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On [CPUs] Intel Multicore Architecture Briefing     sonoran 1 194 dragonspra​yer
03-19-2008 at 01:25 AM
On [CPUs] Opteron vs Althon vs P4 benchmarks     sonoran 24 97 Mephistoph​eles
07-26-2003 at 08:35 PM
On [CPUs] DOOM3 - real benchmarks     sonoran 13 82 Johanthegn​arler
09-02-2004 at 03:39 AM
On [CPUs] Is Intel too far ahead of its time?
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You mean like a completely new architecture, totally unencumbered by the legacy of x86? Sounds like a great idea! Oh wait - Intel already [...]
2   jaydeejohn 67 1449 jaydeejohn
10-20-2008 at 06:09 PM
On [CPUs] Watch out Intel here comes AMDhabi!!!!
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>>Given that Foundry Company’s capital spending budget for the next five >>years is forecast to be less than AMD’s capital spe [...]
4   jaydeejohn 181 2585 turpit
10-13-2008 at 07:05 AM
On [CPUs] AMD on track to report a profit for Q3
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FYI guys, Intel and AMD are pretty much at the bleeding edge of semiconducter manufacturing. When all that expensive FAB equipment is no lon [...]
    azza21 35 558 jaydeejohn
08-21-2008 at 12:30 PM
On [CPUs] Intel unveils new chip design to challenge AMD
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Something new? You mean like a completely new microarchitecture, wholly removed from the x86 32 bit extension of a 16 bit extension of an [...]
    enigma067 16 428 Mathos
08-20-2008 at 06:47 PM
On [CPUs] Tomshardware review: Intel Atom 230 vs Athlon 64 2000+
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I think you can safely assume development of the ATOM chip and platform did not stop when they released the first chip. And given the mark [...]
3   thunderman 104 1561 strangestr​anger
08-18-2008 at 09:57 PM
On [CPUs] The future of processors
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You are definitely on the right track - work those connections for all they're worth. Contact your friend's dad in a few months and ask hi [...]
    yadge 18 544 sonoran
08-06-2008 at 02:49 AM
On [CPUs] Hector Ruiz Steps Down \ TheStreet: AMD's Massive Losses Motor Along
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Nothing odd about it really, they just underestimated how high the demand was going to be. (Totally new market segment - who knows what dema [...]
    Technology​Coordinato​r 46 1092 FrozenGpu
07-19-2008 at 09:14 AM
On [CPUs] AMD Reveals Plan to Cut 10 Percent of Work Force
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If you worked at Intel you would remember it painfully well. To be honest, I'm surprised AMD didn't do this sooner. When the company's [...]
3   badge 109 1864 Just_An_En​gineer
04-13-2008 at 07:25 PM
On [CPUs] SOI
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Actually, those wafers you always see with partial chips on the outside edges are test wafers. The fab guys would know better than me, but [...]
    endyen 32 662 endyen
03-22-2008 at 02:19 AM
On [CPUs] EU Fines Microsoft $1.3 Billion, is Intel far behind?!?!
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Zen, to begin with, you're mixing up posts, and misunderstanding their meaning; doubled was referring to the person I replied to being o [...]
4   chunkymons​ter 183 3779 spoonboy
03-10-2008 at 06:28 PM
On [CPUs] Investing in AMD
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That depends on whether you're throwing money away gambling in a casino - or actually investing in one: ;)
2   nukchebi0 53 1260 caamsa
02-26-2008 at 05:41 AM
On [CPUs] Phenom Schedule Pushed Back Again
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Endyen, you seem to be suffering from selective memory. Prescott WAS hyped around here...until it actually got released. From that point o [...]
2   yomamafor1 81 1921 yomamafor1
02-04-2008 at 11:35 PM
On [CPUs] Intel QPI: AMD's HTT Hayday Numbered?
