...continuation of the company’s Core architecture, a technology that reclaimed the performance lead from AMD and brought a high-flying green team close to a break down. And Nehalem’s technology is witho...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:39
...hreaded quad -core processor (welcome back Hyperthreading) capable of running eight threads. Like AMD processors, the chip will feature an on-die memory controller and built on a monolithic die –...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 19:14
Remember AMD ’s promise to return to profitability in the third quarter
of this year? You may be wondering how this will be possible
considering the fact that the company has lost money over t
Monday, August 18, 2008 15:42
... is one of the big topics gamers and graphics enthusiasts
should pay special attention to these days. AMD already demonstrated
Transformers and Ruby Ray-traced demos using pre-rendered and real-time...
Monday, August 18, 2008 10:02
...8 CUDA parallel processing cores – Nvidia’s new marketing name for the graphic chip’s processor cores (AMD calls its graphics processor units stream processors.) Lenovo said that the W700 can be equi...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:23
...s that were introduced in July of 2006 and helped Intel to regain the processor performance crown from AMD . The new architecture, which initially will be available in quad -versions only, is widely ex...
Monday, August 11, 2008 13:18
...when they walk into a store to buy a new PC. Ever since Gigahertz numbers lost their appeal for AMD ’s and Intel’s marketing whizzes, both companies seem to have been desperately looking for a d...
Sunday, August 10, 2008 14:00
...e told that there is a possibility of mixing and matching Nvidia cards similar to what’s being done by AMD /ATI (3870 X2 + single 3870), but we'll see if that means users can pair one 9800GX2 with one ...
Monday, August 04, 2008 11:52
Asustek Computer has released the M3A79-T Deluxe motherboard equipped with the AMD 790FX/SB750 chipset and support 140W CPUs. The M3A79-T Deluxe supports HyperTransport 3.0, four PCI Express 2.0 x
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 09:20
...enue opportunity of six network computers. As a side note, Dukker said that Ncomputing is working with AMD to deploy host PCs. He told us that AMD concluded that there is no possible to market a PC wi...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 01:13
...prices the market widely seems to have accepted. However,
it is clear that the company is reacting to AMD ’s aggressive dual-,
triple- and quad -core pricing strategy: Entry-level quad -core
processor...
Monday, July 21, 2008 17:56
...dcrest and quad -core Clovertown processors, both of which reclaimed server processor market share from AMD ’s dual-core Opteron CPU, are being replaced with the 45 nm 5400-series chips with Harpertown ...
Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:24
...switch to integrated graphics and the system will run much more efficiently. The technology works with AMD /ATI and Nvidia graphics. New wireless chipset, WiMax (almost) and … Turbo Memory! Comple...
Monday, July 14, 2008 21:57
...learned how Nvidia is using its PhysX API to
convert PhysX calculations and accelerate them on a GPU. AMD wasn’t
happy and Nvidia was accused of benchmark cheating. Now there is an
opportunity to g...
Monday, July 14, 2008 17:45
It is earnings season again and we are expecting both Intel and AMD to
publish their second quarter results. Neither company released an
unusual heads-up before the release, which leads us to
Friday, July 11, 2008 19:46
...we were told. DreamWorks so far has been a strong supporter for AMD and heavily pitched its partnership with AMD following the production of Shrek 3 and the intr...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:26
If we believe the public statements of AMD executives, then the
company’s market strategy has always been based on maintaining and
growing market share at virtually any expense. So far, this
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:44
AMD is kicking off the critical third quarter of 2008 with three new
quad -core processors – two low-power models and a new high-end version
for enthusiast PCs. The company maintains its mains
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 09:44
...g applications, there is a good chance that you are still familiar with this brand, even if Nvidia and AMD (ATI) are dominating these market segments and there are very few niches left for Matrox to c...
Monday, June 30, 2008 15:48
...g cGPU, which is still 18
months away. But it appears that Intel may be defeated in its own game,
as AMD ’s graphics chips are supporting a 100% ray-traced pipeline, TG
Daily learned. San Francisco ...
Friday, June 27, 2008 00:01
AMD just released its Catalyst 8.6 driver package, which brings the usual myriad of performance improvements for benchmarks and current games, but there are two completely new features as well. Versi
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 13:57
...nsole. The six fastest supercomputers in the world are installed in the U.S. with three of them using AMD ’s Opteron processors. The fastest supercomputer using Intel processors and being installed ou...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 09:28
AMD is planning to launch several low-power triple-core and quad -core CPUs during the second half of 2008 all featuring a TDP of 65W, according to sources at motherboard makers. Two low-po
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 08:30
... the GTX280 and GTX260 have secured their place just behind the dual-GPU version 9800 GX2 and ahead of AMD ’s Radeon HD 3870 X2 in terms of gaming performance. The GTX280 is setting new record levels i...
Monday, June 16, 2008 10:26
...puting (HPC) applications are likely to see several new technologies this week. In the hardware arena, AMD already announced its 1+ TFlop GPU earlier today and Nvidia is following with a GT200 based G...
Monday, June 16, 2008 08:29
...nts, most of which target high-end and enterprise computing,
but some in fact have mainstream appeal. AMD ’s ATI division, for
example, unveiled its Firestream 9250 card, based on the upcoming RV770
...
