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- Intel cuts Core 2 and Xeon prices
- Intel keeps piling the pressure on AMD with yet another round of price cuts. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Dual-core, Quad-core, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- AMD Phenom gets (a little) faster
- AMD has rounded out both the high and low ends of its desktop processor line with three new Phenoms. Though the chips have the same basic design, they are targeted at very different audiences by virtue of frequency, power consumption and price. The Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition--now AMD's fastest...
- Tags: Desktop, AMD Phenom, Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., HotHardware, 9950BE, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Today we see AMD release three new high-performance quad-core desktop processors.
- Today we see AMD release three new high-performance quad-core desktop processors. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Desktop, AMD Phenom, Quad-core, High-performance, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Leadership, Processors, Digital Media, Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Hammering a dual quad-core Xeon system
- Hammering a dual quad-core Xeon systemexcept those MPEG-2 still take up 2-3 times more HD space...as the MPEG-4 for the same quality... if you are actually going to take the time to rip all your DVDs... for me it was about 400 DVDs, you might at well take the time...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Digital video, Digital media, Media players, Digital music, quad-core, Try Super, Archos, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-05-26
- Hammering a dual quad-core Xeon system
- The other day I wanted to test out the viability of simultaneously transcoding six DVDs to six separate .MP4 files suitable for my iPod touch. So I loaded a few software utilities onto a dual quad-core Xeon system and put it through its paces. How did this system cope with...
- Tags: Quad-core, ISO, Intel Xeon, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Iso standards, Processors, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Quality, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- Digital Media Converter Pro (exe)
- The ultimate video and audio conversion tool. Supporting more formats than any other conversion product. Now you can organize and batch-convert all your video and audio files among VCD, DVD, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP3, 3GP, MOV, WMA, WMV, DVR-MS and WAV formats. Making VCD and DVD files is simple, and...
- Tags: DeskShare, VCD, Quad-core, Video, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Media Center PCs, Digital Video, Digital Media, Processors, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-05-20
- Quad-Core Processors Bring Higher Performance and Lower Cost to Mainstream Computing
- This in-depth study shows how Intel has created a market-leading processor family built on quad-core technology with a first-to-market advantage. Leading hardware and software vendors have expressed and exhibited full support. Early tests by a significant cross section of end users have proven the value and efficacy of the architecture....
- Tags: Performance, Quad-core, Quad-core Processor, Computing, Processors, Server Virtualization, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Servers
- White papers 2008-05-13
- AMD announces low-power quad-core chips
- AMD announces low-power quad-core chipsPaging George Ou, stat!ntAh, good old "Fake-o-watt" numbershttp://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/06/amd-power-numbers-exposedRE: AMD announces low-power quad-core chipsIf you are going to "remind" readers about the Intel products in an AMD review in my opinion not an objective move at least state the pricing and availability so that we can compare...
- Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., low-power quad-core chip, quad-core chip, quad-core
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- AMD announces low-power quad-core chips
- Advanced Micro Devices announced the availability of low-power quad-core Opteron processors this morning for servers. The new HE (high-efficiency) processors have a thermal envelope of 55 watts, compared to higher thermal envelopes of 105 watts or 75 watts for other AMD quad-core server processors. ...
- Tags: Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Prices, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- After a slow start, quad-core is catching on
- After a slow start, quad-core is catching onThose C.P.U are useful only for a few thingsPersonnaly, the only reason i will buy a Quad core CPU is to run virtual machines.Paravirtualisation solution such as Zen or the upcoming Windows Hyper V.Call me John Lennon then"I don't think anyone had imagined...
- Tags: Processors, quad-core
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- After a slow start, quad-core is catching on
- This week AMD is expected to announce that it has sold more than 1 million quad-core processors, according to the site TGDaily. That sounds about right since the company previously said it had shipped 500,000 in the first quarter, and 400,000 in the fourth quarter last year. AMD announced its...
- Tags: Desktop, Hard Drive, Quad-core, Memory, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Velocity Micro Edge E2250
- The Velocity Micro Edge E2250 is a well-rounded $1,999 midrange performance PC. What it is not is the best gaming PC at this price, as much as its overclocked quad-core chip and SLI-capable motherboard want you to believe otherwise. The overclocked chip especially helps this system's multimedia performance, but its...
- Tags: Processors, Games, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network technology, Velocity Micro, Velocity, Velocity Micro Edge E2250, Edge E2250, Dell Computer Corp., quad-core
- Product reviews 2008-05-01
- AMD's 45nm chips to hit faster speeds?
- An update to my post earlier today on Shanghai, AMD's 45nm processor due around the end of this year. The site Fudzilla says internal data shows the quad-core desktop version, code-named Deneb, can reach speeds as high as 3.2GHz. The fastest 65nm Phenom X4 has topped out...
- Tags: Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Intel cuts quad-core prices
- Intel cuts quad-core pricesI want to see price cuts from AMD!:)And AMD should release AMD Phenom 9100e as soon as possible! :)
- Tags: quad-core, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Intel cuts price of quad-core Q6700 by 50%
- Intel cuts price of quad-core Q6700 by 50%OUTSTANDING and great for all consumers.I love news like this.Time to build a new machine.I wonder if AMD can survive?Thanks AMD!I mean ... let's be honest... Intel wouldn't even have a Quad Core... much less lowering prices... if it were not for AMD...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Q6700, Intel Corp., quad-core
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Intel cuts quad-core prices
- Over the weekend, Intel cut prices on its high-volume quad-core desktop processors. Intel trimmed the price of the 2.40GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600 by 16% from $266 to $224, and chopped the price of the 2.66GHz Core 2 Quad Q6700 by a whopping 50% from $530 to $266. ...
- Tags: Quad-core, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Dell rolls out AMD quad-core servers; AMD lands VMware certification
- Dell rolls out AMD quad-core servers; AMD lands VMware certificationIts a shame...that Dell pulled AMD from their consumer line of computers and you can only get them in the business models. Seems like Dell likes to make their AMD powered computers to have less available features than the...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Quality, server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Dell Computer Corp., computer, VMware Inc., quad-core
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- Dell rolls out AMD quad-core servers; AMD lands VMware certification
- AMD plans to announce Wednesday that Dell is offering five quad-core Opteron server platforms and that the chipmaker has received VMware certification. Adding Dell to the fold brings the total number of OEM AMD quad-core systems to 13. Dell's AMD lineup is already surfaced on the PC...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Certification, Quad-core, AMD Opteron, VMware Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- At last, AMD ships quad-core Opterons
- At last, AMD ships quad-core OpteronsPaging George Ou...ntLooking forward to the PhenomI'm looking forward to the "fixed" Phenoms. I'm ready to build a new PC and don't want to buy anything from Intel.Also, I want a TRUE 64 bit chip, not the 32 bit faking 64 of a Core2.Like...
- Tags: Processors, 64-bit, Network technology, quad-core, register, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., processor
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- At last, AMD ships quad-core Opterons
- After significant delays caused by a design bug, AMD is now shipping quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors in volume. Barcelona processors were delayed back in December of last year because of an L3 cache bug which caused applications to fail. Rather than ship processors containing the bug, AMD...
- Tags: Quad-core, Barcelona, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
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