AMD Trinity APU Specs Revealed in New Leaked Slides

At the beginning of next year, AMD is expected to unveil its first APUs based on the Bulldozer architecture, code named Trinity, more information about these chips making its way just recently to the Web. Spotted by Hardcore Hardware, the new Trinity pictures and slides confirm a series of other leaks that made their appearance in the last couple of weeks, but also bring a series of new details about the AMD chips. Some of the most important of these come from a table showing the specifications of AMD's engineering sample Trinity APUs, which include either two or four Piledriver processing cores and have TDPs of 65, 100 or 125 Watts. The operating frequencies seem to vary from 2.2GHz to 3.8GHz, and with the help of Turbo Core 3.0 technology...

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Hyper 412S Is Cooler Master's New Cooler for LGA 2011 Intel CPUs and Cooler Master Gives Free Upgrade to Owners of Hyper 212 EVO/Plus

Hyper 412S Is Cooler Master's New Cooler for LGA 2011 Intel CPUs The Sandy Bridge-E Series of central processing units is about to make its debut so Cooler Master decided to release yet another cooler that supports them. The new product that Cooler Master reportedly put together is just the latest addition to the Hyper Series. While not exactly the biggest item that Cooler Master created, it is, nonetheless, fairly bulky itself, at 609 grams in weight. Measuring 132 x 99 x 160 mm (5.19 x 3.89 x 6.29 inches), it uses the Continuous Direct Contact technology, a patented invention on Gigabyte's part. Essentially, a so-called 'virtual' vapor chamber is created through this technology. That should not be taken literally, of course, since...

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Nvidia's GTX 560 Ti 448 Core Get Detailed, Expected on Nov 29

We first heard about Nvidia's plans to release a more powerful version of the GTX 560 Ti at the end of last month and recently a report has popped up online that provides a full list of specifications for the graphics chip maker's next GPU. Despite being branded as an GTX 560 product, Nvidia new solution will resemble much more the GTX 570 since the two will be based on the same GF110 core, according to the specifications revealed by TechPowerUp. Compared to its older sibling however, the GTX 560 Ti (448 Core) will come with one of the 15 streaming modules disabled, to provide a total of 448 CUDA cores. The rest of the core includes 56 texture units, 40 ROP units and a 320-bit memory bus connected to 1.25GB of video buffer, just as is the...

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Nokia X6 Receives New Update, Nokia Maps 3.06, Browser v7.3.1.33 Included

Nokia has silently released a new update for the old X6 smartphone, which is based on the Symbian 5th Edition platform. This is the second update delivered by Nokia today, after the N9 got the highly-anticipated PR1.1 major upgrade earlier. According to Nokia, software version 40.x.002 is rolled out in waves and availability depends on operator approvals. Obviously, users can manually check for the new software in case they don't receive an update notification. Assuming your Nokia X6 is on firmware version 32.0.002, you will be able to install the new update, which is approximately 8.5 Mb. It looks like the latest software update brings several improvements, as well as the following enhancements: new Browser v7.3.1.33 and new Nokia Maps...

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ASUS Zenbook Ultrabook Now in Singapore and Reportedly Delays Transformer Prime Tablet to December 2011

ASUS Zenbook Ultrabook Now in Singapore Sure, the ASUS Ultrabooks were spotted well enough in the US, and one of them even got torn down, but it looks like Singapore is finally getting them as well.  The two ultrabooks that ASUS has up for order are called Zenbook UX21E and UX31E.  The UX21E (11.6-inch LCD) features a starting price of S$1,398, while the UX31E (13.3-inch LCD) has a starting price of S$1,498.  For the full scoop on the hardware specs, as well as the US/ and Europe prices, just drop by here.  So far, ultrabooks haven't sold very well, but it is believed that they will end up accounting for 43% of all notebooks by 2014-2015.  This means they will, eventually, be reasonably affordable, not just super-thin...

