Intel Ivy Bridge review

It’s fair to say Ivy Bridge – or 3rd Generation Intel Core to give the family its proper name – has stretched our patience these past few months. By Intel’s annually alternating tick-tock schedule – where a tick brings a die shrink and a tock, as Sandy Bridge was, means a whole new architecture – this tick was due to arrive several months ago. Perhaps that’s why Intel wants us to view it as more of a “tick-plus”, with added extras included.
It would have been sooner, but the industry’s first ever 22nm core was delayed due to manufacturing difficulties. Ivy Bridge uses Intel’s groundbreaking 3D Tri-Gate transistors, and with such advances often come poor early yields. But it’s finally ready for a full launch, and Intel has ensured the first batch of hardware is a big one.

The hardware

On the desktop, there are three Core i5s and two Core i7s, while laptops benefit from four Core i7s and the first Ivy Bridge Extreme Edition processor. Every one of them is quad core, with all but the three i5s also using Hyper-Threading.

Ivy Bridge introduces the new HD Graphics 2500 and 4000 cores, the latter of which is found on the majority of the first processors. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 3.1, and features a built-in AVC encoder for hardware video encoding and transcoding. Plus, for the first time it can access the processor’s L3 cache to boost performance.
We also need a new 7 Series chipset to control the Ivy Bridge CPUs. The HM75, HM76, HM77 and UM77 chipsets cover laptops, with the desktop split between the mainstream H77, the enthusiast Z75 and Z77, and the business B75. Motherboards are already widely available, with two more enterprise chipsets due in June.
There are no physical changes to the existing LGA 1155 socket, so Sandy Bridge processors will work in Series 7 motherboards. It may also be possible to plug an Ivy Bridge CPU into some recent Sandy Bridge motherboards with the right firmware updates, but that’s down to manufacturers.

Four integrated USB 3 ports come as standard on every chipset bar the mainstream HM75, and Intel has implemented support for Thunderbolt. Note, however, it will be up to manufacturers to add their own controller and hardware to complete the picture. The 7 Series also ups the display pipes to support three screens, but the catch is that two of them must connect via DisplayPort. For now it’s more relevant for new laptops, whose screens commonly connect internally via DisplayPort; the two external displays can therefore use one DisplayPort and HDMI, D-SUB or DVI.
Ivy Bridge brings a few other platform benefits. There’s a handful of new Centrino Wi-Fi adapters, complete with Bluetooth 4 support. Ultrabooks will reportedly resume from hibernation in less than seven seconds, and can poll email servers and the like without fully waking. They’ll also get access to Intel’s Anti-Theft Technology to remotely disable lost hardware, and any vPro systems will benefit from enhanced Identity Protection Technology, masking password login from keyloggers.

We built a test rig out of Intel’s reference DZ77GA-70K Extreme Series motherboard, 8GB of DDR3 RAM and a Plextor SSD. We tested a Core i5-3570K against the old i5-2500K and AMD’s top-end Bulldozer chip, but the real face-off is between the top-end Core i7-3770K and the price-equivalent i7-2700K Sandy Bridge chip.
In our Real World Benchmarks the gap wasn’t huge, but it was a gap nonetheless. The overall scores of 1.06 versus 1.02 show a 4% increase on average, but the true margin varied from test to test: with intensive multitasking involving Photoshop and Sony Vegas, the gap never topped 3%; in basic Windows tasks it varied between 2.5% and 5%; and in our video rendering test it topped out at just below 9%. It’s an improvement over Sandy Bridge, but nothing earth-shattering.

