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Microsoft unveils AMD powered Xbox One

May 22nd 2013

Although little was said about the processors in the new Xbox One, we believe it is a custom version of AMD’s newest APU with an eight Jaguar core CPUs and a big multi core GPU. The GPU will not likely not be a Radeon 7000 or 8000 core, but more similar to the UMA design AMD supplied for the Xbox 360. In addition, AMD’s APU’s encode and decode engines will likely be in the chip.

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Techwatch May 23rd 2013

Or creatively bend the truth With the explosion of mobile devices and the SOC’s within them, I am reminded of the early days of the PC and the bragging of design wins (we used to publish every week – “The Winner’s Circle). Most of the current SOC suppliers weren’t around then. What the CPU and graphics AIB suppliers learned was it’s great to announce a design win, it excites your employees, your investors, gets the attention of other potential OEMs. However, today, just as then, a design win is a fleeting thing, just as any “win” is. The thing …

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Jon Peddie and Kathleen Maher recently recorded a podcast interview with Brian David Johnson from Intel. Listen to these podcasts and watch other videos with Jon and Kathleen. Read the complete article

Exergaming and Physutainment

  The above video is of me getting my daily exercise playing “Rowing Simulator 2012”. The feel of pulling through water, the sound of the liquid displacement, and the visuals of the beautiful scenery all make for a vigorous, yet relaxing and healthy exercise. Not only can I select …Click here to read this blog entry

2011. What was that about?

Doesn't it seem like 2011 lasted a lot longer than a mere 365 days? This was a year that was up and down and up and down. In the tech world, the year officially starts in Las Vegas as CES. That's where we go to see the largest TV …Click here to read this blog entry

Qualcomm’s powerful new HPU the S4

Initially leveraging a 28nm process from TSMC, Qualcomm has announced its Snapdragon S4 class of processors, of which the first member is the MSM8960 with an Adreno 225 GPU. The new 1.5 GHz processor (S4 will scale up to 2.5GHz) has Qualcomm’s micro-architectural design with four independent, proprietary ARM …Click here to read this blog entry

Future TV, touch it, look into it, wave at it

The TV of the future and that future will be here by the holiday season of 2012, will be amazing. Read the complete article