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1. 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 ...

2. Can AMD survive another Core 2 Duo?

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Friday, 15 August 2008

     Opinion – IDF is just around the corner and Intel will provide a flood of new information about its upcoming Nehalem (Core i7) processor as well as its 32 nm and 22 nm successors, new architectures ...

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. F1 Supercomputing championship: Toyota ditches Itanium CPUs

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 22 April 2008

   ... AMD Opteron processors. Back then, AMD was not an official sponsor of Sauber, but leveraged the use of Opteron processors for marketing and PR efforts. When Intel came on board, Albert1 turned into Albert2 ...

5. Intel six-core coming in 2008

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 25 February 2008

   Intel's PR reps are recovering this week from GDC and are preparing for CeBit, which will open its doors next week. But there is a certain presentation about a relatively unknown part, which may keep ...

6. Intel gives 51xx Woodcrest Xeons a new stepping

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Friday, 19 October 2007

   Santa Clara (CA) - Intel announced today that its 5100-series dual-core boxed Woodcrest Xeons will receive a stepping upgrade from B2 to G0, except for 2.0 GHz and 2.6 GHz models.  The change ...

7. 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.  ...

8. AMD increases Opteron clock-speed to 3.2 GHz

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 06 August 2007

   ... and the 4P 8224SE models are both clocked with 3.2 GHz and both rated with a thermal design power of 119 watts. Compared to Intel's dual-core Woodcrest processors, AMD promises a performance advantage ...

9. Intel drops 32-bit dual-core LV processors

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 30 July 2007

   Intel has informed its customers that it has begun phasing out two of its three “Sossaman” processors. Chicago (IL) – Intel has informed its customers that it has begun phasing out two ...

10. 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 ...

11. Intel dominates Top 500 supercomputer ranking

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 27 June 2007

    The 29th list of the world’s 500 fastest supercomputers was released today, showing dramatic performance increases throughout. Intel processors are now installed in more than half of all supercomputers ...

12. IDF: Sun preps first Intel-based servers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 April 2007

    Intel and Sun demonstrated a Xeon 5100-based server running Sun’s Solaris operating system. Beijing (China) – Intel and Sun demonstrated a Xeon 5100-based server running Sun’s Solaris ...

13. 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 ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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, ...

16. Wrapping up the 2006 processor prices story - UPDATE

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 29 December 2006

    ... you may remember that AMD was dominating the performance charts and what we call today power-efficiency disciplines. Intel's Core Duo was launched during CES as the firms second 65 nm processor and the ...

17. 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 ...

18. 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 ...

19. 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 ...

20. 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 ...

21. Dell introduces AMD-based 2P, 4P servers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 23 October 2006

    Dell today rolled out its first servers based on AMD's Opteron processors. The rack server Power Edge 6950 and the blade server Power Edge SC1435 promise more performance and power efficiency than Intel's ...

22. An unexpected surprise for AMD: Turion sales surge

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 18 October 2006

    ... share during the quarter. The company did not provided exact shipment numbers of its processors. Responding to a question from an analyst, Meyer confirmed that Intel's recently launched Xeon 5100 processors ...

23. Intel to tape out first 45 nm processor by year-end

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 October 2006

    Despite a quarter result that did not quite show the strength of the traditional Intel, the processor manufacturer apparently is on its way up again. During a conference call, chief executive officer ...

24. 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 ...

25. 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 ...

26. 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. ...

27. 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 ...

28. The hidden potential in your graphics card: A supercomputer?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 18 September 2006

    ... 4 3 GHz processor was estimated to reach about 6 GFLOPs (billion operations per second), while Woodcrest, the server variant of Intel's Core 2 Duo processor, is currently believed to top out at around ...

29. Intel refreshes Xeon MP series with new Tulsa processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 August 2006

    Intel launched eight new dual-core Xeon MP processors late Thursday. The new CPUs go head-to-head with AMD's Opteron 8000 series processors and are based on the "Tulsa" core which uses the power-hungry ...

30. UPDATE 2: Dell to ship AMD-based desktop PCs in September

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 17 August 2006

    ... products. Chief executive Kevin Rollins hinted that AMD will not only fill a gap in Dell's portfolio, but will also be a tool to convince Intel to drop its prices. Round Rock (TX) - Confirming earlier ...

31. 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 ...

32. Mac Pro, new Xserve will feature dual Intel Xeons, will start shipping today

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 07 August 2006

    It's Intel Xeon 5100 processors - not Core 2 Duos - that will be at the heart of the new Mac Pro series announced this morning. In fact, they'll have a dual-processor configuration for four simultaneous ...

