Intel releases faster, more-efficient Core CPUs in renewed bid for mobile market
On Saturday, the company introduced its latest Core microprocessor technology, code-named "Haswell," addressing the need for higher performance while consuming lower power.
But the real question is this: will anyone want one?
While this may be the fourth generation of Intel's Core technology, it's the first to enter what many are calling the post-PC world. There’s little doubt that most consumers want smaller, thinner, and more portable PCs these days. Smartphones and tablets are great for what they are, but they can’t replace the computational horsepower of a genuine PC. There are just too many tasks that tablets and smartphones can’t handle, ranging from sophisticated photo and video editing to playing hard-core games.
Intel’s challenge
Intel’s challenge, then, is to deliver a new CPU family that delivers more horsepower than its last, but that also consumes less power to deliver longer battery life and lower cooling requirements. A CPU family for a new generation of PCs boasting thinner and more innovative form factors that proves smartphones and tablets are nice to have, but that they’re not enough. And that’s just what Intel promises Haswell does.
INTELAs you can see from this labeled illustration, Intel has dedicated a lot of silicon to graphics processing.
Intel is branding Haswell parts using the same three tiers it has used before: Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7. Intel has also introduced new desktop and mobile core logic chipsets, dubbed Z87 and Q87, respectively. To evaluate how well Intel delivered on its promises, we built out and benchmarked a machine based on Intel’s brand-new Intel Core i7-4770K. We then compared its performance to Intel’s third-generation Core products (codenamed Ivy Bridge) and AMD’s best desktop processor, the A10-5800K. We also evaluated two new desktop motherboards that use Intel’s Z87 chipset.
Of the major OEMs, HP has announced a few new models that will feature Haswell CPUs, but they haven't revealed which chips those will be. Acer, Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba, meanwhile, haven't revealed anything. We expect that will change next week as the giant Computex tradeshow gets underway in China.
HPHP revealed its intent to use a 4th-gen Core processor in its upcoming Envy TouchSmart Ultrabook.
So the first retail systems to arrive in the PCWorld Lab came from more nimble boutique manufacturers, including desktop models from Digital Storm, Micro Express, and Origin; and a notebook from CyberPower.
ROBERT CARDINMicro-Express is among several boutique PC builders to have Haswell systems on day one.
But before we get into benchmark numbers, let’s first examine Intel’s overall strategy and then dive into the details of the Haswell microarchitecture.
Intel’s "tick-tock" strategy
Intel describes its product development model as “tick-tock.” A “tick” occurs every couple of years when the company implements a new manufacturing process that enables it to pack more transistors into the same silicon real estate. A “tock” is the alternate cycle, when Intel introduces an entirely new microarchitecture.
Intel’s Sandy Bridge microarchitecture—introduced in early 2011—was a tock built using a 32nm manufacturing process. The Ivy Bridge series, which arrived in April 2012, marked a “tick” as Intel moved from a 32nm manufacturing process to a 22nm process. Haswell chips will be built using this same technology until the next tick, when Intel perfects its 14nm manufacturing process. The new CPUs based on that technology will be dubbed Broadwell.
INTELIntel's "tick-tock" strategy has the company alternate between releasing a new microarchitecture and then a new manufacturing process.
Intel will continue to ship earlier generations of its CPUs, and you might be surprised to learn that some of those earlier chips are considerably more powerful than Haswell. The Haswell parts Intel has announced to date have up to four cores, with hyperthreading support. Hyperthreading is an Intel technology that allows the PC’s operating system to address one virtual core for each one of the CPU’s physical cores.
Intel’s Core i7-3930K, -3960X, and -3970X CPUs—desktop CPUs based on the Sandy Bridge-E microarchitecture (built using a 32nm process) that predates the 22nm Ivy Bridge—are all hexacore parts that support hyperthreading. An operating system running on these CPUs can address a total of 12 cores (six physical and six virtual). Intel designates its absolute fastest CPUs as Extreme Edition CPUs, but the company has not indicated whether or not it will build Extreme Edition Haswell chips.
