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Sapphire builds Intel 'Sandy Bridge', USB 3.0 motherboards

Posted January 11, 2011 - 11:33 am

AMD and ATI GPU stalwart Sapphire has announced it is building a range of Intel motherboards. The Intel products are all being made by Sapphire in Taiwain, and will be available direct from the company.
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Intel's New Core i7 and Core i5 Processors Explained

Posted September 8, 2009 - 8:04 am

Intel's two new Core i7 CPUs (860 and 870) are mid-range counterparts to its top-of-the-line Core i7 900-series chips, and initial tests (using Intel's new DP55KG motherboard) indicate their performance follows suit. Our early tests also show the new entry-level Core i5 750 is the one to watch when it comes to best bang for your buck.
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Rackable puts desktop CPUs in low-cost servers

Posted January 22, 2009 - 9:53 am

Rackable Systems is using desktop PC components for a new, low-cost server architecture called MicroSlice
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Intel cuts quad-core chip prices by 40 percent

Posted January 19, 2009 - 8:28 pm

Intel on Monday announced price cuts across a wide range of chips used in mobile and desktop PCs, including cuts of up to 40 percent for its quad-core chips.
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AMD wants to make small laptops cheaper with Yukon

Posted January 6, 2009 - 9:44 am

AMD hopes to undercut prices of expensive ultraportable laptops with mobile chips it is expected to introduce on Tuesday.
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Intel calls EU antitrust probe 'discriminatory and partial'

Posted November 27, 2008 - 8:47 pm

The European Union's antitrust investigation of Intel is "discriminatory and partial," the chip maker complained in an action that's detailed in a recent edition of the EU's official journal, saying it's not being permitted to properly defend itself against the charges.
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AMD looks to purge past chip problems with Shanghai

Posted November 13, 2008 - 11:16 am

AMD hopes to move beyond past chip blunders with the Thursday launch of its latest quad-core Opteron processor, code-named Shanghai.
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Windows Server 2008 R2 to support up to 256 CPU cores

Posted November 6, 2008 - 3:52 pm

Microsoft Thursday said the next upgrade of its Windows Server operating system will scale up to 256 logical processors.
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Time working against AMD's asset-light plans

Posted August 25, 2008 - 8:25 am

As part of AMD's efforts to recover from the damaging delay of its Barcelona quad-core processor in 2007, the chip maker wants to spin off its two manufacturing plants, called fabs, as part of a strategy called asset light.
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Intel drops Centrino Atom brand after five months

Posted August 14, 2008 - 9:26 am

Intel has dropped the Centrino Atom brand after just five months, opting instead to use just the Atom brand across this part of its product line.
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PC industry scared netbooks may hurt laptop sales

Posted August 11, 2008 - 8:16 am

Advanced Micro Devices has no immediate plans to release a processor designed for low-cost laptops, sometimes called netbooks, saying its not yet clear whether or not growing shipments of these devices will cannibalize sales of mainstream laptops.
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Intel to release Nehalem laptop chips next year

Posted August 10, 2008 - 7:22 pm

Consumer laptops and desktops could get faster and more power-efficient when Intel releases chips built around its new Nehalem microarchitecture in the second half of 2009.
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Intel's Nehalem desktop chips to be called Core i7

Posted August 10, 2008 - 6:58 pm

The high-end desktop versions of Intel's Nehalem processor family will carry the Core i7 moniker when they are released later this year.
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Replace your laptop's CPU

Posted August 8, 2008 - 9:12 am

Saddled with an old, slow processor in your laptop? Ripping it out and subbing in a new one can result in an exceptional boost in speed.
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New AMD CPUs: Midrange speed, low power draw

Posted July 30, 2008 - 2:30 pm

AMD's latest Phenom CPUs are fast, but not the fastest chips around. That distinction falls to Intel's Core series of CPUs, which are 5 to 10 percent speedier, clock cycle for clock cycle. Still, the new units--the Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition, the Phenom X4 9350e, and the Phenom X4 9150e processors--cost less than Intel's most recent chips.
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Via's Nano processor tops Intel's Atom in first reviews

Posted July 30, 2008 - 8:43 am

Performance comparisons of Via Technologies' Nano processor and Intel's Atom chip conducted by several hardware-enthusiast sites Tuesday confirmed what many industry observers have long suspected: the Taiwanese processor company has produced a chip that outperforms Intel's offering for low-cost computers.
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Intel takes on embedded market with Atom chip

Posted July 24, 2008 - 9:55 am

Taking a jab at the embedded market, Intel on Wednesday said it was working on new x86 chips to use in devices ranging from consumer electronics to mobile phones.
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Intel slashes chip prices up to 31%

Posted July 21, 2008 - 4:17 pm

Intel Sunday announced that it has dropped the price of seven processors by up to 31%.
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Dispelled Intel rumor may disappoint gamers

Posted July 21, 2008 - 10:13 am

Intel announced prices for some of its latest, most powerful chips that might disappoint digital gaming enthusiasts because they're more expensive than reports had speculated.
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Intel Atom for netbooks costs 52% more than desktop version

Posted July 21, 2008 - 10:09 am

The popular Intel Atom microprocessors made for netbooks, or mini-laptops, costs 52 percent more per chip than the desktop version of the same processor.
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AMD takes on Intel with its own low-power chip

Posted July 20, 2008 - 7:17 pm

Advanced Micro Devices is developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, the company confirmed, quashing months of speculation that it had abandoned the project.
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EU levels new antitrust charges against Intel

Posted July 17, 2008 - 12:45 pm

The European Commission Thursday sent Intel a new set of antitrust charges, the second such charge list within a year, Europe's top regulator said in a statement.
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Intel faces new EU antitrust charges

Posted July 16, 2008 - 3:35 pm

The European Commission is about to slap new antitrust charges on Intel, this time for trying to squeeze rival chip maker Advanced Micro Devices out of some of Europe's most important technology retail stores, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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Intel saves batteries, pumps multimedia with Centrino 2

Posted July 15, 2008 - 9:23 am

Intel on Monday launched Centrino 2, its latest mobile platform, which the company claims will increase laptop battery life while delivering speedier performance and faster wireless connectivity.
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Researcher to demonstrate attack code for Intel chips

Posted July 14, 2008 - 8:47 am

Security researcher and author Kris Kaspersky plans to demonstrate how an attacker can target flaws in Intel's microprocessors to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of what operating system the computer is running.
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