Intel Launches Core Solo ULV Processors

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: April 20, 2006 - 8:19 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.intel.com/products/processor/coresolo/index.htm As expected, Intel this week formally launched two ultra low voltage Core Solo processors, the U1300, clocked at 1.06 GHz, and the U1400, running at 1.2 GHz. Power consumption in both products is limited to 5.5 W. The single-core 65-nm chips sport 533 MHz frontside bus and 2 MB of L2 cache. Gateway and Fujitsu had already announced ultraportable notebooks based on the processors. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Azul announces 48-core Vega 2 chip

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: March 28, 2006 - 3:24 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.azulsystems.com Azul Systems has announced that the next generation of its Vega processor will feature 48 cores. Produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in a 90-nm process, the 64-bit Vega 2 consists of 812 million transistors. It is designed to power network-attached systems with up to 768 cores, supporting 768 GB of memory, aimed at accelerating Java and other virtual-machines. Such equipment is expected to be available in 2007. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

AMD to show Pacifica at LinuxWorld

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: March 24, 2006 - 5:17 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://enterprise.amd.com/en/Solutions/Consolidation/virtualization.aspx AMD will hold a public demonstration of its virtualization technology, code-named Pacifica, at LinuxWorld, set to take place April 3-6 in Boston. The display will be made on Opteron-based machines. Virtualization enables a single processor to act as if it were several CPUs and, thus, run multiple operating systems simultaneously. Intel already sells some chips featuring the technology. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

VIA Releases C7-M ULV Processor

Author: Gabriel Torres Date: March 18, 2006 - 7:58 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/c7-m_ulv/ VIA has just launched their latest CPU model, C7-M ULV (Ultra Low Voltage). Available in versions from 1 GHz to 1.5 GHz with power dissipation between 3.5 W and 7.5 W and measuring only 0.83” x 0.83” (21 mm x 21 mm), it is a great product for small PCs for embedded applications and consumer electronics devices. It features the same features as C7-M, which we have already explained in our article about it. The models that were released are the following: Model Speed/FSB FSB TDP (Max) 775 1.5GHz 400MHz 7.5W 772 1.2GHz 400MHz 5W 771 1.2GHz 400MHz 7W 770 1.0GHz 400MHz 5W 779 1.0GHz 400MHz 3.5W Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Intel Unveils New Microarchitecture Called "Core"

Author: Gabriel Torres Date: March 7, 2006 - 9:44 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20060307corp.htm Intel has just unveiled details of the new microarchitecture that will be used by the new CPU generations to be released this year, including Merom, Conroe and Woodcrest. Called "Core", this new microarchitecture is based on Pentium M's (which is based on Pentium III's). Enhancements include macro-fusion, which consists in packing two x86 instructions into just one to be processed together, advanced pre-fetch, advanced power gating and a shared L2 memory cache (i.e. the two CPU cores will have access to a single cache, instead of having one dedicated cache per core). We will be publishing a detailed tutorial on this new architecture pretty soon. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

3 GHz Opteron to surface in early 2Q

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: February 13, 2006 - 11:53 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29671 The Inquirer reports that AMD will release an Opteron processor clocked at 3 GHz in the beginning of the second quarter. The 90-nanometer single-core 256, aimed at two-way servers, should have 1 MB of L2 cache and use socket 940, like previous models. Sources told the Web site that it will be “competitively” priced. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

AMD promos virtualization technology

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: February 7, 2006 - 8:49 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://developer.amd.com AMD has announced the broad availability of its Pacifica virtualization technology specification under a royalty-free license. It is expected to be supported by all the company’s processors starting in mid-2006. The virtualization tech complements software-based approaches in managing, partitioning and securing I/O devices. AMD is working closely with leading developers Microsoft, VMware and XenSource. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Itanium gets USD 10 bln from partners

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: January 27, 2006 - 6:27 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: https://www.itaniumsolutionsalliance.org/home A group of nine companies has pledged USD 10 billion to increase adoption of the Itanium processor until 2010. The money will be spent in research, marketing and partnerships. All contributors (Intel and HP, co-developers of the chip, as well as Bull, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens, Hitachi, NEC, SGI and Unisys) are members of the Itanium Solutions Alliance. New Montecito Itaniums sporting 18 MB of L2 cache are expected to be launched in the middle of this year. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

AMD to demo quad-core chips this year

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: January 26, 2006 - 5:08 PM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177104042 AMD plans to demo its quad-core server chips, expected to be commercialy available in 2007, in the middle of this year. The company’s goal is to show compatibility with its upcoming socket F platform, which will be used by new dual-core models supporting DDR2 and virtualization technologies, among other features. Marty Seyer, an AMD vice president, told InformationWeek that solution providers will need only to flash the bios to run quad-core chips on socket F motherboards. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Intel reaches milestone in 45-nm tech

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: January 25, 2006 - 10:31 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20060125comp.htm Intel today claimed to be the first company to produce a fully functional SRAM chip using 45-nanometer technology. The feat is supposed to prove it is on schedule to offer 45-nm processors in the second half of 2007. The 153 Mb SRAM chip, manufactured in Intel’s D1D facility in Oregon, contain more than 1 billion transistors. The company has already begun construction of two new 45-nm fabs in Arizona and Israel. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

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