Intel Core i7-3820 Is Based on an Entirely New Sandy Bridge-E Die

When it shrunk the Sandy Bridge-E architecture from six to just four cores, Intel didn’t only disabled some of the hardware logic found on die, but developed a new chip all together. Compared to the 2.27 billion transistors packed by Intel’s six-core Sandy Bridge-E CPUs, the Core i7-3820 includes “only” 1.27 billion transistors installed inside a 294mm2 die, reports AnandTech. This is a significant departure from the original 435mm2 die size of the Core i7-3960X and i7-3930K and was achieved by dropping not just two computing cores, but also 10MB out of a total of 20MB L3 cache (5MB are disabled in desktop SNB-E CPUs). Why has Intel decided to go this route with the Core i7-3820 you ask? Well, because the company wanted to decrease manufacturing costs as this processor will sell for $285...

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AMD Radeon HD 7000 Product Family Specifications Leaked

Yesterday, we brought you some basic info regarding the Radeon HD 7000-series graphics cards that AMD plans to launch in the first quarter of 2012, and today we entered into the possession of some new documents detailing the specs of these upcoming GPUs. The docs were provided by the Lenzfire Website and cover all the graphics cards based on the GCN architecture that AMD plans to unveil in the first half of 2012. As many of you surely know, the first solution from the HD 7900 series to arrive will be the HD 7970 and HD 7950, which will both become available on January 9. We are not going to get into too many details as far as these GPUs are concerned as we already covered them in previous reports, but it’s worth mentioning that March 2012...

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Fastboot Files for Motorola DROID RAZR Now Available for Download

Motorola DROID RAZR owners afraid to flash custom ROMs on their devices will be happy to know that the fastboot files for the smartphone have just leaked in the wild. XDA forum user daywalker04 managed to grab these important files and published them at XDA Developers for everyone to download it. The file is over 1GB in size so make sure you have enough space before starting to download this fastboot files. daywalker04 was kind enough to split the file in two parts in order for everyone to be able to grab it. The files were already reported as working, but it will remove the root and it will take the phone’s software from 748 to 744. All in all, with the new fastboot files leaked Motorola DROID RAZR owners will no longer have to worry about...

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AMD Makes Official the FX-6200 Six-Core CPU

Just a couple of weeks ago, we learned about AMD’s plans to introduce a new six-core processors based on the Bulldozer architecture, the FX-6200, and now it appears that this new CPU was made official by the Sunnyvale-based chip maker who has listed the new SKU on its website. Donanim Haber has spotted the processor of AMD’s site, and its specifications seem to resemble to a great extent our original report from mid-December. As we mentioned above, the FX-6200 is a six-core CPU which means that it comes with three out of its four Bulldozer modules enabled and has a base frequency of 3.8GHz. The CPU will be able to dynamically adjust its operating speed, according to the number of threads run, thanks to the inclusion of the Turbo Core 2.0...

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CyanogenMod 9 Now Available for DROID 2 Global

The team behind the CyanogenMod 9 project promised they would release the final version of the ROM sometime in January. From time to time we’re offered short sneak peeks on their work, but we will have to wait one more month for the final release.  However, XDA forum user ngocha2006 surprised everyone with the release the CyanogenMod 9 for the Motorola DROID 2 Global. Although this is only an alpha release, it appears that most of the smartphone’s features are functional and there are only a handful of features that need to be fixed. There’s a long list of features that are fully functional and a short one with things that are not working and need to be fixed in the future. Here is the list with what works in this CyanogenMod 9 Ice...

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Nokia Lumia 900 to Land at AT&T on March 18th

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia might have its first LTE-enabled Windows Phone available on shelves at wireless carrier AT&T as soon as March next year, recent reports suggest.  We already knew that the handset was coming, but specific info on when that might happen hasn’t emerged so far.  New reports, however, suggest that the smartphone, dubbed Nokia Lumia 900, could be set for a March 18th release at AT&T, after being made official at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month.  A recent rumor suggested that HTC and Samsung were also planning the release of Windows Phone devices with LTE capabilities inside. These mobile phones are expected to arrive on shelves at AT&T too.  Basically,...

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RIM to Launch BlackBerry Torch 10000 Soon

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has been using a four-digit model number for its BlackBerry handsets so far, but it seems that it is about to change that.  Rumor has it that the company is gearing up for the release of a BlackBerry Torch 10000. A help site maintained by handset-insurer Asurion broke the news, though nothing has been officially confirmed so far.  Chances are that the handset vendor will move to the new naming scheme as soon as the first devices running under the BlackBerry 10 OS will emerge on shelves.  The upcoming Torch smartphone should be QNX-powered, which means that it would also pack higher hardware specifications.  A dual-core application processor should be packed inside it, along...

