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1. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... doesn’t need to do that, does it? Said Bergman: “We’ll have a breadth of Fusion solutions and one of them will be a quad core.” That’s going to give good X86 performance, he reckons. And in between now ...

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

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... and i7 quad-core.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 ...

3. Slideshow: Nvidia showcases next-generation GPU architecture

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, Fermi represents the "foundation" of the world's first computational GPUs - which are expected to include the GeForce, Quadro and Tesla brands. To illustrate his point, Jen-Hsun debuted ...

4. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... dual and quad cores, and tech jargon for tech jargon’s sake. We took time out yesterday to interview Leslie Sobon, VP of worldwide product marketing and who was more than happy to range far and wide ...

5. World + Dog licenses Nvidia SLI

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... to equip their PCs with any combination of GeForce GPUs, including Quad SLI. "Nvidia SLI technology is a perfect complement to the processing prowess of our new Core i7 and Intel DP55KG desktop board," ...

6. Intel roadmap details sneak out under the radar

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... Core 2 Extreme XE 2GHz, Core 2 Quad P2 1.73GHz and Core 2 Quad P1 1.6GHz - will be ready to launch towards the end of September, along with the Celeron SU2300 and Celeron 743 aimed at ultra-thin notebooks. ...

7. AMD launches five new 6-core processors

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... per watt than its standard CPUs. The 6-core SE processors are about 50% faster than the quad-core SE processors, the company claims.        ...

8. Update: Firefox 3.5 is fast, but still behind Chrome and Safari

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... through Futuremark's Peacekeeper test, which yielded a tiny improvement from 1964 to 1989 points on our modest quad-core PC. 1. Safari: 3671 2. Firefox: 1989 (1964 on June 15) 3. IE: 804 4. Chrome: ...

9. DoD confirms worldwide deployment of America's Army 3

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... rifleman, squad designated marksman and grenadier. New AA3 features include: Authenticity of Weapons and Weapons Effects - Players customize their weapon/ammo configuration and load (gear) with ...

10. Browser wars: Is Safari as fast as Apple claims?

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600-based system with 4 GB of memory. Round 1: Acid 3 This is a standard test that takes browsers through a web standards compliance test. The focus is focused on the Document Object ...

11. Qore leaks new PSP details before E3 debut

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... For example, SouthPeak is expected to demo at least 6 titles, including: Section 8 - Sci-fi first person shooter.   Raven Squad - a tactical action game set in the Amazonian jungles. Brave: A Warrior's ...

12. Intel delays Lynnfield launch

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Intel's upcoming Core i5 desktop chips, planned for launch in July, now look likely to slip to September. Santa Clara (CA) - Intel's upcoming Core i5 desktop chips, planned for launch in July, now look ...

13. Nvidia launches five Quadro cards, relaunches two

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... a 256 MB of memory and eight enabled processing cores for $99 all the way to the Quadro FX 5800 with 4 GB of memory and 240 processors for $3300. The new cards include the models FX 3800, FX 1800, FX 580, ...

14. Qualcomm backs Zeebo, a new game console

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... access plan." Users will be able to update content via a 3G network subscription whereby the console accesses "Zeebnet" with its built-in quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA radios. In ...

15. The second Android cellphone arrives by Easter

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... 3G (HSDPA/WCDMA), quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR connectivity. It comes with an internal GPS antenna for applications to use navigation, as well as G-sensor and digital compass. ...

16. UPDATED: The 100 oldest registered dot com, org, net, edu domains

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... 12/11/86 196502 053 convergent.com 12/11/86 n/a 054 dg.com 12/11/86 n/a 055 peregrine.com 12/11/86 n/a 056 quad.com 12/11/86 n/a 057 sq.com 12/11/86 n/a 058 tandy.com 12/11/86 n/a 059 tti.com 12/11/86 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... quad-core 2.93 GHz CPU, ATI Radeon HD 4870 GPU, 6 GB of 1,066 MHz DDR3 RAM and a 1 TB 7,200 RPM SATA hard drive, MacPro's technological advantage is offset by a $450 premium over the Gateway system. ...

18. Review: Internet Explorer 8 improves with age

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... As mentioned in our previous article, quad-core systems will show much better numbers due to multi-threading. However, our numbers can be compared to the numbers we originally achieved in our initial ...

