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Benchmarks: AMD’s 45nm ‘Shanghai’ Opteron - Part 3

Monday, November 24th, 2008

AMD’s ‘Shanghai’ processors are the company’s first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet Germany tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel Xeon chips. Back to Part 1 Back to Part 2 Full virtualization…
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Benchmarks: AMD’s 45nm ‘Shanghai’ Opteron - Part 2

Monday, November 24th, 2008

AMD’s ‘Shanghai’ processors are the company’s first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet Germany tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel Xeon chips. Back to Part 1 Ahead to Part 3 The 2.7GHz AMD Shanghai…
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Benchmarks: AMD’s 45nm ‘Shanghai’ Opteron

Monday, November 24th, 2008

AMD’s ‘Shanghai’ processors are the company’s first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet Germany tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel Xeon chips. AMD’s ‘Shanghai’ processors are the company’s first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of…
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Jaquar chases Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Two systems, including one based on x86 chips, have become the first ever to break the petaflop/s barrier in the latest Top500 supercomputer list. Cray’s XT5 Jaguar supercomputer has narrowly missed displacing IBM’s Roadrunner system as the world’s fastest supercomputer, according to the results of the bi-annual ‘Top500′ supercomputing…
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Intel apologizes to Apple, ARM for iPhone attack

Friday, October 24th, 2008

The company has extended the olive branch over claims by two execs that inadequate ARM chips cause the iPhone to be slow Chipmaker Intel has released an apology for comments made by its executives this week on the inadequacies of the iPhone and the ARM processor driving it. …
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Intel slams ARM for ’slow’ iPhone CPU

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Any speed shortcomings in Apple’s iPhone were the fault of its rival chipset manufacturer ARM, a senior Intel executive said in Taiwan. Any speed shortcomings in Apple’s iPhone were the fault of its rival chipset manufacturer ARM, a senior Intel executive said in Taiwan Tuesday. “The shortcomings…
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OLPC faces ‘vicious’ rivalry in laptop market

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

One Laptop per Child exec David Cavallo says the organization welcomes new entrants to the low-cost laptop market, but describes the response of some competitors as “unfortunate.” When the One Laptop per Child organization first mooted the idea of a super low-cost laptop aimed at schoolchildren in the developing…
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Intel teases shape-shifting programmable matter

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Intel CEO Justin Rattner teased his Intel Developer Forum audience with technology of the not-so-disant-future that could take an object design of any imaginable shape, ‘hit the print command,’ and see the matter take shape. SAN FRANCISCO, CA–Mobile phones in future could be thumb-sized in pockets, and in practically…
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Intel unveils Nehalem ‘turbo mode’

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

At IDF, the chipmaker announced a power-control feature in its new micro architecture, claiming it is ‘pretty compelling’ for enterprises. Intel unveiled on Tuesday a new aspect of its upcoming microprocessor architecture, which promises better power management and efficiency. Speaking in the afternoon keynote on day…
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EU files new charges against Intel

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

European Union antitrust regulators say Intel paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made by rival Advanced Micro Devices. BRUSSELS–European Union antitrust regulators made new accusations against chipmaker Intel on Thursday, saying it paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made by rival Advanced Micro Devices. …
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Intel faces new antitrust charges in Europe: report

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

European regulators are preparing to file new antitrust charges against Intel, expanding a probe into the chipmaker’s marketing and sales practices, according to a report. European regulators are preparing to file new antitrust charges against Intel, expanding a probe into the chipmaker’s marketing and sales practices, The Wall Street…
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Intel unveils Atom chips

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Atom chips are Core 2 Duo-compatible with a tenth of the power requirements that CEO Paul Otellini says are as important to Intel as the Pentium chips in the mid-1990s. Intel has launched its Atom range of processors at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai today. …
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