The i7-3770K overclocked to a similar level as its predecessor, running stably with the maximum Turbo frequency upped from 3.9GHz to 4.4GHz using the tiny stock cooler. That added 5-10% on top of its standard scores.
The new GPU produced more interesting benchmarks. Intel’s Quick Sync Video hardware-acceleration technology has been present since Sandy Bridge, but the increased power of the HD Graphics 4000 chip was evident in our media tests. We transcoded a batch of 23 clips from 1080p AVCHD to iPad-quality MPEG4, and the i7-3770K cut 16% off the time taken by the old i7-2700K. When converting a single 720p MPEG4 clip to YouTube’s 720p 3Mbits/sec format, the Ivy Bridge GPU shaved off 19%.
We’re not convinced many people will build a desktop for gaming and not install a discrete graphics card, but the HD Graphics 4000 makes a decent fist of Crysis. At 1,366 x 768 and Low quality it averaged an easily playable 48fps, up 3fps from the i7-2700K; at 1,600 x 900 and Medium quality its 24fps average was 7fps faster than last year’s model, and not far off playable. It’s worth pointing out, however, that although it’s an improvement it’s still behind the GPU in AMD’s top-end Fusion chip.

Where the whole package excels is power efficiency. We hooked up a power meter to our test rig and measured the load with a Sandy Bridge i7-2700K: it drew 37W when idle and 132W when we stress-tested the CPU. With the Ivy Bridge i7-3770K inserted in its place the idle figure fell to 35W, and under load it drew only 104W, a reduction of more than 21% despite the increased performance.

The verdict

Intel’s tick-tock upgrade schedule makes such launches oddly predictable. We knew Sandy Bridge was going to be a big leap due to its new architecture, and it was. Likewise, we fully expected Ivy Bridge to be a smaller leap – its 22nm architecture really lays the groundwork for next year’s Haswell processors.
Although we wouldn’t rush to upgrade a recent PC, if you’re building from scratch, Ivy Bridge effortlessly becomes the processor family of choice. But the desktop isn’t its main focus. We haven’t tested the mobile chips yet, but it isn’t hard to see that the triple-whammy of greater speed, improved graphics and lower power consumption plays perfectly to the needs of Ultrabooks, and that’s precisely where Intel hopes it will make an impact. We’ll find out next month, but the signs are promising indeed.

Author: David Bayon

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review: HTC One X smartphone

Few of HTC's offerings have threatened the smartphone industry's top table of late, with its somewhat safe offerings largely overtaken by fancier phones from Samsung and Apple. But HTC’s latest flagship handset, the One X, looks set to take back some of the ground lost to the Galaxy S II and iPhone 4S.
It isn’t a phone we’d ever accuse of playing safe. The white rear, with its protruding silver camera lens, looks and feels superb, and the gentle curves that appear at each end of the device lend a welcome dose of originality.

 We can’t fault HTC for build quality, either. The One X is sturdy despite its 8.9mm-thick, 130g frame – especially when compared to the somewhat flimsy Galaxy S II, which was 8.7mm and weighed 116g – and while there have been reports of the screen flexing when gripped tightly, our sample seemed fine. The solid build can be put down to the construction: the One X is milled from a single block of polycarbonate, using a similar technique used by Nokia for its Lumia 800. It’s that screen that steals the show. It’s a 4.7in IPS panel with a resolution of 720 x 1,280 – a huge increase over the 480 x 800 of the Galaxy S II and the iPhone’s 640 x 960 Retina display. That gives for a pixel density of 312ppi – not far behind the iPhone’s 330ppi – and makes for a consistently stunning experience. There’s plenty of space for full-sized web pages, text is pin-sharp, and images and games leap from the screen.
It isn’t only the increase in resolution; the quality is great too. Its 490cd/m2 maximum brightness can’t match the iPhone’s 581cd/m², but it’s far ahead of the Galaxy S II’s 300cd/m² – a low figure on paper thanks to the Samsung’s AMOLED panel, and a difference that will make itself known in bright sunlight. The contrast ratio of 1,138:1 helps to create deep blacks, bright white tones, and vivid, accurate colours in between. It’s a wonderfully vibrant and comfortable screen.

