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AMD to take on Intel with accelerated roadmap, native quad-coreJul 20, 2006 - in News
Following a rather sobering quarter result, AMD answers Intel's challenge and the intent to bring new processors faster to market than initially planned: The company announced during its Q2 conference call that it will launch 45 nm processors in the first half of 2008 or about six months earlier than expected by industry experts.
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Intel to launch quad-core processors in Q4Jul 19, 2006 - in News
Intel today said that it has notified its partners that it has accelerated the roadmap for its quad-core processors. The launch has been pulled from the first half of 2007 into the fourth quarter of this year - in time to compete with AMD's 4x4 platform. Intel also indicated that the Pentium brand will move into the value segment of PCs.
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Merom to top 50% of Intel notebook processors in Q1 2007Jul 19, 2006 - in News
Intel plans to raise the proportion of Merom to over 50% of its notebook processor shipments in the first quarter of 2007, making 64-bit dual-core models the mainstream in the notebook market, according to industry sources.
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TSMC and ARM announce power reduction on 65nmJul 19, 2006 - in News
While announcing the success of its design collaboration with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on the new 65nm low-power test chip, ARM indicated that shipments of its core processors will grow more than double to hit 4.5 billion units in 2010.
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Would You Buy A Core 2 Duo System Today?Jul 18, 2006 - in Reviews
AMD lost its leadership. Should we all dump our Athlon 64 systems? Here is a summary of opinions across our forums.
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Intel's flagship goes dual-coreJul 18, 2006 - in News
During its five years of existence, the Itanium processor never achieved the glory Intel was hoping for: Itanium has to deal with stiff competition and critics still call it the "Itanic". But Intel holds on to its problem child and sends it into another round: Montecito has two cores and, according top Intel, is twice as fast as the previous single-core.
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SGI claims 4.35 TB memory bandwidth on Itanium 2 serverJul 17, 2006 - in News
SGI said that it has built 1024-processor Altix 4700 system that has achieved a sustained memory bandwidth of 4.35 TB/s.
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Intel to launch dual-core Itanium 2 tomorrowJul 17, 2006 - in News
Intel has been sending out invitations to a product introduction tomorrow, Tuesday 18 July. While the invitation itself is worded in a very fuzzy, there appears to be little doubt that Intel will unveil its new dual-core Itanium 2 processor.
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Dell says XPS 700 will not ship overclocked after allJul 17, 2006 - in News
In a clarification this morning, Dell Computer communications specialist Liam Nguyen told TG Daily that the company's revised XPS 700, which will be featured with Intel's Core 2 Extreme processor on the day Intel makes its formal announcement, will not be available pre-overclocked by the factory after all.
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Tom's Hardware: Core 2 Duo smokes AMD's Athlon 64 X2Jul 14, 2006 - in News
Just about two weeks ahead of the official launch, Core 2 Duo's true performance capability comes to light. In tests conducted by Tom's Hardware Guide, Intel's new processor delivered stunning results, outpacing its AMD rival in almost every discipline. For the first time in about two years, Intel is offering a superior desktop processor that may cause more than just a headache for AMD.
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Game Over? Core 2 Duo Knocks Out Athlon 64Jul 14, 2006 - in Reviews
Hardly anything about Intel's new processor remains secret: Core 2 beats Athlon 64, period. Our in-depth analysis focuses on scaling, temperature, overclocking and power consumption.
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AMD ships first processors manufactured at CharteredJul 13, 2006 - in News
AMD today announced that it began its first revenue shipments of AMD 64 processors that have been manufactured at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing in Singapore
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Sun luring enterprise customers away from IntelJul 11, 2006 - in News
Sun today announced new AMD-based performance datacenter servers, which can carry up to 16 processors or up to 24 TB of storage space in one 4U chassis. The new models are squarely aimed at the Intel-based competition and Sun hopes that the sparkling AMD Opteron brand will once again fuel the firm's growth in the x86 server segment.
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No AMD K8L processor for AM3 socket until 2008, say sourcesJul 10, 2006 - in News
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has recently indicated that its new K8L processor for its next-generation Socket AM3 platform will not be available until 2008, according to sources at Taiwan-based motherboard makers.
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32-Core Processors: Intel Reaches For (The) SunJul 10, 2006 - in Reviews
What is the processor future like? Project Keifer could trigger a major core count increase, four threads per core, integrated memory controllers (yes!) and a ring-type interconnect for cores and L3 caches.