19. AMD: Netbooks? No, thanks.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... for a more balanced platform consisting of a good-enough quad-core processor and decent graphics – a combination Intel can’t offer as an in-house product. This is especially the case in desktop systems.  ...

20. CES 2009: Nvidia releases GeForce GTX 285 and GTX 295 for high-end

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... card is 4.4 inches x 10.5 inches on a PCI-e 2.0 x16, supports Quad-SLI, PhysX, CUDA, has HybridPower, GeForce Boost, DirectX 10, Open GL 2.1, one 6-pin power connector, one 8-pin power connector, maximum ...

21. UPDATED: Nvidia takes gaming into full-3D with stereoscopic glasses

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Hard Evidence, Diplomacy, Dirt, Drome Racers, Earth 2160, Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind, Empire Earth II, Evolva, FIFA 04, FIFA05, Flyboys Squadron, Ford Street Racing, Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich, Fury, ...

22. Lenovo announces dual-screen Thinkpad

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... drive. The measurements are 16.1”x12.2”x2.1”. The core hardware components of the W700ds include Intel Core 2 processors (quad-core available), Nvidia workstation graphics (Quadro FX 3760M), 4 – 8 GB ...

23. HP to unveil green gaming PCs at CES

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... are equipped with quad-core Intel processors with a clock speed of up to 2.83 GHz, 4 GB of DDR2-800 memory and dual Nvidia GeForce 9800S video cards with 1 GB of memory.   Also included are twin hard ...

24. 2.93 GHz Core i7 Dual-socket Xeon X5570 breaks SAP records

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... products from AMD. Compared to a quad-socket Xeon X7460 (24 cores) at 2.66 GHz, the dual-socket X5570 at 2.93 GHz with HT enabled (two fewer physical CPUs, but 16 virtual cores and 8 physical cores) ...

25. Exclusive: First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 RC1

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... 2 Quad-based computer - in absolute numbers: IE8 RC1 scored 105, Firefox 3.1 beta 2 265 and Chrome 1.0 2991. Notice the difference between Firefox and IE. IE consistently came in behind Firefox in our ...

26. CPU prices post huge drops in 2008, Intel delays CPU+GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... CPU families. Over 2008, Intel’s Core 2 Duo series dropped by 17%, Core 2 Quads (including Extreme) by 22% and Xenon chips by 10%. AMD reduced its prices even more aggressively, with Athlon 64 X2 ...

27. Another iPhone challenger: HTC Touch HD

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... is 115 mm tall, 62.8 mm wide and 12 mm thick, very similar to the iPhone, and weighs 147 grams (iPhone: 133 grams). The handset works on WCDMA 900/2100MHz bands, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, and supports HSUPA ...

28. Showdown: iPhone vs. Blackberry Storm

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... v2.0 + EDR, mono/stereo headset, handsfree, phone book access profile, and serial port profile supported Tethered modem: YES Frequencies: Quad-band GSM, 3G EV-DO Rev. A , 2100Mhz UMTS/HSPA, quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM ...

29. Nehalem: Intel gives the industry exactly what's needed

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Opinion - I have been very surprised reading the commentary from other websites regarding Core i7. Many of those authors believe Intel fell short with this Tock cycle, essentially stating they did not ...

30. Nvidia's Tesla deskside supercomputer returns as a PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Besides four C1060 cards, Nvidia recommends a quad-core CPU as well as 16 GB of memory, which, according to the company, should result in PCs with a price tag of slightly below $10,000. If you are into ...

31. Intel unleashes Core i7, beats itself

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Intel still holds the lead in terms of performance over AMD today and largely dictates processor pricing as a result. Core i7 has been found to be noticeably faster than Core 2 Duo/Quad processors and ...

32. AMD to release Phenom II in January with a refocus away from enterprise segment

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Phenom II X4 will be released along with an enthusiast platform called "Dragon." Like the server version announced yesterday, the desktop Phenom II will be a quad-core processor with 8 MB cache (6 MB shared ...

33. AMD unlikely to gain ground on Intel at 32 nm. Does it matter?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... mentioned on the server roadmap will precede Orochi? Earlier in the day, a press release stated that the Deneb 45 nm (desktop) quad-core (Phenom X4 II) will be released in Q1 2009. That would mean that ...