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Well, it *was* a niche market (less than 4% of server sales), back when going 4P meant you had to have a 4 socket motherboard. Now that yo [...]
    yomamafor1 30 1399 jimmysmitt​y
02-02-2008 at 12:28 AM
On [CPUs] AMD has plenty of Quad Opterons.....
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I'll leave it to people more in-the-know than myself to decide if there should have been a recall or not (?), but I don't believe AMD has [...]
    jimmysmitt​y 19 764 endyen
01-30-2008 at 08:31 AM
On [CPUs] AMD-IBM merger or out right buyout around the corner?
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No, it's not. The names 80386, 80486, etc are free for any and all to use, as it was ruled they could not be trademarked. The x86 instruct [...]
    shargrath 47 1759 aevm
01-26-2008 at 04:12 AM
On [CPUs] Another AntiTrust case against Intel
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That's pretty much how it went down, and the fact that their market share increased rapidly when they had the best product undermines the cl [...]
2   major_spit​tle 81 2711 lambofgode​3x
03-17-2008 at 10:43 AM
On [CPUs] Majority of real Phenom Users are Very Happy
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Actually, they could generate a GUID () for each line item on the invoice, and record each in a database. Email the GUID to the customer, an [...]
5   thunderman 242 5782 yipsl
01-28-2008 at 04:37 AM
On [CPUs] Intel undermines the $100 charity laptop Initiative (Shocking)
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An interesting report from a BBC reporter on the matter:
2   thunderman 75 3107 wolveriner​o79
01-09-2008 at 05:10 AM
On [CPUs] The Inquirer: How AMD turned Barcelona into a right royal mess
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Hey - maybe they should go get a copy of this: http://blogs.sun.com/dwaynelee/resource/amd_mc_processing.jpg Sorry - couldn't resist ta [...]
2   Technology​Coordinato​r 66 1990 Technology​Coordinato​r
12-13-2007 at 07:42 PM
On closed [CPUs] Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Phenom Fire - 140 Watts?
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All well and good, but what about 45nm? I doubt AMD is going to wait until late 2009 to upgrade their process technology, as they've alr [...]
5   Technology​Coordinato​r 240 5248 turpit
12-13-2007 at 12:51 AM
On [CPUs] Intel's Warranty on CPU's
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    papasmurf2​11 2 449 sonoran
12-11-2007 at 02:23 AM
On [CPUs] The CPU is dead! Whats next?
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Actually, I suspect your thinking is completely backwards. We're steadily headed towards SOC (System On a Chip). Soon CPU's will be able to [...]
    perzy 16 599 perzy
12-08-2007 at 09:34 AM
On [CPUs] Barcelona delayed again...
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There is a cost to not releasing a product on time. There is an entirely different cost to releasing a buggy product (a lesson Intel has lea [...]
    leo2kp 4 301 wolveriner​o79
12-07-2007 at 12:40 AM
On [CPUs] AMD Stock Plummets 25% in Response to K10 Release - Investors Scared
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AMD very well may return to profitability in Q4, as Q4 is always the best season of the year for CPU sales. Even if they do, I'm not sure if [...]
5   Technology​Coordinato​r 200 6926 UncleDave
01-31-2008 at 04:19 PM
On [CPUs] Hector Ruiz is a little biatch
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I guess Hector missed this announcement from 2005: (Intel enters billion-transistor processor era). For a CEO of a major CPU manufacturer [...]
    qurious69s​s 17 712 mongo1961
12-03-2007 at 08:38 AM
On [CPUs] So much has changed
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If you've built a computer before, there's no reason you can't do so again. Nothing about the process has gotten any harder. If you call the [...]
    alzarius 10 299 alzarius
11-30-2007 at 08:57 PM
On [CPUs] low TDP CPU wanted for specific application
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Silverthorne is what you want. Unfortunately it doesn't ship until 2008. :(
    justchill 17 1361 saljr
11-16-2007 at 07:52 PM
On [CPUs] Tigerdirect has the Penryns in stock NOW!!!
