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1. Apple gets another secret Intel processor

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 03 March 2009

   ... X5580 CPU with Nehalem-EP core. Does Apple get preferential treatment from Intel? Or is Apple simply Apple and does not care about non-disclosure agreements and the rest of the industry? Opinion – You ...

2. Intel phases out majority of boxed 65 nm Xeon processors

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 22 October 2008

     Intel claims that it is already producing more 45 nm processors than 65 nm chips, so news about outgoing 65 nm CPUs should not come as a surprise. A major announcement came yesterday in a product ...

3. Intel phases out most Clovertown and Woodcrest processors

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 17 July 2008

     Intel told its partners that has begun phasing out the majority of its 65 nm Xeon DP processor generation to make room for 45 nm CPUs. 11 of 16 CPUs are being nixed, while others are transitioned ...

4. FSB limits exposed: Intel CPUs don’t scale very well in UC Berkeley HPC test

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 29 April 2008

   ... an optimized Lattice Boltzmann Simulation on popular supercomputer architectures. Intel may not be completely happy with the findings: At least in this very specific environment, the Xeon and Itanium ...

5. Intel’s drops 45 nm server processors to 50 watts

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 25 March 2008

     Intel announced two new low voltage server processors for the 50 watt power envelope. Based on the 45 nm Harpertown core, Intel claims that this new L5400 series is up to 25% faster than the preceding ...

6. UPDATE: AMD announces Barcelona quad-core processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 10 September 2007

   ... provide performance advantages over dual-core Opteron processors of up to 67% (2 GHz quad-core vs. the old 3 GHz dual-core), and the new CPU will outpace Intel's quad-core Clovertown (Xeon 5345) CPU ...

7. Intel Clovertowns step up, reduce power

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 05 September 2007

   Intel announced today their quad-core Clovertown server CPUs will receive a new stepping from B3 to G0, which brings some new abilities including lower power consumption. Santa Clara (CA) - Intel ...

8. Intel announces Tigerton Xeon MP processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 05 September 2007

   Five days ahead of the launch of AMD's Barcelona processor, Intel today announced its 65 nm Xeon 7300/7200 series, the latest and final product based on the company's Core microarchitecture.  ...

9. Intel tapes out high-end desktop chipset for Nehalem core

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 14 August 2007

   Industry sources confirmed to TG Daily that Intel has received first silicon of its "Tylersburg" chipset, which will be available for high-end desktop processors built on Intel's new Nehalem ...

10. Intel intros 3.0 GHz quad-core Xeon, drops Pentiums

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 August 2007

    Intel today officially announced the Xeon X5365 – a quad-core processor that so far only has been available in limited quantities. The company also quietly announced that it has begun phasing out ...

11. Caneland & Tigerton: Intel preps for battle against AMD’s 4P Opteron

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 24 July 2007

    Intel today disclosed more details about its final Core microprocessor product – the Tigerton processor: The CPU will go head to head with AMD’s 4P+ Opteron processors, which have dominated ...

12. Intel to debut 45 nm Harpertown quad-core CPU with up to 3.16 GHz

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 July 2007

    Some technical specifications about Intel’s upcoming 45 nm Xeon DP processor generation have reached the web. According to a partial slide posted by VR-Zone, the new quad-core CPU will be available ...

13. AMD feels “confident” about Barcelona performance estimates

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 06 July 2007

    Two Barcelona benchmark charts published on AMD’s website caused quite a stir yesterday: Intel wasn’t happy about outdated performance numbers causing AMD to remove the charts. Chicago (IL) ...

14. NCSA: A look inside one of the world's most capable supercomputer facilities

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 01 July 2007

    ... comprised of 1200 Dell PowerEdge 1955s blades. Each blade sports two 2.33 GHz Quad-Core Xeons (Clovertown core) on a 1333 GHz FSB operating in Intel64 mode (true 64-bit computing). That's 2400 physical ...

15. Intel to slash prices for quad-core server processors in July

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Sunday, 20 May 2007

    Intel plans to slash prices 40-60% for quad-core server processors in order to achieve its shipment goal and to foil competition from AMD's upcoming launch of its Barcelona series CPUs, according to ...

16. Intel to offer mid- and high-end processors for 2-way ECPD blade servers

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 03 May 2007

    Intel plans to offer quad-core server processors (Clovertown) for its embedded and communication processor division (ECPD) blade servers in the first half of this year. With Xeon 5100 series processors ...

