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- Quad-core CPU for $99 ... from AMD
- The Athlon II X2 comes with 1MB...L2 per core. It's too bad they didn't use 1MB per core for the X4.2M divided by 4 is 512KNope, it comes with 2MB of L2, divided by 4 cores gives us 512K per core.Adrian has it right.BradDid you read his Post?He said "Too...
- Tags: Network technology, money saving, quad-core CPU, Adrian, DDR3, motherboard, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., chip, HyperTransport, DDR3 RAM, CPU
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Nehalem-EX - 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.3 billion transistors, very cool!
- Nehalem-EX - 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.3 billion transistors, very cool!Um, that should be good enough I guessntIntel needs to spec a backplaneIt would be nice if Intel would speck out an 8x backplane that processor modules could plug into. That way multiple manufactures could build compatible modules and backplanes.With...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Processors, Servers, Network technology, Nehalem-EX, transistor, processor, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-27
- AMD pushes Phenom II X4 to 3.2GHz
- AMD will give its Dragon desktop platform a boost today with the release of faster Phenom II X4 quad-core chips. The new platform, which also includes the ATI Radeon HD 4890 GPU announced earlier this month and an updated version of its OverDrive utility, is geared toward enthusiast and gamers....
- Tags: Quad-core, Memory, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Phenom II X4 955, Radeon 4890, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- AMD's new dual-core chips feature Phenom design
- AMD has released its first dual-core processors based on a design that is similar to that of the Phenom quad-core processors. The Athlon X2 7000 series is designed for budget desktops. Until now, the dual-core Athlon processors were based on an older K8 design, while the triple-core...
- Tags: Desktop, Dual-core Processor, AMD Athlon, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Athlon X2 7000 Series, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-12-15
- Details of AMD's Phenom II desktop chips keep leaking out
- Details of AMD's Phenom II desktop chips keep leaking outIntriguingI am definately intrigued by those performance figures. If AMD can pull it off it may just be my next platform of choice. I have been looking for a decent quad core rig to replace my current dual core, and didn't...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, desktop, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Phenom II, chip, AMD Phenom, desktop chip
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
- How Intel's Nehalem will benefit AMD
- How Intel's Nehalem will benefit AMDinteresting Paul...I hope you are right. I'd like to see AMD coming back to life. I personally don't care too much if Intel stays ahead of Intel. What I would like is that AMD becomes able to offer a good price/value product. Until now, AMD...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, benefit, Xenon, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Intel Nehalem, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition
- In the last few months you may have seen previews and news stories regarding Intel's new Core i7 desktop processor family, formerly known as Nehalem. Today, we're able to publish our impressions of Intel's new chip and ultimately its new platform. We've selected the flagship, $999 Core i7-965 Extreme Edition...
- Tags: Chipsets, Corporate governance, Processors, Semiconductors, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Intel Corp., CPU, motherboard
- Product reviews 2008-11-03
- AMD announces Puma laptop platform, Mobile Radeon 3800 GPU
- Located in the PC component capital of the world, Computex has become the tradeshow for chipsets, so it's no surprise AMD chose to announce its new mobile platform here in Taiwan today. (You can watch the press conference here.) Known by its code-name Puma, the platform itself doesn't have a...
- Tags: Mobile, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, Radeon, GPU, Puma, Radeon 3200, Puma Platform, ATI XGP, Chipsets, Notebooks, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?Is "asset smart" the new term for "fabless"?Is the term "asset smart" another way of saying, "Fabless"? I mean, "Fabless" does have a negative connotation to it. "Asset Smart" sounds new and fresh and exciting. I like it !!! Perhaps it means...
- Tags: Video cards, Semiconductors, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., graphics, chip, Intel Corp., graphics chip, new roadmap, Puma, asset
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?
- AMD has revamped its server processor roadmap with plans to jump to six and then 12 cores in the first half of 2010, but the larger question is whether the company can actually deliver. Given that AMD has had a hard time delivering its quad-core chips and...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asset Management, Manufacturing, Processors, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- AMD can't get to 45nm fast enough. A 12-core package?
- If there was a bright spot in AMD's first quarter, it was the new PC and graphics products that have either recently shipped or are in the pipeline for 2008. Barcelona, the company's quad-core design manufactured using a 65nm process, bombed last year. Meanwhile, Intel is minting millions of 45nm...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- AMD Phenom X4 9850
- From a do-it-yourself perspective, we're mostly unimpressed with AMD's new 2.5GHz Phenom X4 9850 quad-core desktop processor. This $235 CPU comes in only $10 less than Intel's comparable quad-core chip, but with noticeably slower performance on almost every one of our tests. Even the new Phenom's unlocked multiplier, which enables...
- Tags: Performance management, Processors, AMD Phenom, X4 9850, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Phenom X4 9850, performance, Intel Corp., chip
- Product reviews 2008-03-27
- AMD releases Quad and Triple core Phenom processors
- [UPDATE: Are triple-core Phenom processors just failed quad-core units?  I've been asked this question several times today and to get a definitive answer I approached Scott Carroll, AMD Public Relations, for an official response. Me: "Scott, are triple-core Phenom processors just failed quad-core units?" Scott: "No...
- Tags: AMD Phenom, Performance, Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- AMD Shanghai won't get HyperTransport 3
- HyperTransport 3 which was once slated for AMD's Barcelona server processors seem to be delayed again on Shanghai until some time in 2009 when it finally arrives for the "Montreal" quad- and octal-core CPUs. According to page 21 of Mario Rivas' slides, the roadmap clearly indicates AMD's first 45nm processor...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., HyperTransport, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- iSuppli: Intel still top chipmaker in '07, AMD drops
- iSuppli: Intel still top chipmaker in '07, AMD dropsAMD not even in top ten?OUCHiSuppli: Intel still top chipmaker in '07, AMD dropsThis sucks, does this mean I should hold off before getting that AMD X2 5000+ black edition?This is the quietest I have seen any story about AMDHmmm, I wonder...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., still top chipmaker, iSuppli Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-28
- AMD launches unusual triple-core Phenom
- AMD launches unusual triple-core PhenomSo, are these really.......quad cores where one core failed? Not a bad strategy, taking a page from Intel's playbook.If it works, use itI have always been a fan of the AMD processors, and rightly, I would be very open to buying a tri-core AMD processor...
- Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Phenom, quad-core, chip, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Leaked - AMD Barcelona versus Intel Clovertown and Tigerton
- [UPDATE 9/10/2007 - My leaked extrapolated scores below are now officially confirmed on SPEC.org for Integer and Floating Point. Since I only had two significant figures on percentage gain to work off of from the leaked slides, I was off by up to 0.3 which is to be expected. AMD's official Barcelona launch announced newer scores...
- Tags: Performance, Barcelona, Slide, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- Bias and Kanter's Intel CSI analysis
- Early last week a guy named David Kanter at Real World Technologies released a careful analyis of Intel's planned common systems interconnect CSI and its associated integrated memory controller IMC technology. One of the earliest comments on this came from zdnet's own George Ou who provided a quick...
- Tags: P6, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Analysis, Intel Corp., David Kanter, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-09-09
- Details of Intel CSI "QuickPath" released
- Details of Intel CSI "QuickPath" releasedHyperTransport 3.0?George, thanks for the analysis on CSI. It seems that at a macro level, Intel is behind AMD on design, but compensates in other areas. Is Tigerton Intel's final effort to have a Front Side Bus x86 design that scales like AMD Opteron? And...
- Tags: Sorry-it, David Kanter, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CSI, Intel Corp., HyperTransport, Tigerton Intel
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
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