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MWC 2015: Intel fleshes out low-power processor strategy

By Desire Athow Intel has announced plans to split its Atom range of CPUs into three distinct tiers aimed at different audiences. The move, which mirrors what the company did to its mainstream core processor family, aims to simplify a product line that is becoming increasingly more complicated as more stock keeping units are added.…

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MWC 2015: Intel fleshes out low-power processor strategy

By Desire Athow Intel has announced plans to split its Atom range of CPUs into three distinct tiers aimed at different audiences. The move, which mirrors what the company did to its mainstream core processor family, aims to simplify a product line that is becoming increasingly more complicated as more stock keeping units are added.…

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Mediatek takes fight to Apple with groundbreaking mobile CPU

By Desire Athow Chinese chipset designer Mediatek used MWC 2015 to unveil a powerful new system-on-chip, the MT8173, which is based on the ARM Cortex-A72 architecture. The latter was only announced last month by the British technology company but we can reveal that Mediatek and ARM have been working on the project for nearly a…

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Mediatek takes fight to Apple with groundbreaking mobile CPU

By Desire Athow Chinese chipset designer Mediatek used MWC 2015 to unveil a powerful new system-on-chip, the MT8173, which is based on the ARM Cortex-A72 architecture. The latter was only announced last month by the British technology company but we can reveal that Mediatek and ARM have been working on the project for nearly a…

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Windows 10 to launch with support for USB 3.0 successor

By Chuong Nguyen Microsoft’s conference agenda hints that Windows 10 may come with support for new USB standards on laptops, tablets, and phones. The Windows 10-maker has updated its WinHEC conference website to include a session discussing how new USB Dual Role and Type-C connectors will play a role in its next generation operating system.…

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Windows 10 to launch with support for USB 3.0 successor

By Chuong Nguyen Microsoft’s conference agenda hints that Windows 10 may come with support for new USB standards on laptops, tablets, and phones. The Windows 10-maker has updated its WinHEC conference website to include a session discussing how new USB Dual Role and Type-C connectors will play a role in its next generation operating system.…

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Industry voice: How the flash new kids on the block are muscling aside the old storage giants

By Gavin McLaughlin All actors, singers and performers know there comes a time when their place in the spotlight will be taken by someone else. It’s a natural progression. Some of them accept their diminishing fame with good grace, making a good living from supporting roles or performing fewer gigs in smaller venues. Others refuse…

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Industry voice: How the flash new kids on the block are muscling aside the old storage giants

By Gavin McLaughlin All actors, singers and performers know there comes a time when their place in the spotlight will be taken by someone else. It’s a natural progression. Some of them accept their diminishing fame with good grace, making a good living from supporting roles or performing fewer gigs in smaller venues. Others refuse…

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Using a SSD? This news will make you want to backup right now

By Jamie Hinks Tricky data recovery of lost files is failing to halt the spread of SSDs in organisations with just less than 90 per cent of companies enjoying the reliability and speed that the storage provides. A technology use survey conducted by Kroll Ontrack reported that a third of global respondents have experienced a…

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Using a SSD? This news will make you want to backup right now

By Jamie Hinks Tricky data recovery of lost files is failing to halt the spread of SSDs in organisations with just less than 90 per cent of companies enjoying the reliability and speed that the storage provides. A technology use survey conducted by Kroll Ontrack reported that a third of global respondents have experienced a…

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Intel Atom Cherry Trail rebranding is based on performance

By Chuong Nguyen To make it easier for consumers to understand the different performance levels of its mobile and tablet processors, Intel is splitting its Atom brand into three lines. Starting with the next generation Atom Cherry Trail – we’re currently on Bay Trail – Atom CPUs will be classified as the Atom x3, Atom…

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Intel Atom Cherry Trail rebranding is based on performance

By Chuong Nguyen To make it easier for consumers to understand the different performance levels of its mobile and tablet processors, Intel is splitting its Atom brand into three lines. Starting with the next generation Atom Cherry Trail – we’re currently on Bay Trail – Atom CPUs will be classified as the Atom x3, Atom…

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Industry voice: Don’t be conned over software-defined storage: how to spot the real deal

By Kate Canestrari We are rapidly entering the era of the software-defined enterprise, where all IT resources will be managed, provisioned and stored virtually. In fact, Gartner has identified “software-defined anything” as one of its top ten strategic technologies, an accolade given to technologies the analyst house believes have “the potential to have a significant…

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Industry voice: Don’t be conned over software-defined storage: how to spot the real deal

By Kate Canestrari We are rapidly entering the era of the software-defined enterprise, where all IT resources will be managed, provisioned and stored virtually. In fact, Gartner has identified “software-defined anything” as one of its top ten strategic technologies, an accolade given to technologies the analyst house believes have “the potential to have a significant…

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ARM teams with IBM to release Raspberry Pi cousin

By Desire Athow Two of the biggest names in technology have come together to release a starter kit for those interested in the Internet of Things, commonly known as IoT. Big Blue, which is trying to reinvent it as a Cloud-first company, will provide with the back-end infrastructure including paid-for cloud-based tools to analyse data…

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