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HP refreshes server lines
News HP, the top seller of servers using x86 processors such as Intel's Xeon, has followed rival Dell with a decision to retreat from selling models using eight processors. Intel's latest Xeon processors, which bring 64-bit memory extensions to four...
[March 30, 2005, 9:30]
Intel server revenue to outpace rivals
News In 2003, revenue from servers built on Intel processors will for the first time exceed revenue from more customised Unix systems built on RISC processors, analyst firm Gartner Dataquest has predicted.
[November 15, 2002, 7:51]
Xeon undermines the Gods
News "When you look at the performance and the price of Xeon-based systems, it certainly beats other processors," said Alex Yost, spokesman for IBM's Netfinity group. Perhaps the saving grace of the systems is their ability to "scale" or increase in...
[June 30, 1998, 10:01]
Intel looks to software to lift Itanium
News Intel is taking a new look at the software behind its processors to increase performance for future chips. Intel's Microprocessor Research Labs (MRL) established an alliance Wednesday aimed at increasing the performance of compilers for its long...
[April 25, 2001, 13:25]
Apple updates MacBook laptops
News Apple announced on Tuesday that it has updated its MacBook laptops with faster processors, more memory and more hard-drive space. The new consumer laptops, all of which are an inch thick and have a 13.3-inch display with 1280x800-pixel wide-screen...
[May 16, 2007, 11:11]
Oracle's core problem
Leader "We don't have a position with respect to dual-core processors. It's not likely that General Electric or Texaco will be running their businesses on games consoles any time soon, but it is absolutely guaranteed that the next five years will see...
[February 11, 2005, 12:30]
Is AMD losing its supercomputing lustre?
News A major British research centre has installed a supercomputer based on AMD's Athlon MP computer processors and the Linux operating system, the organisations announced this week. But Workstations UK, which built the computer, said that since it was...
[April 18, 2002, 16:55]
Central Brain Identifier
Downloads Central Brain Identifier is designed to provide detailed identification and obtaining the most complete information about all AMD processors. It recognizes more than 50 various models of the AMD processors.
[January 3, 2008, 7:00]
AMD Athlon XP/2600+ review
Reviews To the surprise of many observers, AMD recently announced new Athlon XP processors that were originally planned for the fourth quarter. AMD will surely have carried out internal throughput measurements on its new processors and arrived at a more...
[September 3, 2002, 15:37]
Sun powers up low-end UltraSparc
News Sun Microsystems has revamped its four-processor Sun Fire V480 server with faster processors, one of several machines on the front lines of Sun's efforts to compete with Intel-based servers. The V840, which had been code-named Cherrystone, comes...
[August 4, 2003, 11:35]
Intel shortens dual-core wait
News Intel has hotrod desktop PCs in mind for its first dual-core processors. The chipmaker said on Monday that it will launch a pair of dual-core processors for high-end desktops during the second quarter.
[February 8, 2005, 8:25]
Developing markets to get low-power PCs
News VIA Technologies, manufacturer of chipsets, low-power processors and small-form factor motherboards, is ramping up plans to develop a platform for computing in the developing world. Intel x86 processors consume up to 100W.
[February 1, 2005, 15:50]
Active Directory Performance for 64-bit Versions of Windows Server 2003
White Papers 32-bit processors cannot directly access more than 4 GigaBytes (GB) of addressable memory (232, or approximately 4 GB). This 4-GB upper boundary often limits server performance - and particularly directory performance - as the size of a directory...
[June 7, 2006, 1:00]
Transmeta to keep 'em coming
News Transmeta's current chips aren't selling as well as expected, but the upstart is still moving ahead on future processors. A patent swap between the two companies will grant Transmeta access to technology that it can use to develop processors and...
[June 25, 2001, 9:18]
AMD's Phenom quad-core on the way
News AMD says its badly needed quad-core desktop processors are on the way, and they'll arrive bearing a new name. Later this year, AMD will unveil its Phenom processors in quad-core and dual-core iterations.
[May 14, 2007, 9:25]
AMD to phase out Durons by end of year
News AMD will phase out its budget Duron processors by the end of the year as part of the release of the upcoming Hammer chips. See Chips Central for the latest headlines on processors and semiconductors.
[April 19, 2002, 9:59]
Dell quizzes customers on AMD-based PC
News Is longtime Intel champion Dell Computer testing the waters for home PCs based on AMD processors? A recent survey commissioned by the leading PC maker asks customers to state a preference between a PC based on AMD chips and one that uses Intel...
[July 2, 2001, 9:23]
Athlon XP/2200+: encoding performance review
Reviews Intel’s intensive efforts to get software producers to optimise their program code for modern processors -- Intel CPUs, naturally - continue to bear fruit. Intel’s latest 533MHz-bus processors are faster than the Athlon XP/2200+ at video encoding...
[June 18, 2002, 16:15]
Intel ships new Pentium 4 chips
News Intel on Monday announced the release of a pair of high-speed Pentium 4 processors. The chipmaker is trumpeting the availability of 1.8GHz and 1.6GHz Pentium 4 processors. See Chips Central for the latest on processors and the semiconductor industry.
[July 2, 2001, 14:56]
AMD cuts prices for mobile and server chips
News Chipmaker AMD dropped prices on its processors for notebooks and servers this week. Sunnyvale, California-based AMD lopped as much as 31 percent off its list prices for Athlon XP-M processors and reduced prices on a handful of Opteron server chips...
[July 30, 2003, 8:55]
