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Has AMD busted itself trying to beat Intel?

Has AMD busted itself trying to beat Intel?Thanks to AMDI hope AMD makes it again. If they do not customers are actually the losers and back to Intel monopoly, high prices and back to Intel processor technology strangulation. Intel advancement in processor technology has been mainly due to AMD technology...

Tags: Research & Development, Processors, Semiconductors, Core 2, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-20

AMD dominates 4 and 8 socket at Linux World

AMD dominates 4 and 8 socket at Linux WorldIntel's fake quadcore is unsuitable for serverWoodcrest is a chip that has no place in the market.For massive clustered environment, people needs floating point performance and AMD's Opteron leads by 38% over Woodcrest in SpecFp_rate2000 (see SUN's press release).For transactional performance, you...

Tags: Processors, Core 2, Linux, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., quad-core, Woodcrest

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

Core 2 shortage eases, prices drop drastically!

Core 2 shortage eases, prices drop drastically!About time..I have four orders at work that I managed to get going now. One I have set to be a 6800 Extreme Edition.Are you really that excited over a new still higher than list price?Come on, putting an exclamation point in your...

Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Core 2

Discussion threads 2006-08-12

AMD/ATI, YouTube, GPL v.3, Dabble and more...

AMD/ATI, YouTube, GPL v.3, Dabble and more...You can't "design" for real world applications and gamesIf you're getting more frame rates for the top 10 games, there is no way around the fact that the Core 2 is a superior CPU. If you're getting lowest times for audio, video, and...

Tags: Games, GPL V.3, AMD/ATi, Core 2, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-07-28

Inside the Intel Core 2

We have a little more than a week to wait for Intel to release the new Core 2 range of CPUs. These are based on a new processor architecture, which, instead of just pumping up the CPU’s frequency, concentrates on increasing the number of instructions executed per clock cycle.The...

Tags: Intel Pentium, Core 2

Blog posts 2006-07-17

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Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!

Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!dre` typo, i think"...nothing I would lie better than to..."It's the cost, Adrianlook at the difference in price.if i paid that much for a "desktop" OS, you can bet that I'd convince myself it was faster ;)The other thing...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, workstation, Vista x64, Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, desktop, server, Vist-___

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

GE's Enterprise Collaboration Backbone

GE's Enterprise Collaboration Backbonesupport central at geChcuk Hollis from EMC just wrote another equally laudatory blog on what looks like the same thing: http://chucksblog.typepad.com/a_journey_in_social_media/2008/07/a-humbling-expe.htmlDoes anyone know where we can get more information? Have any of the Gartners and Forresters written about Support central?The article doesn't say...what is the core OS,...

Tags: collaboration, Enterprise Collaboration Backbone, Enterprise Collaboration, General Electric Co.

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam

Microsoft's search ambitions are its VietnamMicrosoft's search ambitions are its VietnamThe simple answer is no. Microsoft has Google envy? Since when? Google has been in constant decline for a couple of years now. Microsoft on the other hand has been growing. Their interest in search is...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., software

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam

Is Microsoft fighting an unwinnable war with its online business and search obsession? It's a valid question and one that needs to be asked. At some point you have to wonder if Microsoft's Google envy is its Vietnam. As Mary Jo Foley noted Microsoft's answer to its...

Tags: Business, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

GE's Enterprise Collaboration Backbone

General Electric, the venerable multinational that was founded in 1878 in New Jersey, have at their core a hugely sophisticated enterprise collaboration system that is arguably the largest in the world. I was able to see Dr Sukh Grewal, Manager of GE's 'SupportCentral' collaboration...

Tags: Backbone, General Electric Co., SupportCentral, Collaboration, Groupware, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-07-17

AMD CEO Ruiz out; Can Meyer turn it around?

Updated: AMD CEO Hector Ruiz has stepped down and the chipmaker has named chief operating officer Dirk Meyer as its new leader. The news comes amid the latest financial miss for AMD--a second quarter loss that missed estimates by a wide margin. Meyer's job: Restore credibility. According...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Product Momentum, Asset Management, Research & Development, Processors, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-17

EU files new charges against Intel

EU files new charges against IntelGreat news!!! We need competition on the merits for x86 processors.Without that, innovation will suffer and prices will rise. Absolutely great news!!!Same old cat fightIt's amazing how a core 2 duo chip could nail AMD this bad.I suppose, but, now AMD can file suit in...

Tags: Leadership, Processors, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

IBM: Big Blue beats expectations; raises full year guidance

updated: IBM, a bellweather that analysts have been watching as an indicator of the tech industry's economic health in the U.S., reported second quarter earnings of $2.8 billion, or $1.98 a share, an increase of 28 percent over the same quarter a year ago. Revenue was $26.8 billion, a 13...

Tags: Revenue, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-17

HP unveils Centrino 2 business tablet PC

The good people over at AVING USA have images of HP's new business tablet PC in the Korean market, the 'Compaq 2730p,' packed with Intel Centrino 2 power. According to pictures, the machine is loaded with a 12.1-inch WXGA LCD screen, Intel Core 2 Duo L9400 (1.86GHz)...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Centrino, PC, Tablet PC, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-07-17

MKN PerformanceMonitor (exe)

MKN PerformanceMonitor shows detailed information about system, I/O, and processor performance. It creates performance graphs for each installed processor, and the system I/O history. MKN PerformanceMonitor shows information about each processor core in the system, including the CPU usage, the KERNEL mode time, hardware processor usage, and the processor's current...

Tags: I/O, CPU, MKN Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-07-17

Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.

Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.Microsoft should buy AOL. Strips its ad business then buy Yahoo Search. Merge AOL and MSN into Yahoo take an 40% stake into one big content company. Have several board...

Tags: America Online Inc., AOL make-or-break, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?

Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?Microsoft tried to buy AOL...... and Steve Case turned down Bill Gates. He wanted to buy Time Warner and own a movie studio instead. (Anachronism alert.)But in this case Microsoft buying AOL makes more sense. Time Warner can throw...

Tags: America Online Inc., MicroAOL, Microsoft Corp., Microhoo

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Sony brings better pricing and more digital content from E3 2008

Sony announces a new price for the 80GB Core Pack PS3 for September. The PlayStation store will now deliver TV shows and movies--in standard or high definition--that you can watch on your PS3 or your PSP. 'Gran Turismo' gets its own TV channel, and we get sneak peeks at 'DC...

Tags: Sony Corp., Pricing Strategy, Digital Content, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Game Players, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, News, E3, Sony, Gaming

Videos 2008-07-16

Intel faces new antitrust charges in Europe: report

Intel faces new antitrust charges in Europe: reportRather moot, isn't it?Sort of like the US case against Microsoft after Netscape was already pushing up daisies, any fines assessed against Intel won't revive AMD. In fact, it's a good bet that any fines against Intel will show up on the...

Tags: Corporate law, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., new antitrust charge, antitrust charge, antitrust

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Sony's Centrino 2 laptop lineup

Details of Sony's new laptops have been trickling out for several weeks, but Sony held off on an official announcement to coincide with Intel's Centrino 2 launch this week. Sony introduced four new VAIO lines ranging from the 3-pound Z-series ultraportable with a 13.1-inch display to the...

Tags: Sony Corp., IBM zSeries, Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Intel Centrino, Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel Core 2 Duo, Series, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., SP1, SR Series, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-07-16