12 Results for "CPU"

Apple intros 8-core MacBook Pros for busy music producers

Eight-core configurations are accessible on the 15-inch MacBook Pro, starting at USD 2800. It's a significant upgrade in power for music producers.

Thunderbolt 3 for everyone! Intel finally pulls their finger out.

Intel has removed the royalty on Thunderbolt 3 and opened the flood gates for consistent Thunderbolt 3 ports on everything. Compatible with USB it's coming built into the new Ice Lake processors.

Intel Core i3 shortage may drive up prices on budget music production laptops

Considering buying a new music production laptop this year? With CPU shortages expected to drive up prices on i3-based budget models, we offer some advice for planning your next purchase.

Intel series 9000 processors spec’d and i9-9900K benchmarked, release due in October

The new Core i9 with 10,718 points is about 17% faster than AMD's pretender with a 9147 result. Intel's top-shelf CPU, the Core i7-8700K, racked up 7918 points, which calculates to a 25% performance difference.

Intel 8-core Coffee Lake CPU surfaces primed for a fall 2018 release

Intel is going to release an 8-core, 16-thread mainstream Coffee Lake processor in the fall. The processor made an appearance in the SiSoft Sandra database, clocked to a modest 2.6GHz.

Apple Mac Pro 2018 rumours: An all-new modular Mac with easy upgrades in the offing?

The new Mac Pro has already been in the works for some time and could be showcased in June at Apple's WWDC event, envisioned as the highest-end desktop system in the Apple line-up.

Intel intros 6-core Core i9-8950HK laptop CPU with improved multi-core performance

Intel officially launched its latest high-end Coffee Lake Core i9 laptop processor. Likely to go into next generation MacBook Pros, the CPUs are made on a 14nm process and have six cores.

NAMM 2018: can ELK become the Android of musical instruments?

Hailing from Sweden, MIND Music Labs introduced a Linux-based operating system - a MOS (Music Operating System) designed for low-latency audio, running on pretty much everything with a chip in it.

Could the iMac Pro be user-upgradeable after all?

A full teardown of the new iMac Pro reveals that the CPU and RAM could be relatively easy to upgrade after all, but storage and graphics are perhaps another story.

Intel CPU security flaws: What “Meltdown” and “Spectre” may mean for your DAW

Panic ensues as security problems are reported on first Intel and now AMD and ARM processors. Patching "Meltdown" and "Spectre" at OS level could mean a performance hit of up to 30% - but is this true?

Can Intel’s 18-core Core i9 CPU models revolutionise music production?

With a teraflop of processing power can the new Skylake-X Core i9 processors give us the grunt we need to take our productions into the future?

Stealth Delay plug-in sneaks in from PolygonSheep

Stealth Delay is a clearly laid out and workable plug-in with bonus effects, filtering and modulation that does exactly what it says on the tin. It shouldn't be stealthy, it should be lit with neon lights!