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AMD starts selling eight-core Bulldozer desktop CPUs

AMD has launched its first eight-core desktop processors, based on the company's Bulldozer architecture. Aimed at... Read more

13 October, 2011
Apple Mac Pro (Mid 2010)

Apple Mac Pro (Mid 2010)

The top-end 12-core Mac Pro reviewed here is an expensive specialist purchase, but there are plenty of more affordable configurations for those with less exotic requirements. We have some quibbles, but the Mac Pro is highly recommended. However, cautious buyers may want to wait for the 2011 version with Intel's forthcoming Sandy Bridge processors. Read more

26 October, 2010 by Charles McLellan

AMD targets web hosts with Opteron 3200 chips

...eight cores. The four-core processors have up to 8MB of cache; eight-core, up to 16MB. The chips have a thermal design power across... Read more

20 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

Microsoft's System Center 2012 gets first release

...moves the battle of VMware to a place where Microsoft has strengths."Eight core modules System Center 2012 has eight core modules that cater for... Read more

17 January, 2012 by Jack Clark
Boston Fenway 1580-06

Boston Fenway 1580-06

...06, each containing a board with two processor sockets to take either eight-core Nehalem-EX Xeons (from the Intel Xeon 7500 series) or the... Read more

29 September, 2011 by Alan Stevens

Intel's Knights Corner to debut in Texas supercomputer

...of thousands of Dell Zeus servers, equipped with Knights Corner or dual eight-core Xeon E5 processors. Also, it will have 128 next-generation Nvidia... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Japan takes Top500 supercomputer crown from China

...Japan and France. Sparc back, x86 relegated K Computer uses 68,544 eight-core 45nm Sparc64 processors, for a total of 548,352 processing cores... Read more

20 June, 2011 by Jack Clark
Tilera set to chase Intel into the cloud

Tilera set to chase Intel into the cloud

...to-launch] GX3000 series will be equivalent to an [Intel] Sandy Bridge eight-core when it comes to video processing and it will be at... Read more

17 June, 2011 by Jack Clark

ARM's new Cortex adds server features

...performance smartphones), home entertainment, small servers and wireless infrastructure, in one- to eight-core configurations and beyond. "[This is] an entirely new era for the... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Windows Azure: Inside Microsoft's cloud computing strategy

...core with 1.75GB RAM and 250GB hard disk to VMs with eight core processors, 14GB RAM and 2000GB of hard disk space. There are... Read more

28 June, 2010 by Tim Ferguson
Pulse : Volume One 1.2

Pulse : Volume One 1.2

...they cross the radiant pulse to conduct gorgeous original melodies.GAME FEATURES- Eight core levels of original music plus frequent free updates with brand new... Read more

21 September, 2011
Fast Multiplication of Large Permutations for Disk, Flash Memory and RAM

Fast Multiplication of Large Permutations for Disk, Flash Memory and RAM

...algorithm for RAM on recent multi-core CPUs. On a recent commodity eight-core machine the authors demonstrate a novel algorithm that is 50% faster... Read more

28 July, 2010
Apple launches <endeca_term>eight-core</endeca_term> Mac

Apple launches eight-core Mac

...performance. The processors are 3GHz Intel Xeons. Users can choose between an eight-core, which uses two quad-core "Clovertown" processors; and a quad-core... Read more

5 April, 2007 by Colin Barker

Benchmarks: the unofficial eight-core Mac Pro

Unless you normally work on high-end workstations, perform massively multitasking workloads or just want the bragging rights, eight cores is definitely overkill -- at least for now. Read more

14 November, 2006 by Daniel A Begun

Intel plans 32nm super-chip for servers

...Intel is planning a sequel to its eight-core Nehalem-EX server processors for next year, which will introduce 32... Read more

10 May, 2010 by Matthew Broesma

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