AMD Intros Energy Efficient AM2 Chips

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: May 17, 2006 - 8:31 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~1083... AMD this week announced, at the Spring Processor Forum, its initial lineup of energy efficient processors based on the AM2 platform. The so-called EE products should arrive this month around the same time of the non-EE ones. Official power consumption range from 35 W, on small form factor chips, to 65 W, but the company said that users could experience levels as low as 14 W “when running typical workloads” on an energy efficient dual-core processor. Prices vary from USD 101 (small form factor Sempron 3000+) to USD 671 (Athlon 64 X2 4800+). The energy efficient chips are expected to cost USD 10 to USD 30 more than their non-EE counterparts. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Conroe and Merom Named Core 2 Duo

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: May 8, 2006 - 12:59 PM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2/index.htm?iid=HMPAGE+HL_... Intel has decided to brand both its upcoming desktop (Conroe) and notebook (Merom) chips as Core 2 Duo. The dual-core processors will also be identified by sequence numbers: E4X00 or E6X00 for the desktop parts and T5X00 or T7X00 for the mobile ones. Intel will rename its high-performance version of Conroe as Core 2 Extreme. The server-aimed Woodcrest, the first next-generation product to arrive, in June, will likely keep the Xeon brand. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Pentium D 960 Quietly Starts Shipping

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: May 3, 2006 - 7:25 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentium_D/index.htm Intel has quietly started shipping the anticipated Pentium D 960 processor. The new top-of-the-line dual-core model is clocked at 3.6 GHz, uses 800 MHz FSB and packs 4 MB of L2 cache (2 MB per core). It supports EM64T, Virtualization Technology (VT), Enhanced SpeedStep and Execute Disable. The part costs USD 637 in 1,000-unit quantities. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Intel Introduces vPro Business Platform

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: April 24, 2006 - 2:11 PM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.intel.com/vpro/index.htm?iid=HMPAGE+Feature_06ww17 Intel today introduced its new platform brand aimed at business desktops. With the vPro concept, based on upcoming Core processors and Broadwater chipsets, the company promises remote manageability, improved security and energy efficiency. The platform will sport the second-generation of Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT) and Virtualization Technology (VT). It is planned to debut in the second quarter. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Intel Launches Core Solo ULV Processors

Author: Rodrigo Chia Date: April 20, 2006 - 9:19 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 - 4:24 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 - 6:17 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 - 8:58 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 - 10:44 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 - 12:53 PM 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

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