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EVGA New Firmware Unlocks the Fan Speed of Your Card

EVGA has just announced a new firmware for its 500-series GeForce GTX graphics cards that allows much better control of the card's fan speeds using the EVGA Precision tool or other third-party software. Before this update, most of the EVGA graphics cards could only adjust their fan speed between 40 to 85 percent, but the new Unlocker BIOS increases that range to 30-100%, for greater flexibility in fan control. In addition, to the new fan speed ranges, the update also includes the latest firmware for your card. A list of the cards that are compatible with the new EVGA Fanspeed Unlocker FW is available here together with instructions regarding the update process, and the firmware can be downloaded from company website by clocking on link provided...

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Nokia N9 PR1.1 Update Now Available for Download and Nokia Store QML Client 3.18.036 Now Available

Nokia N9 PR1.1 Update Now Available for Download Nokia has just announced that PR1.1 software update for MeeGo-based N9 smartphone is now available for download. The update is about 220 MB in size and brings lots of new features and improvements to the popular Nokia N9. According to Nokia, the update is pushed in waves OTA (over the air), but if you are not notified within the next hours or so, you can always check for the software update manually by going to Settings / Applications / Manage Applications / Software update. As soon as you tap on the Software update tab, a list of updates for any apps that you have installed on the N9 will be displayed, while on top of the list software version 20.2011.40-4 should appear. Among the most...

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Intel Core i5-2435M and i7-2675QM CPUs Get Detailed

Since the original introduction of Sandy Bridge in January of this year, Intel has expanded its product portfolio to include quite a large number of CPUs based on this architecture and the chip giant is now preparing two new such models, the Core i5-2435M and i7-2675QM. The two processors were spotted by the CPU-World website which also managed to dig out some detailed information about them. Both of these chips are quite old acquaintances of ours as we first reported about these CPUs in August of this year when the processors were referenced in the footnotes of Intel's ARK database. Now however we have more details to share about these CPUs, the fastest of which being the Core i7-2675QM. Intel has designed this chip to include four processing...

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Biostar Officially Intros the TPower X79 Motherboard for LGA 2011 CPUs

Biostar has kept pretty quiet lately, but Intel's introduction of its Sandy Bridge-E processors will also mark the arrival of a new motherboard from the Taiwanese maker that is known as the TPower X79. Biostar's upcoming creation will use the company's now traditional black and red color scheme and includes all the features one would come to expect from a high-end motherboard, including AMD CrossFireX and Nvidia SLI support. Just like most other LGA 2011 solutions out there, the TPower X79 comes equipped with four DIMM sockets supporting speeds up to 2400MHz when the board is overclocked. To the left of the memory sockets, Biostar has placed a series of expansion slots, including three PCI Express x16 slots that are compatible with tri-way...

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Fix Black Lines in App Window Because of DirectX and GDI in Windows 7 SP1, Hotfix Available for Windows 7 ‘0x0000003B’ Stop Error

Fix Black Lines in App Window Because of DirectX and GDI in Windows 7 SP1 Windows 7 users have come across an issue related to DirectX and Graphics Device Interface (GDI), in which black lines are displayed in the windows of some of their applications.  Microsoft confirmed the problem, and is already providing customers with a hotfix designed to resolve this particular glitch. The software giant notes that only application windows that are displayed through a combination of DirectX and GDI are impacted by this issue. The glitch can be experienced by those running Windows 7 RTM and Service Pack 1, as well as Windows Server 2008 R2 and SP1. “If you change the size of the application window, the black lines may disappear temporarily,” the software giant said. “This issue occurs when...

