http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/supposed-galaxy-s4-spec-list-confirms-eight-core-processor/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/supposed-galaxy-s4-spec-list-confirms-eight-core-processor/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:30:09 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=147388 Someone who appears to be in possession of a Galaxy S4 prototype decided it would be fun to stick a few benchmarking apps on it, giving us a look at how the phone performs and what might be inside Samsung’s next Android flagship. The Antutu benchmark test reports that the S4 is powered by Samsung’s [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/supposed-galaxy-s4-spec-list-confirms-eight-core-processor/feed/ 13 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-worlds-smallest-arm-chip-is-going-to-be-inside-you/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-worlds-smallest-arm-chip-is-going-to-be-inside-you/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:30:08 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=146374 Manufactured by Freescale, this chunk of silicon claims to be the world’s smallest ARM-powered chip. Measuring just 2 x 2 x 0.5 millimetres, it’s so small that it will likely end up inside… you. It packs a modest 48 MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ processor, paired with 32KB of flash memory and 4KB of RAM. That might [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-worlds-smallest-arm-chip-is-going-to-be-inside-you/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/intel-launches-budget-ivy-bridge-processors/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/intel-launches-budget-ivy-bridge-processors/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:30:49 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=137237 Now that Intel has its efficient and expensive Ivy Bridge microarchitecture in tablets and computers everywhere, it’s decided to launch a budget-friendly line of processors which use the same 22nm manufacturing process. CPU World reports that Intel is launching three Celeron CPUs, four Pentiums and a new Core i3 processor, which should theoretically be available [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/intel-launches-budget-ivy-bridge-processors/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/samsung-tells-apple-to-take-a-price-hike/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/samsung-tells-apple-to-take-a-price-hike/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:45:38 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=119558 News from the front line of the Apple-Samsung war, and Samsung, fresh off the back of winning more money back from Apple in the UK, is sticking the knife in by jacking up processor prices for Apple by 20%. According to the WSJ, a person “familiar with negotiations” between the two behemoths suggested that the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/samsung-tells-apple-to-take-a-price-hike/feed/ 17 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/if-these-benchmarks-are-genuine-the-iphone-5-will-blow-literally-everything-out-of-the-water/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/if-these-benchmarks-are-genuine-the-iphone-5-will-blow-literally-everything-out-of-the-water/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:00:51 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=103410 The iPhone 5 is out in the wild, well, under NDA in the hands of reviewers at least, but it’s apparently made a quick appearance on Geekbench, just to test its mettle a little. It clocked up a score of 1,601, which totally annihilates the iPhone 4S with its puny 631 score, and even tops [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/if-these-benchmarks-are-genuine-the-iphone-5-will-blow-literally-everything-out-of-the-water/feed/ 189 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/apples-new-a6-chip-is-smaller-lighter-and-mightier/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/apples-new-a6-chip-is-smaller-lighter-and-mightier/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:39:36 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=102237 Apple announced it’s got a whole new chip for the iPhone 5. It’s called the A6, which is a semi-surprising upgrade to this year’s iPad’s A5X. No word on whether it’s quad core or not, but it’s 22 per cent smaller than the old A5 and has twice the GPU and graphics power. The A5 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/apples-new-a6-chip-is-smaller-lighter-and-mightier/feed/ 0 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/08/samsungs-new-exynos-mobile-chip-usb-3-0-and-1080p-video-at-60fps/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/08/samsungs-new-exynos-mobile-chip-usb-3-0-and-1080p-video-at-60fps/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:00:50 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=93551 Samsung has released the specs of its new Exynos 5 Dual mobile chip, and it looks set to be an absolute powerhouse. An ARM-based 1.7 GHz mobile CPU, it seems set be a massive leap forward from the Exynos 4 Quad which currently powers the Galaxy S III . So, what can you expect to [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/08/samsungs-new-exynos-mobile-chip-usb-3-0-and-1080p-video-at-60fps/feed/ 15 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/googles-artificial-brain-loves-to-watch-cat-videos/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/googles-artificial-brain-loves-to-watch-cat-videos/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:30:26 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=81300 Hidden away within Google’s X laboratory, where all kinds of secret projects are underway, its engineers have been working on creating an artificial brain. With 16,000 computer processors and freedom to learn whatever it chooses from the internet, though, it turns out that the brain does just what you do online: watch cat videos. The [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/googles-artificial-brain-loves-to-watch-cat-videos/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/what-is-intel-turbo-boost/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/what-is-intel-turbo-boost/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:00:51 +0000 Sam Biddle http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=76345 Lots of exciting new computers! And no matter what, we still get jazzed about processor speeds. But what’s this Turbo Boost business Apple mentioned? Why do CPUs have two different speeds? It’s actually pretty simple.   