 

Processing power comes from Nvidia’s 1.5GHz quad-core Tegra 3 chip, partnered with 1GB of RAM. Storage extends to 32GB, of which 26GB can be used for data and apps, but there’s no micro SD card slot to add more. For communications you get the choice of 3G, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4, and the One X also has NFC.
The specification makes the One X the most powerful smartphone we’ve tested. Its Quadrant benchmark score of 4,927 streaks ahead of the 3,460 scored by the Galaxy S II, and it completed the SunSpider benchmark in 2,071ms. That’s a third quicker than the Samsung, and just ahead of the iPhone 4S.
No game stretched the HTC’s GPU. High-octane shooter Shadowgun ran flawlessly, 3D adventure title Dungeon Defenders was similarly slick, and Reckless Racing 2 also delivered rock-solid framerates. A word of warning, though: while things were fine away from the mains, running demanding games while charging saw the handset grow unbearably hot.

That aside, battery life was decent, with 60% of the 1,800mAh power pack left after our 24-hour rundown test. Just don’t expect such longevity when gaming: a 30-minute stint during a train commute saw the bar depleted by almost a third.
The One X comes with Android 4 onboard, partnered with the latest version of HTC’s Sense UI, which remains one of the most usable and least intrusive third-party overlays. It retains the ring-pull lockscreen with its four customisable app links that can also be used to directly open missed calls and received messages. HTC has ditched the curved graphics at the bottom of each home screen, replacing them with square icons, but it still looks and functions just as well, and widgets such as Friend Stream are as useful as ever.

Third-party apps include 7digital, SoundHound, TuneIn Radio and Polaris Office, and they’re well integrated. In HTC’s own Music app, for instance, a discreet button allows for track identification via SoundHound. HTC no longer bundles Beats-branded headphones with its devices, however, the Beats audio kit inside the One X serves up bass-heavy, good-quality sound. It’s easy to turn off if you’d prefer, with a range of presets available within the phone’s Music application.
It isn’t all good news, though. HTC has ditched the physical Menu button, replacing it with one dedicated to its new app-switching interface. It’s a side-scrolling 3D affair that suffers from irritating delays when opening the switcher and then loading apps. The Notification drawer has vanished, and virtually every app has a separate menu button that takes up a 96-pixel chunk across the bottom of the screen.
The new 8-megapixel camera goes some way to making up for software idiosyncrasies. Quality is excellent, with sharp detail and accurate colours, and a flash is included. Pictures are taken almost instantly, colour options include the typical range of retro effects, and there are impressive panorama and burst modes. The former overlays the screen with consecutive frames to help stitch together a convincing panorama; the latter takes a burst of up to 99 shots as quickly as possible, evaluates them for sharpness, clarity and colours, and picks out the best one to keep.

The camera shoots 1080p video and, again, we’ve little to fault: quality is excellent, and the phone’s auto-focus quickly adjusts – and, when it does, detail is extremely sharp.
It’s a fine all-round package, then, but it’s impossible to ignore the shadow of Samsung’s Galaxy S III, set to be unveiled on May 3. It’s also said to have a 4.7in, 720 x 1,280 screen, a 1.5GHz, quad-core processor, and Ice Cream Sandwich. If past standards are any indication, it may be the phone to beat.
For now, though, no other phone can match the HTC One X. It offers stupendous speed, a stunning screen, and a strong, attractive design, all of which combine to make it the best smartphone on the block. After something of a barren patch it’s good to see HTC back.

Author: Mike Jennings

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AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 review

In our malware tests, AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 protected us against a very creditable 98% of threats – giving a better degree of protection than many commercial packages. True, it isn’t quite up there with the best of the paid-for products, but with online dangers evolving constantly, even the most assiduous security developer can’t expect a clean sheet every time.
Similarly, although AVG fell a mite short of perfection in our false-positive test, it flagged up only 4% of our tricky applications. It raises the question of whether there’s still any sense in paying for security software at all.

