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Intel’ s Core i7 is FAST but getting there isn’t

Posted by Jon Peddie on November 19th 2008 | Permalink
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I was invited to the Intel Core i7 victory lap party in way, way downtown south of the biotech area that’s exploding in San Francisco known as the dogpatch, is an area filled with old warehouses now used by film and art studios, and a few software development firms. On my way to the Intel i7 rollout I was making a left to the designated parking area – parking being the most unavailable thing in this area of empty lots – go figure, and when I got to the right lane of on-coming traffic (the left two lanes were stopped waiting…

New Laptops defy dim market expectations

Posted by Jon Peddie on November 17th 2008 | Permalink
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Figure 1: Market share of laptop and desktop PCs. (Source: Jon Peddie Research) Figure 2: Market share of laptop and desktop GPUs. (Source; Jon Peddie Research) Figure 3: Market share of laptop GPUs (IGP and Discrete). (Source: Jon Peddie Research) There were some interesting announcements last week in Laptop Land as the manufacturers geared up for the impending holiday madness, although it does appear that the global recession worries, and general lack of consumer confidence may dampen some of the dreams of the suppliers. Typically, in times of economic depression non-essential purchases are postponed, or at best case, the consumer looks…

A Cellular Suggestion

Posted by Ted Pollak on November 15th 2008 | Permalink
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OK so I am pretty hard on the mobile game software industry. It’s important to understand that this is mostly directed at the revenue projections that the industry advertises. I remember going to an EA analyst day last year where billions were projected for casual mobile, yet EA Casual has now been disbanded those employees sent off on new paths. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Casual mobile phone games will eventually be free. The browser will dominate the interface of future phones, and once Flash is on there, pack your bags boys and girls, most pay-for-casual-mobile-phone-gaming will…