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- Penryn
- The code name for Intel's Core 2 microprocessors, based on a 45 nm process and Intel's "High-K"/metal gate technology. Penryn chips were introduced in 2008. See Core 2,...
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- MacBook Air gets Penryn and MBP17 gets minor bump
- MacBook Air gets Penryn and MBP17 gets minor bumpToo bad about the 17"All I can say is I won't be buying a new Macbook Pro until the 17" machines line up with the 15" ones. This minor bump is indeed too minor to warrant my attention.
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, MBP17, Penryn, MacBook Air
- Discussion threads 2008-10-15
- Decoding AMD's 45nm processor announcement
- After a dismal 2007, AMD is trying to regain its footing. The company made several technology announcements at a computer tradeshow in Hannover, Germany last week--including progress on 45nm processors. But it remains to be seen whether AMD can deliver on all of this, and be more competitive in 2008....
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Penryn, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Updated MacBook inherits Penryn processor
- Updated MacBook inherits Penryn processorTruly impressive!Great configurations for an unfortunately high price!ANd people wondered why Apple went with IntelPretty obvious to me why they switched to x86 CPUs from Intel.Was hoping for more...A redesigned form factor thinner MBPMulti-Touch Trackpad on MBs not just the ProsA redeisgned form factorFaster MBsA redeisgned...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Desktops, Apple Inc., Penryn, Penryn processor, Apple MacBook, processor, Updated MacBook, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Apple updates MacBook Pro with Penryn; Multitouch (updated)
- Apple updates MacBook Pro with Penryn; Multitouch updatedTruly impressive!Great configurations at an unfortunately high price!So...Maybe, just maybe, Apple knew what they were doing when they came out with the MBA. It doesn't dilute or cannibalize their other laptop sales.You don't put a V-8 in a Miata and you don't haul...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Notebooks, laptop computer, Multitouch, Penryn, Apple Inc., sales, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- MacBook Pro Penryn update imminent (updated)
- MacBook Pro Penryn update imminent updatedReason for not using PenrynAccording to Anandtech, a small form factor package is the reason for using Merom instead of Penryn:"The CPU used in the MacBook Air isn't your run of the mill mobile Core 2, instead it uses a new small form factor packaging...
- Tags: Chipsets, Notebooks, Semiconductors, MacBook Pro Penryn, Apple MacBook, Penryn, Apple MacBook Pro, chipset, CPU
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- MacBook Pro Penryn update imminent (updated)
- In reading the Apple teas leaves it appears that a MacBook Pro update is imminent. A source tells me that it's within-the-next-30-days imminent. Let's look at a few of the other hints: Apple last updated the MacBook Pro to Santa Rosa on 05 June...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Penryn, Penryn Chip
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Dell now offering laptops with Penryn, for a price
- Exactly one month after Intel released its first 45nm laptop chips, Dell is offering the Penryn processors on the XPS M1330, a popular thin-and-light with a 13.3-inch widescreen display. But you have to really look for it, and for now you'll pay a premium. The Tech Report...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Penryn, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- AMD doubters persist; Are they right this time?
- AMD doubters persist; Are they right this time?Talking Intel/AMD victory...is so subjective. If you look at Intel's desire - to be the only chip maker - AMD is victorious.If you look at solely IPS's then it's a toss up between INT and FP.I sell nothing but AMD. So...
- Tags: Processors, Performance management, Penryn, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Clovertown, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-14
- Penryn comes home for the holidays
- Intel is indeed planning to launch 45-nanometer Penryn chips this year, several reports say. News.com's Tom Krazit, for one, says to expect Penryn server chips to arrive before Thanksgiving. (Link: Here.)Intel appears to be using the relative health of the product family, which has been sampling to PC makers since...
- Tags: Processor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, John Spooner
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Intel: Penryn at the ready?
- Intel: Penryn at the ready?Not giving AMD any more room!!!Intel learned that if they let up, AMD will do a good job to knock down the goliath any chance they get. Granted, Intel had to have three major slip-ups to get AMD in the crowning position, but Intel...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Penryn, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-20
- Intel: Penryn at the ready?