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Not sure where the "one year warranty" comes from, Intel provides a 3 year warranty on ALL retail box processors: Perhaps thes [...]
    qurious69s​s 36 1089 dashbarron
11-16-2007 at 05:38 AM
On [CPUs] AMD: Barcelona to outperform Clovertown by 40%. WOW!!!
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It would appear their simulator could use some further refinement. :lol:
2   qurious69s​s 88 3298 Sailer
11-18-2007 at 04:00 AM
On [CPUs] AMD pulls a rabbit out of their Agena hat
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Never, huh? :sarcastic:
4   BaronMatri​x 160 5310 bfellow
11-09-2007 at 09:28 PM
On [CPUs] Barcelona Availability Issues?
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So let's say (just pulling a number out of thin air here) that there's a 50% probability that a given core will do 2.0GHz. The probability t [...]
2   Technology​Coordinato​r 53 1824 NMDante
12-07-2007 at 08:40 PM
On [CPUs] Sharikou Pushes Back BK Prediction
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Should I run around yelling "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" yet? :D *** Not speaking for Intel Corp ***
    Technology​Coordinato​r 17 471 Technology​Coordinato​r
10-18-2007 at 04:19 PM
On [CPUs] P4 Prescott MAJOR overheating.
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Somewhere in the past couple of months you probably passed the point of dust accumulation where the heatsink can no longer keep the CPU be [...]
    Miles 9 558 Miles
10-01-2007 at 10:48 PM
On [CPUs] AMD wants us to breakfree
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Since half of you already have Intel tried and convicted, could one of you please provide some details on precisely what it was Intel did th [...]
3   cherie2298​4 123 6693 techguy911
08-15-2007 at 04:26 PM
On [CPUs] Here's Another Reason to Like Intel These Days...
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Yeah, it's not like we're putting evolutionary pressure on disease-causing bacteria, causing them to evolve into drug resistant strains or [...]
2   celewign 96 5575 VIC20
05-02-2007 at 03:44 AM
On [CPUs] Next-generation, high-performance processor unveiled...
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And if it won't run x86 code as well as today's machines it's probably already doomed to failure, except for niche markets.
    RichPLS 19 1695 DaSickNinj​a
04-25-2007 at 05:03 AM
On [CPUs] AMD's Rebound, from the horse's mouth
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Very amusing. He claims he's all for open competition, then whines repeatedly because Intel is competing with his company. And somehow Intel [...]
5   Twisted_Si​ster 238 19207 turpit
04-19-2007 at 06:15 AM
On [CPUs] Wolfdale 45nm Processor CPU-Z
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Hey folks - Sunday is April Fools day. Looks like an early one to me. :wink: BTW, does CPUZ really say SSSE3 (note there's one " [...]
    makaka 29 4229 levicki
06-03-2007 at 08:58 PM
On [CPUs] AMD's Debt Ratings Fall -
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Apparently not. Baron has his own definition of the term "predatory pricing", and no silly little Supreme Court decision is goin [...]
    Twisted_Si​ster 48 3778 Sailer
03-14-2007 at 05:05 PM
On [CPUs] AMD asks to double common stock to 1.5 billion shares
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The SEC filing asks for authorization to double the shares outstanding to as many as 1.5 billion. I am quite certain they are not going to i [...]
5   azza21 221 10331 baldeagle
03-08-2007 at 11:16 PM
On [CPUs] Looks like the delay is true
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"in the speculation stage"??? Does anyone else infer this to mean they don't even have functional silicon to test yet?
2   intelamdus​er 81 3341 DeathWalki​ng
02-26-2007 at 03:05 AM
On [CPUs] E6700 is 64-bit right.. which OS pro 32-bit or pro 64-bit?
