HotHardware articles on the topic of A6

When 64-bit Isn't The Answer: Diving Into iPad Air and Apple A7 3DMark Performance

by Joel Hruska - Mon, Nov 04, 2013

Apple's new A7 SoC that sits at the heart of the iPad Air and iPhone 5S is a fast chip. Benchmarks and analysis have shown that it picks up its additional performance over the older A6 thanks to a mixture of architectural tweaks and, in... Read more...

Apple May Split Ties With Samsung Sooner, Rather Than Later

by Joel Hruska - Mon, Oct 15, 2012

The latest news on the growing Apple/Samsung split confirms that the two companies are pulling away from each other. Reports now indicate that the A6, Apple's first custom CPU design, was built entirely without input from Samsung. Up to this point, the two manufacturers have been vital... Read more...

Apple's A6 Won't Reach iPad Until Later in 2012

by Joel Hruska - Sat, Aug 27, 2011

For a CPU that hasn't seen the light of day, there's a great deal of debate surrounding Apple's A6—and the suggestion that it may not appear until later in 2012. The A6 is a complex bit of hardware; rumors indicate that the chip is a quad-core Cortex-A9 CPU built on 28nm at TSMC and... Read more...

AMD Introduces Sub-$100 Tri-Core A6-3500 APU

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Aug 17, 2011

AMD has just announced availability of the new AMD A6-3500 APU for desktop systems, bolstering its current line-up of Llano-based Accelerated Processing Units with a more affordable model targeted at budget conscious, mainstream system builders. Unlike the first A8 and A6 APUs to hit... Read more...

AMD A6-3650 Llano APU Performance Review

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Aug 02, 2011

A few weeks back, AMD officially launched their Llano-based A-Series Accelerated Processing Units, or APUs, in both desktop and mobile flavors. If you’re unfamiliar with Llano, it’s AMD’s mainstream, low-power APU that fuses four x86 cores with a DX11-class graphics processor on a single piece of silicon. The current flagship... Read more...

AMD A6-3650 Llano APU Performance Review

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Aug 02, 2011

A few weeks back, AMD officially launched their Llano-based A-Series Accelerated Processing Units, or APUs, in both desktop and mobile flavors. At the time, we covered the high-end variants of both A-Series offerings; our coverage of the desktop version A8-3850 APU and its companion chipsets is posted here and the mobile... Read more...

TSMC Reportedly Taking Orders For Next-Gen Apple A6

by Joel Hruska - Sat, Jul 16, 2011

Up until now, Samsung has handled all of Apple's CPU manufacturing needs, including the A4 and A5 processor. New rumors, however, suggest that TSMC has been tapped for the company's next-generation A6. Apple hasn't committed to actually purchasing chips at this point, but has handed the... Read more...

IA64: It's Not About How Many Cores You Have...

by Chad Weirick - Thu, Oct 04, 2007

Intel is planning on improving the performance per core on future Itaniums, which should be evident in the next generation part codenamed Tukwila. While we're all for making sure each core runs efficiently, it seems a bit strange that this would be a major concern for Itanium R&D... Read more...

Doom for Mac OS X on x86, A64 3000+ Venice Overclocking, and more!

by Matt Beauvais - Wed, Jun 08, 2005

Good morning everyone :) Whether your waking up on the west coast, or having lunch on the east coast, grab yourself a coffee and enjoy tales of overclocking and digital photography. Check back later for more of the news you love. Possible... Read more...

Corsair XMS Xpert Review, A64 Chipset Comparisons, S18 Nitro and More!

by Jeff Bouton - Thu, Apr 28, 2005

Good morning everyone. In case you didn't notice, we've released a review of the Corsair XMS Xpert RAM. The modules are rated at 400MHz DDR and sport eye-catching removable LEDs. Check the image above or click here to... Read more...

AMD Expands Mobile A64, Microsoft pushes SP-2, MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum and More!

by Jeff Bouton - Thu, Apr 14, 2005

AMD expands Mobile Athlon 64 line-up, more competition for Intel's Centrino: See Press Release Below: SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- April 14, 2005 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today again demonstrated its leadership in 64-bit mobile computing with the... Read more...

AMD's .09 micron A64 3500+: Overclocking, Thermals, & Power Consumption

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Dec 17, 2004

Good Afternoon HotHardware fans! Just in case you didn't see the link at the top of the page, I'm here to let you know that we've just posted a new article investigating the overclocking potential, thermals, and power consumption of AMD's... Read more...

AMD's .09 micron A64 3500+: Overclocking, Thermals, & Power Consumption

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Dec 17, 2004

When Intel released the first batch of Pentium 4 processors based on their Prescott core, which were built using a .09 micron manufacturing process, analysts found that the CPUs generated more heat and consumed more power than similarly... Read more...

Big News From Abit, BlueTooth Desktop, X600XTs, A64 Notebooks and More!

by Jeff Bouton - Thu, Sep 23, 2004

Good morning all. Sorry if I'm later than usual with your morning news. The past few days my Cable connection has been very slow and the folks at RoadRunner say everything looks good. While it may look good on their end... Read more...

A64 Comparo, an FX 5700 & Who The Heck is Emma?

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Apr 27, 2004

Good afternoon HH fans! It's your friendly neighborhood Italian checking in with a mid-day sampling of tasty hardware goodness! The news is flowing freely today, so there's quite a bit of stuff to get to. I'm also working on a review of our own which should be posted shortly... Read more...