17. AMD: Barcelona quad-core 50% faster than Intel’s quad-core Xeon

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 22 April 2007

    ... first quad-core CPU, the Barcelona server/workstation processor. How fast will it be and - most importantly - will it be able to outpace Intel’s quad-core Xeon 5300-series (“Clovertown”) ...

18. IDF kickoff: Going after AMD, and beyond

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 April 2007

    Intel has opened its Spring IDF in Beijing with a flood of announcements. The company revealed first performance numbers of its upcoming 45 nm Penryn processors, half a dozen technology projects including ...

19. Intel phases out three Xeon processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 12 April 2007

    Intel has notified system vendors that it will be phasing out three Netburst architecture-based Xeon processors. Santa Clara (CA) – Intel has notified system vendors that it will be phasing out ...

20. Update: Apple Mac Pro gets a special Clovertown processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 04 April 2007

    ... an eight-core Apple, especially with a processor that isn’t part of Intel’s volume product portfolio yet, doesn’t come cheap. Cupertino (CA) – When four cores are not enough, then ...

21. AMD puts Barcelona quad-core into the spotlight at ISSCC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 11 February 2007

    ... focus on the power efficiency of the processor, the company tells conference attendees that it is confident about regaining the performance crown from Intel's Xeon 5300 series processors. With a launch ...

22. Intel preps five 45 nm dual- and quad-core processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 26 January 2007

    Intel shows off its tech horsepower, revealing more details about its upcoming 45 nm CPU generation: Penryn, a processor core that will replace the current 65 nm Core 2 processors, uses a new transistor ...

23. AMD loses $574 million in Q4

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 23 January 2007

    ... Intel. According to AMD, fourth quarter microprocessor unit shipments grew 26% year-over-year and 19%. Fourth quarter demand for AMD mobile processors was described to have been "especially strong, ...

24. Intel to promote Solaris, Sun to build Intel servers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 22 January 2007

    Intel and Sun today broke down what have been solid barriers in the past and announced a far-reaching collaboration in which Intel will encourage its customers to implement Solaris as their Unix software. ...

25. Intel aims for one million quad-core processors by mid-2007

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 16 January 2007

    The production volume of Intel's quad-core processors is still very limited, but the company hopes to deliver a total of one million Kentsfield and Clovertown processors by the time AMD announces ...

26. CES 2007: Eat this, Quad FX: Here's an 8-core desktop!

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 08 January 2007

    You didn't think that Intel would leave all that dual-socket fame for itself, did you? At CES, Intel showed off an 8-core desktop system build on a 2P workstation board with two quad-core processors. ...

27. Quad-core Xeon E5335 makes early debut

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 13 December 2006

    Media reports are in that Intel is ready to release a new quad-core processor, marking yet another new product for Intel this year. The Xeon E5335, which was originally scheduled for a February 2007 release, ...

28. AMD aims to reclaim CPU crown with 2007 quad-core

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 01 December 2006

    ... is coming together and suggests that AMD may have a shot at trumping Intel by mid-2007, at least until the blue team rolls out 45 nm chips. Extra: Image Gallery - AMD quad-core Barcelona Berkeley (CA) ...

29. AMD demonstrates first native quad-core CPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 30 November 2006

    Intel was first out of the gate with a quad-core processor, AMD will offer the first native quad-core chip - four processors that are integrated in one piece of silicon. The company today offered a first ...

30. Pimp your desktop with a 40-core workstation

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 15 November 2006

    TyanPSC announced what likely could be considered the ultimate multi-core desktop computer system that money can buy today. The new Typhoon 600 combines ten Intel quad-core processors for a maximum performance ...

31. Intel unleashes quad-core processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 14 November 2006

    Intel is firing up the second stage of its Core microarchitecture: Not quite four months after the company regained the performance crown in the desktop and DP server processor segment, Intel is first ...

32. IBM announces quad-core servers, supercomputer cluster

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 10 November 2006

    IBM will offer its System x servers with Intel's upcoming Xeon 5300 quad-core processors, which are expected to be announced early Monday next week. The company claims that the new x models will deliver ...

33. 44 quad-core CPUs = 9000 Pentium Pro processors, says Intel

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 08 November 2006

    Ahead of the Super Computing 2006 (SC06) conference, which will open its doors on November 11, Intel announced new server cluster software tools and provided more information about its Clovertown quad-core ...