This being free, however, extras are limited. There’s no dedicated firewall, no bootable recovery disc, no parental controls, no encryption and no file shredder. AVG does actively scan incoming and outgoing email (unlike Microsoft Security Essentials), so you can’t unwittingly pass on infected messages. And AVG’s LinkScanner automatically adds red, yellow or green icons to search results in your browser, showing which sites can be trusted and which are best avoided. A Game Mode suspends scans and updates whenever an application is running in full-screen mode. Note, however, that this also means scans will pause whenever a screensaver kicks in.
There are a few flies in the ointment. For a start, despite what looks like a stripped-down feature set, AVG Anti-Virus Free added a weighty 259MB to the memory footprint of our test system. That won’t be a big problem on a modern PC with 4GB of RAM, but for older systems it’s a drag. We also didn’t enjoy waiting a ponderous 1min 10secs for a quick system scan to complete.
The real annoyance, though, is the interface. At first glance the icon-based view looks accessible, but start exploring and you’ll find three of the eight main icons lead you to external features that cost extra (the PC Analyzer, the Family Safety Module and LiveKive Online Backup). Meanwhile, a large banner advert for AVG’s commercial internet security suite hangs off the bottom of the main window, and an “Upgrade your protection” button in the main icon area whisks you away to a purchase form for the paid-for suite. Worst of all, even if you never open the main interface, you’ll see the occasional pop-up advert while using Windows.

Frankly, this brazen marketeering leaves a bad taste in the mouth. But if you want a more pleasant, less obtrusive interface, there’s an inescapable trade-off. The free alternatives may offer friendlier interfaces, but they can’t match AVG when it comes to the fundamental job of stopping malware. If you want both usability and effectiveness, you’ll have to pay for a commercial suite, such as Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security.
Where does this leave AVG? Since the whole purpose of security software is to keep you safe from malware, we reckon AVG Anti-Virus, despite its lumbering footprint and sometimes punchy interface, is the most worthy of the free bunch. But it also serves to illustrate exactly why, for now at least, there are still reasons to pay for a commercial security suite.

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Download Photoshop CS6

adobe® Photoshop® CS6 beta. The world’s best digital image editing software is about to get even better. Explore Photoshop CS6 beta for a sneak preview of some of the incredible performance enhancements, imaging magic, and creativity tools we are working on. Discover for yourself why Photoshop CS6 software will be a whole new experience in digital image editing.
 

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• Content-Aware Patch — Patch images with greater control using the newest member of the Content-Aware family of technologies. Choose the sample area you want to use to create your patch, and then watch Content-Aware Patch magically blend pixels for a stunning result.
• Blazingly fast performance and a modern UI — Experience unprecedented performance with the Mercury Graphics Engine, which gives you near-instant results when you edit with key tools such as Liquify, Puppet Warp, and Crop.* Plus, a refined, fresh, and elegant Photoshop interface features dark background options that make your images pop.
• New and re-engineered design tools — Create superior designs fast. Get consistent formatting with type styles, create and apply custom strokes and dashed lines to shapes, quickly search layers, and much more.

You will also discover hundreds of new ways to work faster and with greater creative freedom and precision when you dive into Photoshop CS6 beta.

• Watch Photoshop CS6 beta videos to see the new features in action
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• Photoshop CS6 beta includes all the features in Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CS6 Extended. Take this opportunity to try out the 3D image editing and quantitative image analysis capabilities of Photoshop Extended*, but note that—while these features will be included in the shipping version of Photoshop CS6 Extended—they will not be included in the shipping version of Photoshop CS6.
• Adobe ID login and online activation are required either at installation or within seven days after your first launch of the Photoshop CS6 beta. The same requirements will be in place for the shipping version of Photoshop CS6 when it is released. Your Adobe ID provides multiple benefits, including an easy way to access your serial numbers, the Adobe.com community, and the upcoming Adobe Creative Cloud™ membership.
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Google "to set up online tablet store"

Google is considering setting up its own online tablet shop to boost Android sales.

While Google's mobile OS has been a success on smartphones, tablets running Android have made less of a dent in the Apple iPad's dominant market share.

Google will try to counter that by selling tablets directly to consumers via its own online store, with some co-branded devices, according to anonymous sources cited by The Wall Street Journal.

Google is also considering subsidising the cost of tablets to bring prices down and drive takeup, one source claimed.

Google acquired manufacturer Motorola, which made the Android-powered Xoom tablet, but the Journal's sources say the store will also sell tablets by other partners, including Samsung and Asus. The latter is expected to release a co-branded tablet with Google later this year.

