Forget Doom -- now modders are moving Half-Life to smartwatches
…The LG G Watch runs on a Qualcomm MSM8226 with an Adreno 305 GPU. The original Half-Life isn't multi-threaded in any fashion, so the game is running effectively on…
Search
Samsung Is Looking to Sell Exynos Mobile Processors to ZTE and Others
…Weak points include the GPU, an ARM reference design that can't keep up with Qualcomm's Adreno GPUs. Writing to storage and web rendering work are also a bit slower on…
Samsung reportedly drops Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 from upcoming Galaxy S6, LG claims SoC is fine [UPDATED]
…The Exynos 5410's issues didn't cause a huge problem for Samsung because the company has a policy of using multiple chip suppliers and technologies within its various mobile devices. A…
New Intel Compute Express Link Boosts Accelerator, CPU Bandwidth
…As architectural focus has moved from single-core to multi-core CPUs, (Opens in a new window) we've seen more interconnect projects in Silicon Valley. The growth of AI accelerators and…
Nintendo Switch launch event kicks off at 11 PM Thursday, pre-orders start Friday morning
…Nvidia's GPUs are potent and ARM CPU cores are capable, but you can't build 100W+ worth of hardware performance from 2013 into a tablet with a 10-15W power envelope…
Skylake-X Packs a Punch, but It's Not Intel's Best Gaming CPU
…Here's the basic issue: Jump back 10 years, and you'll find plenty of multi-threaded software. But most of it was confined to professional markets rather than focusing on the…
Facebook invents awesome Surround 360 VR camera, gives the design away
Facebook has made it clear that it sees the future in Virtual Reality through its multi-billion dollar purchase of Oculus. However, now that the Rift is finally shipping, and millions are…
Intel Is at a Crossroads
…While Intel can still sell silicon into these GPU systems, it's selling one core to as many as 8-16 GPUs -- and that's not a ratio the company favors. Intel…
Intel Core i9-9900KS Review: 5GHz All-Core Boost Takes on AMD's 7nm Ryzen CPUs
…Multiple sets of DRAM had issues and reseating the CPU did not solve the problem. We fell back to 16GB of RAM clocked at DDR4-3600 in two DIMMs for this testing…
Report: Sony is developing an updated 4K-capable 'PS4.5'
…Colloquially called the "PS4.5," this device will have an upgraded GPU aimed at supporting both higher frame rates for the PlayStation VR and 4K gaming on UHDTVs. Patrick Klepek, the reporter…