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Apple's forward thinking approach to its 12-inch MacBook released in 2015 didn't include a bevy of ports -- just one, that being a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C connector (basically a USB 3.0 port with the new Type-C connector). Out of all the ports that went missing, perhaps the most missed was Apple's proprietary MagSafe connector. Enter Griffin to save the day with a handy adapter. The neat thing about Apple's MagSafe connector is that it allowed the power cord to magnetically attach to the MacBook. If someone (or some animal, like a hyper canine charging through the house to see who's at the door) happened to trip over the power cord, it would detach without bringing the pricey system crashing to...
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Some people say that tablets simply have no business in the real, working world. They aren't powerful enough, the lack real keyboards, they rarely use a real, desktop-based OS. The list goes on and on. Some say that tablets are only for casual users doing casual things, but what about this? Griffin has just given the iPad one of its most impressive abilities yet with the StompBox, and it's this kind of out-of-the-box thinking that could truly push tablets to the next level. Last year, we said that the iPad was good, but not great. However, it felt like it had the potential to become something great; iOS is a platform poised to grow, and this is the kind of potential we had envisioned. The StompBox...
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The Inquirer has an interesting article posted today regarding AMD's upcoming Griffin mobile processor. When the news about Griffin and Puma broke a couple of weeks ago, there weren't many details available about the architecture and design of the new CPU, but The Inquirer has since uncovered some information that paints a more complete picture. "Griffin has DDR2 and HT3 both of which Barcelona can do. On the surface, it looks like Griffin is the K8 cores with the Barcelon uncore bits. That is not correct. The new uncore parts hit many of the same checkboxes that Barcelona does, but they are independent projects, the bulk of Barcelona was done is Austin while most of Griffin was created in...
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AMD recently disclosed a few details regarding their upcoming mobile platform technologies, codenamed "Griffin" and "Puma". We've been given some preliminary information regarding these plans and thought we'd share a few of the more salient details with you here. The "Griffin" codename pertains to an upcoming mobile processor that incorporates a number of features designed specifically for the mobile segment, with the intention of increasing performance and battery life. And "Puma" is the name given to the new platform as a whole. According to AMD, Griffin will be manufactured at 65nm and it will feature a new mobile optimized, on-die Northbridge with a power optimized DDR2...
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