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1. 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 ...

2. 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.  ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. Atom microarchitecture buoys Intel revenue

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 13 October 2009

   Intel has reported "strong" third-quarter results despite the global economic recession. According to Intel CEO Paul Otellini, Atom microarchitecture revenue increased by 15 percent from the second-quarter ...

7. 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"  ...

8. Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 06 October 2009

   Former Intel CTO Pat Gelsinger once predicted that Nehalem-based Xeon 5500 servers would act as "cash machines" for the IT industry. Although Pat recently left the company to pursue other opportunities ...

9. Is Intel's Atom really the future?

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 22 September 2009

   Opinion Intel really seems to believe that the Atom is the CPU of the future. As we reported earlier today, it showed off future iterations of the Atom and has ambitious plans for the future too. Intel ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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 ...

12. EU publishes lurid details of Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 21 September 2009

    The European Commission has finally gotten around to publishing a non-confidential version of its Intel Decision, dating back to 13 May 2009 that found Intel broke EC Treaty antitrust rules by engaging ...

13. Oracle and Sun showcase 'world's fastest' database machine

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    ...  Intel Xeon (Nehalem) processors 600 GB SAS Disks at 6 Gigabits/second DDR3 memory 72 Gigabytes (memory) per database server 40 Gigabits/second InfiniBand Raw disk capacity of 100 TB (SAS) or 336 TB (SATA) ...

14. 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 ...

15. Dell starts to sell uninterruptible power supplies

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... PowerEdge T110 and T310 tower servers and the R210 and R410 rack servers which are based on Intel's Xeon 3400 CPUs. The T110 is aimed at small businesses with a desktop sized chassis, while the PowerEdge ...

16. Intel blitzes market with Nehalem Lynnfield chips

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    Chip giant Intel formally announced a series of microprocessors based on its Nehalem microarchitecture.Chip giant Intel formally announced a series of microprocessors based on its Nehalem microarchitecture. ...

17. AMD launches 40W six-core Opteron processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 30 August 2009

    ... manufactured by the competition [Intel Xeon], our six-core EE Opteron retains certain, much-loved features that are consistent with AMD's HE iteration. For example, we have not reduced the memory speed, ...

18. Intel phases out Tigerton quad-core CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 11 August 2009

    Intel has begun removing 65 nm quad-core Xeon MP CPUs from its product sheet. The Tigerton processor, which is still among the most capable server CPUs on the market today is being phased out with a ...

19. Intel roadmap details sneak out under the radar

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    More details on future chip plans have slipped through Intel's famously-tight grasp.Santa Clara (CA) - More details on future chip plans have slipped through Intel's famously-tight grasp. In early August, ...

20. AMD launches five new 6-core processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 12 July 2009

    ... side, AMD aims its SE processors at Intel’s Nehalem chip, and, at least in 4-way, 24-core configurations, the green team appears to have an advantage over Intel at this time, if we believe the official ...

21. HP announces AMD 6- and 12-core workstations

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    ... to 12 cores, HP’s workstation is an option to Intel Nehalem-based DP workstations. Palo Alto (CA) – Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the first major workstation vendor to announce systems that can be ordered ...

22. Intel targets future MID market with power-conscious Moorestown

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    Intel has confirmed that its next-generation Moorestown processor will utilize platform power management (PPM) technology to facilitate a 50x reduction in idle power compared to current Atom-based ...

23. Intel to retire Skulltrail QX9775 processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 05 June 2009

    Intel has begun phasing out its last remaining Core 2 Extreme processor – the flagship QX9775 chip, also known as Skulltrail CPU. Santa Clara (CA) – Intel has begun phasing out its last remaining ...

24. Intel vs. AMD 6-core CPUs: Speed vs. power?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 01 June 2009

    Opinion – When Intel introduced its Dunnington 6-core processors back in September of 2008, we considered it a stunning achievement, but knew that it would be about as far as the Core architecture ...

25. Intel previews advanced Nehalem processor, eyes demise of RISC-based platforms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    Intel has previewed a new Xeon processor codenamed "Nehalem-EX." The advanced processor will reportedly feature up to 8 cores inside a single chip that is capable of supporting 16 threads and a 24Mb ...

26. Supermicro releases Atom-based blade server

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 08 May 2009

    If power consumption is what counts in a blade server environment, then there is a new option on the market: Supermicro launched a Atom-based product using 4 watt and 8 watt Intel Atom processors, ...

27. AMD posts controversial virtualization value math

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 07 May 2009

    Opinion – AMD has its hands full to counter Intel’s Xeon 5500 processor, which is considered the highest performing server processor these days. Intel’s chip has some obvious weaknesses which AMD could ...

28. Intel phasing out another Nehalem processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 06 May 2009

    Yesterday, we learned that Intel has begun phasing out the Core i7 940 processor, today we are told that the Extreme version 965 will be retired this year as well. Looks like the current three i7s ...

29. Intel phasing out first Nehalem i7 processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 06 May 2009

    I have to admit, this one has caught me by surprise. Intel is still rolling out its Nehalem processors, there are just three i7 desktop CPUs available, the Xeon 5500 was launched just a few weeks ago ...

