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Intel Corp. demonstrated computers running forthcoming microprocessors based on the Nehalem micro-architecture at Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, China. This is the first public demonstration of the new central processing units that is supposed to clearly indicate that Intel is on track to start shipments of new chips towards the end of the year.
The first […]

DailyTech reported earlier this morning that Microsoft is in a bit of a pickle with regards to end-of-sale date for Windows XP and the rise of low-cost sub-notebooks. Microsoft needs an operating system to combat the various iterations of Linux that come pre-installed on these machines and Windows Vista won’t suffice given current hardware requirements.
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Next month heralds the 2008 Spring Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, China. Pre-show briefings opened up with a quick mention on the status of Larrabee, Intel’s upcoming graphics core.
Larrabee differs significantly from AMD’s Radeon and NVIDIA’s GeForce processors. For starters, Larrabee is based on the x86 instruction set found in CPU architecture. […]

AMD yesterday held its 2007 Financial Analyst Day in which it revealed its updated corporate roadmap. AMD has a flurry of new platform releases planned out for 2008, 2009 and 2010 and, contrary to previous analysts days, the company had no problem detailing its initiatives in full depth.
AMD’s recent Spider launch marked AMD’s first foray […]

Retailers and distributors began to solidify the final details of AMD’s upcoming Phenom processors. Conversations with various e-tailers reveal the SKUs along with the retail prices (not bulk pricing) of three upcoming Phenom processors.
Manufacturers are currently setting the launch price of AMD’s Phenom X4 9500, which features a 95-Watt thermal envelope and a 2.2GHz operating […]

AMD today released six new 45 Watt AMD Athlon and Sempron processors. This is the company’s third silent launch this year.
In addition to the new chips, AMD today also implemented new price cuts, further slashing the prices of its Athlon chips. The new chips and price cuts are most likely the final product releases and […]

When it comes to computer processors, the advantages of a die-shrink are undeniable. For chip makers – and overclockers – a processor manufactured at a smaller process can open up more headroom for faster clock speeds, or decrease power consumption and cooling requirements. A die-shrink is a much-lauded happening in the computer world. For consoles, […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The move by AMD, which until the middle of last year had a leg up on its far larger rival Intel Corp, could help it garner a bigger portion of the overall desktop personal computer market, the Sunnyvale, California, company said. AMD and Intel currently sell processors with a single, double […]

Intel Corp on Sunday unveiled its new vPro chip technology aimed at making business personal computers more secure, as the world’s largest chipmaker seeks to solidify its brand.
Since then, under Chief Executive Paul Otellini, the company has moved from selling and branding discrete processors and chipsets to selling them together as related technologies, or […]

Shortly after the European Commission issued a Statement of Objections against Intel asseverating that it used unfair and unlawful tactics against AMD, Intel has fired back a statement of its own in response. Put simply, Intel declared that it is “confident that the microprocessor market segment is functioning normally and that Intel’s conduct has […]