- Some signs are pointing to an effort by Intel attempting to bring out its 45-nanometer Penryn processors during the fourth quarter. (And no, I’m not just messing around with the office's Magic 8 Ball.)Normally, when Intel is planning to introduce a processor early in the coming year, it Intel begins...
- Tags: Uncategorized, semiconductors, quad-core processors, multicore processors, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Desktops, Dell, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Intel's plan for Penryn
- Intel's plan for PenrynUseless for apps that don't use SSESSE is great for desktop apps like games and video processing, but is useless for most commercial server apps.Penryn will have a much bigger cache, which will help some business apps.For commercial workloads, Penryn looks like Intel applied similar concepts to...
- Tags: Servers, Penryn, SSE, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-29
- Intel's plan for Penryn
- Intel wants everyone to know that Penryn, its forthcoming family of 45nm processors, is more than just a shrink or adaptation of its Core Microarchitecture. Today the company unveiled some additional the details behind the new processor family, which will populate desktops, notebooks and servers during 2008. While Penryn is...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Penryn, Intel Corp., processor, quad-core, chip, notebook
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- What Intel's 45nm chips mean to you
- Intels forthcoming 45nm processor manufacturing process has metal inside. The chipmaker, for the first time, will substitute certain materials that it—along with the whole industry, in fact—has been using since the 1960s to make transistors. The work at this most basic level of semiconductor design and manufacturing is necessary to...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Intel Corp., transistor, Penryn Chip
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- Intel's 'tick tock' Penryn shrinking chips
- Intel's 'tick tock' Penryn shrinking chipsSpeaking of Tic Tock,...I searched the Web Looking for a Large Number StopWatch Clock that I could use on my Regular Windows XP Desktop, that I could run a Huge Overhead Display out of to show a Stop Watch or Time Elapsed to an Audience....
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Development tools, StopWatch, Penryn, Intel Corp., chip
- Discussion threads 2007-01-28
Additional Resources
- Netbook, notebook, or something else?
- Netbook, notebook, or something else?I believe it's MUMissouri and Kansas, in their wacky midwestern-ness, are called the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas but are abbreviated MU and KU. Crazy, I know.MU alumna, 1984It's the ecosystem that matters, not hardware per se.You simply need a common platform...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Net Book, netbook, notebook, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Super-slim MSI X340, Intel CULV coming this month
- Intel hasn't made any secret of its plans to release ultra low-voltage chips for relatively inexpensive, ultra-thin consumer notebooks. In last week's earnings call, CEO Paul Otellini said the company looked forward to the "new consumer ultra low voltage products which will enable many new thing and light notebooks at...
- Tags: Notebook, Battery, Intel Corp., Chip, MSI, X340, Engineering, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- Thoughts on migrating to a new Mac
- Thoughts on migrating to a new MacOne caveat about migrationThe new 15 inch MBP has only a Firewire 800 cable, so you are likely to need a FW400 to FW800 cable (which you'll be using later as you connect external storage, etc.)Migration may be done over the network, but I...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Network technology, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, new MAC, Jason, Migration Assistant, Ethernet
- Discussion threads 2009-02-15
- Thoughts on migrating to a new Mac
- Some tips from my experience migrating from a MacBook Pro (Penryn 2.4) to the new "unibody" MBP 15-inch. When migrating your data from one Mac to another there are three methods. Migration Assistant Apple's Migration Assistant software pictured is by far the easiest method to migrate...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Hard Drive Migration, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-02-15
- US Apple Store savings better, still hardly worth getting out of bed for
- US Apple Store savings better, still hardly worth getting out of bed forNot true...Home and Student Office is on sale for 30% off at Amazon, $69. Welcome to a weak economy, increased margin pressure from OO and GoogleDocs. TripleIIThat is true. But....If Apple really slashed the price of it's...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, object-oriented, Apple Inc., Apple Store
- Discussion threads 2008-11-28
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