Intel
Intel's Meteor Lake series of processors was launched in September 2023 with a focus on mobile platforms. Multiple mini-PC vendors have utilized these processors to market offerings in the SFF / UCFF desktop market. ACEMAGIC is an Asian manufacturer with products in multiple categories including micro-PCs, UCFF (ultra-compact form-factor) and SFF (small form-factor) PCs, and notebooks. They were one of the first to market with Meteor Lake-based desktop systems. The ACEMAGIC F2A 125H is the entry-level version of the F2A line, equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor. It is a bit larger than the traditional NUCs, slotting it in the SFF category. However, that allows for the processor to be operated at 65W (compared to the 28 - 40W adopted in the...
Haswell Design Complete
Intel just announced, unsurprisingly, Haswell's design is complete and already in the testing phase. Update: We just confirmed that although Haswell is complete, the solar powered demo below wasn't...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011
Haswell Will Enable 10 Days of Connected Standby Battery Life
Intel just announced that Haswell (due out in 2013) was designed to reduce connected standby power by 30% compared to Sandy Bridge. The Haswell platform as a whole will...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011
Ivy Bridge Will Bring a 35W Quad-Core i7
Earlier this year Intel revealed its mobile Sandy Bridge lineup, including a slew of 45W quad-core Core i7 SKUs. Next year Ivy Bridge will expand the range to include...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011
Meet the 2012 Thunderbolt Controllers: Cactus Ridge
Image Courtesy iFixit Thunderbolt has seen limited use this year - the standard has only been implemented by Apple and Sony, the rest of the PC market will have to...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011
Ivy Bridge Configurable TDP Detailed
At Computex Intel announced that Ivy Bridge would be its first processor to support a configurable TDP. Today all CPUs are rated at a single maximum TDP. Mainstream notebook...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/12/2011
Ivy Bridge GPU Performance: Up to 60% Faster than SNB & Better QuickSync
This week Intel will begin sharing some of the first details of its Ivy Bridge processor (2012 Core i-series CPU) at the annual Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/12/2011
Intel Leaks i7-2700K
Intel's Sandy Bridge CPUs were launched in January and so far, the desktop i7 lineup has consisted of three SKUs: i7-2600, i7-2600K and i7-2600S. Earlier this week, Intel released...
24 by Kristian Vättö on 9/10/2011
Sony VAIO S Series: All Day Consumer Computing
You asked for it, you got it: in house, a review of Sony's longstanding 13.3" road warrior S series. It's light, has a matte screen, switchable graphics, a mainstream...
70 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/9/2011
Intel Not Selling MeeGo, Says Manager
Responding to this week's rumors that Samsung might be looking to acquire MeeGo, the Linux-based mobile operating system introduced by Intel and Nokia, Intel's Systems Software Division manager Doug...
7 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/8/2011
Dell Precision Mobile Workstations: Now with Larger and Faster SSDs
I recently received an email from a reader asking for advice on the "best" laptop Dell has to offer. The reader's work is footing the bill, but with the...
9 by Jarred Walton on 9/8/2011
Intel Cuts Prices of Some Sandy Bridge CPUs and Discontinues Some Pentium CPUs
In addition to releasing 16 new CPUs earlier this week, Intel has also discounted six low-power CPUs and discontinued three Pentium CPUs. Discounts All of the discounted CPUs are based...
6 by Kristian Vättö on 9/6/2011
Intel Releases New Sandy Bridge Processors
Intel has announced a total of 16 new Sandy Bridge processors today, augmenting its lineup in the mid and low-end markets on the desktop and in the high and...
28 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/6/2011
ASRock CoreHT 252B Review
Approximately a year back, we reviewed the ASRock Core 100 HTPC which was a pioneer of sorts in the small form factor (SFF) HTPC space. Till that point, the...
56 by Ganesh T S on 9/2/2011
Dell XPS 15z: Sincerely Flattering
With the relaunch of their XPS branding, Dell has released quite a few interesting laptops during the past three quarters. Their latest addition to the line is the thin...
76 by Jarred Walton on 9/2/2011
HP Z210 SFF Workstation: Serious Power in Cramped Quarters
We're taking our second excursion into enterprise-class desktop territory with the kind of machine that should be of interest both to IT management and enthusiasts alike: HP's Z210 SFF...
26 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/29/2011
HP EliteBook 8760w: Color, So Dreamy
Just over ten months ago, we had a chance to take a look at a very big, reasonably impressive mobile workstation: HP's EliteBook 8740w. It sported HP's DreamColor IPS...
83 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/25/2011
The Sandy Bridge Pentium Review: G850, G840, G620 & G620T Tested
Despite abandoning Pentium as a high end brand with the 2006 release of Intel's Core 2 Duo, Intel has kept the label around for use on its value mainstream...
110 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/23/2011
MYTHLOGIC Pollux 1400: Clevo's W150HR Tested
The past year has seen the vast majority of mainstream notebooks with discrete graphics shift to NVIDIA's Optimus, and with the W150HR Clevo makes the move as well. Equipped...
22 by Jarred Walton on 8/23/2011
Intel to Release New Itanium CPUs in 2012: New Architecture and Up to Eight Cores
Intel held a keynote at Hot Chips conference in Stanford University last week where it announced some details of upcoming Itanium CPUs. While originally meant to conquer the enterprise...
16 by Kristian Vättö on 8/22/2011
Intel's Cedar Trail Atom Processors Delayed to November
Cedar Trail, the next-generation version of Intel's Atom processor, has been delayed from September 2011 to November 2011 because of graphics driver and Windows 7 certification issues, reports DigiTimes. As...
13 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/18/2011
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