30. AMD pulls in six-core CPU, announces 16-core for 2011

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 22 April 2009

    ... code-named Istanbul, will be introduced in June. We will also see a new integrated memory controller technology, 12-core processors in 2010 and a 16-core CPU in 2016. Following Intel’s Nehalem Xeon 5500 ...

31. Intel: 1 million Nehalems shipped, 32 nm Westmere pulled in

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 17 April 2009

    Intel’s manufacturing engine is still pumping out stunning numbers of processors. The recent launch of the Nehalem-based Xeon 5500 servers has taken the production of the new core technology beyond ...

32. Sun rolls out Intel Nehalem servers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 14 April 2009

    Sun today announced six new servers and one new workstation based on Intel’s Xeon 5500-series processor, previously code-named Nehalem. Santa Clara (CA) – Sun today announced six new servers and one ...

33. Evolved Machines fires up Nvidia Tesla supercomputer

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 09 April 2009

    ... represents the 84th fastest supercomputer in the world, beating Germany’s IBM BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, which runs on 3424 Intel Xeon 2.83 GHz cores.   ...

34. Intel phases out some 65 nm and 45 nm Xeon 3000 processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 08 April 2009

    Intel is making room for its Nehalem core-based CPUs and told its customers that it has begun phasing 65 nm Xeon processors with Conroe core as well as a higher-end version of its 45 nm chips with Wolfdale core. ...

35. Apple upgrades servers with Nehalem processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 07 April 2009

    Apple is now offering its XServe products with Intel’s Xeon 5500 processors, formerly code-named Nehalem. Apple claims that the updated XServe provides almost twice the performance per watt of the previous models.Cupertino ...

36. Complexity kills the computer industry

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 02 April 2009

    ... cash needed to buy new systems.  This week Nehalem EP was released, which is arguably the biggest technology step that Intel has made this decade. Both parts are less about raw performance and ...

37. Intel responds officially to Nehalem power concerns

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 31 March 2009

    Earlier today, TG Daily ran an article entitled Intel attacked over Xeon 5500's power-efficiency. Shortly thereafter, Intel contacted TG Daily's owner, Wolfgang Gruener, to address some concerns over ...

38. Intel posts Xeon 5500 pricing, adds new mobile CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 31 March 2009

    Intel has updated its price list for its processors, which now contains all new Xeon 5500 “Nehalem-EP” processors as well as five new mobile Core 2 Duos with 45 nm Penryn core. Santa Clara (CA) – Intel ...

39. UPDATE: Intel attacked over Xeon 5500's power-efficiency

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 31 March 2009

    Intel’s Xeon 5500 processor, formerly code-named Nehalem-EP, is all about performance and power-efficiency, but its rivals disagree. At least for SiCortex, a company that claims to offer one of ...

40. Nvidia launches five Quadro cards, relaunches two

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 30 March 2009

    Nvidia is taking advantage of Intel’s Nehalem buzz today and reminded us that the company has the “most powerful professional graphics card lineup”. There are seven new cards, if we forget that two ...

41. Intel unleashes Nehalem-EP server CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 30 March 2009

    The first server version of the Nehalem processor is officially out of the gate. Intel says it is the most important server processor it has launched in 14 years and claims that it now dominates every ...

42. NEC achieves world record in x86-based JVM performance

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    ... 16-socket server score by 40%. Powered by sixteen Intel X7460 Xeon CPUs (96 cores) and Intel's high-speed interconnect (HSI), the tests were conducted in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 using Oracle ...

43. Is innovation enough for Cisco’s new servers to succeed?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Monday, 16 March 2009

    ... the blade server is certain to make datacenter managers rethink their hardware strategy. Based on Intel Nehalem Xeon processors, the devices will consolidate access to storage area networks, local area ...

44. Cisco expands into building blade servers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 March 2009

    ... but the servers are expected to be based on x86/x64-based Intel Xeon processors, Cisco networking technology and software from BMC, EMC, VMware and Microsoft. Cisco was hit hard during the 2001-2003 dotcom ...

45. Apple tax on the latest Mac gear: 40 percent

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 March 2009

    ... increased performance in iMacs and up to 7 percent in Mac mini. The modest gain doesn't come as a surprise since new iMacs and Mac minis are still based on the now two-years old Intel Core 2 Duo mobile ...

46. 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 ...

47. Researchers tap supercomputers to find interesting language trends

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    ... of the phrases introduced since the advent of the Internet: Email, browser, home page, blog. And even in computers, the word "Xeon" did not mean anything before Intel came along. And how many English speakers ...

48. AMD’s six-core CPU gets first public demo

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 25 February 2009

    ... first six-core processor available and it is, in fact, quite a bit behind Intel, which unveiled its six-core Dunnington processor back in September of 2008. However, AMD can claim that, when the chip debuts, ...

49. UPDATED: Intel's 8-core CPUs will have 2.3 billion transistors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 09 February 2009

      Intel celebrates its annual research show-off at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference with a look at upcoming Nehalem processors. The company is planning a “family” of ...

50. Intel steps up Harpertown, Wolfdale and Core i7 920, not mobile chipsets

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 30 January 2009

      Today, Intel announced nearly all Harpertown and Wolfdale-DP CPUs will move from the C0 stepping to E0. Excluded are X5272 and E5205 which will remain at C0. Core i7 Model 920 only will move from C0 ...