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A6 processor found to vary speeds for best possible performance

They say the A6 processor has some cool tricks up its sleeve. They A6 processor doesn’t have sleeves, but it does have some interesting performance variations. No sleeves, though. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, one possible reason the iPhone 5 has such great battery life is the clever way the A6 changes its clock speed. […]

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Intel releases 14 low-voltage Ivy Bridge CPUs

It’s just a question of when Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors arrive within an updated MacBook Air notebook. Per Engadget, Intel on Thursday announced 14 new Ivy Bridge processors, four of which are ultra-low voltage chips that could find their way into Apple’s updated MacBook Air lineup. All of the ultra-low voltage lineup has two cores […]

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Intel launches Ivy Bridge architecture, includes 3D transistors in hardware

The day you’ve been waiting for has arrived. Or at least one of them. Because really good health-related news or the birth of a new child tends to rank up there as well. Per MacNN, Intel has officially launched the first wave of its Ivy Bridge processors with a new tri-gate transistor technology, touting the […]

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Intel to focus “bulk” of initial Ivy Bridge shipments to desktop market

Intel revealed on Tuesday that the first wave of its next-generation Ivy Bridge processors will feature quad-core models, the bulk of which are headed for desktop computers, followed by a second launch of dual-core chips for “mainstream notebooks.” Per CNET, CEO Paul Otellini relayed the information to investors during a quarterly earnings call on Tuesday. […]

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Rumor: Intel to announce Ivy Bridge architecture on April 23rd

There’s gotta be some truth to this somewhere… Per DigiTimes, Intel has moved up the announcement of its next-generation Ivy Bridge processors from the original date of April 29 to April 23 as PC makers ready the second generation of ultrabooks, expected to arrive in May. The publication claimed on Thursday that sources from notebook […]