Intel releases first chip with 2 billion transistors

Bad news first: Intel's new transistor-laden chip will be expensive--techradar.com guesstimates somewhere in the $5,000 USD range.The Good news is you probably won't need it.  It's for high-end servers.Still...

Watch the New Mac Pro...Go, Go, Go!

Apple has announced a new Mac Pro that is being hailed as the fastest Mac ever. Fair enough. But early adopters and Mac-addicts should take note: configuring that top of the line, top-speed zooming Apple tower is going to cost a purdy penny. "Apple has, just a week before...

Intel's 45nm Penryn desktop expected to pack a big wallop

"Intel Corp.'s new 45-nanometer chip for the desktop, part of the newly released Penryn family, should give gamers, researchers and serious multitaskers a significant performance boost, according to analysts. And that is not good news for rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.,...

AMD's Barcelona not a savior, yet

"Advanced Micro Devices' quad-core Opteron processor is finally ready, but it's far from clear that this is the product that will help right AMD's ship. AMD CEO Hector Ruiz will formally unveil the quad-core Opteron...

Intel Launches New Quad-Core Xeon processors.

"Intel Corporation today launched two quad-core Xeon processors: X5365 and L5335. New CPUs differ from their predecessors by higher clock speed on the one hand, and lower power consumption – on the other. The new...

AMD's quad-core "Phenom" Desktop Chip Catches Up With Intel

"Intel regained a technological edge last year when it released the first four-core processors by combining two dual-core ones. However, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) introduced a quad-core microprocessor for the desktop, replacing its venerable Athlon processor with the new...

Intel Readies Power-Saving Quad-Core Xeons

"Intel Corp. quad-core microprocessors that work at an energy-efficient 50 watts per processor will officially be on the market starting Monday, according to the company. Each of the four cores in its new Xeon L5320 and L5310 will consume just 12.5 watts of electricity,...

Intel introduces quad-core chip

"Intel chief executive Paul Otellini believes that the world's biggest chip maker can get its mojo back by putting more processor cores on a single chip than the competition can. Starting in November, Intel will put four cores -- or computing brains -- on a single chip that...

Next-Generation AMD Opteron Paves The Way For Quad-Core

"Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday made the first major upgrade to its successful Opteron server processor. The change will include a shift to a new socket the company says will carry it through next year's...

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