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  • IBM's Xbox 360 processor enters mass production
    October 25, 2005 – 12:36 PM
    Rather a formality than a surprise, IBM today announced at the Fall Processor Forum that the heart of Microsoft's upcoming game console Xbox 360, a 3.2 GHz PowerPC-based processor with three cores, is in production. The chip was developed in less than 24 months, IBM said.
  • Is there room for another processor company?
    October 24, 2005 – 1:20 PM
    P.A. Semi is a new player in the processor market that competes for a portion of the cut-throat CPU market. The company hopes to carve out its place by avoiding direct confrontation with Intel: P.A. Semi's 65 nm low-power dual-core system-on-a-chip design is based on IBM's Power Architecture. Announced today, the first 2 GHz chips are scheduled to sample by Q3 2006.
  • Intel shows off first x86 quad-core processor
    February 13, 2006 – 1:58 AM
    Intel's chief technology officer Justin Rattner demonstrated to analysts the firm's first quad-core processor. According to Rattner, the chip was a very early production sample of the "Clovertown" processors, which is due for introduction in early 2007 as part of the firm's "Bensley" performance and volume server platform.
  • IBM's Cell processor "impressive", but not an x86 killer - analyst
    April 27, 2005 – 1:49 PM
    A closely guarded secret for five years, IBM's Cell processor has finally been unveiled, and the chip is expected to have a major impact on the video game market, reports market research firm In-Stat.
  • Marvell rolls out Intel's next-gen Xscale processor
    November 29, 2006 – 10:28 AM
    It has been a long, and sometimes seemingly uncertain, way for the Monahans processor. More than a year after the CPUs first demonstration and almost half a year of Marvell's acquisition of Intel's applications and communications processor business, the new Xscale processor has finally arrived.
  • Via releases 1.5 GHz Eden processor for fanless computers
    January 17, 2006 – 4:52 PM
    Via today announced new low-power versions of its Eden processor family. The new CPU's, a ULV 1 GHz chip and a 1.5 GHz part, will consume only 3.5 and 7.5 watts, respectively, and allow system builders to create fanless embedded computer designs.
  • Nvidia To Shed Light On Its Processor Strategy At Computex
    May 30, 2008 – 11:40 AM in NVIDIA
    Nvidia today said that it will hold a web cast with analysts and investors to discuss its new multimedia computer-on-a-chip products on June 2.
  • No AMD K8L processor for AM3 socket until 2008, say sources
    July 10, 2006 – 10:41 AM
    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.
  • AMD's "Fusion" processor to merge CPU and GPU
    October 25, 2006 – 2:10 AM in AMD/ATI
    AMD today announced that it has completed the acquisition of graphics chip developer ATI. The company does not waste any time to make use of the acquired knowledge: In 2007, AMD will be upgrading its mobile platform and offer a Centrino-like platform as well as integrated solutions for commercial and media systems. And there will be a processor with built-in graphics.
  • AMD launches "stream processor" accelerator board
    November 14, 2006 – 12:11 PM
    AMD today introduced what it calls the world's first dedicated stream processor. What sounds like a completely new product is in fact based on the R580 graphics processor used in Radeon X1900 graphics cards built by the firm's graphics division, formerly known as ATI. The slightly modified GPU promises to inject massive floating point performance into computers.
  • Sony's Cell processor to run at 4.6 GHz
    January 21, 2005 – 10:53 AM
    According to a story posted at The Inquirer, Sony's Playstation 3 processor will run at a speed of 4.6 GHz at 1.3 volts.
  • IBM's processor plans: Build your own microchip
    March 31, 2004 – 2:45 PM in Build Your Own
    IBM has announced new processor plans, which would allow PC manufacturers and electronics makers to add application-specific features and enhancements to the chip's design. IBM chief technologist Dr. Bernard Meyerson also disclosed that the company is working on chips which would be able to reconfigure themselves.
  • A New Goldmine For Intel: The $6 Atom Processor
    March 28, 2008 – 12:19 PM
    Mountain House (CA) - Intel is gearing up to launch what may be its most important product since the Pentium processor: The Atom CPU targets key growth markets and could ship hundreds of millions units within a few year.
  • Cell processor can decode 48 MPEG-2 streams - simultaneously
    May 2, 2005 – 3:56 PM
    Toshiba demonstrated that its Cell microprocessor, jointly developed with the Sony Group and IBM Corp., can simultaneously decode 48 SDTV format MPEG-2 streams.
  • End of the line for HP's Alpha processor
    August 18, 2004 – 8:30 PM
    Hewlett-Packard will release the final processor upgrade for its AlphaServer line of Unix servers on Monday.

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