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Win Three AMD Athlon 64 CPUs
News What better way to start the new year than with a move to 64-bit computing, and we're here to help you make that start by giving you the chance the chance to win one of three 2.2GHz Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processors, each complete with...
[December 30, 2004, 8:00]
The Importance Of Being 64-bit
Talkback The X86 64 bit CPUs still have 32 bit integers. CPUs store the address of locations in virtual memory in integer registers. Which isn't the case for the CPUs you are talking about. In your article "The importance of being 64-bit"
[May 17, 2005, 2:15]
IBM Takes On Sun's Server Dominance Pt II
News But the Intel server business has been hampered by the numerous delays of Itanium, the first in Intel's line of more powerful 64-bit CPUs that the chipmaker hopes will displace competing CPUs from Sun, Compaq, SGI, HP and IBM.
[March 20, 2001, 8:52]
XenSource Seeks To Emerge From VMware's Shadow
News It has the ability to address up to 128GB of physical memory and a much larger number of CPUs than has been available so far. Each virtual machine can have 32GB of memory and support up to eight CPUs.
[August 15, 2007, 14:15]
IBM Summit Server Prepares For Takeoff
News To squeeze four CPUs into a rack-mounted chassis 5.25 inches tall, IBM had to be creative in finding a way to keep the CPUs from overheating. Summit began as the XA-64 that will arrive when Intel ships the second generation of its high-end 64-bit...
[November 29, 2001, 14:39]
Intel Reveals More Upgrade Details
News Intel's range of Pentium Extreme Edition CPUs will get dual-core technology first, said Tucker, with the other products to follow. The primary benefit of the Extreme Edition CPU featured in the 6xx Sequence is that it will have a higher system bus...
[February 24, 2005, 8:35]
Opera Launches 8.0 Beta For Linux
Talkback One big problem is that there is no 64-bit Opera for 64-bit Linux distros for AMD64 CPUs (like AMD Athlon 64). That is another reason why opensource apps are so great. We have Firefox available in source and it compiles and works extremely well in...
[January 8, 2005, 12:31]
Skype Subpoenaed In Intel-AMD Battle
Talkback Why, i want to try their 64 bit machines, i have seen nothing but problems with AMD cpus but i am willing to bite the bullet and try for one. Quit bloody moaning and crying AMD. You guys are trying hard and you will eventually win.
[March 6, 2006, 16:27]
CINEBENCH
Downloads The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores and is available for Windows (32-bit and 64-Bit) and Macintosh (PPC and Intel-based). A free and useful benchmarking solution for Windows and Mac OS based on the powerful 3D software...
[December 27, 2007, 12:00]
Hyperion Essbase: Setting The Benchmark For Scalability, Performance And Value
White Papers To demonstrate the power of this solution, an APB-1 OLAP benchmark of Hyperion Essbase analytic services, the analytic engine for the Hyperion BI platform, was run on HP servers leveraging Itanium 2 CPUs.
[July 26, 2007, 4:18]
Fraps
Downloads Version 2.9.4 build 7039 includes several changes such as added 64-bit Fraps FPS1 codec, added support for resolutions up to 2560x1600 on single core CPUs, fixed crash when recording with sound under Vista SP1, and other improvements.
[January 23, 2008, 12:37]
Machine Check Handling On Linux
White Papers The number of transistors in common CPUs and memory chips is growing each year. This increases the chances of data corruption by arbitrary bit flips in hardware. Hardware busses are getting faster. Modern chips can detect and sometimes correct such...
[April 4, 2007, 1:00]
Linux Beats Microsoft With Itanium Support
News The new CPU is intended to spearhead Intel's attempt to convert its dominance in desktop computers and low-end servers into success in high-end systems built with CPUs from Sun Microsystems, IBM, SGI and Compaq Computer.
[December 22, 2000, 8:39]
Itanium Stays In Beta
News Indeed the IBM workstation hardware -- identical to what will be shipped commercially -- looks like a development kit, with its seven fans for cooling the two massive CPUs, its layers of insulation and its massive, heavy casing.
[May 11, 2001, 15:35]
AMD Turbocharges Athlon 64
News The AthlonFX-53 has taken the speed crown from Intel's (Pentium 4) Extreme Edition CPUs in the performance gaming arena," reviewer Kyle Bennett wrote in summary of test results posted on his PC enthusiast Web site, HardOCP.
[March 19, 2004, 10:40]
A Year Ago: Groups Call For Intel Boycott
News Along with the current 32-bit CPU ID -- a number that groups CPUs depending on when and where they were manufactured -- the ID will create a 96-bit unique serial number accessible by software. The ID will be a 64-bit number created by fusing wires...
[January 25, 2000, 6:02]
Groups Call For Intel Boycott
News Along with the current 32-bit CPU ID -- a number that groups CPUs depending on when and where they were manufactured -- the ID will create a 96-bit unique serial number accessible by software. The ID will be a 64-bit number created by fusing wires...
[January 25, 1999, 16:05]
Other Firms Evaluating Processor IDs
News Along with the current 32-bit CPUid - a number that groups CPUs depending on when and where they were manufactured -- the ID will create a 96-bit unique serial number accessible by software. The ID will be a 64-bit number created by fusing wires on...
[January 25, 1999, 16:48]
AMD Server Push Fraught With Peril
News AMD has embarked on an ambitious effort to sell CPUs for use in servers, the comparatively powerful computers that run network services such as sending out Web pages, running voicemail systems or keeping track of company inventory.
[April 25, 2001, 10:26]
IBM Unmuzzles Low-end 'Raptor' Mainframe
News The z800 won't go all the way, however, because it tops out at four CPUs, while the z900 can accommodate 16 CPUs. The system is the second with IBM's 64-bit mainframe CPU; the first was the z900, launched in October 2000.
[February 18, 2002, 9:19]
