CPU
Core i7 Supports Only DDR3 800/1066
Mobo integrators are ready to launch their Core i7 compatible products and in a couple of months we’ll get to pit the Nehalem CPUs against AMD’s Deneb. The first Core i7 specs were signaling the fact that Nehalem should be faster than Deneb, but a recent clarification shrouded all those expectations into a thick cloud [...]
Intel Core i7
The Core 2 CPU lineup has been around for two years now and it really brought Intel back on track, providing better overall performance when compared to AMDs solutions. Now Intel is ready to launch the Nehalem CPUs and the Core architecture will be entering a new stage. To better emphasize this fact, Intel decided [...]
Intel Preps CPU+GPU Chips
AMD was the first to announce the upcoming Fusion processor that combines the power of CPUs and GPUs. Now Intel strikes back and presents its own Fusion-like solution that is supposed to be released in Q3-Q4 2009.
The Intel hybrid platform is codenamed Havendale and will feature a CPU with integrated GPU capabilities as well as [...]
Intel’s 40th Anniversary
We’ve only just began to experience the power of the 45 nm CPUs and now, Intel plans to shrink the manufacturing process under 10 nanometers. Intel expects that, when the semiconductor industry transitions to 450mm silicon wafers around 2012, the number of companies that run their own fabs will drop into the single digits. These [...]
AMD vs. Intel Centrino
We all know that Intel Atom , the last CPU for ULCPCs from the Centrino series is a hit, and there were even concerns that Intel won’t be able to keep up with the demand, soon after its release. Obviously, AMD couldn’t simply sit back and watch Intel get all the cake, so another round [...]