34. AMD unleashes 45 nm Opteron processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      The introduction of AMD’s quad-core Opteron processor with the 45 nm Shanghai core may be five months late, but the CPU builds on hopes of an AMD that has recovered from a disastrous TLB bug that ...

35. Nvidia announces a $3500 graphics card

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... is a real world scenario, we know that that it is one of the most expensive graphics cards ever sold.    The new Quadro FX 5800 comes with the 240 processors found in the Nvidia 200-series architecture ...

36. Microsoft counts on Gears of War 2 as Xbox 360 blockbuster

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... swallowed by a new Locust threat from below. As Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad pursue the Locust, the mission turns personal for Dominic Santiago as he uncovers clues in the search for his missing wife, ...

37. Apple expected to refresh its iMac on November 10

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... pricey QX9100 or QX9300 quad-cores an option for its iMacs – which would be the most likely scenario in our opinion. Beyond the processor, we can expect Apple to follow suit in the DRAM market with ...

38. Atom pushes Intel past 87% market share mark for mobile PCs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... while AMD finished with 11.5%, a loss of 1.1 points. VIA posted 1.2%, a gain of 0.3 points. The green team looks much better in the server segment, in which the “fixed” Barcelona quad-core CPUs are showing ...

39. Toshiba launches quad-core gaming laptop

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      Toshiba added a new high-performance version to its gaming laptop line X305. Equipped with a 17” screen, the Q708 version comes with an Intel quad-core CPU, a solid state disk drive and, you guessed ...

40. HP announces green PCs Pavilion Verde and Phoenix

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Edition a6645f and HP Pavilion Phoenix Special Edition a6655f desktop PCs include AMD dual-core and quad-core processors and come packaged in 100% recyclable packaging. According to the manufacturer, both ...

41. Gateway rolls out 8 GB desktop PC for $780

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... AMD’s Phenom X4 9500 quad-core CPU, a 750 GB hard drive, a DVD burner and Windows Vista Premium 64-bit. The compromise is an ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card, which however, can be easily replaced with a ...

42. Update: T-Mobile’s Android G1: The verdict is in

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      As we are inching closer to the official G1 launch on October 22, first reviews of devices handed to the press have been published. So, how good is it? Is it a capable iPhone alternative – or ...

43. Pricewatch: Desktop processor bargains?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... next page: Processors with tray prices from $100 - $150 AMD bets big on this segment with its triple-core processors, essentially quad-core CPUs with one defunct core. There’s no other way to describe ...

44. RIM’s Blackberry Storm: Is the iPhone losing its edge?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... Storm 9530 will be available through Verizon Wireless with 3G EV-DO Rev. A/CDMA technology and (2100 MHz) UMTS/HSPA and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM for global use.   An old weakness of the old Blackberries ...

45. Timeline: How AMD changed over the past 39 years

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Visual and Media Businesses. Dell announced AMD-based systems. AMD demonstrates its quad-core x86 server processor based on the Barcelona core and establishes Shanghai Research and Development Center to ...

46. VIDEO – Hands-on with the Fusion-io SSD, 13 World of Warcraft windows in 36 seconds

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... process.  It took approximately 6 minutes to copy the 8.5 GB folder from the portable drive to the Fusion-io SSD. The desktop computer was powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core AMD Phenom, 4 GB of RAM and ...

47. AMD set to release nine 45 nm processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      AMD is ready to jump into the 45 nm arena: According to Digitimes, AMD will launch nine 45 nm Shanghai quad-core Opteron processors in October and address the mid- and high-performance range of ...

48. AMD’s first 45 nm processor in volume production

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... will follow with the usual delay of about 60 days. SLIDESHOW: AMD 45 nm Shanghai CPU in full production (4 pictures) Last year’s introduction of the 65 nm quad-core Opteron ...

49. First Look: Photoshop CS4 with GPU acceleration

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... 2 Quad Q6600, 3 GB memory, 1 TB HDD, Nvidia GeForce 8500GT) than CS3, which indicates that the program code has been overhauled. Some components, such as image blending, also worked noticeably faster.         ...

50. High-end coprocessors: An overview

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... video hardware 1x PCIe SLI 2/3 Dedicated video hardware 1x PCIe Dual on-die DDR2 memory controllers 2x 10 GbE 2x XAUI 2x PCIe Quad on-die ...