leaked out that I didn't have time to talk about. Now that I'm back in the US, it's time to play catch...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/9/2013The Haswell Ultrabook Review: Core i7-4500U Tested
With Haswell we got a staggered launch, with only some parts ready to go immediately. Interestingly enough, it’s the high-end Haswell desktop parts that are most ready at this...
89 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/9/2013Intel Demonstrates Bay Trail-T Running Windows 8 and Android 4.2.2
Last month Intel took the covers off its next-generation Atom microarchitecture, codename Silvermont. The first consumer implementation of Silvermont will be Bay Trail, a quad-core SoC for tablets. At...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/6/2013AMD's Richland vs. Intel's Haswell GPU on the Desktop: Radeon HD 8670D vs. Intel HD 4600
The run up to Computex has been insane. Kabini, Haswell and Iris hit us back to back to back, not to mention all of the travel before receiving those...
102 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/6/2013Intel Announces Thunderbolt 2 at Computex: 20Gbps Bi-Directional Bandwidth per Channel
Earlier this year Intel revealed some details about Falcon Ridge, its 2014 Thunderbolt controller. Today it went a little further and gave the updated Thunderbolt spec a new name...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2013Introducing the Dual-Core Haswell SKUs
Introducing the Dual-Core Haswell SKUs On Saturday Intel lifted the embargo on information related to their quad-core Haswell processors, and we’ve been busy posting all sorts of details over the...
50 by Jarred Walton on 6/4/2013Intel's Haswell - An HTPC Perspective: Media Playback, 4K and QuickSync Evaluated
Over the last two years, the launch of every major desktop CPU family from both AMD and Intel has been accompanied by a dedicated HTPC-oriented article. This coverage has...
95 by Ganesh T S on 6/2/2013Hit the Road, Jack: Intel’s Mobile Quad-Core Haswell SKUs
For those who are just looking for information on the various processor models with their associated features, we wanted to put together a short list of all the parts...
34 by Jarred Walton on 6/1/2013Intel Iris Pro 5200 Graphics Review: Core i7-4950HQ Tested
We review what's quite possibly the most exciting Haswell SKU available at launch: the Core i7-4950HQ equipped with Intel's new Iris Pro 5200 graphics.
177 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2013Intel’s Haswell: Quad-Core Desktop Processor SKUs
Intel’s Haswell is here, or at least the first salvo of quad-core parts has arrived. Just like we saw with Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge, Intel will be releasing...
25 by Jarred Walton on 6/1/2013Gigabyte's 8-Series Haswell Motherboard Tour [video]
Today is all about Haswell and Gigabyte is kicking things off with a video tour of some of their Haswell motherboard lineup. Colin from Gigabyte stopped by a couple...
28 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2013The Haswell Review: Intel Core i7-4770K & i5-4670K Tested
This is a very volatile time for Intel. In an ARM-less vacuum, Intel’s Haswell architecture would likely be the most amazing thing to happen to the tech industry in...
211 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2013Haswell Z87 Motherboard Preview: 50+ Motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte, ASRock, MSI, ECS, Biostar and EVGA
With time quickly approaching the launch of Haswell, leaks on both motherboards and CPU performance are coming out of the woodworks. Similar to our advance Ivy Bridge coverage...
71 by Ian Cutress on 5/22/2013Best Business Laptops – May 2013
It’s been a couple of weeks since our last “best laptop” article, mostly because I had concerns about recommending anything with AMD’s Richland and Intel’s Haswell processors right around...
39 by Jarred Walton on 5/17/2013Sony Announces VAIO Fit Series of Laptops
Today Sony is launching their newest line of laptops, the VAIO Fit series. There will be two different lines, the Fit and the Fit E, and all of the...
15 by Jarred Walton on 5/7/2013Intel’s Silvermont Architecture Revealed: Getting Serious About Mobile
The most frustrating part about covering Intel’s journey into mobile over the past five years is just how long it’s taken to get here. The CPU cores used in...
174 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/6/2013