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Sony's Mark Cerny discusses why the PS4 will use an x86 architecture

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  • Posted April 26, 2013, 7:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Gaming
  • Much has been said about Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 4 although a large portion of the system still remains unknown. One thing we do know, however, is that the console is based on an x86 processor instead of a proprietary chip…

AMD will sell a stripped-down version of Sony's PlayStation 4 APU

AMD will sell a stripped-down version of Sony
  • Posted February 28, 2013, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Gaming
  • At this point we know that Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 4 game console will be powered by an AMD APU that consists of eight Jaguar CPU cores as well as integrated Radeon graphics with a shared GDDR5 memory set. AMD’s head…

Weekend tech reading: Analysis of Intel's Haswell architecture

Weekend tech reading: Analysis of Intel
  • Posted October 7, 2012, 12:35 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • When I first started writing about x86 CPUs Intel was on the verge of entering the enterprise space with its processors. At the time, Xeon was a new brand, unproven in the market. But it highlighted a key change in Intel's strategy for dominance: leverage consumer microprocessor sales to...

BlueStacks runs Android apps on your Mac

BlueStacks runs Android apps on your Mac
  • Posted June 28, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • Ever wish you could run certain Android apps on your Mac? BlueStacks, an Android "app player" for Mac OS X and Windows, may let you do just that. Although still in its early alpha stages for Mac, the platform emulator…

HP Slate 8 tablet runs Windows 8, x86 processor

HP Slate 8 tablet runs Windows 8, x86 processor
  • Posted April 30, 2012, 3:14 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft, Mobile Computing
  • A leaked slide from HP shows that the company is working on a Windows 8 tablet that will be thinner than the iPad. The slate will feature a 10.1-inch display and boast battery life in the 8-10 hour range, according…

Report: Microsoft Windows 8 set for October release

Report: Microsoft Windows 8 set for October release
  • Posted March 20, 2012, 9:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Microsoft
  • Microsoft plans to finish working on its Windows 8 operating system this summer and have it ready for personal computers and tablets in October, according to unnamed sources familiar with the matter speaking with Bloomberg.

Early Android 4.0 port for x86 tablets and laptops released

Early Android 4.0 port for x86 tablets and laptops released
  • Posted December 1, 2011, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Google is working with Intel to release a version of Android designed to run on tablets, laptops and other computers with x86 chips. They've made some progress on that front, enabling Android 2.3 to run on embedded systems powered by…

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