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Is AMD going hybrid with Ryzen 8000 APU like Intel? New purported details suggest "Yes"

Sayan Sen — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:02:01 +0000

AMD could be following in the footsteps of Intel with its upcoming Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" APUs. A report has emerged today claiming so, with a couple of alleged screenshots of spec details. Read more...

Linux could leave Windows 11 in the dust as Intel hybrid CPUs get further optimizations

Sayan Sen — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:08:01 +0000

Microsoft and Intel touted special Windows 11 optimization on Alder Lake when it came out. However, the performance gap has shrunk and it could be completely wiped out thanks to new Linux patch. Read more...

Despite Alder Lake optimization, Windows 11 struggles to stay ahead of Ubuntu / Linux

Sayan Sen — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:24:02 +0000

When Alder Lake was announced last year, Microsoft and Intel touted the special Windows 11 optimization it came with. However, the performance lead is slowly fading away against Ubuntu and Linux. Read more...

AMD: Unlike Intel Alder Lake, Zen didn't need opting for hybrid big.LITTLE design, ... yet

Sayan Sen — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:42:01 +0000

In a recent interview, AMD's Director of Technical Marketing, Robert Hallock, explained why Intel took the all-new big.LITTLE approach for designing its 12th Gen Alder Lake x86 processors. Read more...

New Alder Lake Linux bug is similar to Ryzen CPPC bug on Windows 11, patch incoming

Sayan Sen — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:20:01 +0000

A new patch is coming for Intel's Alder Lake CPUs on Linux which should fix a CPPC or core prioritization issue when such a system is in an overclocked state. Legacy PCs however will be left out. Read more...

Unlike Windows 11, Linux 5.16 is totally caught off guard by Alder Lake's big.LITTLE form

Sayan Sen — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 07:06:01 +0000

Linux 5.16-rc1 came out Sunday and an early performance look at the new kernel on Intel's Alder Lake has given really poor results. It's speculated that a recently added feature is causing the issue. Read more...

Alleged launch date for Intel 12th gen Alder Lake and Z690 leaks

Sayan Sen — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 22:18:01 +0000

According to a new report today, Intel is purportedly launching its upcoming 12th gen Performance Hybrid-based Alder Lake-S desktop processors and Z690 chipset motherboards in November this year. Read more...

Microsoft and Intel confirm Windows 11 is optimized for Alder Lake's big.LITTLE design

Sayan Sen — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:10:01 +0000

At its Architecture Day 2021 presentation today, Intel confirmed that it has worked with Microsoft on its Thread Director inside upcoming Alder Lake CPUs that improves the Windows 11 scheduling. Read more...

Only top-end Alder Lake-S and Z690 parts allegedly landing this year, says report

Sayan Sen — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 15:24:01 +0000

Intel's Alder Lake-S platform is expected to arrive later this year. However, a new report claims that only higher-end parts are arriving first, followed later by the others in 2022. Read more...

Detailed specifications of Alder Lake-S Core i9-12900K and more SKUs reportedly leak

Sayan Sen — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 07:02:01 +0000

Only a couple of days after we came to know about the potential performance of the Alder Lake-S flagship Core i9-12900K, we have a new leak today that allegedly details the specs of the upcoming CPUs. Read more...

Windows 11 boosts performance of big.LITTLE x86 CPUs shows testing

Sayan Sen — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 12:10:01 +0000

Windows 11 testing of Intel's Lakefield, based on the company's version of big.LITTLE architecture, shows promising results as the new OS' scheduler seems to be slightly better at task handling. Read more...

Here are more details on AMD's big.LITTLE CPU architecture leak

Sayan Sen — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 07:16:01 +0000

AMD's latest published patent regarding its next-gen big.LITTLE CPU architecture describes how the two types of cores will manage the tasks between them depending on their core utilizations. Read more...

Bizarre 14-core, 20-thread Intel Alder Lake-P CPU shows up on Geekbench

Sayan Sen — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:16:01 +0000

An Intel Alder Lake-P CPU that first popped up back in June last year, has surfaced on Geekbench. Oddly, the CPU appears to have 14 cores, but only 20 threads, and packs 96 EUs for graphics. Read more...

MediaTek shows off 480fps super slow-motion 1080p video recording on the MT6795

Steven Johns — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:22:01 +0000

The next high-spec MediaTek chip to make an appearance will be the 64-bit MT6795 based on ARM's big.LITTLE technology. MediaTek has released a teaser showing 1080p video captured at 480fps. Read more...

Allwinner-powered Onda V989 tablet scores over 48,000 points in AnTuTu

Steven Johns — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 19:19:06 +0000

The Onda V989, powered by an eight-core Allwinner A80T chipset, has scored over 48,000 points in AnTuTu which is about a third more than the Galaxy Note 3 and twice as much as the HTC One. Read more...

ARM unveils Cortex-A17 processor for mid-range devices

Shreyas Gandhe — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:10:33 +0000

ARM has unveiled Cortex-A17 processor with support for big.LITTLE technology for use in mid-range mobile devices with a performance update of 60 percent over the current Cortex-A9 based devices. Read more...