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A “Conservative” Estimate: Apple Will Sell 48 Million iPads in Calendar 2012

John Paczkowski in News on January 18 at 3:59 am PT

An awfully big number, but it still might be too small in the end.

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iPad 3 May Run Quad-Core Chip, Support LTE

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 13 at 4:09 pm PT

The iPad 3 has gone into production. That’s the word from Bloomberg, which says that Apple’s manufacturing partners are cranking out the device full throttle ahead of a March launch. Sources tell the publication that the third generation of the Apple tablet will run on a quad-core processor and boast a high-resolution display and LTE support — all features that have been rumored for months now.

Nvidia’s Jen-Hsun Huang on Superman Quad-Core Chip, Microsoft and Apple: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on November 22, 2011 at 12:12 pm PT

Look, up in the sky, it’s a processor that can leap tall tablets in a single bound.

HTC’s Next Tablet Will Be Quad Core

John Paczkowski in News on November 14, 2011 at 7:49 am PT

HTC’s next tablet will likely use Nvidia’s Tegra 3.

Nvidia’s Quad-Core Tegra 3 Ready, Asus’ Transformer Prime Almost Ready

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 8, 2011 at 9:20 pm PT

Although the Nvidia processor is ready, the Asus tablet won’t hit the market until next month. Phones running the chip are expected next year.

Nvidia’s Quad-Core Mobile Chip Makes Its Debut–On YouTube

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 29, 2011 at 10:26 pm PT

Ahead of the Computex trade show in Taiwan, Nvidia releases a YouTube video showing its quad-core mobile chip in action. The chip, known as Kal-El was announced back in February and is slated to start shipping on phones and tablets later this year.

Apple Rolls Out Quad-Core iMacs with Thunderbolt

John Paczkowski in News on May 3, 2011 at 6:45 am PT

The Apple Store went offline for an update Tuesday morning, returning a short while later stocked up with a new line of iMacs. The updated machines feature quad-core processors–ranging from a 2.5GHz Core i5 to a 3.4GHz Core i7, a new AMD Radeon HD graphics processors, a FaceTime HD camera, and the same 10Gbps Thunderbolt port that debuted in the new MacBook Pros earlier this year.

Aiming to Power Ever More Complex Graphics, Nvidia Plans Quad-Core Mobile Chip This Year

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

Not content to rest on its dual-core laurels, Nvidia said it will have a chip out later this year that combines four processing cores and 12-graphics chip cores to power, among other things, video with far better than HD resolution.

Operating Systems Offer New Choices in PC Shopping

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on October 28, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt Mossberg gives tips on purchasing laptops with the latest pre-installed operating systems in his annual fall computer-buying guide.

Apple Updates Mac Lineup, Announces Multitouch "Magic Mouse"

John Paczkowski in News on October 20, 2009 at 9:10 am PT

The Apple store went offline Tuesday morning and when it returned, it did so with a groaning board of new hardware, including a range of aluminum and edge-to-edge glass iMacs, new Mac Minis, a 13-inch unibody polycarbonate MacBook and a wireless, multitouch “Magic Mouse.”

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