A major selling point of tablets running ARM-based Windows RT was that Office, Microsoft’s flagship productivity software, was included for free. The company oddly chose not to extend the same offer to x86-based Windows 8 tablets, including its own Surface Pro. Those devices could still run Office, of course, but users had to purchase the software in addition to the cost of the hardware. At Computex last night, however, Microsoft Windows chief Tami Reller announced a change in policy… at…
After first announcing the next generation of Thunderbolt technology at the NAB show in April, Intel provided further details on the upcoming Falcon Ridge update last night during Computex. The company declared that the new technology, set for release in late 2013 or early 2014, will now be called “Thunderbolt 2” and will be capable of simultaneous 4K video transfer and display. Current Thunderbolt technology, which launched on Apple computers in early 2011, performs at 10 gigabits per second in…
Computex 2013 is underway in Taiwan and the announcements of new hardware are flooding the news cycle. Among the most interesting releases thus far is Intel’s preview of a Core series processor running with only passive cooling in a small form-factor tablet. While Intel’s less powerful processors have long been capable of running sans fans, the evolution of a high-end Core processor that can power a passively-cooled tablet is a huge step for the Santa Clara chipmaker. Intel briefly teased…
The industry has long been told that Intel’s upcoming Haswell architecture, scheduled for a formal launch June 4 at Computex, will bring improvements to battery life, but recent comments by the company indicate that the improvements could be significant. Intel’s Rani Borkar revealed Thursday that the platform will offer 50 percent more battery life for laptops than current generation Ivy Bridge-based systems. Intel has discussed several times that, while all computing platforms will receive performance and efficiency boosts, the true…
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Intel revealed the details of the GPU lineup for its upcoming Haswell microarchitecture late Wednesday. The company announced that it is introducing three tiers of GPUs that will cater to most performance and power efficiency requirements. Along with the new GPUs is a new name to help distance the parts from the public’s perception that integrated graphics solutions offer poor performance. The high end GPUs will take on the name “Iris,” while lower end models will retain the current “HD…
After a minor delay, Intel’s next generation of Core series processors, codenamed “Haswell,” will arrive in early June, according to a humorous announcement from the company on Friday. Assuming that the countdown begins at the time of Intel’s post, Haswell should launch Monday, June 3, at 11:00 pm EDT (Tuesday, June 4 at 11:00 am CST), which just happens to coincide with the start of the important computer trade show Computex, held annually in Taipei, Taiwan. The public launch of…