Haswell’s Architectural Changes
Intel has introduced four series of mobile processors and four series of desktop processors. The entire family features an integrated voltage regulator that will significantly reduce power consumption while simultaneously eliminating as many as seven other integrated circuits from the motherboard. Intel claims this feature will give laptops 50 percent more battery life.
Intel has traditionally used the term TDP (thermal design power) to specify how much electrical power a computer must be able to dissipate in a worst-case scenario: while the CPU is operating at its maximum speed for a sustained period. The company is introducing a new specification, SDP (scenario design power), that indicates how much power a computer must be able to dissipate while being used for media consumption and “light creation.” Intel will use the SDP spec for CPUs powering tablets and notebooks with detachable displays (Intel describes these as “behind the glass” devices).
INTELIntel has come up with a new thermal specification for CPUs that will operate in tablets and notebooks with detachable displays.
Mobile Haswell processors with TDPs of 15 and 28 watts (or SDPs of six watts or less) feature a Platform Controller Hub (PCH) integrated into the same package. The PCH, more commonly known as the southbridge, handles the computer’s input/output functions, such as USB and audio. Integrating the southbridge into the CPU package reduces the size of the motherboard, allowing for smaller and thinner notebook designs that consume less power. These same parts will be capable of operating at a very low-power state that Intel has dubbed SOix. A notebook in this idle state will consume almost no power, but will wake up to a fully active state within a few hundred milliseconds.
We'll spell out most of the other big architectural changes in Intel's fourth-generation Core series CPUs in these storie
So you are here cuz you probably have had set a Pattern lock on your android device, and baaah BAD LUCK you forgot the the pattern. So just rather than getting a whole factory reset of your devise we have a very easy and nice tutorial to get your Phone unlocked while not even loosing a single contact out of your Phone.
Well many other are here cuz they want to spy on a friends android device but damn th pattern lock is not letting them. So chill out and Spy tight as we have a set of instruction and a very nice post on Unlocking a Friends android Pattern lock.
Hello friends today we are here to help you about how to bypass the pattern lock on an android device. Have you sometime suffered with Locked out? Do you know how to bypass the pattern lock? Did you try it out on your own anytime?
Pattern lock on an android device provides users a great security which further prevents your smartphone with any accidental taps like theft or misuse. If a user wants to use this security feature on their android device then they have to customize it under the settings option in menu.
It happens that sometimes users forget the pattern of lock of their devices and in panic they start guessing the pattern and finally comes with a problem of locked out. Users and dear users don’t be so panic as if is facing any problem there is a definite solution to that problem as well. If you face a locked out then you can bypass the pattern lock.
There is very commonly used method to bypass android pattern lock which you have forgotten bu that will for sure make you loose all your data and all your contacts and everything. in other words it will make the phone a device the same as your bought with everything wiped off including all applications. This can be dony by going into the recovery mode of any android device. and then select factory reset option. This is not recommended as for 2 reasons, first, It will clear all your data, second, we have a better option left with us !
You don’t know how to bypass the pattern lock. No worries at all. We will help you out and you just need to follow some ADB commands and then you can finally bypass the pattern lock on an android device. Just go through the following guide tutorial very carefully step-by-step so as to bypass the pattern lock.
SOME BASIC STEPS BEFORE YOU BEGIN Unlock & ByPass a Pattern Lock on an Android Device Without Loosing Data
The very first and important need is the ADB drivers that must be installed in your PC.
Then it is really important that the USB debugging must be enabled before your device being locked.
You should be very carefull while installing the drivers of your device. This technique will not work without installing the specific drivers.
Users might feel really annoyed and irritated when they tried the pattern lock several times in panic and unfortunately their android smartphone displayed locked out. Further users cannot access their android smartphone and at last need to bypass the pattern lock.
HOW TO BYPASS THE PATTERN LOCK ON AN ANDROID DEVICE
Just Follow the easy tutorial to Unlock an android’s pattern lock without factory reset after when you have forgotten it. And yes its that easy as it sounds.
