Intel
Today, Intel announced that it is looking to progress its AI PC Acceleration program further by offering various new toolkits and devkits designed for software and hardware AI developers under a new AI PC Developer Program sub-initiative. Originally launched on October 23, the AI PC Acceleration program was created to connect hardware vendors with software developers, using Intel's vast resources and experience to develop a broader ecosystem as the world pivots to one driven by AI development. Intel aims to maximize the potential of AI applications and software and broaden the whole AI-focused PC ecosystem by aiming for AI within 100 million Intel-driven AI PCs by 2025. The AI PC Developer Program aims to simplify the adoption of new AI technologies and frameworks on a...
Intel at ISSCC '12: More Research into Near Threshold Voltage
At IDF last year Intel's Justin Rattner demonstrated a 32nm test chip based on Intel's original Pentium architecture that could operate near its threshold voltage. The power consumption of...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2012Intel Demonstrates dual-core Atom SoC with Integrated WiFi Transceiver
This week is the annual International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) where chip companies from all walks of life present papers documenting everything from shipping architectures to future research projects...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2012Alienware X51: The Xbox With Teeth
While Alienware isn't openly inviting comparisons to Microsoft's Xbox 360 with their brand new X51 gaming desktop, it's hard not to see the resemblance, at least in form factor...
59 by Dustin Sklavos on 2/17/2012ASRock CoreHT Server Edition Review
Late last year, we took a look at the ASRock CoreHT 252B, a Sandy Bridge-based midrange HTPC. We liked the CoreHT quite a bit, noting that the small form...
44 by Vivek Gowri on 2/16/2012Intel Releases Core i7-3820
Intel has finally filled out the Sandy Bridge E lineup by releasing the Core i7-3820. The initial Sandy Bridge E lineup launched back in November 2011 and it consisted...
30 by Kristian Vättö on 2/14/2012Sony Vaio Z2: Everything is Peripheral
Users who want everything out of their notebook, no matter how ridiculous the demands, are probably more than at least a little curious about Sony's VAIO Z2. There's good...
88 by Dustin Sklavos on 2/13/2012A Look at Enterprise Performance of Intel SSDs
For the majority of the history of AnandTech we've hosted our own server infrastructure. A benefit of running our own infrastructure is that we're able to gain a lot...
56 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/8/2012Intel Updates Sandy Bridge Graphics Drivers
Intel has posted versions 15.22.54.2622 (32-bit) and 15.22.54.64.2622 (64-bit) of its drivers for the Intel HD-series lineup of integrated graphics processors, which includes both Sandy Bridge and older Nehalem-based...
22 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/7/2012Intel SSD 520 Review: Cherryville Brings Reliability to SandForce
Intel was rumored to be working on a SandForce based drive for several months now, but even the rumors couldn't encapsulate just how long Intel and SF has worked...
139 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/6/2012AVADirect Silent Gaming PC: An Exercise in Balance
One of the benefits of going with a boutique builder is being able to get custom machines that are a little more specialized than what you might get from...
16 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/30/2012Intel Releases Seven Sandy Bridge CPUs
Today, Intel has released seven new Sandy Bridge based CPUs: three Core i5 and four Celeron models. All the i5 SKUs are desktop models, whereas the Celeron SKUs are...
44 by Kristian Vättö on 1/30/2012Intel's Performance Tuning Protection Plan: Warranty for Overclockers
I had heard this might be coming, but today Intel made it official. The Performance Tuning Protection Plan is a $20 - $35 plan that you'll be able to...
28 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/18/2012Why Thunderbolt Won't Come to the iPhone Anytime Soon
Before CES there was a bunch of silliness floating around about how Apple might bring Thunderbolt to the iPhone based on a creative interpretation of an Apple patent. Some...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Manveer Wasson on 1/14/2012AOC's Thunderbolt Display
This one was pretty low key but AOC had their own Thunderbolt display at Intel's booth. No word on pricing or availability but hopefully we'll see more Thunderbolt equipped...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/13/2012Sumitomo Electric's Thunderbolt Cable
Since the launch of Thunderbolt the only cable supplier has been Apple. Given that no current Thunderbolt devices come with a Thunderbolt cable (save Apple's own Thunderbolt Display which...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/13/2012The First Thunderbolt Speed Bump: Likely in 2014
One of the most interesting use cases for Thunderbolt is as a connection to an external GPU for thin and light notebook users, especially Ultrabook/MacBook Air users that are...
22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/12/2012Cactus Ridge: Understanding the New, More Affordable Thunderbolt Controller
Eagle Ridge, Image Courtesy iFixit When we first published the details of Intel's 2012 line of Thunderbolt controllers we pointed out that the specs of the two new controllers...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/12/2012Lenovo’s IdeaPad Yoga 13 with Windows 8: This Is the Ultrabook We Want
We were back at Lenovo’s suite today and got a chance to spend a bit more time with a laptop that we didn’t get around to discussing on Tuesday...
31 by Jarred Walton on 1/12/2012Intel's DX11 Demo, Now on an Ultrabook
Two days ago Intel made the mistake of playing a video of a DX11 game (F1 2011) instead of running the game itself on an Ivy Bridge Ultrabook. We...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/11/2012Intel Shows off Thunderbolt, AppUp on Ivy Bridge Ultrabook Reference Design
Intel just dropped a bunch of news about its first smartphone platform partners and their respective products, followed by more news about Ultrabooks. Intel showed off its Ivy Bridge...
3 by Brian Klug on 1/10/2012