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Charlie Demerjian
May 14, 2014
5

AMD Core Day lays out their ARM vs x86 strategy

Updated: Not one vs the other, swappable components from top to bottom

Last week AMD held Core Day where they finally explained to the public what their strategy going forward is.
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Charlie Demerjian
May 13, 2014

A new Red Hat Linux branch pops up in a demo

Unannounced, unmentioned, given away by a cat

SemiAccurate just spotted a new, unannounced, unreleased version of Red Hat Linux during a recent event.
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Thomas Ryan
May 12, 2014

Intel Officially Releases its 9 Series Chipsets

H and Z, but where’s the X?

Multiple review sites have already looked at Intel’s Z97-based motherboards and Intel is officially releasing the 9 series of chipsets today.
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Charlie Demerjian
May 12, 2014
9

The first ever SemiAccurate t-shirt ends a year long joke

ARM Tech Day 2014: It all started with a picture of Anand taken almost a year ago

It started out as most good practical jokes do, with something that caught my eye, then became annoying, and then became a photo op.
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Charlie Demerjian
May 12, 2014
2

Adata ups the SD speed ante to UHS-1 Speed Class 3

Updated: Up to 95MBps read, 85MBps write for 4K video

Adata just upped the SD card ante with three UHS-1 Speed Class 3 (U3) offerings across two lines.
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Thomas Ryan
May 9, 2014

Biostar Introduces the Intel Z97-based Hi-Fi Z97WE Motherboard

Everyone’s getting ready for Devil’s Canyon…

Today Taiwanese motherboard maker Biostar is introducing their Hi-Fi Z97WE a socket LGA1150 motherboard based on Intel’s Z97 chipset.
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Thomas Ryan
May 8, 2014

Intel Goes After VDI with Crystalwell Xeons

Everyone’s getting a piece of Moohshot to go after VDI…

At Citrx’s Synergy conference a few days ago Intel announced that it would begin offering new SKUs in its Xeon E3 lineup that incorporate its Crystalwell technology.
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Charlie Demerjian
May 8, 2014
5

One more tidbit about the AMD ARM core bubbles up

Updated: Not much more than a name, what’s in a name again?

On Monday, AMD finally announced they have an ARM architectural license and are making their own v8A core.
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Charlie Demerjian
May 7, 2014

Analysis: How is Nvidia going to beat their numbers this quarter?

Updated: SemiAccurate told you weeks ago, but lets connect the dots anyway

There has been a lot of talk lately about Nvidia and beating their numbers, it came as a shock to some but not SemiAccurate readers.
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Thomas Ryan
May 7, 2014

Intel Touts Dominance in Chromebooks

If not Wintel then perhaps Inoogle?

Today Intel and its partners rolled out a series of new Bay Trail-M Chromebooks that run Google’s maligned Chrome OS.
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Charlie Demerjian
May 5, 2014

Does Bigcommerce actually have a working product?

An ecommerce tale with a personal ending

For me, Bigcommerce crossed the line from incompetence to scam in the way many once promising startups do, in dealing with customers and money.
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Thomas Ryan
May 5, 2014

AMD’s A10-7700K: The other K

Taking a step down the pricing ladder…

The first is the A10-7850K and second is the A10-7700K which is the chip we’re reviewing today.
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Thomas Ryan
May 1, 2014

AMD begins Private Mantle SDK Beta

Opening the flood gates to developers willing to apply…

Today AMD is launching a beta program for its Mantle API software development kit.
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Thomas Ryan
Apr 30, 2014
4

Intel launches a new Atom-based NUC

Lower the power, and the cost.

Today Intel in announcing the availability of its first Atom-based barebones NUC kit, the DE3815TYKHE.
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Thomas Ryan
Apr 30, 2014

Nvidia silently delays the irrelevant Titan Z

Spring is warming up; but the GPU wars are cooling down…

The internet echo chamber is at full volume regarding the curious lack of availability of Nvidia’s Titan Z dual GPU monster graphics card.
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