Users need to connect their android device via USB cable to PC.
You must now open the folder where you installed ADB driver.
Now you just have to click right on the screen’s blank area along with hold the shift key and select “OPEN COMMAND WINDOW”.
A window command will prompt and then you just need to type the following:
adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
sqlite3 settings.db
update system set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock';
update system set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently';
.quit
Once it has been done then you have to reboot your android device.
Now it is all done and set.
After following this guide tutorial now you can access your android device as the pattern lockhas been completely disabled.
There is another method not to bypass the lock pattern on and android device but to get your device being unlocked. It is through G MAIL. When you face problem of locked out just click on forgot pattern and follow the basic instructions that follow.
If this guide tutorial really helped you out then please share your experiences with us. And if still any problem persists you can ask for our help and we are there to help you out.
That was it now you can easily unlock any of your friends Phone without even letting him know and making use of it for your propose. But ill not recommend this as the so called friend of yours may punch punch back in your face.
LG LS970 ECLIPSE WITH 1.5 GHZ QUALCOMM QUAD-CORECurrently trending is the quad core processor as it has hit top end smartphones likeSamsung Galaxy S IIIand HTC One X. We might see another half a dozen smartphone coming in quarter III this year all powered with quad core processor. Unfortunately United States users are left out right now with quad core craze but the 4G LTE capabilities certainly will take time to launch, may end soon with quad core handset later this year.
LG LS970 Eclipse 4G LTE
When Samsung and HTC have entered in the race of best smartphone, LG jumps into the competition as the LG 970 is leaked and the product name is Eclipse 4G LTE. The device LG 970 is leaked with specifications and heading in competition with One X. Going through the specifications it comes with 16 GB of internal storage capacity along with a SD card support of 16 GB. LG Eclipse 4G LTE is powered with 4.67 WXGA LCD TFT display providing 1280 x 768 pixel resolution. So this is directly in competition with Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X in competition with for better smartphones. These details have been released by Beef Mobile.
LG LS970 right not is spotted with 13 mega pixel camera on the rear side allows you to take photos awesome quality along with 1080p HD video recording. Certainly the features included in the camera section would be video and photos recording together. It comes with 1.3 mega pixel camera on the front facing side. The device is very thin with 8.6 mm thickness. This device will be heading towards the Sprint Wireless carrier with 4G LTE capabilities.
LG LS970 would be released in the quarter 4 this year and we will keep you updated with the device new in coming days. KRAIT PROCESSOR PHONE LEAKED
Google announced the Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA update for older Nexus devices namely, the Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10. Motorola also officially announced the OTA rollout of the latest Android update for its second-generation Moto G and Moto X smartphones. The device that is already running Android Lollipop is the Nexus 6.
Apart from the noticeable differences that Material Design brings about, as well as the overhauled notifications drawer, Lollipop flaunts numerous features, lots of which are security ones. Here are some of our favourites.
1. Do not disturb Modes (None, Priority, All)
Android Lollipop gives the users the option to choose which apps they consider as most important, and others are kept away from disturbing them. Once the priority mode has been enabled, only the chosen apps will be able to communicate with you. After that time goes by, the priority mode will get disabled by itself.
You can change modes by pressing either the volume up or down button on your device. Just below the volume slider you will find three options: None, Priority and ALL. Selecting All will allow all calls, messages and alerts to come through. Priority mode allows only the notifications you’ve set to come through. You can set duration for the Priority Mode’s working. None mode completely silences the device and allowing no alerts to come through, not even alarms.
2. Multiple User Option
Android has allowed multiple user accounts on tablets for awhile, but in Lollipop there’s a new option called Guest Mode that works on phones also. You can create a guest account, or if you and family member share a device, you can create an account for each of you, keeping all your things separate and secure. Only you can log into your account and phone, and you can now use an Android watch to unlock your phone through proximity. Your guest can even quickly login to their account to check email. You or your guest can get rid of the data inside the guest account at any time.