Monday, June 16, 2008 00:36
Amazon.com accidentally put AMD ’s upcoming Radeon 4850 graphics cards
on sale earlier today and thanks to Google’s page cache we now have a
confirmation of a few more technical specifications
Friday, June 13, 2008 22:43
Intel is planning to launch a Core 2 Quad Q8000 CPU series, offering entry-level prices to counter AMD 's triple-core CPUs in the mainstream market, according to sources at motherboard makers. Inte
Friday, June 13, 2008 14:48
AMD had to find an answer to Nvidia’s Ageia acquisition and the
conversion of the PhysX engine into CUDA. We knew that AMD ’s graphics
team was up to something, since the manufacturer was high
Thursday, June 12, 2008 00:01
...eld CPU to slip into this range, while the Extreme version should cost at least $1000. Meanwhile, the AMD rumor mill has been spinning this morning. HKEPC reports (Xbit Labs) that AMD has cancelled ...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 13:07
AMD has pulled a rabbit out of its hat to increase the performance of
its existing Phenom triple-core (8000-series) and quad -core
(9000-series) processors. Six “hidden pins” on the processors
Thursday, June 05, 2008 14:55
...h its market presence with a CrossFire micro-ATX motherboard. Unlike all mainstream motherboards with AMD 's 780G or 790GX chipset, this mATX board has two PCIe Gen2 x16 slots, which allow users...
Thursday, June 05, 2008 09:59
...to put a SSD array directly onto a Tesla GPGPU card and eliminate the need for a motherboard and Intel/AMD CPUs. Indeed, applications of this "jack of all trades" chip with a ridiculously small TDP ca...
Monday, June 02, 2008 04:00
...price of $2651 and the E7450 will cost $2235. The 65 watt model will be priced below the $2000 mark. AMD recently announced that it will also be offering six-core processor, code-named Istanbul, in...
Friday, May 23, 2008 09:34
...e Q6600 core being loaded in such a scenario. If you are looking at a much less powerful CPU, such as AMD ’s Turion 64 X2 2.0 GHz, the numbers were a total CPU load of 60-70% - or 100% of one core. Th...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:56
There is not a whole lot coming out of AMD that can get you excited and
there is a good chance that the company’s latest pitch, which does not
even include a new product, may cause little mor
Sunday, May 18, 2008 23:01
Sun joins the growing number of companies to announce servers based on
AMD ’s “fixed”, quad -core Opteron processor with Barcelona B3 core.
These new servers join Sun’s existing lineup of Intel
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 00:01
AMD ’s B3 stepping Barcelona processors appear to be finally on track as the company continues to announce new design wins and new models joining the existing line-up. The company is now offer
Monday, May 12, 2008 09:34
AMD has updated its server processor roadmap with single-die 6-core and
dual-die 12-core Opteron processors. The new processors will be
manufactured in a 45 nm process that will be introduced
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 15:04
...hat product cycle, Gateway had thrown out Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q6600 quad -core processor in favor of an AMD Phenom X4 chip. Back then, company representatives assured us that an Intel quad -core would r...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 00:01
...he options available. TG Daily: From your perspective, what is the difference between Skulltrail and AMD ’s Quad FX? Smith: I think Quad FX suffered from multiple flaws. Quad FX seemed rushed and half-b...
Monday, May 05, 2008 00:12
AMD is currently preparing its presentations for the company’s annual
stockholder meeting next week and we hear that the company will let us
know that more than 1 million quad -core CPUs have
Friday, May 02, 2008 10:27
...pects to begin shipping more notebook
processors than desktop CPUs sometime later this year and while AMD may
be trailing this trend a bit, it is on the same path. Of course, this
means that the de...
Monday, April 28, 2008 00:26
... and about 2.7 million in Server 2003. But there is a spicy twist to the story: Systems equipped with AMD Athlon Socket 940 (nForce3 chipset) and Socket 939 (Nvidia chipset) processors were passing t...
Friday, April 25, 2008 09:36
AMD is serious about winning back market share in the mainstream
desktop computing segment from Intel – and it has become clear that
AMD ’s strongest weapon will be triple-core processors. Tod
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 08:35
...the system used by the Toyota F1 team. Toyota got rid of
its Itanium 2 system and replaced it with an AMD Opteron supercomputer. Zagreb (Croatia) - Hot on the heels of our F1 Supercomputing story, we...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:49
AMD ’s aggressive strategy to regain share in the CPU market has shown
some effect in the fourth quarter of last year: iSuppli believes the
manufacturer has posted a slight gain in Q4. H
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:04
The competition between AMD and Intel may appear to have calmed down a
bit over recent months, but the retail market shows every sign that a
new battle has begun: Following the dual-core figh
Monday, April 21, 2008 17:17
Intel’s processor price sheet is one sign of the state of the
competition with AMD . Even though we don’t know what processors go for
behind closed doors, Intel’s official price sheet has been
Monday, April 21, 2008 11:08
AMD s Q1 presentation was different – different from what we had heard
in the past five quarters. The bleeding is still substantial and there
is little doubt that it will stop during Q2. But A
Friday, April 18, 2008 11:27
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