Hey guys, Saw this awesome little article on Extreme Tech. Engineers have managed to take an AMD “Trinity” APU and reduced the CPU portion to a pre-fetch/decode unit, while the GPU is used as the main computation unit. This brings massive gains in floating point performance as GPU’s are massively parallel processors. These engineers out [...]
Posts Tagged ‘CPU’
Engineers Boost AMD CPU Performance By 20% Without Overclocking
Posted: February 8, 2012 in AMD, APU, ProcessorTags: 20%, AMD, APU, CPU, fusion, Heterogeneous, HSA, increase, Intel, llano, Performance, Trinity
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AMD/GF – From Sand To Chip – High Quality
Posted: February 5, 2012 in AMD, Hardware, Processor, VideoTags: advanced micro devices, AMD, Chip, clean room, CPU, dresden, engineer, fab 1, fabrication, germany, GF, global foundaries, manufacturing, microchip, monocrystal, nanotech, processor, schematic, silicon, traces, wafer, yields
I noticed there was no high quality version of this video. After searching all over the web, I finally found a german version, updated with the global foundaries logos. I took the audio from the low quality one, and overdubbed the higher quality german version. This is why some words on the screen are in [...]
i5-2500K @5GHz & 5.2GHz – Benchmarks Videos
Posted: January 17, 2012 in Benchmarking, Hardware, Intel, Overclocking, Processor, VideoTags: 2500k, 32nm, ASUS, BCLK, benchmark, cinebench 11.5, CPU, cpu-z, i5, Intel, multiplier, mushkin, Overclock, P67, pifast, processor, RAM, ratio, sandy bridge, superpi, timings, Voltage, wPrime
Hey guys. So instead of normal benchmark practice of taking screenshots of benchmark results, I decided I wanted to take videos instead. I did all the following benchmarks on my system with the following specs: i5-2500K @ 5GHz Mushkin Ridgeback 2x2GB 1600MHz 6-8-6-24-1T Ram ASUS P8P67 Vanilla Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit I did [...]
CES: AMD Shows Off New Llano Successor – Trinity APU
Posted: January 11, 2012 in AMD, CES, Hardware, Processor, VideoTags: 720P, AMD, APU, bulldozer, CPU, GPU, HD, Ivy, llano, Performance, piledriver, Trinity, x86
AMD has been spotted showing a laptop using the upcoming trinity APU. Trinity is shown being able to run a game and a 720P HD movie at the same time without a hitch. This will be an excellent contender in the ultrabook/notebook sector to Intel’s “Ivy Bridge”. Some models of trinity is rumoured to be [...]
Boxing Day Release for A8-3870K & A6-3670K
Posted: December 16, 2011 in AMD, Benchmarking, Extreme Overclocking, Hardware, Overclocking, ProcessorTags: 32nm, 3670k, 3870k, APU, CPU, december 26, GPU, llano, Overclock, release, unlocked
TPU: December thru January looks to be a busy time for AMD. Along with a few new graphics products, AMD will launch new CPUs and APUs. The company has chosen December 26 to launch its A8-3870K and A6-3670K Black Edition “Llano” accelerated processing units (APUs) in the FM1 package, which feature unlocked base clock multipliers [...]
School Comes First, But I Will Never Quit Blogging
Posted: October 26, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: AMD, C++, CPU, laptop, llano, numbers, prime, programming, school, stress
I am known for disappearing from the internet, and not posting on my blog for long periods of time. The cause of this: first year university. One of my classes, involves basic level C++ programming. I am absolutely captivated by something I used to avoid. I always though of myself as a hardware guy, but [...]
Dry Ice & Phenom II X2 555 – 5648MHz
Posted: January 19, 2011 in Achievements, AMD, Benchmarking, Extreme Overclocking, Overclocking, Phenom IITags: -80C, 555, 5648MHz, 5GHz, AMD, cold, CPU, Dry Ice, Gigabyte, LN2cooling.com, Overclock, Phenom II, Pot
Did a live stream of my 555 dry ice run the other night. Not very eventful, however I did manage to pull out once decent core clock. This particular core was better than my best 1090T core which maxed out at around 5579 valid. Enjoy the MHz. Validation
Hardware Haven
Posted: December 29, 2010 in HardwareTags: 4850, 750W, AMD, Case, Computer, corsair, CPU, fan, Gigabyte, Graphics, h50, Hardware, memory, motherboard, mushkin, Phenom II, PSU, RAM, soldering kit
[AMD] Win A Phenom X6 – Deal Stream Contest (Continued)
Posted: November 27, 2010 in HardwareTags: AMD, Contest, CPU, deal stream, Free, Phenom II X6, Prizes, Twitter, Win
Guys, looks like its continuing on into Cyber Monday! Contest Details So you didn’t get what you wanted on Black Friday? How about one more chance! It’s almost Cyber Monday and AMD is on the lookout for deals on AMD-based products in stores and online. If you seek Cyber Monday deals, visit our Facebook page [...]
[AMD] Win A Phenom II X6! – Deal Stream Contest
Posted: November 25, 2010 in HardwareTags: AMD, Contest, CPU, deal stream, Free, Phenom II X6, Prizes, Twitter, Win
This Black Friday, AMD is on the lookout for deals on AMD-based products in stores and online. If you are looking for Black Friday deals, visit our Facebook page at [url]www.facebook.com/AMD[/url] and there you’ll find a deal stream full of bargains on notebooks, desktops, processors, motherboards and RadeonTM graphics cards featuring AMD technology. If you [...]