You can access multi-user settings two different ways. The first is by launching the Settings app and selecting Users from the list of options. The other method requires you to tap on the user icon when viewing the Quick Settings menu. The latter method also provides a method for quickly switching between accounts from anywhere on the device, including the lock screen.
3. New Quick Settings
Quick Settings allows you to enable or disable common features such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, location and screen brightness. It also includes built-in tools for flashlight, hotspot and screencast controls so that you can do away with many of the third parties apps that you had to rely on before. There is also a toggle for the flashlight built right into the Quick Settings menu.
Quick Settings menu is accessible either by swiping down from the top of the screen or expanding notifications with a single finger and then dragging down a second time.
4. Smart lock
To help ensure users utilise the screen lock on their Android devices, Google has introduced a Smart Lock feature in Android 5.0 Lollipop. It essentially lets you bypass your secure lock screen when you’re in a “trusted environment.” This means that if you’re connected to a known Bluetooth device or near a pre-programmed NFC card, you don’t have to bother entering your pattern, PIN, or password. Also included is a face unlock feature that continually scans the user’s face instead of analyzing a snapshot at the moment of unlocking.
5. Screen Pinning
The latest version of Android offers a new feature “Screen Pinning.” When enabled, you can lock down your device to whatever app is on-screen, no matter how many times you press the Home soft key. So a person using it only has access to one app whatever app is on-screen. It’s most useful for those of you with kids in the house or if your handing your phone or tablet to someone stranger.
To enable the feature, first go to Settings > Security and scroll down to the bottom, where you’ll find the screen pinning toggle. Make sure it’s switched on. Then just open the app you want to pin and tap the Overview button. The most recently used app will appear first here, and it will show an icon with pushpin. Tap the icon and you’ve just locked the phone to use only the current app.
HOW TO ROOT MOTO X 1ST & 2ND GENERATION ON LOLLIPOP 5.0 ANDROID OS – GUIDE
Moto X 1st and 2Nd generation of smartphones are one of the most popular smartphones around the globe and for all those who have updated their devices with the latest Lollipop 5.0 Android OS in them can now root their smartphones. Once rooted, one can then install the custom ROM firmwares along with the apps which needs root access. While Lollipop 5.0 Android OS comes with the goodness of 5000+ APIs, custom ROM manufacturers are trying hard to come up with the fresh set of custom ROMs so as to maximize the use of Lollipop OS.
Quick Pre Requisites:
Backup all your data with the help of below mentioned steps and manually in your Moto X. Don’t use any automated tools for backing the data as it won’t help you restore the data.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”, Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application, Call Log -Call Log and Restore Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card, APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
Make sure that your device has 50% battery life and enable USB Debugging Mode which can be enabled from the Settings.
Download and install Moto X drivers in your computer as it will help you connect your device to the computer. If you have installed the drivers then you need to restart the computer once.
Let’s proceed to the next step where we have mentioned the detailed guide which will help you root the device.
Procedure to Root Moto X 1st and 2Nd generation smartphones on Lollipop 5.0:
Download CF Root file for your Moto X 1st and 2nd generation from the below mentioned links. Once downloaded, all you need to do is to just unzip the same.
Turn off your Nexus 4 Android smartphone so that it can be entered in the boot loader mode. Press Volume Down + Volume Up and then press the power button to enter the device in the boot loader mode.
Connect your Moto X via original USB cable to the computer in the boot loader mode.
Double click on the root-windows.bat file and follow the on screen instructions as mentioned below for rooting the device. Note that the system should have full USB read/ write access.
Please note that it will take around 4-5 minutes for rooting the device and once rooted, download the “Root Checker” app from the Google Play Store to check on whether the device is rooted or not.
Note: If your Moto X gets into the boot loop mode, you need to long press the power button to turn off and then restart the device to follow the instructions got rooting the device again.
Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues in the process of rooting. In coming days to come we will also be coming out with the articles which will help you install the custom ROM firmwares.
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