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zdnet.com » The Core Truth - Nov 15, 2008
Lost in all of the (inaccurate) commotion yesterday about AMD entering the netbook market were much broader changes in the company’s product plans as it struggles to regain profitability and keep up with a …
Also tagged: amd, notebooks, servers, intel, desktops, semiconductors, pc gaming, multicore processors, pc graphics
zdnet.com » The Core Truth - Nov 14, 2008
AMD officially introduced its first 45nm processors today. Compared to its existing 65nm AMD Opterons, the new quad-core server processors code-named Shanghai, will offer better performance and use less power, and …
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zdnet.com » The Core Truth - Nov 5, 2008
Intel won’t announce its new Core i7 chips until later this month, but the first real reviews are popping up all over the place today. Based on the early previews, I expected to see good numbers and Core i7, formerly …
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zdnet.com » The Core Truth - Oct 11, 2008
Intel will launch its first three Nehalem processors on November 17, according to a report on the site Expreview.com. These Bloomfield high-end chips will include the 3.2 GHz Core i7-965XE ($999), 2.93GHz Core i7-940 …
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zdnet.com » The Core Truth - Aug 25, 2008
Intel has given new details of what it calls the biggest change in its processor platform in a decade. The new information on Nehalem, discussed in keynotes and presentations at the Intel Developer Forum this week, was …
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zdnet.com » The Core Truth - Aug 11, 2008
The next version of Intel’s processor family for high-performance desktops will be known as the Core i7. The China-based hardware site Expreview.com first reported the new name on Friday, and Intel made it official …
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zdnet.com » The Core Truth - Jul 3, 2008
AMD has rounded out both the high and low ends of its desktop processor line with three new Phenoms. Though the chips have the same basic design, they are targeted at very different audiences by virtue of frequency …
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zdnet.com » The Core Truth - May 7, 2008
This week AMD is expected to announce that it has sold more than 1 million quad-core processors, according to the site TGDaily. That sounds about right since the company previously said it had shipped 500,000 in the …
Also tagged: amd, dell, intel, desktops, gateway, semiconductors, hewlett packard, multicore processors
zdnet.com » The Core Truth - Apr 25, 2008
Following my post yesterday on the AMD Phenom X3s, you asked for some performance numbers on the X3 8750. Below is a roundup of reviews that have been posted in the past 24 hours. The verdict is mixed. The Phenom X3 is …
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zdnet.com » The Core Truth - Apr 21, 2008
Over the weekend, Intel cut prices on its high-volume quad-core desktop processors. Intel trimmed the price of the 2.40GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600 by 16% from $266 to $224, and chopped the price of the 2.66GHz Core 2 Quad …
Also tagged: intel, desktops, multicore processors, dual core processors, processor price cuts