AMD To Launch Dual-Core Opteron CPUs on April 21
News sources are reporting that AMD will launch its dual-core Opteron chips at an event on April 21st in New York City. The new Opteron 265, Opteron 275, Opteron 865, and Opteron 875 chips are designed...
View ArticleIntel's Second Generation Dual-Core Pentium D 900 "Presler" Details
According to Tom's Hardware, Intel has quietly started briefing manufacturers on the next generation dual-core Pentium D, previously codenamed "Presler". The CPU is manufactured using a 65 nanometer...
View ArticleDell Dimension XPS Gen5 and Other Dual-Core P4EE PCs To Ship Monday
On Monday Dell, Alienware and others will start shipping PCs with Intel's dual-core Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 840 processor. The product from Dell is called the Dimension XPS Gen5 and contains a...
View ArticleAMD Unleashes Dual-Core Opterons
Today AMD released three dual-core Opteron processors for the server market. Three more dual-core Opteron and four dual-core Athlon models are expected within the next two months. Today's chips are the...
View ArticleInterview with Hector Ruiz, CEO of AMD
CNET and CRN have published interviews with Hector Ruiz, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices. Some of the topics discussed include 64-bit computing, AMD's future plans, why Dell doesn't use AMD chips,...
View ArticleReview of the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processors
Several sites have just published reviews of AMD's new dual-core desktop processors, the Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and the Athlon 64 X2 4800+. See how these chips stack up against Intel's best in a variety of...
View ArticleSecond Generation Athlon 64 Motherboards Reviewed
Tom's Hardware has published a comparison and review of 10 second-generation Athlon 64 motherboards. These include the Abit Fatal1ty AN8, the Abit AX8, the Albatron K8X890 Pro II, the Chaintech VNF4...
View ArticleReview of the Intel Pentium D 820 and Pentium 4 670 Processors
Intel today released two new processors, the Pentium D 820 and the Pentium 4 670. The Pentium D 820 is a dual-core Pentium 4 running at 2.8 GHz. The major difference between the Pentium D dual-core...
View ArticleDual-Core PowerPC G5 Mac May Be Here Soon
Analysts are predicting that Apple will soon announce a Mac based on a dual-core Power PC 970 processor, known as the PowerPC 970MP. Some are saying that this announcement will be made at the WWDC...
View ArticleApple Switching From PowerPC to Intel CPUs
According to a CNET report, Apple Computer will announce on Monday that it is planning to move away from using PowerPC processors to using Intel and/or AMD processors in future computers. According to...
View ArticleAMD Launching Quad-Core Opteron in 2007
Executives from AMD today announced that they will start shipping quad-core Opteron processors early in 2007. Other planned features include per-core power management, improvements to the...
View ArticleIntel Ships New Pentium 4 Processors
Intel has started shipping seven new Pentium 4 processors. They include the 521, 531, 541, 551, 561, and 571 processors using 64-bit EM64T technology and 1 MB of L2 cache, as well as the new 3.8 GHz...
View ArticleReview of the AMD Athlon FX-57
GDHardware.com has published a review of the yet unreleased AMD Athlon FX-57 processor. The Athlon FX-57 is targeted at the ultra-gamer, and operates at 2.8 GHz using a 90nm "San Diego" core. The FX-57...
View ArticleReview of the Athlon 64 FX-57
AnandTech has published a review of AMD's new Athlon 64 FX-57 processor. Clocked at 2.8 GHz, it is the fastest single-core CPU available in the PC marketplace. See how it performs in a number of...
View ArticleCoverage of IDF Fall 2005
Tom's Hardware has published complete coverage of the Fall 2005 Intel Developer Forum (IDF). Topics covered include the new virtualization technology (VT), new dual-core CPUs, energy efficient CPUs...
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