AMD's Piledriver chips to use Cyclos's resonant clock mesh
AMD to use Cyclos’s resonant clock mesh in its upcoming Piledriver successor in order to reduce the chip’s clock distribution power. By using on-chip inductors creating electric pendulum, also known as “Tank” circuits, will form large capacitance of the clock mesh in parallel …
Inventor of e-mail honored by Smithsonian
We use it everyday and don’t put much thought into where it came from, or how it came about: e-mail (electronic mail). On Thursday Shiva Ayyadurai’s name and his 1978 invention documentation and the associated copyright were placed into the Smithsonian permanent collection. …
ZTE announces Nvidia Mimosa X smartphone
The first smartphone to use both an application processor and a baseband processor from Nvidia has been announced by ZTE: the Mimosa X. ”The Tegra processor and Icera modem will play an important part in the development of the mobile handset market, and ZTE has …
Intel to show off it's Claremont NTV CPU next week
Next week Intel will show off its Claremont processor at a research conference next week. Claremont will scale from 280mv while running at 3Myz to 1.2v at 1Ghz when performance is required. Running at near-threshold voltage (NTV), the CPU can …
Minecraft Pocket Edition receives new Survival Mode, and more
Minecraft fans will be happy to know the Pocket Edition has received updates adding new features to the game — bringing it closer to the PC version. Not long ago we reviewed the Minecraft Pocket Edition for iOS. In our …
TERA Online: Closed beta 2
TERA Online closed beta test 2 is underway! For those who do not have a beta account can do so by purchasing TERA Online pre-order here. TERA Online patch notes can also be found here. Remember, this is where players …
AMD Radeon releases world's first 1GHz graphics cards
AMD today announced the arrival of its AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition and HD 7750 graphics cards. The AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition is the first graphics card equipped with a reference engine clock that breaks the one …
Back to the Future -- Hover Board to become real
It is not uncommon for movies to spark interest in gadgets among consumers. From James Bond to Back to the Future movies — consumers see and want what’s on the big screen. Driving your car from a smartphone has become …
LG's thinner and lighter 'Optimus 3D 2' leaked ahead of MWC
LG leaks out its Optimus 3D 2 phone ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC), showing of its new slim and lighter next generation smartphone. LG originally announced its Optimus 3D at last years show. No details as to which Android …
