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1. Intel retires more CPUs, quad-core Q6700 and dual-core E4700

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

   Tuesday, 02 December 2008

   Santa Clara (CA) - Intel announced today it is retiring the Intel Core 2 Q6700 quad-core processor based on the 65nm Kentsfield core at G0 stepping. Also retiring is the 65nm Allendale-based Core 2 Duo ...

2. Intel unleashes Core i7, beats itself

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 17 November 2008

     Following a first wave of reviews of the Core i7 processor, still mainly known under its code-name Nehalem, Intel is officially introducing its next-generation desktop microprocessor today. The ...

3. Taking Core to the Edge: Intel unveils 6-core Xeon CPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 15 September 2008

     There is no doubt that the Core micro-architecture will have a special place in Intel’s history. Core reclaimed the performance crown from AMD, it put Intel on the power-efficiency track and it ...

4. Intel adds cheap dual-core, quad-core

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 01 September 2008

     The Core 2 Quad Q6600 has been Intel’s quad-core economy package for more than 18 months, but Intel has finally decided to introduce a 45 nm replacement for the sub-$800 PC segment. There is also ...

5. Intel fine tunes processor pricing, increases pressure on AMD

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 21 July 2008

     Intel’s latest round of processor price represents a very subtle adjustment of prices the market widely seems to have accepted. However, it is clear that the company is reacting to AMD’s aggressive ...

6. How a forgotten Intel invention could revolutionize the CPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 June 2008

   ... speed. However, we rarely hear about the way how a processor actually communicates between these components and such technologies usually do not make it into marketing brochures. But Intel has an idea ...

7. Intel's Penryn refresh platform to integrate support for Blu-ray, HD DVD

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 19 September 2007

   Intel will update its mobile Penryn processor, which is scheduled to launch as part of the current "Santa Rosa" platform late this year, with the "Montevina" platform in the first ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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 ...

10. AMD and Intel: The battle for processor price segments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 06 April 2007

    ... our price/performance charts, it is no secret to you the competition between AMD and Intel in the retail market is reaching new heights almost every week. Time to recap what happened in the past half year ...

11. 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 ...

12. 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 ...

13. CES 2007: Intel rolls out new quad-core processor Core 2 Quad Q6600

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 08 January 2007

    Intel is enjoying its lead in the current microprocessor market and today announced more CPUs with four cores. There are three new quad-cores altogether, one desktop processor and two chips for entry-level ...

14. Intel to launch pricing campaign in Q2 2007

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 21 December 2006

      Intel will launch a pricing campaign in the second quarter of 2007, with the price for the Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor falling to $530, according to industry sources. Intel will launch a pricing ...

15. 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, ...

16. AMD prices drop as Quad FX becomes available

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 02 December 2006

    ... which was believed to be positioned against Intel's quad-core QX6700, but ended up to be more of a workstation "megatasking" solution that isn't aiming for the enthusiast gaming market. On the heels of ...

17. 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) ...

18. AMD launches 4x4 platform Quad FX

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 30 November 2006

    ... about AMD's 4x4 platform, which has received the commercial name Quad FX. While Intel's recently released quad-core chip Kentsfield is a straightforward quad-core upgrade for enthusiasts who have used ...

19. Intel quad-core increases pricing pressure on AMD

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 18 November 2006

    Intel's Core 2 Extreme QX6700 has officially arrived and already shows a strong impact on the rest of the company's processor line-up in the latest edition of our processor price/performance charts. Average ...

20. Opinion: Should you switch to quad-core now?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 November 2006

    ... with two Core 2 Duo processors today, the quad-core QX6700 promises to deliver more performance and hides potential for overclocking. Intel says the performance gains can approach 80%. Of course, only ...

21. 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 ...

22. Dell first to officially roll out quad-core system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 November 2006

    Dell received the honor of unveiling the first quad-core desktop computer. Just hours before Intel will formally announce its Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor, Dell announced the XPS 710, which looks like ...

23. Kentsfield quad-core processors to sell for less than $1200

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 10 November 2006

    While Intel reportedly is gearing for a launch of its quad-core processors on Monday next week, a wide range of etailers has begun pre-selling or even selling the Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor. Chicago ...

24. 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 ...

25. 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 ...

26. 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 ...

27. Core 2 Duo to hit 3 GHz, introduce FSB1333 in Q3 '07

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 06 November 2006

    Last week, we had a closer look at AMD's plans how to close the gap to Intel with near- and mid-term products. This week, we will focus on Intel's new products for 2007 as well as the remainder of this ...

28. VoodooPC introduces Quad-Core computer

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 03 November 2006

    Following yesterday's lifting of the Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core NDAs, VoodooPC is now introducing a quad-core powered computer. The enthusiast PC maker is upgrading its Omen line with the Intel Core ...

29. 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 ...

30. Intel 'Kentsfield' quad-core benchmarks to flood the Net

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 02 November 2006

    You can expect a flood of benchmarks for Intel's quad-core 'Kentsfield' processor to hit the Internet in the next day. Intel's latest chip is officially called the Core 2 Extreme QX6700 and is an enthusiast ...

31. Intel's quad-core rings in a new era of enthusiast systems

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 02 November 2006

    ... with the day Intel lifted the embargo from publishing benchmark results of the first quad-core processor. We were able to report unofficial results some time ago and, if you follow our stories, you already ...

32. 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 ...

33. 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 ...

34. Intel schedules Yorkfield launch for Q3 07

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 28 September 2006

      Intel plans to launch its second-generation quad-core processors - the Yorkfield series - as replacement parts for the upcoming Core 2 Quad (codenamed Kentsfield) CPUs in the third quarter of 2007, ...

35. 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. ...

36. 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 ...

37. 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 ...

38. Multi-core processors may replace physics cards, says Intel

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 26 September 2006

    In what promises to be one of the main themes of the Intel Developer Forum, Intel touted the virtues of quad-core gaming to members of the press, during a pre-show, "extreme multi-threaded" benchmarking ...

39. 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 ...

40. Intel to restructure 1-way server product range

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 20 September 2006

      Intel will redefine its 1-way server product range into high-end and entry-level lines in order to tune to the growing adoption of servers for personal or home office use, according to industry ...

41. Intel quad-core Kentsfield to be named Core 2 Quadro

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 19 September 2006

      Intel is expected by the end of this month to officially name its Kentsfield quad-core desktop processor as the "Core 2 Quadro," with the first model to be an Extreme version, the Core 2 Extreme ...

42. Preview: Tom's Hardware benchmarks Intel's first quad-core "Kentsfield"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 08 September 2006

    Intel's first quad-core processor "Kentsfield" has found its way into the Tom's Hardware test lab. Several weeks before Intel will provide evaluation processors to the press, Tom's Hardware was able to ...

43. 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 ...

44. Abit intros Intel quad-core motherboard

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 18 August 2006

    Abit announced its AW9D and AW9D-MAX motherboards which can be used with Intel's current LGA775 processors such as the Pentium D and Core 2 Duo as well as future quad-core versions of the Core 2 Extreme ...

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 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 ...

47. 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 ...

48. 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 ...

49. Gigabyte introduces "quad-core ready" motherboard

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 June 2006

    While we are still waiting for the arrival of Intel's Core micro architecture and Core 2 Duo processors, some vendors at Computex already have the next processor generation in mind. For example, Gigabyte ...

50. Intel Core 2 Extreme demonstrated with 3.5 GHz

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 31 May 2006

    Intel today gave yet another glimpse of the capability of its soon-to-be-launched Core microarchitecture. While the processor will launch at 2.93 GHz, Intel shows the CPU already running at significantly ...