The tech giant tried a similar tactic with smartphones in January 2010, selling its first handset, the Nexus One, directly to consumers online. While Google said it sold 300,000 smartphones via the online store, it was shut down several months after it opened.

"It's clear that many customers like a hands-on experience before buying a phone," Android head Andy Rubin said at the time.

Google declined to comment on the report.

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RIM to refocus on corporate customers

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion says it plans to go back to its roots and focus on corporate customers at the expense of consumer markets in a major strategic shake-up.

RIM has been struggling to compete with the surge of Android and Apple smartphones, and the move away from the consumer market follows a $125 million loss for its third financial quarter.

The decision is an admission of defeat in the consumer smartphone race, but new CEO Thorsten Heins said a turnaround required "substantial change" to boost the flagging company.

"We plan to refocus on the enterprise business and capitalise on our leading position in this segment," Heins said. "We believe that BlackBerry cannot succeed if we tried to be everybody's darling and all things to all people. Therefore, we plan to build on our strength."

Heins said the company is well positioned in the corporate space and would soon release the BlackBerry 10 platform, but stressed "the business challenges we face over the next several quarters are significant and I am taking the necessary steps to address them".

The changes came alongside a management shake-up at the company, as the newly-installed Heins looked to make a mark.

RIM co-founder Jim Balsillie has resigned from the board, while chief technology officer David Yach will be retiring after 13 years. Jim Rowan, chief operating officer for global operations, has "decided to pursue other interests”.

Investor anger

Whether the planned changes can turn the company around remains to be seen, but investors and analysts remain deeply unhappy at the seemingly rapid decline in the company.

"They're going to scramble around now for the next three to six months and every poor shareholder that had faith in them is going to be potentially impoverished," Peter Misek, managing director at Jefferies and Company in New Jersey told the Reuters news agency. "I'm so angry as a Canadian; every Canadian investor should be angry."

"It's a disaster, the board should be ashamed of themselves, we told them three months ago to look at licensing the OS, opening up the system, to look at strategic alternatives, in fact, we told them before that, but they've been stubborn and they've had the ostrich treatment."

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Inspectors slam conditions in Apple factories

The Fair Labor Association has told Apple and supplier Foxconn to clean up their act after an investigation found at least 50 breaches of code and labour laws.

Apple – and other tech manufacturers - have come under scrutiny over the way workers are treated, with critics bemoaning low wages, poor working conditions and long hours.

Apple moved to quell the complaints by bringing in the FLA, but after interviewing 35,000 staff at Foxconn factories making Apple goods, inspectors drew up a plan for change after finding dozens of issues.

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The FLA said its investigation found that, over the past year, all three factories inspected exceeded both the FLA Code standard of 60 hours per week (regular plus overtime) and the Chinese legal limits of 40 hours per week and 36 hours maximum overtime per month.

According to the inspectors, during peak production periods, the average number of hours worked per week exceeded 60 hours per worker, with some employees working more than seven days in a row without the required day off.

On top of excessive hours, the FLA said it also found problems with overtime compensation, several health and safety risks and crucial communication gaps that have led to a widespread sense of unsafe working conditions among workers.

“FLA observed other serious issues in areas such as health and safety, worker integration and communication, treatment of interns, and China’s social security enrollment, among others,” the association said in its report.

Shorter hours, same pay

According to a remediation plan laid out in the report, Foxconn will look to address the issues and bring the company into line with FLA practices and local laws by July 2013.

The supplier agreed to limit working hours to the legal level of 49 hours per week, including overtime, which would mean a reduction in monthly overtime hours from 80 to 36, although workers are not expected to lose income because a new pay scheme will be put in place to make up the shortfall. 64% of workers interviewed said their salaries currently didn't meet their basic needs.

“If implemented, these commitments will significantly improve the lives of more than 1.2 million Foxconn employees and set a new standard for Chinese factories,” said Auret van Heerden, CEO of the Fair Labor Association.

The move comes in the same week as Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Foxconn's plants in China.