33. UPDATE: First Core 2 Duo T7600 performance and battery benchmarks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 02 August 2006

    Tom's Hardware has received one of the very few available final test units of Intel's Core 2 Duo T-series CPUs, formerly code-named "Merom". During its initial two benchmark runs, the chip delivered first ...

34. The long road to Conroe

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 27 July 2006

    ... that didn't make Vista. We learned Conroe would be the child of something called Merom, the most influential and powerful design in Intel's history. This is its story. Santa Clara (CA) - History may credit ...

35. TG Daily interviews Intel Senior VP: "Core is changing the game"

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 27 July 2006

    Intel is back. With Core 2 Duo, the firm's most significant product in more than a decade, the company is offering what is considered to be the best microprocessor available today. TG Daily used the opportunity ...

36. 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 ...

37. Tom's Hardware: Core 2 Duo smokes AMD's Athlon 64 X2

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 14 July 2006

    Just about two weeks ahead of the official launch, Core 2 Duo's true performance capability comes to light. In tests conducted by Tom's Hardware Guide, Intel's new processor delivered stunning results, ...

38. Revised Dell XPS 700 to feature overclocked Intel Core 2 Extreme CPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 13 July 2006

    On the day Intel announces Conroe - which is expected within days - Dell Computer will upgrade its top-of-the-line XPS 700 desktop computer model to offer not only an overclocked Core 2 Extreme CPU, but ...

39. Intel to launch dual-core Itanium 2 CPUs on 18 July

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 30 June 2006

      Intel plans to add its dual-core Itanium 2 CPU line, dubbed "Montecito," to to its current Xeon 5100 series (codenamed Woodcrest) and Dempsey processor offerings on 18 July, according to sources ...

40. Tyan Personal Super Computer arrives to market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 29 June 2006

    ... registered memory can be installed on the AMD Opteron 200 version, while 32 GB of DDR2-667/533 memory can be installed on the Intel Pentium D model. Eight Gigabit Ethernet ports and four Serial ATA ports ...

41. Intel to launch next-gen mobile dual-core "Merom" in August

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 28 June 2006

    Xeon 5100 was the first of three Core-based processors Intel has scheduled for launched for Q2 and Q3 of this year. The desktop version "Conroe" will debut in Week 30, while the mobile processor "Merom" ...

42. 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 ...

43. Clearspeed updates 50 GFlops accelerator board

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 June 2006

    ... and even mainstream applications that require enormous floating point horsepower - just like scientific calculations, for example in genomics and geology, do today. In an updated benchmark using Intel's ...

44. 150 OEMs shipping Intel Woodcrest systems

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 26 June 2006

    Intel's Core architecture gets a solid start with about 150 companies offering more than 200 Xeon 5100 (formerly code-named Woodcrest) platforms today. Pretty much every know server manufacturer has sent ...

45. Woodcrest launches Intel into a new era

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 26 June 2006

    Intel today introduced the first processor based on its "Core" architecture: The Xeon 5100 rings in the beginning of the end of the Netburst architecture - a power hungry technology that was introduced ...

46. Woodcrest outperforms Opteron in speed and power consumption - analyst

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 23 June 2006

    An analyst from Thomas Weisel Partners today issued a research brief that included a first evaluation of Intel's claim to achieve market leadership in terms of power consumption and application performance ...

47. AMD's quad-core CPU to consume dual-core power

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 23 June 2006

    If AMD has its way, then Intel's performance-per-watt leadership claim may be short lived: The first quad-core Opterons, due in 2007 will consume the same power as today's dual-core processors, while ...

48. Intel opens third 65 nm fab, confirms 45 nm on track

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 22 June 2006

    Intel expands the production capability of 65 nm and future 45 nm processors with the official opening of its third 65 nm facility. Leixlip, Ireland joins the Chandler, AZ, and Hillsboro, OR, factories ...

49. Intel to launch "Core" on 26 June

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 June 2006

    Consider it official. Intel will be officially introducing the Xeon 5100 processor, the first version of a new generation of CPU's built on the firm's "Core" micro architecture on 26 June. Chicago ...

50. Intel accelerates shipment date of its Opteron beater "Tulsa"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 12 June 2006

    The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that Intel has moved up the shipment of its Tulsa processor, which will succeed the current Xeon MP 7000 series with Paxville core. The Associated Press (AP) is ...