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Nehalem - Not build for gaming

Nehalem - Not build for gamingIn the mid term more than two wore and intergated memory controller...will make a huge difference.Only for the graphic engine my professionnal specialty there is room for three or four concurrent RT threads; add to that AI, physics, GUI, sound processing.... and...

Tags: Games, Processors, Nehalem, Anandtech, game, processor

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

AMD ships triple-core Phenoms

AMD has begun shipping triple-core Phenom processors. The company had promised the Phenom 8000 series would ship by the end of Q1, so this seems to be a sign that AMD is getting things back on track. There is no press release on its site and the...

Tags: AMD Phenom, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Anandtech, Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-03-13

Intel christens Silverthorne as "Atom"

Intel has officially announced its new branding for the "Silverthorne" processor and the "Menlow" platform.  The Silverthorne processor will be called the "Intel Atom".  The Menlow platform will be called "Intel Centrino Atom".  The Intel Atom processor will be used in the Intel Centrino Atom platform.  The new Atom logos...

Tags: Anandtech, Intel Corp., Silverthorne, Atom Logo, Intel D201GLY2, Processors, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-03-02

XP SP2 vs. Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1: Gaming benchmark

XP SP2 vs. Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1: Gaming benchmarkI wonderOf those games, how many are optimized for DirectX 10?sigh . . ."Well, XP SP2 is still the better OS when it comes to gaming. ". . . except there's no DirectX 10.When I look at the scores, it's really...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Games, Anandtech, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, game, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

3G phone on a chip: Game changer?

3G phone on a chip: Game changer?3G phone on a chip: Game changer?You listening Steve Jobs?????????????Suitable for iPhone use nowSteve's objections, according to an interview in the WSJ, were due to integration for battery life and size. This appears to make 3G now be suitable.AnandTech has a really good...

Tags: Cellular phones, Games, Network technology, Semiconductors, WIRELESS, Anandtech, Game Changer, 3G, chip, game

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

Intel Quad Core CPU drops below $280!

Intel Quad Core CPU drops below $280!The sweetest spot in a whileThis article on AnandTechhttp://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2989&p=4highlights that the Q6600 will easily run at the new 1333 FSB on the P35 chipset easily outperforming the Extreme version QX6700 which is still $1000.AnandTech is of the opinion that once Intel figures this out,...

Tags: Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, Anandtech, Q6600, E6600, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU

Discussion threads 2007-07-23

sWaPing out the data center

sWaPing out the data centerDoes that come on PowerPoint?If you want to sell your idea, you need to put it in a format that those "data processing managers" can understand. As my own manager put it to me - put the major points on PowerPoint, and no more than 4...

Tags: Data centers, data center, Sun Microsystems Inc., Anandtech, Microsoft PowerPoint

Discussion threads 2006-04-03

AnandTech Builds Highly Scalable Web Site With Microsoft .NET Solution

AnandTech is a heavily-trafficked consumer information technology site that delivers extensive coverage of the latest computer hardware and IT news. The company wanted to reduce their Total Cost of Ownership TCO while improving scalability and uptime of their web site in order to support their fast-growing user community. Using only...

Tags: Web, Microsoft .NET, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Anandtech, Roi/Tco, Web Site Development, Microsoft Development Tools, Web Technology, Channel Management, Programming Languages, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Internet, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing, Management

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Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Nov/Dec 09

These are consistently your most useful columnsI really look forward to these, especially since I'm thinking about building a new video editing machine. One that can handle full frame 1080 24p h.264 video. I can transcode it with cineform but unless you're doing a lot of color work, it's...

Tags: Processors, Nov/Dec 09, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Best Kit List, Hardware 2.0, CPU, hardware, Intel Corp., motherboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

DRAM error rates: Nightmare on DIMM street

A two-and-a-half year study of DRAM on 10s of thousands Google servers found DIMM error rates are hundreds to thousands of times higher than thought -- a mean of 3,751 correctable errors per DIMM per year. This is the world's first large-scale study of RAM errors in...

Tags: DRAM, Error, DIMM, Hardware Failure, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-10-04

Intel: SSDs are coming

A MisnomerThe term "solid-state" is actually slightly off, if the intent is to distinguish a unit with no moving parts from one with moving parts. The term "solid-state", although it can be used informally to mean "no-moving-parts", actually refers to lack of vacuum or gas-based tubes, thereby implying the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Visual Studio, Storage, Intel Corp., SSD

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge

Here's something for the developers to do:Spend 100% of their time on the current windows, until it is bug-free, secure, and stable.Also for the next Win, don't change the UI again. Please.TLZTLZ must be TAR with LZMA. TGZ TAR with gzip would be more useful.hot air for a doomed productIf...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

AMD, Intel battle for the mainstream - how low can quad-core go?

Two stories about AMD jumped out at me this week. First, market researcher iSuppli reported that Intel had increased its share of the worldwide PC processor market, by revenues, to more than 80 percent--a level it hasn't reach in nearly four years. AMD lost share not because it is selling...

Tags: AMD Athlon, Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Athlon II X4, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Tests show Safari 4 "clearly the worst" for battery life

AnandTech just published an interesting set of test results that shows the browser you pick can have a significant effect on your portable computer's battery life. Author Jarred Walton tested 5 major browsers on Windows: IE8 Firefox 3.5.2 with and without AdBlock Chrome 2 ...

Tags: Apple Safari, Battery, Web Browser, Battery Life, Engineering, Web Browsers, Internet, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-09-12

Intel shakes up mid-range CPUs with Lynnfield Core i5 750, Core i7 860 and Core i7 870

Business Class PCs to get Core i5Last winter when the Core i7 was released, it was pretty much placed in high level consumer gaming PCs. Even the lower end Core i7 did not find its way into business class PCs.I would certainly like to see Lenovo and HP get working...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Processors, CPU, Virtualization Technology, Core i7, virtualization, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., socket, processor

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

SSDs are getting better, still not there yet

To date, the solid-state disk has been a tech mirage. The vision is great, but it always seems to be just over the horizon. SSDs have struggled to live up the performance promises, and they remain too expensive to provide any real competition to hard drives. But...

Tags: Performance, NAND, Intel Corp., SSD, Corsair, X128, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-07-23

JavaScript speed test: iPhone 3G S whips Palm Pre and Google G1

JavaScript speed test: iPhone 3G S whips Palm Pre and Google G1It is on par with the iPhone 3G v 3.0 thoughRegardless how much JS do you want on a phone with a tiny screen?also Anandtech's Wifi tests: iPhone beats Pre 20+%, beats G1 even morehttp://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3587Wow, great job Apple!My WM...

Tags: Scripting languages, OK IT, Apple iPhone, JavaScript Speed Test, Palm Pre, Google G1, Apple iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G S, JavaScript, Palm Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET

Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNETWhy measure boot timeHow often do you have to boot up a Pre?I would have called the last one a tie.On the third test, the iPhone user was faster better UI but AT&T network (typical...

Tags: 3G, Wireless LANs, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, Wi-Fi, Boot-time, Apple iPhone, speed test, Pre, Apple iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G S, Palm Inc., Palm Pre, network

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

What really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much!

What really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much!Y'know, I disagreeI understand Adrian's need to attract eyeballs and taking a deflationist view of Win7 in a world of gushing praise will no doubt help attract a lot of hits. HOWEVER, I think the wrong questions were asked.Instead of judging...

Tags: Operating systems, Well XP, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Flaw, Palm Inc., Mozilla Corp., Keyboards, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-06-15