Articles tagged GPU.

Five areas for Thunderbolt

May 6, 2011 21:00 by: Mark Reschke   6 Comments

Categories: News , Predictions , Products

Tagged: Apple , CNET , GPU , iMac , Intel , iPad , iPhone , ipod , Thunderbolt

Cnet's Scott Stein comes up with five creative areas where he'd like to see Thunderbolt deployed. Scott has some creative – and some not so creative – ideas:

  • External Storage
  • Monitors
  • Cameras
  • External GPUs
  • iPhones, iPads and iPods

Hmmmm... We take a quick look at each area to see what makes sense.

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AMD inside the iMac next year?

December 22, 2010 08:44 by: Karl Johnson   0 Comments

Categories: News , Predictions , Rumors

Tagged: AMD , APU , CPU , Fusion , GPU , Intel , Sandy Bridge

Could Apple switch to AMD processors as they move the Graphics Processors Unit (GPU) into the Central Processor Unit (CPU)? Historically, GPUs have always been on a card at the end of a bus inside your computer. That may start to change as both AMD and Intel are bringing their GPUs into the Central Processor Unit (CPU). AMD could have the edge in this new battle with the expertise they received from the purchase of ATI.

Intel introduced the iSeries processors this year that are based on the Nehalem microarchitecture. These i3, i5, and i7 processors are big, fast and expensive, which is both a positive and a negative. Intel has gone after the high market with these chips, but they have left an opening for AMD in the middle and low segments. This kept AMD in the game even though Intel still commands an 80% global market-share. Intel chips are faster, but AMD offers a better value for the price.

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