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Intel Says 6-Cores Not DelayedApr 21, 2009 - in News
Intel clarifies that 6-core 'Gulftown' processors not delayed from 2009 to 2010.
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IBM: Who Cares About Sun/Oracle, Anyway?Apr 21, 2009 - in News
Yesterday’s biggest news was Oracle’s purchase of Sun. Oracle swooped in and nabbed Sun right from under IBM’s nose, or so it seemed.
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Intel's 6-Core CPU Possibly DelayedApr 20, 2009 - in News
Looks as though Intel's "Gulftown" processor has seen a slight delay, now pushed back from its original Q4 2009 / Q1 2010 ship date.
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Oracle Buys Sun for $7.4 BillionApr 20, 2009 - in News
Hold everything, Oracle has agreed to buy Sun.
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IBM Says Alliance Set for 28nmApr 16, 2009 - in News
On the heels of Globalfoundries' 28nm hint yesterday, IBM is announcing that its entire bulk processing alliance is ready to manufacture using 28nm.
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Intel Sending out 32nm 'Westmere' SamplesApr 16, 2009 - in News
Westmere, the next evolution of the Nehalem architecture, appears to be on track.
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Phenom II: Unlocking Cores, Cache, And A Free LunchApr 16, 2009 - in Reviews
Some Phenom II X3 700-series processors can be unlocked, enabling the triple-core CPU's fourth core. The same goes for Phenom II X4 800s, enabling 2MB of L3 cache that'd otherwise bring the chip's total to 4MB. Should you even bother with these mods?
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AMD and Globalfoundries to Make 28nm PartsApr 15, 2009 - in News
In a recent interview, Globalfoundries vice president of manufacturing systems and technology Tom Sonderman said that the company plans to make GPUs using 28nm processes in the near future.
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Intel Q1 Revenue Down; Atom Sales FallApr 15, 2009 - in News
Intel report slumping Q1 numbers. Yep, we’re still in a recession.
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AMD Radeon HD 4890 X2's ComingApr 13, 2009 - in News
AMD clarified with press late last week about the immediate future of its line of Radeon HD graphics products, particularly the HD 4870 X2.
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Overclocking Core i7: Power Versus PerformanceApr 13, 2009 - in Reviews
A couple of weeks ago, we showed you how to best overclock your Phenom II to maximize performance and power consumption. This week, we run an Intel Core i7 920 at various clock speeds ranging up to 4 GHz with the same goal.
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Winners of Our AMD Overclocking Contest!Apr 10, 2009 - in News
After two months of intense overclocking, two champions have emerged victors of the AMD Virtual Overclocking Contest.
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AMD's 'Sabine' Platform Will Support DirectX 11Apr 9, 2009 - in News
Apparently, AMD's Sabine platform will support DirectX 11 and UVD Technology when released in 2011.
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AMD Launches Opteron Upgrade ProgramApr 8, 2009 - in News
AMD is trying to encourage server owners to upgrade their microprocessors, offering discounts for new processors.
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Intel's New Atoms: 2 GHz Z550, 1.2 GHz Z515Apr 8, 2009 - in News
As expected, Intel’s finally pulled the covers off of two new Atom chips.
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Intel Shows New Logos, Star Rating SystemApr 7, 2009 - in News
Intel has revealed its new logos for the entire line of its CPUs, as well as a new star ranking system.
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Intel Hints at Octa-Core CPUs this YearApr 7, 2009 - in News
In an interview with IDG News Services, Intel's Shannon Poulin gave an update on when the company will ship its first octa-core processor.
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Intel: Integrated Graphics is Where It's AtApr 6, 2009 - in News
Intel is telling developers to consider integrated graphics solutions. Yes, really.
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AMD Restructuring Costs RevealedApr 6, 2009 - in News
AMD’s cost cutting measures for this year have been brought to light in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Optimizing Your Phenom II Overclock For EfficiencyApr 3, 2009 - in Reviews
Today, we're running a Phenom II X4 at several different clock speeds (up to almost 4 GHz) in an effort to find the best ratio between additional performance and the resulting power consumption.Which speed is best?
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QOTD: Did You Ever Fry Your PC by Overclocking?Apr 2, 2009 - in News
Everyone wants to get the most for their money. This is no exception to Tom's Hardware readers.
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Nvidia Toots Ion Horn, Release Still On TrackApr 2, 2009 - in News
Nvidia reassured all today, including itself, that the Ion platform is still on its way.
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AMD: No 'Bulldozer' Anytime SoonApr 1, 2009 - in News
AMD's senior vice president and chief marketing officer Nigel Dessau said in a whacky blog post that the next-generation Bulldozer architecture will not be available any time soon.
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AMD Roadmap: New Athlon II's ComingApr 1, 2009 - in News
Accordording to recent AMD documents that we were able to see, AMD is planning to launch a new Athlon series sometime in June of this year.
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Tom's Hardware's Biggest CPU Shoot-Out, EverApr 1, 2009 - in Picture Story
AMD recently sent over two trays of processors for us to test. But they didn't say we had to benchmark them in a lab, or even indoors, for that matter. So instead, we're using two dozen of the company's Opterons to benchmark a different sort of hardware.
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QOTD: How Would You Change AMD?Mar 31, 2009 - in News
AMD, arguably the CPU company that's gone through the most significant changes in the last several years, has yet to scratch the surface of what it can really do.
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Intel Launches Nehalem Xeon ChipsMar 31, 2009 - in News
Intel has officially launched its latest Nehalem-based Xeon processors, the single-socket 3500 and dual-socket 5500 series for servers and workstations.
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Intel and Tom's Talk 'Nehalem' This Week!Mar 31, 2009 - in News
This Thursday and Friday, Tom's and Intel will host two major talks about Intel's Nehalem Xeon processors.
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Low-Power Face-Off: AMD's Athlon X2 Vs. Intel's Core 2 DuoMar 31, 2009 - in Reviews
What ever became of AMD’s low-power advantage? We took the Athlon X2 5050e dual-core CPU and faced it off against several Intel Core 2 models. Intel’s edge doesn’t come unexpected, but our comparison reveals some interesting details.
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Nvidia Looking to Buy Into VIA?Mar 30, 2009 - in News
Nvidia could be purchasing a chunk of VIA, which has the possibilities spinning around in our minds.