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In what appears to be a mistake or a jump of the gun by ASUS, they have seemingly published a list of specifications for one of its key notebooks that all but allude to the next generation of AMD's mobile processors. While we saw AMD toy with a new nomenclature for their Phoenix silicon (Ryzen 7040 series), it seems as though AMD is once again changing things around where their naming scheme for processors is concerned. The ASUS listing, which has now since been deleted, but as of writing is still available through Google's cache, highlights a model that is already in existence, the VivoBook S 16 OLED (M5606), but is listed with an unknown AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor. Which, based on...
CES 2011: Toshiba's Tablet and Glasses-Free 3D
We had a chance to visit with Toshiba on the CES 2011 show floor and were able to lay hands on their prototype Tegra 2-powered tablet along with checking...
15 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/9/2011
Two CES-announced Android Phones: Huawei IDEOS X5 and Sony Xperia Arc
There have been an almost overwhelming number of smartphone launches during this CES - which is definitely a good thing. The whole team has been running around getting hands...
21 by Brian Klug on 1/8/2011
Anand Goes Hands On with Motorola's Atrix 4G Webtop
Today I was finally able to spend some time with Motorola’s Atrix 4G and its webtop dock. For those of you who don’t know, earlier in the week Motorola...
63 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/7/2011
Update for Windows Phone 7: Performance Improvements, Copy & Paste, CDMA (UPDATE: Now with video)
The Microsoft keynote at CES last night reiterated a lot of what we already know about Windows Phone 7, and fleshed out the software giant's plans for its mobile...
31 by Brian Klug on 1/6/2011
Hands On With Motorola's Tegra 2 Devices: Atrix 4G, Droid Bionic, XOOM Tablet
Today Motorola unveiled 4 new Android based devices during their press conference at CES today; three smartphones and 1 tablet. We were able to get some limited hands...
21 by Manveer Wasson on 1/6/2011
NVIDIA's Project Denver: NV Designed, High Performance ARM Core: Updated!
NVIDIA's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang just announced Project Denver - its first CPU architecture design ever, based on ARM's ISA. This is a custom design done by NVIDIA in conjunction...
49 by Brian Klug on 1/5/2011
NVIDIA's Tegra 2 Take Two: More Architectural Details and Design Wins
Twelve months ago NVIDIA stood on stage at CES and introduced its Tegra 2 SoC. It promised dozens of design wins and smartphones shipping before Spring 2010. That obviously...
21 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2011
Samsung Infuse 4G Announced
Rounding out the devices AT&T has announced this morning is the Samsung Infuse 4G, which packs a huge 4.5" Super AMOLED plus display. We're not certain what plus adds...
14 by Brian Klug on 1/5/2011
HTC Inspire 4G with New HTC Sense Announced
HTC CEO Peter Chou just announced the HTC Inspire 4G. Details about the HTC Inspire 4G's hardware stack are relatively scant, but the 4.3" screen begets a platform likely...
6 by Brian Klug on 1/5/2011
Motorola's ATRIX 4G: Tegra 2 Smartphone & Netbook in One
Motorola just announced its flagship Tegra 2 based smartphone: the ATRIX 4G. Running Android 2.2, the ATRIX 4G has a pair of Cortex A9s running at 1GHz inside NVIDIA's...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2011
AT&T Announces 4G LTE Plans
Anand and I rushed from the LG press conference over to AT&T's, where CEO Ralph de la Vega has just announced the carrier's LTE plans for the future. Some...
13 by Brian Klug on 1/5/2011
LG's Optimus 2X: World's First Tegra 2 Smartphone
Brian and I are currently at LG's press conference where the company announced, as expected, the LG Optimus 2X - the world's first dual-core Cortex A9 smartphone based on...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2011
ASUS Announces Eee Pad and Eee Slate Tablets
With CES 2011 upon us, we must acknowledge that 2011 could well be the “Year of the Tablet”. Everyone—Motorola, Dell, HP, HTC, Acer, you name it—is releasing a tablet...
37 by Vivek Gowri on 1/4/2011
Samsung Galaxy Tab - The AnandTech Review
The iPad started shipping in April, and since then it has basically had the tablet market to itself. Literally, in the six months after the iPad’s release, it didn’t...
97 by Vivek Gowri on 12/23/2010
Nvidia Tegra 2 - Graphics Performance Update
So I have a confession to make. Before we posted our Tegra 2 performance preview, I ran the Quake 3 demo on the Viewsonic G Tablet and the Samsung...
28 by Vivek Gowri on 12/20/2010
GLBenchmark 2.0 Released - Modern SoCs Benchmarked
We've constantly on the lookout for new benchmarks to use for benchmarking the latest SoCs in devices. Today, Kishonti Informatics released the latest version of its popular GLBenchmark suite...
64 by Brian Klug on 12/17/2010
Nexus S and Android 2.3 Review: Gingerbread for the Holidays
The Nexus S, spiritual successor to the Nexus One, is finally here. The Nexus One was supposed revolutionize in the way people buy mobile phones stateside, effectively decoupling phone...
75 by Brian Klug on 12/14/2010
First Look: Viewsonic G Tablet and Tegra 2 Performance Preview
The slate computing market is about to explode, with a literal flood of new tablets releasing over the coming months. Many of them will be Android based, running NVIDIA’s...
81 by Vivek Gowri on 12/9/2010
TI Reveals OMAP4440 Specs: Dual 1.5GHz Cortex A9, 25% Faster GPU, HDMI 1.4 3D, 1080p60
Next year is looking to be a very important year for smartphone and tablet performance. Just as we saw widespread migration to the ARM Cortex A8 and Qualcomm Scorpion...
39 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/8/2010
A Busy Day for Android - Nexus S and Gingerbread (2.3) Officially Announced
As expected, today Google announced Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the Nexus S. Android 2.3 is the latest iteration of Google’s popular smartphone platform, and includes a number of immediately...
45 by Brian Klug on 12/6/2010
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