- AMD demonstrated Kaveri processors - NVIDIA managed to increase its market share in graphics solutions - EVGA GeForce GTX 780  - Core i7-4770K overclock memory to DDR3-4000 -

Today computer news : 2013 - 05 - 21

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DATE:2013-05-21

AMD vice president Lisa Su at a conference in Toronto already showed samples of hybrid processors Kaveri, which must be formally presented later this year.  

It is expected that Kaveri processors  will receive up to four cores with the new Steamroller architecture , and the graphics system will be upgraded compared to discrete solutions GCN.  The number of stream processors, graphics Kaveri can reach 512 units, according to unofficial information available.  Kaveri will also support the concept of HSA (HUMA), which equalize the computational cores and graphics system in the possibilities of RAMuse  .  Kaveri processors can use GDDR5 memory  , but it is interesting mainly manufacturers of gaming consoles and other multimedia devices.

It is assumed that Kaveri processors  will be able to work in many motherboards after updating the BIOS.    It is possible that Kaveri processors will get special design concept Socket FM2 +.

In the near future samples Kaveri go for software developers.  The announcement in the desktop segment is scheduled for the end of the year, and in this generation notebook processor will appear in early 2014.

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DATE:2013-05-21

The changing situation in the market of professional graphics solutions makes Jon Peddie Research adapt the methods of statistical records.  For example, now when counting the number of sold graphics solutions they take into account not only the discrete graphics processors and hybrid solutions, but also used in the x86-compatible tablets graphics system, and various embedded graphics terminals and industrial PCs.

As reported by the authors of the new study, the sales volume  in the first quarter decreased by 3.2% compared with the previous quarter.  The average value for  ten years  this period is 2.2%, and we are talking about growth and not fall in sales. Compared with the first quarter last year, graphics sales fell by 12.9%  - by comparison, the entire PC market declined by 12.6%.  However, experts Jon Peddie Research are optimistic and say that 2016 graphics market will grow on average by 2.6% per year, reaching the end  a period  394 million pieces.

If we talk about the transition from the fourth quarter  2012 to the first quarter of the current, the sales volume of graphics solutions AMD dropped by 0,3%, Intel lost 5.3% immediately, and NVIDIA generally increased by 3.6%.  It was in the lead and to increase market share (from 16.8% to 18%), Intel has passed the position (from 63.1% to 61.8%), and AMD even increased by 0.6  points (from 19.7% to 20.2%).

In annual terms, the same dynamics of AMD market share  can not be called progress - in the first quarter  2012, the company controlled 25.2% of the market .  Intel's positions were weaker than a year ago (59.1%), and NVIDIA also settled for a smaller share (15.1%).  If we talk about the dynamics of annual sales, AMD has lowered rates by 29,4%, Intel - by 8.8%, but NVIDIA has increased its sales by 3.6%.  VIA/S3 company reduced sales by 8.4%, but in the first quarter  this year, its market share has dropped to a level comparable to 0%.

If we consider the individual market segments , AMD has had success in the sector of hybrid desktop processors - the sales volume for the quarter increased by 30%.  However, in the notebook segment, volumes fell by 7.3%, as in the same period, NVIDIA increased sales of its discrete mobile graphics solutions at 7.6%.  

The market of discrete graphics solutions as a whole for the first quarter increased by 1.1% compared to the previous one, but in the annual comparison was 11%.  With the exception of server processors, 99% of Intel products had  integrated graphics for AMD this figure was 67%.  In addition, the company still supplies chipsets with integrated graphics.  

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DATE:2013-05-21

Amazon showed a limited description of the characteristics and the photo of the standard version GeForce GTX 780 by EVGA.

In fact, the card will only have 2304 stream processors, 384-bit bus and 3 GB GDDR5 memory  .  Again, relatively to the GeForce GTX Titan default frequency will be slightly increased - 863/902/6008 MHz.

Reference card will be powered by a combination of power connectors "6 + 8" pins and will be content with a TDP of 250 watts.

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DATE:2013-05-21

It was obvious that if the memory controller of Core i7-4770K processor is able to work with four memory modules  8 GB DDR3-3000 mode, with single module surely raise the memory frequency to previously unattainable heights.

In fact, the first evidence of the great overclocking potential of memory system for Haswell platform appeared .  

The authors of several records in the field of extreme overclocking memory argue that we are talking about the platform Intel Haswell, but remind that the current record for processors memory overclocking  is made by AMD Llano .  

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