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Benchmarks: Intel's Sandy Bridge

Benchmarks: Intel's Sandy Bridge

...Intel's 32nm Core Processor Family, codenamed Sandy Bridge, introduces a new microarchitecture that delivers significant improvements in energy efficiency. New Advanced Vector eXtensions (AVX... Read more

5 January, 2011 by Kai Schmerer

ARM's Cortex-A7 promises £60 smartphones

...s main mobile chip, the Cortex-A8, ARM said. The A7's microarchitecture is based on ARM's most powerful chip, the Cortex-A15, but... Read more

20 October, 2011 by Jack Clark

Intel rides the cloud to higher growth

The chipmaker has reported a 28-percent jump in revenue as cloud computing drove growth in its datacentre-targeted technologies, while its low-powered chips for mobile devices registered a loss Read more

19 October, 2011 by Jack Clark

Enterprises drive Intel to record earnings

Intel's record earnings for its first quarter of 2011 reflect increasing demand from the enterprise and emerging markets Read more

20 April, 2011 by Jack Clark
Benchmarks: Sandy Bridge for notebooks

Benchmarks: Sandy Bridge for notebooks

...highlights of the second-generation Core processors, built around a new 32nm microarchitecture, include more energy-efficient performance and improved 3D and graphics performance. Intel... Read more

14 January, 2011 by Dan Ackerman
Trite but right: Dull IT that made it big

Trite but right: Dull IT that made it big

...the Itanium architecture. But continuous improvements to x86, including changes to the microarchitecture, circuitry and manufacturing processes, have made it hard to dislodge. Interestingly, x86... Read more

11 December, 2010 by Matthew Broersma
Sandy Bridge: Intel's next-generation CPU

Sandy Bridge: Intel's next-generation CPU

...smaller die sizes should result in lower production costs. The current Nehalem microarchitecture was introduced in late 2008 in the high-end sector. One and... Read more

23 September, 2010 by Joachim Kaufmann
Intel Technology Provider 1.1

Intel Technology Provider 1.1

...are first in line to receive training on the latest Intel Core microarchitecture solutions, so they can put the very latest technology to work to... Read more

26 May, 2012
Quantum Memory Hierarchies: Efficient Designs to Match Available Parallelism in Quantum Computing

Quantum Memory Hierarchies: Efficient Designs to Match Available Parallelism in Quantum Computing

...by exploiting the natural serialization at both the application and the physical microarchitecture level of a quantum computer, they can reduce the area requirement while... Read more

1 January, 2011
Smarter Performance with Intel Turbo Boost Technology

Smarter Performance with Intel Turbo Boost Technology

...the many exciting features that Intel has built into latest-generation Intel® microarchitecture codename Nehalem. It automatically allows processor cores to run faster than the... Read more

29 October, 2010

Intel announces Nehalem desktop branding

...successor to its Core 2 Duo brand. The manufacturer's upcoming chipset microarchitecture — codenamed 'Nehalem' — will find its way into desktop PCs as 'Core i7... Read more

11 August, 2008 by David Meyer

Intel takes early lead with Core systems

...s too early to anoint chips based on Intel's new Core microarchitecture as the new kings of the motherboard, according to AMD fans and... Read more

15 March, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Intel steps up chip cadence

...two years, chief executive Paul Otellini said at the company meeting. A microarchitecture is reused to deliver several ever-faster generations of a processor family... Read more

28 April, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

A Year Ago: Red Hat releases 64-bit Itanium Linux

...libraries. The release -- combined with Intel's release of the Itanium Processor Microarchitecture Reference, a complete guide to the chip's architecture -- gives software developers... Read more

18 May, 2001 by Steven J.Vaughan Nichols
Intel Turbo Boost Technology in Intel Core <endeca_term>Microarchitecture</endeca_term> (Nehalem) Based Processors

Intel Turbo Boost Technology in Intel Core Microarchitecture (Nehalem) Based Processors

Intel Core Microarchitecture (Nehalem) based processors incorporate a new feature: Intel Turbo Boost technology. Under... Read more

1 November, 2008

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BrownieBoy

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

10 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

15 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry