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PowerVR Furian GPUs could bring 4K video, improved gaming specs to next-gen iPhones

The next generation of iPhone could feature a pretty dead sexy new graphics processor. Imagination Technologies today announced PowerVR Furian, its next-generation GPU architecture that promises significant improvements in graphics performance and power efficiency that could benefit future iPhones. The Furian architecture is stated to offer up to a 70 to 90 percent improvement in […]

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Hardware iMac MacBook Pro News

AMD, Nvidia plan new GPUs, could bring significant upgrades to next-gen Macs

Your Mac’s GPUs are about to get a lot more powerful. Graphics titans AMD and Nvidia are set to unveil new GPU products this year featuring Global Foundries’ 14 nm FinFET and TSMC’s 16 nm FinFET Plus processor nodes, thereby allowing for significant improvements in graphics performance. Both AMD’s Polaris architecture and Nvidia’s Pascal architecture […]

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Apple News Retail Store

Apple releases plans for new San Francisco store

Not long ago, word went out that Apple was planning to move its downtown San Francisco location to a newly designed building two blocks away. The space they chose is across from the historical Union Square Park, and replaces the building that was formerly the Levi’s retail store. This move will be the first relocation of […]

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Hardware MacBook MacBook Pro News Processors

Intel cites possible 50% battery life improvement in upcoming MacBooks under Haswell architecture

What a difference a next-gen architecture can make. According to PCWorld, Intel’s next-generation processor in Apple’s MacBook line could see 50 percent greater battery life thanks to the processors expected to go into them, according to Intel. In a media briefing ahead of the launch of its Haswell processor platform, Intel chief Rani Borkar said […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro Rumor

Rumor: Apple to debut updated MacBook models at this year’s WWDC

If there’s one new-ish rule of the universe, it’s that Apple chooses when it gets to hold its dog and pony shows. And the next one might be during the Worldwide Developers Conference this June. Per AppleInsider, noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities believes Apple will showcase updated MacBook Pro models at its upcoming […]