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Crave TV: Toshiba Spurs Engine puts PS3 Cell chip in a laptop

Crave The system was demonstrated in modified Qosmio G45 laptops, each of which uses a standard Intel Core 2 Duo CPU in addition to a Cell chip with four 1.5GHz synergistic processing elements (SPEs). Ever wondered what would happen if you put the...

10 January 2008, 17:51

Nvidia APX 2500: Could this be Microsoft's saving grace?

Crave It might not be much to look at but this tiny chip could revolutionise Microsoft's mobile business and turn Windows Mobile into one of the most compelling user interfaces on the planet. The APX 2500 chip, developed by Nvidia for use in Windows...

18 February 2008, 11:12

You don't know Jack PC? You should

Crave It's Chip PC Technologies' Jack PC -- a thin client that's the size of a plug socket. It'll set you back £209 from Chip PC Technologies. We've seen some funky PC designs in our time, but this has to be the most bizarre and inspiring.

Tags: usb, technologies, wi fi, power

25 September 2006, 12:25

Intel Atom N270: The brains behind the mini laptop revolution

Crave However, the world's biggest chip manufacturer has dropped its feather duster, and we've made a run for it. So here are the deets:The Wind -- and indeed the Acer Aspire One (and probably the Eee PC 901 and Eee PC 1000) -- will use a 1.6GHz Intel...

Tags: intel, core, cpu, mini

3 June 2008, 17:10

Photos: Computex buzzes about mini laptops and their chips

Crave Manufacturers are beginning to launch mini laptops based on Intel's Atom chip, promising high performance and long battery life. Nvidia just released a competitor to Intel's Atom processor, the Tegra, calling it a high-definition computer on a chip.

4 June 2008, 11:08

Intel vs. AMD: Centrino Duo/Turion 64 X2 laptop showdown

Crave We've got one of the first laptops to take advantage of the new chip. Politics dictates that we can't tell you who it's from, but luckily we can still put it through its paces to see how AMD's new mobile chip compares to the existing Intel offerings.

Tags: amd, core, windows vista, processor

25 May 2006, 12:23

Crave Talk: Why do Euro PS3 owners get a raw deal?

Crave Instead of just changing the plug and switching the graphics display mode, Sony has taken a hacksaw to PAL PS3s and removed a vital chip that enabled full backwards compatibility with PS2 games. If the chip is already in American and Japanese...

Tags: sony, models, japanese, console

26 February 2007, 11:40

DLP looks forward to rear projection

Crave We crept behind the madness and the crowds to talk to the company's DLP products manager from Japan, Peter Van Kessel, and chewed the fat on all things 1080p, three-chip and rear-pro. This will present an interesting choice for the hardcore home...

Tags: hp, dvd player, definition, high definition

16 January 2006, 11:45

Sony Vaio TX3: Heartbreak healer

Crave Most significantly it uses an Intel Core Solo CPU -- a more modern version of the TX2's Pentium M chip. With this ultra-low voltage chip, Sony reckons the TX3 can last around 6.6 hours. It's made of carbon fibre -- the same stuff they make Formula...

Tags: sony, love, laptop, chip

3 July 2006, 11:33

Photos: HP TouchSmart IQ500 all-in-one desktop slims down

Crave For its core specifications, the TouchSmart IQ504 includes a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 CPU, 4GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, a 320GB, 7,200rpm hard drive, and an integrated Intel GMA X3100 graphics chip.

11 June 2008, 11:09

Santa Rosa: Crave goes hands on with the new Centrino

Crave Crave's test results The 2.2GHz Intel T7500 Core 2 Duo chip in our Santa Rosa laptop, paired with 1GB of DDR2 667MHz memory, helped our Santa Rosa sample achieve a PCMark 2005 score of 4,312. In many ways this card is like the Xenos graphics chip...

2 May 2007, 18:06

FAQ: the next video game consoles?

Crave The initial version of the chip -- the one likely to run the PlayStation 3 -- will run faster than 4GHz, be capable of 256 billion calculations per second and have built-in security systems to prevent the illegal copying of games and other content.

18 April 2005, 19:17

Sim2 C3X: cinema projection 'for the (rich) masses'

Crave We saw home-cinema specialist Sim2 do just this yesterday when it cut the cost of three-chip DLP projectors from £25,000 to £11,000. Last year, three-chip DLP projectors made this dream a reality. Three-chip projectors are the Holy Grail of home...

Tags: high definition, definition, hands, colour

24 August 2005, 11:17

SureFlap: I can has RFID tag pls?

Crave You don't have to have a special chip implanted, either -- it'll recognise the most common types of ID chips that record your pet's details in case they get lost. We can't tell you how many times we've come home to find random cats we don't know...

Tags: tech, cat, chips, pet

9 October 2008, 10:34

AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 gaming CPU: tested

Crave At the time, we speculated it would easily become the fastest desktop CPU money could buy, and we've since spent a significant length of time with the chip to assess its full capabilities. Earlier this month, Crave revealed AMD's brand-new flagship...

Tags: amd, core, processor, cpu

26 January 2006, 15:28