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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... (ORNL) - features six-core AMD Opteron processors that deliver 2.3 petaflop/s theoretical peak performance and 1.75 petaflop/s performance on the Linpack benchmark. As expected, Intel responded to AMD's ...

2. Nvidia auctions "ultimate" gaming system on eBay

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... GeForce GTX 295 graphics cards in SLI, Nvidia 3D Vision glasses and a Samsung 2233RZ 3D Vision Ready Display," said Burke. "[The machine also boasts] an Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition CPU, 12GB ...

3. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... help keep it in the lead and ahead of the competition."

 See Also
 Phenom II overclockers shatter 7GHz barrier AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or ...

4. Nvidia showcases Fermi-based Tesla GPUs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... into X86 market Nvidia: Our nForce chipsets are "better" than Intel's Nvidia: Windows 7 "dramatically improves" GPU performance  ...

5. Intel would like to give AMD a Glaswegian kiss

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   Opinion Nothing's really changed When AMD and Intel held their journalist conference calls last week, the contrast between the two companies could not be greater. AMD talked as though the $1.25 billion ...

6. Intel claims it's driving supercomputers. Not AMD

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   And announces Nehalem-EX Chip firm AMD is blowing its own trumpet by saying its Jaguar system is the world's supreme supercomputer. But AMD's new friend Intel is not going to take that lying down. It ...

7. AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... capabilities and multi-threading capacity with up to 16 dedicated cores. The complete Top500 list can be viewed here. See Also AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five AMD claims TV couch ...

8. Microsoft: Windows 7 "looks and feels" like Mac OS X

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... and we've made it faster and slimmed down the code to make it more effective." See Also Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption Intel: Windows 7 offers ...

9. AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   The graphics bone connected to the CPU zone At a reviewers’ day at the Lone Star facility in Austin TX last week, AMD chief technology officer Joe Macri waxed large on Fusion and the potential it has ...

10. Atom Hackintosh netbooks crash and burn

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Snow Leopard infinity loop
 Apple has apparently struck a deadly blow against the burgeoning Hackintosh community by disabling support for Intel's Atom processor in the latest version of Snow Leopard.  ...

11. Nvidia may be moving into X86 market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... outfit needs to preserve both GPU and chipset revenue and pushing into the x86 market is the best way forward. Nvidia is involved in a spat with Intel over rights to develop chipsets for future Intel ...

12. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... The GPU gives the best performance per watt per dollar, he said. “We’re totally focused on the platform now and we have all the essentials.” Intel and Nvidia don’t give Bergman any nightmares, or if they ...

13. AMD culls Phenoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... has socket AM3 packaging.  It also has six 512KB L2 cache, 6MB L3 cache, and a core frequency of 2.8GHz. Meanwhile, Intel's CEO Paul Otellini has been seen wining and dining several China-based graphics ...

14. Why Apple should license Windows 7

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... ago someone saying the same thing about Apple moving to Intel or ever again licensing Microsoft technology at all and currently the MacOS runs on Intel and Apple has licensed Active Sync from Microsoft. ...

15. Maingear Shifts into overdrive with hard-core gaming machine

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    ... by choosing an Intel processor (Core i7/Xeon) and selecting an Nvidia or ATI GPU.
 Additional specs include:
 Silverstone power supply - up to 1.2KW. Closed-loop watercooling - up to 4.GHz. Kingston ...

16. Apple drops Atom bomb on Hackintosh netbook rebels

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    Apple has stepped up its war of attrition against Hackintosh rebels by disabling support for Intel's Atom processor in the next version of Snow Leopard. Apple has stepped up its war of attrition against ...

17. Intel: Windows 7 offers "improved" performance and stability

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    An Intel spokesperson recently told TG Daily that Microsoft Windows 7 offers "improved performance and stability" compared to Vista and the veteran, yet aging XP operating system.An Intel spokesperson ...

18. MSI plans Tegra e-book, talks up notebook shipments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... 20 percent of notebook shipments in the first half of 2010 and 30 percent in the second half as Intel starts to ship dual-core CPUs for the segment later this quarter. Gigabyte says that while it will ...

19. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... stupid, we'll point it out. When it does something good, we might even praise them a bit. And so it is that, unlike most IT sites, we don't have a news agenda. We're not pro Intel or AMD, for Microsoft ...

20. Kingston accelerates Windows with 40GB SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... score of 13,883, while a standard 7200RPM hard-disk only managed to rack up a score of 3,708.  The test system comprised an Intel DG45ID desktop motherboard, Core 2 Duo E6550 desktop process @ 2.33 ...

21. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 25 October 2009

    Tilera has launched an advanced line of TILE-Gx processors that reportedly offer "ten times better" compute efficiency than Intel's next-generation Westmere chip. The processors - fabricated in TSMC's ...

22. Psystar bootlegs Snow Leopard for the masses

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    Psystar has introduced a $50 software suite that allows OS X Snow Leopard to run on generic Intel-based hardware. The suite - known as Rebel EFI - is reportedly compatible with Intel Core 2 Duo, Core ...

23. Acer introduces Aspire 3D laptop

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... price point of $800, also offers an Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6600 (2 MB L2 cache, 2.2GHz, 800 MHz FSB), Dolby surround sound and Windows 7 Home Premium. Additional specs include: ATI Mobility Radeon ...

24. ARM multicore chip challenges Intel's hegemony

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    Microprocessor design company ARM said it has introduced the Cortex A5 MPCore CPU, a low power chip designed to make the internet available on a wide range of devices. Microprocessor design company ...

25. Apple refreshes iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch displays

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    Apple has refreshed its iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays. The new iMac line - starting at $1,200 - features a wide range of Intel processors, including the Core 2 Duo, Core i5 ...

26. AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... benchmarks - and offered savings of $400 compared to the Intel Core 2 Duo E7400. Similarly, the AMD Athlon II X3 435 processor offers savings of over $1005 while providing up to 75 percent better media ...

27. Sun and Fujitsu upgrade SPARC processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... Oracle is "committed" to SPARC architecture Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"  ...

28. HP takes on Apple with music notebook

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    ... a PC. There are two stereo outputs plus an ultraloud output level. Based around an Intel Core i7 mobile processor, it weighs 5.19 pounds and is just an inch thick. There's a choice of two 15.6-inch ...

29. Gateway takes on Apple's iMac

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... MSRPWindows 7 Home OS20-inch HD widescreen Ultrabright LCDResolution: 1600 x 900 resolutionIntel Pentium Dual Core Processor T4300 (2.1GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)Intel GL40 Express ChipsetIntel GMA ...

30. High tech won't save the economy this time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... Stagnation and recession were global conditions. But in Silicon Valley unemployment was only 7.5 percent. At the time mid-size companies there like Intel, AMD, Apple, and countless others who have since ...

31. ARM changes name of the netbook game

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    Analysis: While GlobalFoundries and ARM are not yet ready to discuss the full deal between them, the news is significant, not just for those two companies, but for the Intel Corporation too.Analysis: ...

32. ARM confirms it's chatting to GlobalFoundries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... are in deep congress over cooperating on semiconductor production.Bloomberg chatted to an ARM vice president of marketing who confirmed the company has Intel in its sights and wants 15 percent of the mini-notebook ...

33. Dell Latitude Z charges wirelessly

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... to Dell, the Intel Core 2 Duo powered Latitude Z is targeted at educators, attorneys and creative professionals. "The Dell Latitude Z laptop combines a thin, lightweight design with full-featured functionality," ...

34. LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... Intel P55-based (Lynnfield) system features 3 PCIe slots for graphic cards and uses the SoC's real-time distributed processing engine to serve as an intelligent graphic load balancer for custom GPU combinations. ...

35. Nvidia teams up with Microsoft for HPC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... applications that can be optimized for the GPU. The two companies say they are looking at applications such as data mining, machine learning and business intelligence, as well as scientific applications ...

36. Apple App Store downloads pass two million mark

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... device, and our users are clearly loving it." In related news, the iPhone was today voted the coolest consumer brand by UK market intelligence outfit CoolBrands, knocking Aston Martin off the top spot ...

37. Asetek liquid cooling chills Alienware's Area 51

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    ... drove our decision to make Asetek Liquid Cooling standard on our newest Alienware Aurora and Area-51 systems. "With Asetek liquid cooling we are able to push Intel's Core i7 performance further, giving ...

38. Dell unveils five Alienware gaming rigs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... ALX – The Aurora line features the new Intel Core i7 processor, including an optional Extreme Edition overclocked to 3.6GHz. According to Dell, the Aurora line of desktops are designed for hardcore gaming, ...

39. Toshiba targets high-end gamers with Qosmio X500

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    Toshiba has unveiled a laptop targeted at high-end gamers and multimedia enthusiasts. The Qosmio X500 - which is powered by Intel's new Intel Core i7 processor - features a 18.4-inch diagonal widescreen ...

40. Intel accidentally previews Larrabee, Gulftown

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    Intel has inadvertently offered a sneak preview of its afternoon keynote speech. Copies of the keynote to be delivered by Sean Maloney somehow appeared in the press room early this morning. Intel has ...

41. Intel fleshes out 22 nanometer plans

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    Mark Bohr talked in some detail of Intel's 22 nanometer process, and said that Intel is developing both CPU and SoC versions of each technology generation. Mark Bohr talked in some detail of Intel's ...

42. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    A senior Intel executive opened up this year's Intel Developer Forum this morning. Usually it's Pat Gelsinger who opens the show. Intel has thoughtfully provided white boards for people to write messages ...

43. SGI introduces Octane III 'personal' supercomputer

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 21 September 2009

    ... a "new era" of innovation in strategic science, research, development and visualization. Intel Developer Forum 2009 - SGI has introduced a "personal" supercomputer capable of accommodating up to 80 high-performance ...

44. Kingston, Rambus claim multicore thread shows speed boost

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    ... as often as in conventional modules meaning a 20 percent reduction in power required. Rambus will show off the prototype at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, next week. There's no word yet when ...

45. Intel has ambitious plans for i5, i7 CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    It looks as though Intel wants to ship a million Lynnfield Core i5 and Core i7 microprocessors by the end of this year, according to a report.It looks as though Intel wants to ship a million Lynnfield ...

46. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    ... It is very thin and can be had with AMD or Intel processors, LED backlit screen, and discrete graphics.   Less than an inch thick and with a 4.2 pound carry weight this isn’t the thinnest or ...

47. HP debuts aluminum notebooks - at a price

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    ... head of PC notebook design for HP. "Notebooks have become a status symbol for users, who are looking for high-quality materials and simple designs." The ProBook range features Intel Celeron or Core ...

48. Intel sampling Jasper Forest chips with built-in I/O hub

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 13 September 2009

    Chip giant Intel has started sampling the latest iteration of its Nehalem processors, codenamed Jasper Forest. Chip giant Intel has started sampling the latest iteration of its Nehalem processors, codenamed ...

49. Asetek liquid cooling chills Intel Core i5 chips

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    Asetek has launched a liquid cooling system for Intel's Core i5 line of processors. According to Asetek spokesperson Gary Baum, support for the recently unveiled CPUs and their LGA1156 socket motherboard ...

50. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... about what the speed of a CPU is, nor do they particularly need to know about the number of cores a processor has. What they do need to know is what a machine does. Intel, she thinks, still concentrates ...