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Matrox DualHead2go adapter broadens your monitor horizons

by Michael Rose (Apr 9th, 2013)

If your widescreen ambitions can't be contained by a mere 1920x1080 HD screenscape, the fine folks at Matrox have a solution for you. The DualHead2Go Digital Mac Edition display adapter, priced around US$160, is built and marketed specifically for the Thunderbolt and DisplayPort-enabled Mac ...

Apple's A5X processor is big and beautiful

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 20th, 2012)

Chipworks posted some polysilicon die photos that compare Apple's A4, A5 and A5X processor. What's most striking to the casual observer is the relative size of each die. As Chipworks notes, the A5X is "big and beautiful" when compared to the A4 and even its close predecessor the A5. You can ...

Apple addresses supposed iPad heat issues

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 20th, 2012)

Apple contacted The Loop with a statement about the iPad heating issue that is making the rounds this week. Apple representative Trudy Muller said, The new iPad delivers a stunning Retina display, A5X chip, support for 4G LTE plus 10 hours of battery life, all while operating well within ...

Infrared images show new iPad screen running warm

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 20th, 2012)

Remember when we said there were reports that the new iPad was running hot? Thanks to the folks at Tweakers.net, we now have some quantitative measurements to support these observations. The Dutch website ran a GLBenchmark test on the new iPad and the iPad 2 and compared the infrared profiles ...

NVIDIA disputes Apple's claim that A5X processor outperforms Tegra 3

by Steven Sande (Mar 8th, 2012)

During yesterday's Apple event, senior VP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller took the stage to tout the power of the new A5X processor that inhabits the innards of the latest iPad. Schiller stood in front of a chart showing the relative graphics performance of the NVIDIA Tegra 3, the Apple A5 ...

Geekbench scores benchmark iPhone 4S A5 at 800MHz

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 11th, 2011)

Here is some good news and bad news for prospective iPhone 4S owners. The bad news is that the iPhone 4S has a dual-core 1GHz CPU, but its clocked to 800 Mhz. The good news is that, even with slower clock speeds, the 4S still beats the pants off the iPhone 4 and other Android ...

Next generation iPad / iPhone GPU licensed to other manufacturers

by Matt Tinsley (Jun 15th, 2011)

Imagination Technologies, makers the PowerVR graphics processor found in the iPhone and iPad, has announced that its next generation PowerVR Series 6 architecture has been licensed by six lead partners: ST-Ericson, Texas Instruments and MediaTek. The remaining three partners are yet to be ...

AnandTech benchmarks the iPad 2, shows huge graphics gains

by Chris Rawson (Mar 13th, 2011)

AnandTech is in the midst of a lengthy analysis of the iPad 2's hardware. The results so far confirm what most of us already knew: the iPad 2's display is virtually identical to the original iPad, the cameras are nothing to write home about, and the CPU is slightly more powerful. What's most ...

Have a MacBook Pro with a faulty GPU and no AppleCare? You may still be covered

by Chris Rawson (Mar 8th, 2011)

If you own a MacBook Pro with an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPU and an expired warranty, you may be unaware that since late 2008 Apple has offered a free out-of-warranty service program for the faulty graphics chipset. Apple's replacement program for the 8600M GT was initially valid for three ...

Sandy Bridge GPU may suffice for low-end Apple laptops, processor could show up sooner than expected

by Michael Rose (Dec 9th, 2010)

As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the first round of Sandy Bridge-powered PC laptops is about to hit the market. Intel's new chip architecture is intended to provide a major boost in power for mobile and desktop machines, but there's been some concern about the integrated GPU on these devices ...

Could AMD Fusion chips be coming to Macs?

by Sam Abuelsamid (Nov 12th, 2010)

Ever since Apple finally abandoned the PowerPC platform in favor of the x86 architecture, Macs have been exclusively powered by CPUs from Intel. Throughout that time, however, there has been speculation that Apple could dual source and use some of AMD's chips as well; that may have just been ...

Mac 101: Integrated versus discrete graphics

by Chris Rawson (May 14th, 2010)

More Mac 101, our occasional series of posts that focuses on tips and training for new Mac users. The recent launch of Steam for the Mac has brought a great deal of focus on the Mac's graphics capabilities. Specifically, it's led many Mac users to wonder whether Steam's games will run well (or at ...

Behind the scenes, Optimus (not) at work on new MBPs?

by Dave Caolo (Apr 13th, 2010)

Update: While Engadget originally reported that Optimus was behind the MBP power-saving switch feature, AppleInsider is citing NVIDIA representatives that the feature isn't based on their tech -- they say it's home-grown by Apple. Thanks to our commenters for pointing this out. Great power is ...

Hints found of OpenGL 3.0 support in 10.6.3

by Mike Schramm (Jan 12th, 2010)

News is bouncing around today that the current test version of Mac OS X 10.6.3 has OpenGL 3.0 installed in it, and while it's not completely working yet, developers are hopeful that this means Apple is pushing to have full OpenGL 3.0 support in place as soon as possible. What does that mean for us ...

Rumor: The iPhone's next GPU

by Steven Sande (Jan 11th, 2010)

The Graphics Processing Unit, or GPU, of any modern computing device is an important piece of hardware that offloads 3D graphics rendering from the main processor. At CES 2010 last week, chip manufacturer Imagination Technologies may have spilled the beans on the GPU for the next generation of ...