Tag: AMD

Take a moment to glance down at your laptop. Chances are, you see a bunch of hideous, glittery stickers, with the names or logos of companies like Skype, Intel or Microsoft [Ed. Note: Nope! Just see white. Cult of Mac!]. Don't try and remove them, though. Scratching off these stickers, as with Chicken Pox, will only result in even uglier scars and residue. So, why are they there? The New York ...

Anyone who has shopped for a laptop knows that a manufacturer's estimated battery life is estimated pretty liberally. Usually, the numbers are based on a test called MobileMark 2007, which measures how long a computer's battery lasts under conditions that are, to be polite about it, completely unrealistic. The screen is set to 20-percent brightness, Wi-Fi and any other wireless tech shut off, ...

With Intel's tiny, low powered Atom turning out to be a smash hit in bargain-priced, small-sized netbooks, and even upstart Via getting in on the netbook/low power with the Nano, it was a matter of when, not if, chip maker AMD would release its own competing part. And low-and-behold, the struggling processor manufacturer chose CES to unveil the Athlon Neo, a low power, low cost part aimed at ...

When you're looking to set a record, this is how you do it. Not only has IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer come on-line, it's now the world's fastest -- twice as fast as the old BluGene/L champ -- and churning through 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second. The $133 million supercomputer achieved the milestone with the help of 12,960 "improved" Cell processors (yes, like those powering your ...

Buying a new laptop can be a daunting task. First off, there are many more factors to take into account when buying a laptop than when buying a desktop PC -- size and battery, for example. Budget laptops can be alluring, but will they have the horsepower you need for daily computing tasks? What difference does having an AMD or Intel processor make? And how do you make sense of the alphabet ...

HP has introduced nine new desktops across its Pavilion and Presario lines. Most of the new computers feature AMD Athlon processors and Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (two higher-end models feature Intel chips, while a budget model offers Windows Vista Home Basic Edition). All of the new machines are stocked with DVD burners employing LightScribe technology, which can etch custom labels you ...