Turbo Boost makes your computer faster when it needs it… As the name implies, Turbo Boost is… turbo. Let’s [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/what-is-intel-turbo-boost/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/are-multi-core-processors-a-waste-of-time-for-android/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/are-multi-core-processors-a-waste-of-time-for-android/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:30:23 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=75796 Many Android handsets feature incredible processing power these days, with multiple cores and high clock speeds seeming to offer incredibly smooth performance. According to Mike Bell, from Intel’s Mobile and Communications Group, though, the specs might not be as impressive as they first appear. Speaking with The Inquirer, Bell explains that Android software just isn’t [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/are-multi-core-processors-a-waste-of-time-for-android/feed/ 15 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/05/this-imperfect-processor-is-15-times-more-efficient-than-yours/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/05/this-imperfect-processor-is-15-times-more-efficient-than-yours/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:53 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=70172 While it might sound like a dumb idea, designing a computer processor that can make mistakes could be a good thing—especially where energy use is a concern. Researchers from Rice University and Berkeley, along with collaborators in Europe and Singapore, have developed a new type of processor that is allowed to make occasional errors. That [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/05/this-imperfect-processor-is-15-times-more-efficient-than-yours/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/05/intel-windows-8-on-arm-is-an-uphill-fight/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/05/intel-windows-8-on-arm-is-an-uphill-fight/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 11:15:33 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=68074 Windows 8 is stirring up a fair deal of controversy for Microsoft. Now, Intel has come out as saying that it thinks that running the new OS on ARM hardware is going to prove difficult. During an investor meeting, Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini pointed out that the heritage of x86 hardware will make support for [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/05/intel-windows-8-on-arm-is-an-uphill-fight/feed/ 9 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/04/intels-ivy-bridge-the-maximum-pc-review/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/04/intels-ivy-bridge-the-maximum-pc-review/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:00:10 +0000 Maximum PC http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=63634 You are, no doubt, quite familiar with Intel’s CPU-release “cadence” of tick-tock by now. If not, the short story is that every tock brings a major breakthrough, while ticks are decent upgrades but nothing to Twitter home about. hat’s not necessarily the case with Intel’s latest tick, the Ivy Bridge CPU. Sure, the performance enhancements [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/04/intels-ivy-bridge-the-maximum-pc-review/feed/ 0 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/04/qualcomm-warns-of-international-snapdragon-chip-shortage/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/04/qualcomm-warns-of-international-snapdragon-chip-shortage/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:45:48 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=61857 Chip maker Qualcomm has announced that it can’t meet demand for some of its mobile phone processors — which means that Android and Windows-based phone manufacturers will have to seek an alternative in the coming months. Specifically, it turns out that Qualcomm has underestimated how widely used its S4 Snapdragon chips would be, which means [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/04/qualcomm-warns-of-international-snapdragon-chip-shortage/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/teardown-reveals-the-apple-tvs-new-guts/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/teardown-reveals-the-apple-tvs-new-guts/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:30:21 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=53137 Though it's not Apple's most exciting announcement of recent time, the Apple TV received a big a boost in specs last week. Now a teardown by a forum member at XBMC.org shows exactly what's changed.]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/teardown-reveals-the-apple-tvs-new-guts/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/ibm%e2%80%99s-holey-optochip-pumps-1-trillion-bits-per-second/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/ibm%e2%80%99s-holey-optochip-pumps-1-trillion-bits-per-second/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:30:19 +0000 Wired http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=50335 IBM Researchers have built an optical chip that can transfer more data per second than pretty much anything else on the planet.]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/ibm%e2%80%99s-holey-optochip-pumps-1-trillion-bits-per-second/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/inside-apples-a5x-processor-dual-core-cpu-quad-core-graphics/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/inside-apples-a5x-processor-dual-core-cpu-quad-core-graphics/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:42:17 +0000 Adrian Covert http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=50068 With the announcement of the iPad 3, came the announcement of a new processor: the A5x chipset with (presumably) a dual-core CPU and quad-core GPU. The A5x is more powerful to be sure, but should we think of it as a next-generation chip, or merely a spec bump?]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/inside-apples-a5x-processor-dual-core-cpu-quad-core-graphics/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/intel-confirms-that-ivy-bridge-is-definitely-delayed/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/intel-confirms-that-ivy-bridge-is-definitely-delayed/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:59:37 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=47137 There have been suggestions floating around that Intel's new Ivy Bridge processors would arrive later than anticipated on the market. Now, those rumours have been confirmed as true by a senior Intel employee, so we won't see the processors in April as previously expected.]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/intel-confirms-that-ivy-bridge-is-definitely-delayed/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/the-single-atom-transistor-that-could-break-moores-law/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/the-single-atom-transistor-that-could-break-moores-law/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:30:37 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=44860 In the ongoing quest to push processor performance, the key is being able to effectively shrink their component parts. A new transistor, based on a single atom, may go further than helping speed things up: it could shatter Moore's Law.]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/the-single-atom-transistor-that-could-break-moores-law/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/intel-launching-new-atom-based-processors-with-digital-wi-fi/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/intel-launching-new-atom-based-processors-with-digital-wi-fi/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:15:33 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=44761 If you thought Intel's Atom processor line was dead, think again: the company is launching a new version of the silicon, code named Rosepoint. Don't be too quick to dismiss it, either, because it sounds like the new mobile processor could mean business.]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/intel-launching-new-atom-based-processors-with-digital-wi-fi/feed/ 1