AMD and chip manufacturers to face Intel

AMD

AMD, ARM, and some other chip manufacturers announced the establishment of alliance are ready to face Intel. The Alliance is a non-profit consortium that aims to establish a new computing standard.

As quoted from TechEye, the alliance called Heterogenous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation. The alliance was announced at AMD Fusion Developer Summit and founding members include Imagination Technologies, MediaTek, and Texas Instruments.

According to Digitimes, they will promote open standards-based approach in a heterogeneous computing (various) and broadly support the existing ecosystem. It is said to be easier for developers to develop applications that are optimal for today's processors.

Through standardization of heterogeneous programming model, developers can more easily and cost-effective to develop a new software. Heterogenous System Architecture Foundation will help welcome the arrival of the next era of innovation, ranging from presenting a new experience for the user to increase the cloud-based data management.

As a consortium, Heterogenous System Architecture Foundation is open to all professionals in the computing industry is interested in encouraging the emergence of new computing era. Its members provide development solutions that are good for heterogeneous computing.

Intel show battery ability on Windows 8 tablet

Intel

Tablet PC that runs on Windows 8 operating system will soon be available on the gadget market. For that, the processor manufacturer Intel confidence about the ability of sophisticated technology and claims the battery life is strong and the ability of the device performance.

As quoted from Softpedia (April 13, 2012), at a conference in Beijing, Intel has demonstrated a Windows 8-based tablet and show detail on the ability of the hardware and capabilities. Intel show tablet with based chip Atom Z2760 "Clover Trail" which has a battery capacity of up to 9 hours.

It seems this will be the subject of fierce competition of battery ability, as competitors like the iPad also carries the survival ability of the battery which is not much different. All connectivity features that iPad users felt is also present on the device is made ​​by Intel.

Windows 8

In addition, users can also enjoy other advantages, including the hybrid 11-inch screen as well as additional physical keyboard of the ASUS Transformer tablet. Tablet product is expected to be present before the end of this year. Speculation says that new devices will appear in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Windows 8 is a popular operating system that is suitable to the segment of the tablet. The new operating system should be supported by the hardware capabilities of qualified and compatible.

Intel release Haswell processor in 2013

Haswell processor

Recently, Intel announced its latest generation processor with code named Haswell. This generation processor scheduled for release in 2013 is based on the Intel Ivy Bridge.

According to a report obtained earlier, Intel will release the Haswell processor chip gradually. The first chip comes with a part of product line Core i7 and Core i5. This Haswell processors using 22 nanometer process technology that is rumored to launch in March 2013.

Not only the Core i7 and Core i5, for a low-end, Intel will launch Core i3 is expected to glide to the end of next year. Haswell processor is claimed by Intel as a processor with a new architecture using 22 nanometer manufacturing process technology.

Intel also plans to divide products into two distinct groups. The first group will include support for the processor device for Desktop and Notebook while the second group will be specified to support the ultrabook.

For the Desktop Central Processing Unit, the processor will feature two of the four core processes with the Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 35, 45, 65 and 95 watts, and also features dual-channel memory controller and the GT2 or GT1 DDR3/DDR3L the integrated graphics core.

In addition, Haswell processors will also support DirectX 11.1 application programming interface (API), as well as an increase in the series and AVX2 Inter Process Communication (IPC) to supplement the single thread performance on the computer.