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Charlie Demerjian
Apr 6, 2015

Amazon is spending lavishly on game development

Exclusive: We know where the cash went, just not why

Amazon is trying to get into gaming by spending huge sums of money according to SemiAccurate’s sources.
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Charlie Demerjian
Apr 6, 2015

What is the name of Intel’s Cannonlake +1 server platform

Exclusive: Grantley+4 actually has a name and it is….

A few weeks ago SemiAccurate told you about the Intel architecture after Skylake, but what is it’s 2S server platform?
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Charlie Demerjian
Apr 2, 2015

Intel releases the 750 PCIe SSD line

Take a hardcore enterprise SSD and add consumer labels

Intel is finally releasing the 750 Series PCIe SSDs, a ‘consumer’ version of their datacenter grade P35-3700 lines.
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Thomas Ryan
Apr 2, 2015

NVMe Arrives with Intel’s 750 Series SSDs

Review: No longer just for the Enterprise market, NVMe is here now…

Today Intel is launching a pair of new SSDs as it’s 750 series of drives.
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Thomas Ryan
Apr 1, 2015

Intel Announces the End of its Core Product Line

It’s been a fun ride…

The sky is falling. Don’t panic. Okay?
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Charlie Demerjian
Apr 1, 2015

Multicoreware launches H.265 encoders and decoders

x265 and UHDecore for all your HEVC 4K needs

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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 31, 2015

Intel talks about Knights Landing architecture

Who knew the company actually had tech?

In nothing short of a minor miracle, Intel has decided to talk about the tech in their upcoming Knights Landing CPU.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 30, 2015

Gigabyte’s ARM servers represent a sea change in the market

Minor products, massive and game-changing implications

Gigabyte just launched three new ARM server products that don’t look like much on the surface.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 24, 2015

VESA shows off working USB-C Alt Mode with Displayport

MWC 2015: Getting closer to one cable every day

SemiAccurate spotted something interesting on the VESA booth at MWC, a working USB-C Alt Mode system.
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Thomas Ryan
Mar 20, 2015

AMD Launches FreeSync

Take that G-Sync

Today AMD released the Catalyst 15.3 Beta which is its first driver to offer public support for its FreeSync adaptive refresh rate technology.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 18, 2015

UzBrain’s Rail Gun turns a toy weapon into an FPS controller

MWC 2015: Strap on motion sensor and buttons

A Korean company called UzBrain was showing off a unique FPS controller called Rail Gun at MWC.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 17, 2015

Fotonation uses computational imaging to focus faces

MWC 2015: Faster and more efficient than contrast, plus benefits

Fotonation was showing off their facial imaging based fast focus technology at MWC this year.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 16, 2015

HSA foundation releases v1.0 of their namesake spec

Almost five years in the making we are finally at v1.0

Today the HSA foundation is releasing v1.0 of their spec coincidentally called HSA Specifications Release 1.0.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 16, 2015

Mediatek tries to offer the complete device stack

MWC 2015: Hardware, software, and services APIs on offer

Mediatek had a fair number of goodies to show at MWC including new hardware, software, and devices.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 12, 2015

Another mystery switch silicon project comes to light

MWC 2015: A known player in an unknown area

SemiAccurate has learned at MWC that there is another vendor working on high end switch silicon.
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