Inside AnandTech 2013: The Hardware
By the end of 2010 we realized two things. First, the server infrastructure that powered AnandTech was getting very old and we were seeing an increase in component failures...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/12/2013Imagination Technologies Confirms PowerVR SGX 544 IP used in Exynos 5 Octa
ARM was being unusually coy when talking about the GPU IP used in Samsung's recently announced Exynos 5 Octa. We eventually found out why: unlike the Exynos 5 Dual...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/12/2013Revolution or Evolution? ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU Mini On Show
A noticeable trend in the current desktop ecosystem is towards the small, as evidenced by the Intel NUC and successes of mini-ITX products like the BitFenix Prodigy. Users...
39 by Ian Cutress on 3/7/2013Roku 3 Media Streamer Launches for $99
We have reviewed the Roku devices before, and the last major hardware refresh (if you discount the MHL-equipped streaming stick) was the Roku 2 XS which we evaluated in...
33 by Ganesh T S on 3/6/2013AMD Enlists Ben Heck to Build Rocket Launching Desktop PC
In preparation for its presence at SXSW Interactive, AMD enlisted the help of famed modder Benjamin Heckendorn to build a bunch of unique PCs. Traditionally, AMD would just show...
29 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/5/2013Razer Announces League of Legends Edition Naga Hex and Goliathus
A week after announcing their sponsorship of a League of Legends tournament series, Razer is taking the veil off Collector’s Edition peripherals for League of Legends in partnership with...
13 by Vivek Gowri on 3/5/2013Seagate Announces New Laptop and Desktop SSHDs (Solid State Hybrid Drives)
A few days ago we reported that Seagate would stop selling 7200 RPM 2.5” hard drives by the end of the year. Now we know why. Seagate will continue...
53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/5/2013NVIDIA Launches Quadro K4000, K2000, K2000D, & K600
Back in August of 2012 NVIDIA announced their first Kepler based Quadro part, the Quadro K5000. Based on NVIDIA’s at the time leading GK104 GPU, K5000 was the customary...
23 by Ryan Smith on 3/5/2013Securifi's Almond+ 802.11ac Touchscreen Wi-Fi Router Integrates ZigBee and Z-Wave
It isn't often that we write about products seeking crowd funding. We had written about ioSafe's Indiegogo campaign for the N2 NAS back in September 2012, and the review...
20 by Ganesh T S on 3/5/2013QNAP Introduces Atom-based 12-bay TS-1269U-RP Rackmount NAS
QNAP's flagship NAS lineup, the TS-ECx79U-RP, checks all the boxes for a high performance enterprise NAS in a rackmount form factor for high end SMBs. These include quad GbE...
9 by Ganesh T S on 3/4/2013Seagate to Discontinue 7200rpm 2.5" Drives Later This Year
Earlier today X-bit Labs reported that Seagate will stop the production of their 7200RPM 2.5" drives by the end of this year and I just got a confirmation from...
57 by Kristian Vättö on 3/1/2013OpenCL drivers discovered on Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 devices
As regular Anandtech readers will know, OpenCL is a standard by Khronos group that allows you to access the computational power of parallel devices such as multicore CPUs and...
19 by Rahul Garg on 2/27/2013A Look at Broadcom's BCM21892 LTE Baseband at MWC
Yesterday we stopped by Broadcom to look at their newly announced BCM21892 LTE baseband, which we saw teased previously at CES doing a VoLTE call. If you're not famliar...
8 by Brian Klug on 2/27/2013StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Trailer
We don't necessarily cover gaming as a primary focus, but I know there are tons of people out there that love games, and perhaps one of the most beloved...
12 by Jarred Walton on 2/26/2013A Look at ST-Ericsson's THOR M7450 Category 4 LTE Modem with Carrier Aggregation
Earlier this morning we stopped by ST-Ericsson to talk about their SoCs and modem platforms, and took a look at their new Thor M7450 baseband which includes both support...
15 by Brian Klug on 2/26/2013Hands on with the ASUS Fonepad, and ASUS PadFone Infinity
In its annual tradition at MWC, ASUS held a press conference off-site to introduce some of its mobile devices. The introductions are always interesting and typically unique in the...
70 by Brian Klug on 2/25/2013Hands On With Nokia's New Phones - Lumia 520, Lumia 720, Nokia 105 and Nokia 301
Right after the Nokia press conference I spent time playing around with all of the newly announced Nokia phones, and there are four. Nokia's announcement primarily focused on the...
13 by Brian Klug on 2/25/2013AMD Announces FirePro R5000; PCoIP For Remote Desktops
Though most readers aren’t acutely aware of it, AMD’s FirePro lineup of graphics cards encompasses a number of more specialized fields. On top of their “mainline” cards like the...
7 by Ryan Smith on 2/25/2013LG Optimus G Pro Hands On & Performance Preview, Snapdragon 600 Tested at MWC 2013
We began our day at Mobile World Congress with a visit to LG's booth, where it offered hands on with its 1H 2013 lineup of smartphones. Among them is...
29 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/25/2013Samsung Announces SAFE with KNOX - Security Container for Enterprise BYOD
I talked with Anand about his impressions of the Note 8 after reading his hands on piece, and one thing that struck me was a mention of how Samsung...
3 by Brian Klug on 2/25/2013