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Windows smartphones overtake Symbian for Nokia

Nokia’s UK sales of Windows smartphones have overtaken smartphones based on its older Symbian system, marking progress following the company’s switch to Windows Phone last year.

According to a report from Bloomberg that cites research from Kantar Worldpanel, Windows handsets made up 2.5% of the UK market, compared to a 2.4% share for Symbian.

Based on interviews with handset buyers, the research suggests Nokia is making progress in its intention to offer a third platform in competition with Android and Apple, even if the overall share remains small.

“The fact that Windows Phone sales have overtaken Symbian based on one handset is encouraging,” Kumar analyst Dominic Sunnebo told Bloomberg.

“However, Nokia will need to expand the range quickly in order to keep up with the slew of next generation competitor products being launched.”

The research found that the Lumia 800 contributed an overwhelming 87% of Windows Phone 7 sales across Europe.

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New iPad hotter but "not uncomfortable"

The new iPad runs hotter than the previous version, but it remains "comfortable" to hold in the hand, according to tests from a US consumer group.

Consumer Reports recorded top temperatures of 116 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius) while running a game - hotter than the iPad 2's top temperature by a few degrees.

"Using a thermal imaging camera, Consumer Reports engineers recorded temperatures as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit on the front and rear of the new iPad while playing Infinity Blade II," reviewer Donna Tapellini wrote in a post on the Consumer Reports blog.

The temperature recorded by Consumer Focus is above Apple's recommended range of 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) - but they're also well above temperatures recorded by other testers, including a Dutch website that said temperatures were hotter than the iPad 2 by five degrees Celsius and minor temperature differences recorded by CNet.

Our reviewer didn't find any overheating on the device, giving the new iPad a spot on our A List.

Indeed, Tapellini said the device didn't appear to be overheating. "During our tests, I held the new iPad in my hands," she said. "When it was at its hottest, it felt very warm but not especially uncomfortable if held for a brief period."

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The temperature was taken on a single device after the game had been running for 45 minutes, with Wi-Fi left on but 4G turned off, and the Smart Cover on, Consumer Focus said.

When the new iPad was unplugged, it hit 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 degrees Celsius), 12 degrees hotter than the iPad 2. While plugged in, it hit 116 farenheit (47 degrees Celsius), 13 degrees hotter than the iPad 2, the report said.

"The hottest areas weren't evenly distributed throughout the iPad's back, but were concentrated near one corner of the display," Tapellini added.

Apple's spokeswoman Trudy Miller previously told website The Loop: “The new iPad delivers a stunning Retina display, A5X chip, support for 4G LTE plus ten hours of battery life, all while operating well within our thermal specifications. If customers have any concerns they should contact AppleCare.”

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Report: Windows 8 to arrive in October

Microsoft will finish Windows 8 this summer, with the official launch in October, according to a report from Bloomberg.

Tablets and laptops running the new OS will launch at that time, according to unnamed sources.

While both ARM and Intel devices will be available at launch, the sources predicted there would be around five running on ARM and more than 40 on Intel.

After the release of the beta - called a consumer preview by Microsoft - at the end of last month, it's been widely expected that Windows 8 would arrive this year.

“The last thing Microsoft wants to have is a situation where there are no compelling Windows tablets at a time when the new iPad looks like it’s going to be a good seller for the holidays,” Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg told Bloomberg.

Dell is one of several manufacturers which has already suggested it plans to release Windows 8 tablets by the end of the year.

"We have a roadmap for tablets that we haven't announced yet," chief commercial officer Steve Felice told Reuters. "You'll see some announcements... for the back half of the year."

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iPad teardown reveals Samsung still in favour

Apple's new iPad uses chips made by Samsung, Qualcomm and Broadcom other semiconductor makers, according to a firm that cracked open one of the devices.

The newest iPad went on sale this morning in the UK, but teardown firm iFixit got hold of a device in Australia and took it apart to reveal its inner workings - and despite Apple's patent disputes with Samsung, the company is still providing plenty of iPad parts.

The model used by iFixit contains a Samsung-manufactured display, although a source familiar with the device's components told Reuters this week that Samsung and LG will both supply their liquid crystal displays for the iPad.