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Intel aims for 32 cores by 2010Jul 9, 2006 - in News
Five years ago, Intel envisioned processors running at 20 GHz by the end of this decade. Today we know that the future will look different. CPUs will sacrifice clock speed over core count: Intel's first "many core" CPU will run at only two thirds of the clock speed of today's fastest Xeon CPU - but achieve 15x the performance, thanks to 32 cores.
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Intel to launch dual-core Itanium 2 CPUs on 18 JulyJun 30, 2006 - in News
Intel plans to add its dual-core Itanium 2 CPU line, dubbed "Montecito," to to its current Xeon 5100 series (codenamed Woodcrest) and Dempsey processor offerings on 18 July, according to sources at Taiwan server makers.
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Gateway throws out PCs with single-core processorsJun 29, 2006 - in News
The third largest PC retailer in the U.S. today announced that all desktop PCs and "nearly" all notebook computers offered through its website now come standard with a dual-core processor.
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ to be priced in range of $139-160Jun 29, 2006 - in News
In an attempt to compete against Intel's plan to offer dual-core processors at competitive prices, AMD will add the Socket-AM2 Athlon 64 X2 3600+, a 2 GHz Athlon 64 X2 CPU that contains 512 kB level-two (L2) cache, in the fourth quarter of 2006, with the new part to be priced in the $139-160 range, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers.
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Intel to launch Xeon 3000 CPU for uni-processor serversJun 29, 2006 - in News
Intel's processor roadmap for uni-processor servers changed recently, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers.
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It's a 'three-peat' for IBM's BlueGene/L in the Top 500 Supercomputers listJun 28, 2006 - in News
If there is a Michael Jordan in the realm of supercomputers, then Lawrence Livermore Labs' IBM-powered BlueGene/L may be it. For the third consecutive time, it's wrested the #1 spot among the top performing supercompupters in the world, this time by an almost embarrassingly huge margin.
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Intel quad-core processors may see spike in power - sourcesJun 27, 2006 - in News
Yesterday, Intel released its fastest server and workstation processors ever at a power level we haven't seen in several years. But the "Core" architecture, which the new Xeon 5100s are based on, may not be the universal solution for the long term, as power consumption may top 100 watts once again when quad-cores arrive in early 2007, TG Daily has learned.
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Clearspeed updates 50 GFlops accelerator boardJun 27, 2006 - in News
Clearspeed today announced a new version of its Advance accelerator board. The device still delivers an estimated additional performance 50 GFlops, but now comes in a much smaller form factor that will allow more users and system builders to integrate the board into their workstations. Extra: Image Gallery
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Woodcrest launches Intel into a new eraJun 26, 2006 - in News
Intel today introduced the first processor based on its "Core" architecture: The Xeon 5100 rings in the beginning of the end of the Netburst architecture - a power hungry technology that was introduced more than five years ago and brought the company down to its knees. Core's mission is to restore Intel's competitiveness and lay the foundation for the firm's future.
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Xeon Woodcrest Preys On OpteronJun 26, 2006 - in Reviews
Intel must have craved this day: The Xeon 5100 at 3.0 GHz and 4 MB L2 cache launches today to decapitate the AMD Opteron. Our look under the hood explains what the Core 2 microarchitecture is capable of.
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AMD's quad-core CPU to consume dual-core powerJun 23, 2006 - in News
If AMD has its way, then Intel's performance-per-watt leadership claim may be short lived: The first quad-core Opterons, due in 2007 will consume the same power as today's dual-core processors, while AMD expects Intel to increase the power envelope when adding more cores.
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Asus selects Silicon Image's SteelVine storage processor for new motherboardJun 21, 2006 - in News
Silicon Image has announced that Asustek Computer has selected the SiI 4723 SteelVine storage processor for its digital home desktop motherboard, the P5W DH Deluxe.
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ATI to begin 80nm production at UMC later this yearJun 19, 2006 - in News
In addition to scheduling 80nm production at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for September, ATI Technologies will begin producing its graphics processor (GPU) on an 80nm manufacturing process at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) in the second half of 2006, according to industry sources.
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Dell site offering AMD processorsJun 15, 2006 - in News
Taking yet another step towards integrating the once-anathema AMD processors in its family of products, Dell has begun to sell Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 chips alongside it's own CPUs for Precision Workstations through its online store.
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Intel to launch "Core" on 26 JuneJun 13, 2006 - in News
Consider it official. Intel will be officially introducing the Xeon 5100 processor, the first version of a new generation of CPU's built on the firm's "Core" micro architecture on 26 June.