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Well...that's true enough if you're running a default configuration, but then there's this:
    graysky 28 1792 CaptRobert​April
02-13-2007 at 11:09 PM
On [CPUs] The reason for Intel to demo 80-core CPU
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Why don't you go ask Justin Rattner (Intel CTO) what the reason was? Here's his blog on ZDNet:
    qcmadness 25 1557 weskurtz81
02-14-2007 at 01:04 AM
On [CPUs] The Intel Bias In the Forum
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If you had been here before Core 2 came out and prove its mettle, you would have noted the exact opposite phenomenon. Before Core 2 it read [...]
4   halbhh 175 8880 Jake_Barne​s
01-24-2007 at 07:34 PM
On [CPUs] Update: Intel testing 32nm, 22nm 2015?
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It's near the end of the article:
    weskurtz81 45 2789 sonoran
12-07-2006 at 08:53 PM
On [CPUs] What does the future hold?
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I'll have to agree with the opinions already posted. Your 2 year figure is a pipe dream - things are changing way too fast. Neither Intel no [...]
    appsdba 5 80 vk2amv
12-16-2002 at 05:49 AM
On [CPUs] Logical, Cost Effective cooling
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You guys might be surprised at how much work has already been done in this area. Take a look at this doc from back in 2000: <A HREF=" [...]
    ksleeper 10 106 LHGPooBaa
12-13-2002 at 11:44 PM
On [CPUs] HT?? Something for the Gamers??
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I'm no game programmer, but I could easily envision a separate thread of execution for deciding what the computer-generated bad guys are goi [...]
    neoro 26 129 Schmide
11-17-2002 at 03:19 AM
On [CPUs] AMD to cut 15% of workforce
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Intel has had two significant "layoffs" in the last year. All total, our workforce is down about 8000 to 10,000 from where it was [...]
    Lexington 27 128 paulj
11-18-2002 at 10:42 PM
On [CPUs] When are new P4's due out? When is price drop?
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Someone also needs to clue him in that the abbreviation for megahertz is MHz, not mghz. Those who live in glass houses......
    hamoncules 27 86 Chuck232
11-10-2002 at 02:58 PM
On [CPUs] Hyperthreading and Windows 2000
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Well, BC, WinXP is basically just the next version of Win2k. Make the jump man. For quite a while I had WinXP Pro at home and was still us [...]
    Black_Cat 26 127 Spitfire_x​86
10-29-2002 at 08:13 AM
On [CPUs] p4 w/hyperthreading VS XP2800+/nforce2
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Actually, I just looked back through some of the stuff online about Hyperthreading. You may be surprised at how much stuff is duplicated. [...]
2   gemini8026 62 159 Eden
10-30-2002 at 08:34 PM
On [CPUs] 2GHz Hammer at MPF
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Was it just me, or did anyone else notice that the official presentation material (<A HREF="http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_ [...]
    Kelledin 41 142 Dark_Archo​nis
10-19-2002 at 05:30 PM
On [CPUs] This is how it might look - a 3 GHz-Celeron.
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My question is why do they think these doctored pictures are necessary (or even desireable) at all? What's up with that?
    bbaeyens 20 85 Crashman
10-17-2002 at 09:12 PM
On [CPUs] AMD... END OF LIFE!!!
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>>>how long 'til AMD's life support systems give out? Well Melty, based on historical evidence, probably a lot longer than you m [...]
    AmdMELTDOW​N 38 135 knewt
10-18-2002 at 04:29 AM
On [CPUs] bye bye x86
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>>>Now let's go on to Intel: I think that one can write a book about their ugly things that they have done only in the last year. I [...]
    razvan 40 177 slvr_phoen​ix
10-16-2002 at 05:04 PM
On [CPUs] I just gotta bi*ch
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>>>I might burn in gamer hell for wanting pentiums again Why is that? The Q3 benchmarks show how well the P4 can perform if the [...]
    NEUTRALITY 12 91 Eden
10-12-2002 at 05:00 AM
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