Processors

The latest news about notebook-use processors.


AMD Trinity Laptop Processors Launched, Reviewed

An AMD Trinity-powered ultra-thin laptop - the HP SleekBook.

AMD officially announced today the “Trinity” processors for laptops and desktops. Among them, for the laptop market are important the AMD A6-4455M and A10-4655M for the Ultrabook-like thin machines, as well as the A6-4400M, A8-4500M, and A10-4800M for the standard notebooks.

The new processors, also called the 2nd Generation A-Series Accelerated Processing Units, are based on the last year’s 32-nanometer production process and include the improved “Bulldozer” cores now called “Piledriver” and the Radeon HD 7000 “Northern Islands” graphics. According to AMD, the Trinity provides up to 2x performance-per-watt improvement over the previous Llano chips. The first reviews show a clear lead of the Trinity over Intel’s Ivy Bridge in terms of graphics, but the AMD’s chips lag behind the competition when it comes to the raw CPU performance.

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AMD E1-1200 APU Spotted in Acer Aspire E1 Laptop

Acer Aspire E1 Laptop with AMD E1-1200 APU

The AMD E1-1200, which is going to replace the AMD E-300 series Accelerated Processing Unit, has been spotted in a new Acer Aspire E1 laptop PC.

We’ve tried to find differences between the E1-1200 and E-300, but there are only a few of them and the updates are minor. Both dual-core processors belong to the 40-nanometer “Zacate” APU family and have 512KB of L2 cache, a power consumption of 18W, and UVD3 for 1080p HD video decoding. The new APU has a slightly higher clock speed of 1.4GHz as opposed to 1.3GHz on the E-300. The E1-1200 has the built-in AMD Radeon HD 7310 integrated graphics, but judging from its specs it’s the old 80-shader HD 6310 with clock speed set to 500MHz instad of 488MHz.

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3rd Generation Intel Core “Ivy Bridge” Processors Officially Announced

3rd Generation Intel Core Ivy Bridge Processor Die

The die of a 3rd Generation Intel Core Ivy Bridge processor.

Intel officially announced today the 3rd Generation Intel Core processors, codenamed Ivy Bridge. The new chips for PCs are based on the last year’s “Sandy Bridge” architecture, but they bring a die shrink from 32nm to 22nm and new Tri-gate technology, both aimed at better performance and power efficiency, as well as new Intel HD 4000 series on-die graphics for smoother 3D gaming than on the previous HD 3000.

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Intel Core i7-3610QM Ivy Bridge CPU Gets Benchmarked

Intel Core i7-3610QM Ivy Bridge Benchmark - Cinebench 11

Cinebench 11 Test

Bulgarian site Laptop.bg has published the first benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-3610QM processor from the upcoming 22nm Ivy Bridge family. In every conducted test, the quad-core i7-3610QM with a base clock speed of 2.3GHz and 3.3GHz in Turbo Boost mode outperforms the current “Sandy Bridge”-based i7-2670QM with the same number of cores and speed, but with maximal Turbo Boost frequency of 3.1GHz.

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Intel Ivy Bridge Release Date Leaked: April 29th

Intel Ivy Bridge Release Date

This is the leaked Intel Ivy Bridge release date slide.

The first processor models from the 3rd Generation Intel Core family, codenamed “Ivy Bridge”, will be launched on April 29th.

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New Intel Ivy Bridge Laptop CPU List Revealed

3rd Generation Intel Core i7 and i5 (Ivy Bridge) Logos

3rd Generation Intel Core i7 and i5 (Ivy Bridge) Logos

A German site Computer Base has spotted a new Intel Ivy Bridge processor list, including several models for notebook computers. The list adds a couple of new chips to the previously revealed mobile lineup.

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Intel HD 4000 Graphics 50% Faster than HD 3000 in Expreview’s Benchmark

Intel's Mooly Eden holds Ivy Bridge wafer.

According to a benchmark done by Expreview, the Intel HD 4000 graphics processors built into the next generation Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs is about 50 percent on average faster than the HD 3000 in current Sandy Brdige counterparts.

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Intel Ivy Bridge Delayed?

Intel Ivy BridgeMass shipments of Intel Ivy Bridge processors are not expected until after June, DigiTimes reports.

Ivy Bridge chips for laptops and desktops will be still announced in early April, followed by small volume shipments of these 22-nanometer CPUs, according to the Taiwanese website.

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Nvidia GeForce GT 525M vs Intel HD 3000 Benchmark

We have finished a couple of benchmarks on a Dell Inspiron 17R laptop with the Nvidia GeForce GT 525M dedicated video card and Intel’s Core i3-2330M processor.

The notebook has both the 128-bit GT 525M 1GB GPU for more intensive graphics tasks and the Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics on the CPU for better power efficiency, so it’s pretty handy for comparison of these two. 3D Mark Vantage, PC Mark Vantage, and Crysis benchmarks we did on the system can help you decide if the Nvidia GeForce GT 525M is worth extra money when choosing between a more expensive laptop configuration with the 525M and a cheaper one with integrated Intel HD only.

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Intel Celeron B815 CPU for Cheap Laptops Launched

Intel has released the Celeron B815 dual-core processor for inexpensive laptops. With its clock speed of 1.6GHz it’s only a slight upgrade from the widely-used 1.5GHz B800.

The CPU is a 32nm “Sandy Bridge” part with integrated Intel HD Graphics, 2MB of L2 cache, 64-bit support, and a power consumption of 35W.

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Intel Atom N2800 Benchmarked in PassMark

Today we found the Intel Atom N2800 benchmark results in the PassMark database, which collects PC benchmark results done with their software on users’ systems. The N2800 Intel Cedar Trail dual-core 1.86GHz chip is listed with a score of 755 points.

Intel Atom N2800 Benchmark

Intel Atom N2800 Benchmark using PassMark

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AMD Trinity Ultra-Thin Laptop Runs 3D Game, Converts Video Simultaneously

AMD Trinity Ultra-Thin Laptop

AMD Trinity Ultra-Thin Laptop (by Hot Hardware)

After watching Hot Hardware’s video of the upcoming AMD “Trinity” A-series Fusion Accelerated Processing Units in action, we concluded that these chips will be used in AMD-based laptops which will compete with Intel Ultrabooks.

So, our previous report on AMD Deccan-based Ultrabook competitors is apparently incorrect, and the word on the street is that Deccan will be delayed or even canceled.

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Intel Atom D2550, N2650, N2850 CPU Specifications Published

intel-logo

Intel logo

Intel has published specs of  new Atom D2000/N2000 series “Cedar Trail” processors for netbooks and mobile devices (datasheet). The datasheet included specifications on previously released CPUs, and also information on three unreleased Atoms D2550 for nettops, and netbook-use N2650 and N2850.
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AMD Llano Laptop APU Lineup Updated

AMD has updated its Llano Fusion laptop Accelerated Processing Units, adding seven new chips to the lineup. Six new processors are replacements for existing SKUs and deliver 100MHz clock speed bump over their older counterparts, while the seventh part is a brand new one.

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Intel Core i7, i5 ‘Ivy Bridge’ Laptop CPU Models Leaked

Vr-Zone has revaled details of the next generation Intel laptop processors, scheduled for release next year.

The CPUs from the upcoming Ivy Bridge family are standard voltage and ultra-low voltage chips with quad and dual cores and with the Intel HD 4000 series integrated graphics.

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