34. Dell's first quad-core systems indicate hefty premium for Kentsfield CPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 08 November 2006

    Dell today began offering the option of adding Intel's upcoming quad-core Xeon 5300 and Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processors to selected models of its PowerEdge servers and Precision workstations. While the ...

35. AMD preps launch of three FX processors for 4x4 platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 03 November 2006

    AMD remains very secretive about its two-processor 4x4 platform, which aims to decrease the performance gap to Intel's dual-core and upcoming quad-core processors on the very high-end of the enthusiast ...

36. Intel quad-cores expected to arrive on 13 November

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 October 2006

    Intel is expected to introduce its first quad-core processors on 13 November. According to an invitation sent to media, Hewlett-Packard and Intel will be hosting a "Quad Fest" that day to share news about ...

37. Intel quad-core QX6700 reaches system builders

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 11 October 2006

    Intel has begun shipping its first quad-core processor "Kentsfield," which will be officially called Core 2 Extreme QX6700 to system builders. Industry sources have confirmed to TG Daily that the processor ...

38. Quad-core and a 6000W heatsink: Impressions from the IDF showfloor

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 03 October 2006

    ... laptop. Even with hardware decoding, the CPU was still quite busy, as you can see in the gallery. Sapphire had a new PCI Express card with a built-in HDMI output port. Related articles: Is Intel back and ...

39. Intel proposes new power efficiency focused CPU benchmark

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 27 September 2006

    Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's digital enterprise group, formally launched the Xeon 5300 quad-core series as well as the Xeon 5300 series during his keynote at IDF. ...

40. Intel CEO announces Core 2 Quad

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 26 September 2006

    It wasn't much of a surprise anymore, but at least its official now: Intel will ship the first quad-core enthusiast processors as well as 2-way quad-core processors in November. The first mainstream quad-core ...

41. First quad-core workstation, server announced

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 26 September 2006

    Appro and Velocity Micro were the first two firms to announce new workstations and servers based on Intel's upcoming "Kentsfield" and "Clovertown" processors. The quad-cores are based on two single Core ...

42. Quad-core Clovertown server CPU to launch on 16 November

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 26 September 2006

      Intel will announce two-way quad-core server Clovertown processors, which will be marketed under the Xeon 5300-series name, on 16 November, according to Taiwan-based motherboard makers. Intel will ...

43. AMD skips IDF, 4X4 has to wait

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 20 September 2006

    everal major companies are hurriedly preparing products and announcements to coincide with next week's Intel Developer's Forum (IDF), but traditional gate-crasher AMD will be missing. For the first time ...

44. CPU core control key to power efficiency, says AMD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 01 September 2006

    ... to dominate the high-end range of PC and x86 server systems. Intel has been touting its quad-core processors "Kentsfield," likely to be named Core 2 Quadro, and "Clovertown," a future member of the Xeon ...

45. Intel roadmap confirms 2.67 GHz quad-core Core 2 Extreme

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 17 August 2006

    A new version of a roadmap distributed by Intel to its closest partners lists the upcoming quad-core "Kentsfield" as the new flagship of the firm's desktop processor portfolio. The new Core 2 Extreme ...

46. AMD intros new Opterons and promises 68W quad-core CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 14 August 2006

    AMD today unveiled its first answer to Intel's Core micro architecture. An updated version of the processor that is driving the firm's revenue growth and market share gains claims to not only close the ...

47. AMD to take on Intel with accelerated roadmap, native quad-core

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 20 July 2006

    Following a rather sobering quarter result, AMD answers Intel's challenge and the intent to bring new processors faster to market than initially planned: The company announced during its Q2 conference ...

48. Intel to launch quad-core processors in Q4

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 19 July 2006

    Intel today said that it has notified its partners that it has accelerated the roadmap for its quad-core processors. The launch has been pulled from the first half of 2007 into the fourth quarter of this ...

49. Intel quad-core processors may see spike in power - sources

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 June 2006

    Yesterday, Intel released its fastest server and workstation processors ever at a power level we haven't seen in several years. But the "Core" architecture, which the new Xeon 5100s are based on, may ...

50. Intel preps quad-core mobile chip, new CPU architecture for 2008 - analyst

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 14 April 2006

    Intel is running its development and manufacturing resources at full speed to roll out its "Core" architecture later its year. In-Stat analyst Jim McGregor believes that the company will not take any ...