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Samsung: iPhone 5 Delayed by 'Overheating' Parts

New information has arrived regarding the potential delay of Apple’s iPhone 5, including one interesting tidbit about hardware parts that did not live up to Apple’s standards. A Korean newspaper is spreading the word that iPhone 5 should have been the centerpiece of Apple’s October 4 event, but that key parts comprising the device were reported as flawed during testing, forcing the company to come up with a quick solution. That solution eventually turned out to be the iPhone 4S. Following the rather disappointing announcement of a device that looked identical to the iPhone 4 but had the unique ability to run Siri (and even that isn’t unique to the iPhone 4S, as tests have shown), countless rumors started to emerge regarding the reason why...

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Samsung Galaxy S II Gets Unofficial Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade

Although Google has yet to release Android 4.0's source code, people are anxious to see the Ice Cream Sandwich platform working on their smartphones. In this regard, the folks over at XDA have put together some of the Ice Cream Sandwich framework from the GalnetMIUI and CM7 and cooked a MIUI Android 4.0 ROM that can be flashed onto AT&T's Samsung Galaxy S II. Even though it is based on a customized MIUI ROM, one of the most popular Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROMs, the unofficial Android 4.0 for Galaxy S II offers Android tinkerers a bit of Ice Cream Sandwich flavor before Google comes live with the highly-anticipated source code. The latest version of the ROM, MIUI 1.11.7 ICS V1 fixes home and search buttons problems and the Audio issue...

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Alienware Cuts Prices for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M

Those of you searching for a gaming notebook with an interest in Alienware systems should be happy to know that the company has now dropped the prices for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M upgrade in both their M17x R3 or M18x offerings. Before this price cuts were operated, the GeForce GTX 580M came as a $300 (218 EUR) upgrade over the AMD Radeon HD 6990M, both cards running neck and neck in most benchmarks according to AnandTech. Now however, the price difference between the two was reduced to just $75 (54.5 EUR), which could justify the move to a GTX 580M if you need CUDA or PhysX support. Announced at the end of June, the GTX 580M is a mobile version of the GF104/114 core that was used by Nvidia for the desktop GTX 460/560 graphics cards...

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MSI Big Bang XPower II X79 Motherboard Pictured

Yet another motherboard has made its appearance, in an unofficial capacity anyhow, namely the MSI Bang XPower II, which might just be the company's strongest platform yet, or at least very close to the top of the line. The mere fact that it supports LGA 2011 CPUs is enough of a statement to the performance it can reach. After all, the Sandy Bridge-E central processing units are no slouches, and the two strongest have already been spotted on retail. As such, MSI only had to make sure its motherboard had all the components needed to enable those processors to let loose. One of the things that stands out easily is the presence of eight memory slots, which sets the maximum DDR3 capacity to a solid 64 GB. That's more than most people,...

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Video Presentation of Nokia Drive on Nokia Lumia 800

Nokia Lumia 800, the high-end Windows Phone handset that should arrive on shelves in a matter of weeks, will pack the Nokia Drive feature attached to the Nokia Maps application and service. In the short video above, you can learn a few details on Nokia Drive, including an overview of its main capabilities, and you will also learn how simple it is to use. Nokia Maps is one of the most popular navigation services for mobile phone users, set to become available for all Windows Phone users out there, and Nokia's Lumia 800 handsets will take full advantage of it, it seems. Here's how Nokia describes it: Explore with location-based apps and destination-based information. Find new places, new things to do, and better ways to get to them. Then use turn by turn Drive navigation to find your...

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Intel Cedar Trail Atom Won't Receive 64-bit or DirectX 10.1 Graphics Driver

With the launch of the Cedarview architecture Intel was expected to bring DirectX 10.1 support to its Atom CPU series, but recent reports suggest this is no longer the case as the chip maker has decided to re-focus its driver development efforts on Windows 8. Intel started shipping the Atom Cedarview netbook and nettop chips at the end of September, while the official launch is scheduled for sometime later this month. Compared to their predecessors, these new processors were expected to bring a series of improvements to the graphics core and one of the most important features was the introduction of DirectX 10.1 support. However, according to VR-Zone's findings, it seems like DX 10.1 hasn't made the new Atom CPUs its way and that Intel...

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