The iPad includes a Qualcomm LTE cellphone chip as well as a Qualcomm wireless modem for 3G and 4G. Broadcom supplies a semiconductor handling wireless tasks such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, according to iFixit.

The iPad's new A5X application processor is based on energy-efficient technology licensed from Britain's ARM Holding and is manufactured by Qualcomm, as in past Apple devices.

A NAND flash memory chip is supplied by Toshiba, while Japan's Elpida provides the DRAM chips.

Apple doesn't disclose which company makes the components that go into its smartphones, and insists its suppliers keep quiet.

Analyst caution

Analysts recommend caution in drawing conclusions from the teardowns because Apple sometimes uses more than one supplier for a part. What is found in one iPad may not be found in others.

Still, teardowns remain a key source of information for investors interested in betting on Apple's suppliers, and a point of interest for Apple consumers.

"There are a whole lot of hedge funds out there that like to shoot first and ask questions later," said Alex Gauna, an analyst at JMP who covers technology stocks.

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SOPA’s father gets a not-so-subtle warning

With America’s largest Internet providers only weeks from their next attempt at curbing copyright crimes by way of a coast-to-coast anti-piracy campaign, opponents of online censorship are taking their own message to the streets — literally.

At least 120 supporters have pledged a total of $15,111 by Thursday afternoon, more than enough to fund a billboard that will be erected above an avenue in the State of Texas district that is represented by Lamar Smith, the same lawmaker who introduced the failed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
Although Representative Smith’s SOPA was killed in Congress, advocates for an open Internet still have concerns over how a partnership between Washington and Hollywood could crush the World Wide Web through other attempts at censorship. Even with SOPA and the Protect IP Act put aside, copyright violations and hacktivism continue to be topic widely debated on Capitol Hill and now the nation’s top ISPs plan to roll-out policies this summer that could cause alleged copyright criminals to have their own Internet privileges wiped away. In order to combat this and other potential ploys that would add government-sanctioned eyes over the Web, activists have successfully raised more than $15,000 to fund a billboard in Rep. Smith’s district, which includes the cities of Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
Co-opting a slogan synonymous with the Lone Star State, “Don’t mess with Texas,” the men behind the message have remixed the rally cry to read something more appropriate — the billboard, the design of which has yet to be settled on, will decry “Don’t mess with the Internet.”
If you’ve followed the fight against online censorship closely over the last few months, you shouldn’t be too surprised to learn that the billboard campaign was created by Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of the popular website Reddit which was instrumental in orchestrating a protest movement earlier this year against SOPA and PIPA. Mashable.com reports that Ohanian came up with the idea just this week while brainstorming with others at a get-together at the South by Southwest conference in Austin.
“(The party) was a chance for all of us who have been talking about protecting the Internet to get together in a more relaxed setting,” Ohanian says. “There’s still plenty of work to be done. Now we can work together to protect our online rights, because nearly all of us in America value our freedom online and, well — we don’t want it messed with.”
Utilizing Crowdtilt, a website that allows an audience to donate funds towards practically any type of project, Ohanian and his associates managed to raise more than enough money to make the billboard scheme a reality in only a matter of days. He adds that even weeks after a massive Internet blackout endorsed by Reddit and Wikipedia earlier this year, he’s “really pleased” by the concern that is still rampant among Internet users skeptical of the government’s next move.
Before tossing in the towel with SOPA, Rep. Smith said, “It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.” After a massive campaign made enough waves to force Washington to reconsider, Ohanian adds that more and more congressman are already siding with the online community advocating against increased censorship.
“There are now many more representatives and senators whose ear we have. The tech community is being asked what we’d like. . .we’re working on an online bill of rights — we’d like to codify the rights we enjoy offline to rights we can enjoy online,” says Ohanian.
Ohanian adds that he will be using suggestions and contributions from the Reddit community to help decide on a final design for the billboard, which was brainstormed with the help of the website’s co-founder, Erik Martin, and Holmes Wilson, co-founder of FightForTheFuture.org.

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