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AMD APUs Get a Significant Price Cut
The only thing better than technology is technology at a reduced price. In what is likely a move to combat Intels G3258 budget CPU, AMD has cut the MSRP on a lot of APUs and you can save up to 30 percent on some models. The current flagship Kaveri A10-7850K…
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AMD APU: How Much Progress Has Been Made?
Introduction Cast your mind back to mid-2011 when AMD released its first “APU”. Back then “APU” (Accelerated Processing Unit) was a term not many of us were familiar with, although the concept wasn’t alien as we’ve had it for quite some time: a CPU that also provides a GPU. Up until the…
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US to Simulate Nuke Tests Using Cray Supercomputers
Supercomputer manufacturer, Cray, is said to help the US guard its arsenal of nukes after winning a $174 million contract to provide a new supercomputer to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The current supercomputer, a Cray XE6 called “Cielo”, is said to have 107,152 cores and a theoretical peak…
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Three New A58 Series FM2+ Motherboards Launched By MSI
MSI launched its three additions to the AMD A58 series FM2+ motherboards, the MSI A58-G41 PC Mate, MSI A58M-E35 and MSI A58M-E33, with support for the new AMD Kaveri APU having also compatibility with AM2 socket processors such as the Richland and Trinity APUs. The motherboards are said to be…
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Edge DS8 mini-PC Powered By AMD Quad-Core Trinity A8 CPU Released By Sapphire
SAPPHIRE Technology has just announced a new metal-cased model in its EDGE Series of mini-PCs targeted for use in professional AV solutions and as a Digital Signage player. It is said to be designed for 24/7 operation in the more demanding applications of ProAV installations, POS applications and especially as…
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ASUS A88X-PRO (FM2+) Motherboard Review
Introduction With AMD’s fourth generation of AMD APUs, Kaveri, just around the corner it couldn’t be a better time to look at a brand spanking new FM2+ motherboard from ASUS. Today we have the ASUS A88X PRO motherboard on the test bench and this high-end motherboard will make the perfect…
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Gigabyte G1 Sniper A88X (FM2+) Motherboard Review
Introduction AMD are rumoured to be exiting the high end desktop market with the FX series of processors on the AM3+ socket expected to be AMD’s last range of standalone CPU products. Of course the main reason for that decision by AMD, if it does turn out to be true,…
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Asus To Launch FM2+ A88X & A55 Motherboards
Asus has introduced two new motherboards to their range and while they’re nothing fancy they are the first range of motherboards from Asus with the FM2+ socket, which is set to be compatible with the upcoming release of AMD Kaveri hardware. The new A88XM-A and the A55BM-A/USB3 motherboards are both FM2+…
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AMD Could Delay Kaveri APUs to Q1 2014
According to a report by Digitimes AMD may delay the next series of APUs, codename Kaveri, until 2014 instead of releasing them in Q4 of this year. Apparently manufacturing is starting later than expected and so the Kaveri APUs will need some extra time to be developed. AMD’s Kaveri APUs…
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Computex: Gigabyte Show Off G1.Sniper A85X AMD FM2 Motherboard
The G1.Sniper designation of motherboards from Gigabyte has traditionally been reserved for high end platforms like Ivy Bridge Z77 and Haswell Z87. Yet now Gigabyte are now expanding this line up to include AMD’s FM2 socket and A85X chipset. Gigabyte’s latest creation is the G1.Sniper A85X. This motherboard is designed…
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Rumour: AMD Kaveri APUs Bring FM2+ Socket And Late 2013 Launch
According to an AMD roadmap leaked by ComputerBase.de the new AMD APU platform “Kaveri” is going to be arriving by the end of 2013. This new Kaveri APU will bring a new FM2+ platform to the market. The raw mechanics of the Kaveri APU see it bring a new CPU…
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Richland Desktop Prices Detailed, Trinity Prices Slashed
Richland hasn’t been on sale for long but there are still plenty more of AMD’s popular APU range to come and now it seems the folks over at FudZilla have discovered their prices. Five more entries to the Richland range have been found in online price listings that show some very…
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AMD Richland APU Pricing and Launch Date Revealed
AMD’s Richland APUs look set to be very interesting propositions. They look set to further raise the bar in terms of “integrated graphics” while still being hugely affordable and offering decent Piledriver based CPU parts. In fact the flagship, the A10 6800K will cost only around $140 according to the…
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AMD Cutting Desktop CPU Prices
AMD have a tradition of cutting their prices down incrementally over time. Not only does it help them shift a few more units but it also allows them to keep “old tech” attractive even when they release new models. Their latest round of price cuts is no exceptions and we…
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AMD Richland APUs Pictured, Arriving In June
AMD’s next generation of accelerated processing units (APUs), codename Richland, are set to arrive this June. In the run up to their release next month they have been pictured by the media. The three models in question are the AMD A10 6800K, A10 6700 and A4 4400, which will be…
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