Certainly, improvements in processor speed and so on, but no massive leap forward seems to be in the offing.
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The processor speed of the new flagship Powerbook is now 800 megahertz.
While processor speed often grabs the headlines, more important to the business success of chip manufacturers is the pricing of the chips and the ability to supply them.
For example, when you sign on for EC2 you go through a question and answer process where you decide on things like memory, hard drive space and processor speed.
And was immediately reminded that, after all, the computing experience is influenced by a wide range of technical factors, such as serial bus and memory configuration, rather than processor speed alone.
When computer memory and processor speed goes up the BLS assumes that the price of the computer goes down because you are getting a better machine even if that computer is still used for browsing on the internet and the machine that it replaced was perfectly fine for the job.
What this software does to overall system performance probably varies from machine to machine based on processor speed and version of Windows, but it is a very innovative marketing strategy to use what many users will consider as a missing feature in Windows 8 as a hook for a revenue producing app platform.
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And then there's the mysterious and often misunderstood processor clock speed, measured in megahertz, and now often in gigahertz.
The average road warrior wants a laptop loaded with megabytes of memory, a high-speed processor, a vivid color screen, a modem, a CD-ROM player, and plenty of disk space.
Its dual-core 1.3GHz high-speed processor makes it highly responsive, smooth and faster than Kindle Fire HD for a nimble overall experience that is 80 percent faster when it comes to graphics processing for smoother, faster animations, renderings, apps experience and more.
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It ignores the way the brain really works: as a high-speed data processor.
Alongside the HTC-made handset are an altitude and orbit control system, two propulsion setups and a Linux-based computer with a "high-speed" processor.
But Android vendors are going to press hard the argument that they represent the cutting edge of both mobile data download speed and processor performance.
Inside, the machine runs an Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) Pentium 4 processor with a clock speed of 1.7 gigahertz.
Under the hood, the existing pentaband 3G radio gives way to China's proprietary TD-SCDMA standard, and the ARM 11 processor gets a 20MHz speed bump to 700MHz.
Inside there's an Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people )-made Pentium 4 processor, the clock speed of which hasn't yet been revealed--though HP says it will be faster than 2 gigahertz.
As the initial wave of iPhone 5 reviews hit, it looked as if Apple's dual-core A6 processor was sporting a clock speed of around 1GHz.
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As mentioned, the rear camera module itself hasn't changed, but during our brief hands-on we did feel that it was benefiting from the extra speed of the processor.
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Thirty times my father dialed into its analog processor such variables as air speed, drift and altitude, then looked through its lens at the countryside and cityscapes of Germany and France a mile below.
The tablet phenomenon in the world today is bigger than the size of its memory chip, more awe-inspiring than the speed of its processor it is a wonder of our time, and in an ever more connected and computerized world, it may be the perfect tool for the industrious, creative, modern human.
Bowman expects this application, which was developed with Calgary Scientific, to be popular on EVO because its fast processor and 4G technology support will speed up the sending and receiving of detailed medical images.
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The highly responsive linear motor in the XF18-55mm lens combines with the high-speed signal readout of the X-Trans CMOS sensor and the EXR Processor Pro, to achieve a huge leap in AF speed and precision performance.
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Things like the number of computer instructions per clock cycle, the bandwidth of the RAM bus, and the overall efficiency of the architecture are at least as important as the raw clock speed at which a processor runs.
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Working together with the Live MOS sensor, the new Venus Engine FHD processor manages multiple signals at a high speed, making it possible to record high resolution consecutive shots and full HD video recording.
Clock speed is only one factor affecting processor performance, but it's one that consumers pay close attention to.
Clock speed is only one measure of processor performance, but it's one that PC buyers -- especially consumers -- tend to pay close attention to.
Like all digital products, mobile devices, including smartphones and tablet PCs, rely on high-speed memory to supply the main processor with essential instructions and frequently requested data.
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While able to speed up the work of the processor, Estrin-style, the reconfigurable logic is primarily intended to do the work that would normally be done by external chips.
Intel has had difficulty keeping up with demand for its higher speed Pentium IIIs, particularly its Coppermine processor, a 733 MHz Pentium III chip.
Equipped with a 1.2 GHz dual core processor, the GALAXY Core performs data intensive tasks with speed and ease.
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