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Sun doubles server speeds
News Unlike it, though, Panther will be built with a more advanced manufacturing process that allows more high-speed cache memory and higher clock speeds. Where the UltraSparc IV had 16MB of cache memory packaged separately from the chip -- 8MB for each...
[October 5, 2004, 15:15]
Intel unleashes Tulsa in battle with AMD
News The new dual-core chip, designed for four-processor systems and officially called the Xeon 7100 series, has a price ranging from $856 (£450) for a 7110 model with 4MB of high-speed cache memory and a 2.6GHz clock speed to $1,980 for a 7140 model...
[August 30, 2006, 9:25]
Revamped top-end Xeons unveiled
News There are two new Xeon MP varieties: the less expensive "Cranford" model with 1MB of high-speed cache memory and the more powerful "Potomac" model with either 4MB or 8MB of cache. The top-end Xeon MP running at 3.33GHz with 8MB of cache memory...
[March 30, 2005, 9:05]
HP server awaits Intel go-ahead
News The chip -- a smaller, faster generation of processor with more high-speed "cache" memory -- will initially run at 2GHz in the servers. The Gallatin chips are built using a newer 130-nanometre process, permitting faster clock speeds and smaller...
[October 16, 2002, 12:59]
Next Itanium to run at 1.5GHz, says Intel
News The new chip, code-named Madison, is similar to its Itanium 2 "McKinley" predecessor but is built with smaller circuitry that permits faster processing and more built-in high-speed "cache" memory. With the clock speed increase and the doubling of...
[November 27, 2002, 13:29]
What to look for in a desktop PC review
Reviews The cache is another type of high-speed memory that works to enhance the processor's performance by temporarily storing instructions and data. Cache Generally, the larger the cache, which is measured in kilobytes (KB), the better the performance.
[January 21, 2003, 14:47]
Intel pits its own beast against AMD
News The new chip runs at 3.46GHz, a slight increase in clock speed from the previous version, and incorporates 2MB of cache that enlarges its main pool of onboard memory to boost performance. Mainstream Pentium 4s have 1MB of main cache and an 800MHz...
[November 2, 2004, 10:39]
Intel readies expanded chip lineup
News While the document indicates that Presler is expected to include separate cache memory components, Conroe will sport 2MB and 4MB high-speed unified cache memory, the document said. Of course, chips will vary by speed, cache size and bus speed.
[October 13, 2005, 12:40]
Dell, HP set up new clusters
News The four-processor Integrity rx4640 now can be purchased with the new high-end Itanium 2 model, a product running at 1.6GHz and including 9MB of built-in high-speed cache memory. In addition, HP's dual-processor rx1620 is available with a new lower...
[November 8, 2004, 7:48]
IBM speeds up low-end Unix server
News IBM reduced the cost of the higher-end systems by reducing the amount of high-speed cache memory that accompanies each processor, McGaughan said. Customers wanting more cache and the higher processor speed can buy a p650, he added.
[February 24, 2003, 5:54]
Intel 'targeting IBM' with Itanium
News The higher-end Potomac version of Xeon will have as much as 8MB of high-speed cache memory, Gelsinger said in an interview. It will be mated to a lower-end Cranford model with less cache. Intel's new roadmaps correspond to the chipmaker's new focus...
[March 2, 2005, 10:20]
IBM plans 2003 muscle servers
News Specifically, the first Xeon MP had less high-speed cache memory than its predecessor; IBM compensated with a huge 32MB cache in the x440. HP had said that its F8-based machines were awaiting a new Xeon with 2MB of cache memory.
[November 28, 2002, 7:40]
AMD goes for Intel with 'Spitfire'
News AMD will differentiate Spitfire from its high-end Athlon chips with higher levels of cache, faster bus speeds and double data rate DRAM memory, among other things. While AMD's Spitfire chip is expected to be competitive with Celeron in clock speed...
[March 28, 2000, 7:32]
Red Hat Tux 2.0 blows away Apache
News Zero-copy networking provides a way for a network card driver to access the data it's been asked to send directly from the kernel's disk cache or user-space memory buffer. Tux's amazing speeds, even on low-end hardware, strongly validate its...
[June 19, 2001, 15:55]
AMD breaks silence on 64-bit Hammer
News The chip will integrate up to a megabyte of level 2 cache, which will sit directly on the processor die. Level 2 cache stores frequently-used information for fast access. Hammer will integrate high-speed memory, input/output and microprocessing...
[October 16, 2001, 17:12]
Itanium: Behind Intel's new brand
News It will include three levels of memory, two of which are integrated or "on die" and third, called level 3 cache, which offers 4MB of error correcting memory located inside the Itanium cartridge. A high speed bus will allow the external level 3...
[October 5, 1999, 11:18]
10 ways to increase Vista's performance review
Reviews You can use a flash memory card or USB key as a cache, which Vista can access quicker than data stored on the hard disk. ReadyBoost lets you use a USB stick such as this 2GB Kingston unit as a fast hard disk cache to speed up your Vista system.
[August 8, 2007, 12:51]
IDF: McKinley to be twice as fast as Merced, says Intel
News The added speed is due to the McKinley core running at 1GHz, up from Merced's 800MHz, as well as a higher front-side bus frequency, more execution units and faster memory cache. While Merced's level-3 cache -- a cache of memory frequently used by...
[August 29, 2001, 11:24]
Intel showcases new technologies
News The company's approach goes beyond the idea of using an SSD as a high-speed cache for a storage system that relies more on conventional hard drives. Adding the SSD cache doubles the overall system speed, he said, and using the prioritised data...
[June 22, 2009, 13:19]
Intel catches up with its 64-bit competitors review
Reviews The Pentium 4 600 series features 2MB of L2 cache to the 500 series' 1MB allotment, which allows the chips to quickly access more frequently used data, improving overall performance. For starters, the new 600 parts have twice the amount of L2 cache...
[February 22, 2005, 6:40]
