Intel
During the Intel keynote hosted by CEO Pat Gelsinger, he gave the world a glimpse into the Intel Client roadmap until 2026. Meteor Lake launched last year on that roadmap, and Lunar Lake, which we dived into yesterday as Intel disclosed technical details about the upcoming platform. Pat also presented a wafer on stage, Panther Lake, and he gave some additional information about Intel's forthcoming Panther Lake platform, which is expected in 2025. We covered Intel's initial announcement about the Panther Lake platform last year. It is set to be Intel's first client platform using its Intel 18A node. Aside from once again affirming that things are on track for a 2026 launch, Pat Gelsinger, Intel's CEO, also confirmed that they will be powering on...
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Holiday Budget System Buyers' Guide
The recent launch of Intel Sandy Bridge-based Celeron CPUs and the proliferation of budget-priced LGA 1155 socket motherboards bring fresh competition to the budget desktop computer market segment, long...
95 by Zach Throckmorton on 11/8/2011
A Quick Look at MSI's X79 Motherboards
Sandy Bridge E is right around the corner and the amount of Socket-2011 related emails we're getting is going up. The latest is from MSI - we got an...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/7/2011
Gigabyte Shows off Simplified "3D BIOS" Interface for X79 UEFI
We are getting closer to the launch of Sandy Bridge E and Intel's motherboard partners are eager to get out some early press about their motherboards. We saw a...
27 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/4/2011
Facebook's "Open Compute" Server tested
Facebook had 22 Million active users in the middle of 2007; fast forward to 2011 and the site now has 800 Million active users, with 400 million of them...
68 by Johan De Gelas on 11/3/2011
HP TouchSmart 610: For Business or Pleasure
As much as it might pain some of us to hear it, Apple's iMac really did essentially legitimize the all-in-one as an alternative to the typical desktop-and-monitor combination. There...
21 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/2/2011
Dell XPS 14z Now Available
We did a thorough review of the base model Dell XPS 14z last week for the official announcement, and starting today the XPS 14z is available for ordering. At...
8 by Jarred Walton on 11/1/2011
Dell Vostro V131: A Budget Business Laptop
We’ve reviewed just about every line of laptops that Dell makes over the years, but we haven’t had a chance to look at the Vostro line until today. Vostro...
53 by Jarred Walton on 10/28/2011
Intel Releases Core i7-2700K and Cuts the Prices of Three CPUs
Intel has quietly released a new top-of-the-line Sandy Bridge CPU: Core i7-2700K. We reported the i7-2700K "leak" about a month ago, and guessed that i7-2700K will be released around...
35 by Kristian Vättö on 10/24/2011
Dell XPS 14z: Thoroughly Reviewed
Late last year, Dell announced the relaunch of their XPS brand. Since the announcement, we’ve reviewed several XPS laptops that have impressed in various ways. The XPS 15 is...
60 by Jarred Walton on 10/24/2011
iBuyPower Professional Series: Reversal of Fortune
When it comes to buying a pre-built desktop for the average consumer or gamer, about the only thing the big box manufacturers really have going for them is price...
21 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/21/2011
Alienware's M18x, Part 2: AMD's Radeon HD 6990M in CrossFire
In our first run with the Alienware M18x, we sat down and took a look at the notebook itself along with NVIDIA's current top shelf mobile graphics part, the...
25 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/14/2011
ASUS' Zenbook Lineup: The First Ultrabooks Arrive October 12, Starting at $999
ASUS just announced its first line of Ultrabook PCs under the new Zenbook brand at a press event in NYC. There are a total of five models in the...
51 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/11/2011
Intel Focuses on Tablets, Winds Down Digital Home Group
Intel's Digital Home Group (DHG) is responsible for the consumer electronics versions of the Atom SoC family. Last year we saw the launch of the Boxee Box and Google...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/10/2011
Acer Aspire S3 Available This Week for $899
Acer hasn't had the best year, falling behind in global PC sales from its former perch at No. 2, just behind HP. Their announcement today that their first Ultrabook...
31 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/10/2011
ASUS G74SX: Noteworthy Updates to ASUS' G7 Series
Marking the fourth time we’ve taken ASUS’ G7 gaming series for a spin, the G74SX actually changes up the formula from the last-iteration G73Sw in some meaningful ways. Superficially...
44 by Jarred Walton on 10/6/2011
Intel Releases Two Pentium and Two Core i-series CPUs
Intel has updated their product database (ARK) with four new CPUs. Two of these are branded as Pentiums: 967 and B960. The former is a low-power model with only...
13 by Kristian Vättö on 10/5/2011
AVADirect Compact Gaming PC: Small Case, Big System
It's easy to build a powerful desktop if you take a big, beefy enclosure like SilverStone's FT-02 or the Thermaltake Level 10 GT and just fill it with the...
17 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/4/2011
Alienware's M18x, Part 1: NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580M in SLI
Historically, whenever NVIDIA or AMD launched a new mobile powerhouse GPU, AVADirect and Clevo were ready to ship us a high-end notebook to show us what the latest mobile...
33 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/3/2011
The Intel SSD 710 (200GB) Review
When Intel entered the SSD market one of its declared goals was to bring the technology into the mainstream. The goal was so important to Intel that its consumer...
69 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/30/2011
Rendering and HPC Benchmark Session Using Our Best Servers
Each time we publish a new server platform review, several of our readers inquire about HPC and rendering benchmarks. We're always willing to accommodate reasonable requests, so we're going...
52 by Johan De Gelas on 9/30/2011
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