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CyberpowerPC Also Outs Fang III Viper and Rattler Gaming Desktops

Together with the Black Mamba and Cobra gaming desktops from the new Fang III product line, CyberpowerPC also unveiled the Viper and Rattler systems that bring the prices of the Fang III line to $999 (roughly 775 EUR). At the heart of both of these systems stand Intel’s second generation Core processors, also known as Sandy Bridge, which come factory overclocked by 10% in order to deliver even higher gaming performance. In the case of the Viper, CyberpowerPC has decided to go with the Core i7-2600K that is paired together with an AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics card as well as with 8GB of system memory. Storage is provided by a single hard drive with a capacity of 2TB and the system also includes a Blu-Ray combo drive, for a base price of $1,249...

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Elpida Starts Sampling 4Gb Wide IO Mobile RAM and LPDDR3

Elpida has begun to promote 4 Gb Wide IO Mobile RAM and 4 Gb DDR3 Mobile RAM (LPDDR3) memory chips. The memory manufacturer believes that these latest products can simultaneously satisfy both of the two, great needs of customers. Those needs, for performance and energy efficiency, are rather hard to fulfill at once. For the most part, makers of DRAM chips have been resigning themselves to creating special solutions for each of these two. This is why low-voltage chips form a category all on their own, distinct from that of mainstream and high-end / enthusiast-grade memory. Elpida's latest approach is the Wide IO mobile RAM, which uses the x512-bit data width, ten times larger than what existing DRAMs sport. This enables a data transfer rate...

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Nokia 1 Concept Tablet with Windows 8 Emerges

Although Nokia already denied all rumors concerning a certain tablet bearing its logo that should be announced in 2012, it appears that the idea of having a Nokia tablet was more than tempting for some fans. In this regard, a person that goes by the nickname YrOnimuS has just published an interesting concept design of a Nokia tablet. Dubbed Nokia 1, the tablet should be powered by Windows 8 for ARM and features a large 11.6-inch AMOLED screen that boasts 1280 x 800 pixels resolution. In addition, it packs 2GB of RAM, 32GB/64GB of internal memory, as well as a Wacom active digitizer and an ARM processor of unknown power. Nokia 1 is supposed to weigh 580g (battery included) and is only 8.5mm thick. There’s also a 5-megapixel rear camera that...

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Intel's Only Motherboard with Thunderbolt Is DZ77RE

One would think that Intel would be particularly proactive in its promotion of the Thunderbolt interface, but a leaked roadmap slide shows otherwise. Intel's Thunderbolt has again caught the eye of market watchers, though not directly. It was through a motherboard roadmap slide that the high-speed connectivity technology sparked some figurative murmurs. As usual, leaks are providing people on the web with knowledge about products that have yet to be announced. Apparently, only one of Intel's motherboard is going to support Thunderbolt. Though it is a lesser known fact, Intel does make its own motherboards instead of relying exclusively on manufacturing partners (MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock, ASUS, etc.). That said, one would think that the Santa...

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Intel Medfield Reference Tablet Spotted in the Wild

We talked about Intel Medified-powered reference tablet quite a lot here, but now we finally have some pictures accompany all these reports. The tablet was spotted into the wild by the crew from SlashGear, who snagged a couple of pictures of the device with a Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch it happened to have on hand. Sadly, little is known about this Medfield-powered tablet, but from the images provided it seems like the screen measures roughly 10-inches in size, and sources say that this is running Android 3.x Honeycomb with Intel’s 1.6GHz dual-core Medfield Atom mobile processor.  This combo should be able to deliver quite some nice performance if we were to believe Intel’s own benchmarks, mostly thanks to the inclusion of some special...

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Biostar Intros Yet Again the TPower X79 Motherboard for LGA 2011 CPUs

Biostar is well known in the motherboard market thanks to its budget-oriented but high-performance solutions and today the company has announced the availability of the TPower X79 board for LGA 2011 processors, which should reach retail stores in the coming weeks. Biostar's creation makes use of 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...

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iPad 3 with 8MP Camera Reportedly Launching January 26, 2012

Two separate versions of Apple’s next-generation iPad will be unveiled at the Macworld|iWorld expo scheduled for January 26, 2012, according to a report citing industry sources in Taiwan. Apple has withdrawn its presence from trade shows like Macworld since 2009, making it very unlikely that the company has booked stage time at the forthcoming event to unveil its third-generation of tablet computers. The Cupertino, California-based computer giant uses its own venues to showcase new products, and heavily relies on its iconic retail stores to reach the masses. However, Apple might host a special event on or around January 26, 2012. The report in question cites sources at Apple’s supply chain partners as saying that the new models will join...

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