AMD’s Big Bet on ARM Powered Servers: Opteron A1100 Revealed

Looks like CDN farms might find a new processor king in the near future.... AMD  are really doing some innovative stuff with Mantle and now this. Good to see them keeping Intel humble.  

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8362/amds-big-bet-on-arm-powered-servers-a1100-revealed

NASA scientists have created 460GHz vacuum tubes

Won't be replacing those 4GHz Intel / AMD CPU's anytime soon though..



http://hexus.net/tech/news/industry/71493-nasa-scientists-created-460ghz-vacuum-tubes/

Intel approached AMD about access to Mantle

Looks like Intel knows a good thing when it sees it...

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/intel-approached-amd-about-access-to-mantle/

Engadget: AMD says its next PC chip trumps Intel with 12 'compute cores' and smoother gaming.

Engadget: AMD says its next PC chip trumps Intel with 12 'compute cores' and smoother gaming. http://google.com/producer/s/CBIwx4biixA

SSD overclocking - Say whaaat?

Probably not a good idea to push the boundaries on this one... (corrupt data is bad!)

http://hexus.net/tech/news/storage/59597-ssd-overclocking-demonstrated-intel-pax-prime/

Intel proposes new standard to light up data transfers

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2046676/intel-proposes-new-standard-to-light-up-data-transfers.html#tk.rss_all

Intel expands it's IP portfolio in line with Apple...

Intel's acquisition of Omek means you might never have to touch a PC again http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/16/4527622/intel-acquires-omek-interactive-gesture-recognition

CES 2013: Belkin Drops eSATA Support for Upcoming Thunderbolt Express Dock, Cuts Price Back to $299

Shame to see eSATA die out (I loved it over USB / ethernet  transfers) but hopefully thunderbolt will gain good traction on multiple platforms.

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/01/07/ces-2013-belkin-drops-esata-support-for-upcoming-thunderbolt-express-dock-cuts-price-back-to-299/

Intel Brings TRIM to RAID-0 SSD Arrays on 7-Series Motherboards, We Test It

The CPU and the motherboard might cost a bomb at the moment but you can get some impressive results for the SSD's with Intel's TRIM for RAID-0!! (latest gen only )

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6161/intel-brings-trim-to-raid0-ssd-arrays-on-7series-motherboards-we-test-it

Intel working on Next Generation Form Factor SSDs

Intel working on Next Generation Form Factor SSDs

Steam claim Faster Zombies under Ubuntu linux...

Doesn't really sound like a fair comparisona dn there are way too many variables for a fair test but it's interesting to see they are working with hardware manufactures to improve their drivers overall for the platform. It'll be interesting to see how OpenGL keep up with a AAA grade developer on their back for new feature sets to be included in the API (OpenGL's last release was Aug 2011)... Then again Valve might even end up writing some in!

Blog post here: http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/faster-zombies/

Intel creates a UK research lab with Imperial College and UCL - The Inquirer

Intel creates a UK research lab with Imperial College and UCL - The Inquirer

ARM announces first 28nm Cortex-A15 hard macro

Bit-Tech: ARM announces first 28nm Cortex-A15 hard macro

Intel starts shipping Cactus Ridge Thunderbolt controllers

Intel starts shipping Cactus Ridge Thunderbolt controllers