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Tony Smith: Macs marred by Megahertz
News At last week's chip industry shindig, the Microprocessor Forum, held in San Jose, California, Motorola revealed it is developing a second-generation G4 chip to ensure the line is better able to compete on clock speed.
[October 13, 1999, 15:17]
Dell Inspiron 8100 1.13GHz VT review
Reviews New processors are often simply incremental clock speed upgrades, but the Mobile Pentium III Processor-M is more significant than that. It's Intel's first mobile chip to be fabricated using a 0.13 micron (130 nanometre) process with copper...
[August 20, 2001, 0:00]
Intel confirms chip-naming change
Talkback Intel wants to discourage or make it harder for consumers to compare based on clock speed, or 'equivalant' clock speed, because their chips' perfomance (aside from the very expensive Extreme Edition) can no longer compete with AMD's Athlon series.
[March 21, 2004, 17:10]
New notebooks save power
News AMD is nearing the release of a portable computer feature aimed at extending battery life by throttling back clock speed and voltage on its forthcoming K6-2+ and K6-III+ notebook chips. The Intermediate Mode, it is expected, has the potential to...
[March 17, 2000, 8:58]
Macs are not about megahertz, says Jobs
News Several months back, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs spoke of narrowing the clock-speed gap between the chips in Macs and Windows-based machines. Although Apple has indeed introduced faster machines, including an 867MHz Power Mac on Wednesday...
[July 20, 2001, 9:22]
Radeon graphics board gets speed boost, price cut
News ATI Technology has slashed the price and increased the core clock speed just before it releases the high-end Radeon 8500 graphics board. When ATI introduced the board in mid-August, it announced the price as $399 and the core clock speed as 250MHz.
[October 11, 2001, 11:14]
PowerLogix CPU Director
Downloads CPU Director allows you to view and configure the cache and processor clock speed settings on your PowerLogix upgrade card. If your upgrade uses an IBM 750FX or 750GX processor, you can also change the processor clock speed "on the fly" as well as...
[May 4, 2007, 8:00]
Athlon 64 FX-53: end of the waiting game? review
Reviews AMD has just released its highest clock speed processor to date, the Athlon 64 FX-53. It's no secret that AMD's Hammer cores are faster clock-for-clock when compared with Intel's Pentium 4, and any clock speed ramp will bring news of good yield...
[March 22, 2004, 10:45]
HP Vectra vl800 review
Reviews This may explain why HP's new business-orientated Vectra vl800 comes wreathed in briefing papers explaining that the clock speed is not the full story. All topped off with a 1.5GHz Pentium 4 processor -- currently, the fastest available clock speed...
[February 1, 2001, 23:00]
Chips clock up new approach
News If you think clock speed is the most important measure of a processor, IBM's Bernie Meyerson wants you to reconsider. They are not looking at whether the clock frequency of the microprocessor is 8 percent higher.
[June 10, 2004, 11:50]
Intel, Aberdeen attack AMD speed ratings
News Intel has launched a new broadside against AMD's policy of downplaying chip clock speed in favour of model numbers, and this time it has drawn analyst firm Aberdeen Group into the fray. Athlon XP introduced the "Quantispeed" architecture, which AMD...
[March 27, 2002, 15:11]
Timna chip turns back the clock
News Clock-speed isn't everything. Instead of packing more clock-speed, the chip aims to balance performance with cost -- offering consumers a decent level of performance with integrated features that cut manufacturing overheads.
[May 12, 2000, 12:39]
Intel moves Pentium to 1.13GHz
News Microprocessor manufacturer Intel introduced a 1.13GHz Pentium III processor Sunday, beating arch rival AMD to the punch in the next round of clock-speed combat. The launch of the 1.13GHz chip -- the fastest clock speed consumer microprocessor to...
[July 31, 2000, 9:19]
AMD Athlon XP review
Reviews AMD is trying to move the emphasis away from classifying processors by clock speed. If an Athlon XP can do more work per cycle, for instance, than a 'Thunderbird' Athlon running at the same clock speed, then to classify their performance simply in...
[October 8, 2001, 0:00]
AMD's newest chip attempts to raise the bar
News The new 1900+ chip runs at a clock speed of 1.6GHz. AMD argues that its Athlon provides better overall performance, even though its clock speed is lower than Pentium 4's. This argument, in part, was the influence behind the launch of the company's...
[November 5, 2001, 15:53]
AMD, Toshiba to make notebooks cool, Part II
News is up and running, it will extend notebook battery life by a minimum of about 30 percent, the company said, by decreasing clock speed and reducing the voltage of the processor. The Intermediate Mode, it is expected, has the potential to allow a PC...
[April 19, 2000, 8:42]
A Year Ago: Timna chip turns back the clock
News Clock-speed isn't everything. Instead of packing more clock-speed, the chip aims to balance performance with cost -- offering consumers a decent level of performance with integrated features that cut manufacturing overheads.
[May 12, 2001, 6:00]
ASUS V8460 ULTRA v27.42
Downloads A core clock speed of 300MHz and memory clock speed of 650MHz, combined with 128MB DDR SDRAM provide the ultimate graphics experience with revolutionary technologies such as: nFiniteFX⢠II engine for complex geometry and animation, Accuview...
[February 1, 2002, 7:00]
Motorola touts revitalised G4 chip
News While lengthening the pipeline can yield greater clock speed, it can also hurt overall performance, so that the clock speed gains are not in line with actual performance gains. As a result, the company got a 233-MHz boost in clock speed, initially...
[January 11, 2001, 8:01]
New Pentium 4 'just over a week away'
News The chip will offer an extra helping of clock speed for high-end PCs, as Pentium 4 chips are now only available at speeds of up to 3.6GHz. The chipmaker began discussing its efforts to build PC platforms, such as Centrino notebooks and living room...
[November 5, 2004, 14:18]
