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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It’s the benchmarks that make an upcoming technology that much more interesting. Per CPU World, a series of benchmark tests demonstrates how the much-anticipated Ivy Bridge architecture in the upcoming MacBook Pro notebooks could show fairly significant improvements in performance, particularly in graphics. The chip being tested was the Core i7-3820QM, a 2.7 GHz processor […]
Intel’s Ivy Bridge architecture may not be out yet, but some initial tests have been performed and it looks promising. Per AnandTech and Electronista, an unofficial, pre-release benchmarking of Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge architecture has shown an overall speed up, but most of all in graphics. Early testing of a 3.5GHz, quad Core i7-3770K desktop […]
Even if you’re hankering for a new iPad 3 or an updated MacBook Air, there’s always your Mac Pro tower to keep in mind. Per The Inquirer, Intel’s new Sandy Bridge update for its Xeon line of high end CPUs is due next week, suggesting the potential for Apple to refresh the Mac Pro, which […]
If you wondered as to where the next-gen AMD processors might be on your MacBook Air, there’s a reason for that too. According to Forbes, former AMD employees revealed that Apple gave its “Llano” chip a “close look” for a new MacBook Air model last year, but ultimately decided not to go with the processor […]