VIA Technologies has recently notified its partners that the company plans to launch the next-generation Nano 3000 series CPU in the third quarter of 2009, while engineering samples of a dual-core Nano CPU will be ready in the second half of 2009 with mass production scheduled in the fourth quarter of 2009 or the first [...]
From time to time semiconductor manufacturers release new steppings of their
products. At the moment Intels Core 2 Duo E0-Stepping seems to be
overclockers dream. HT4U.net shows why:
You do software updates to get the most from favourite programs right? Updating a motherboard BIOS can in a timely manner is also critical. The guide to Flashing a Motherboard [...]
Like many enthusiast system manufacturers, Velocity Micro makes hand-built, high-end gaming rigs using the latest components, such as Intel’s Core i7 processors. Velocity Micro claims that they pride themselves on their extensive customization options, meticulous assembly procedures, a technically trained staff, and in-house US-based support. Each system is hand-assembled by expert engineers and run through [...]
With the introduction of the new Intel Core i7 processor architecture, the company affectionately known as “Chipzilla” has once again topped itself in terms of performance. Intel planted a gift in the Core i7 launch in the form of the Core i7 920. This is Intel's entry level Core i7 processor which runs [...]
“Dragon, you say. What is that? Dragon is the name of the new platform AMD is coming out with to succeed the Spider platform. Dragon takes the new technology coming out with the new processors and ties it into a platform designed to work in unity for maximum efficiency and power. The Dragon platform, from [...]
Yesterday AMD gave a presentation at their headquarters in Austin, Texas on the upcoming 45nm Deneb processor, officially named the Phenom II. This processor makes up the missing component in the new Dragon platform (the other two parts being their existing 7 series motherboards and Radeon HD 4000 series graphic cards).
“Subsequent to the introduction of the Graphics Execution
Manager earlier this year, Intel had introduced a new acceleration
architecture. UXA, or the UMA Acceleration Architecture, was developed
as a temporary solution based upon the EXA architecture but with support
for the kernel-driven GEM memory management. How though does the UXA
performance compare to that of EXA? In this article we [...]
AMD plans to launch six 45nm CPUs under its Athlon line including the quad-core Athlon X4 615 and 605 and triple-core Athlon X3 420 and 410 in April next year and dual-core Athlon X2 240 and 235 in June, according to sources at motherboard makers.
“Nvidia's recent move to try to extend Intel's Atom ecosystem to its recently announced Ion platform appears to have been knocked back by Intel, according to a response primarily directed at PC manufacturers as seen by Digitimes.
Nvidia's push for the Ion platform, which combines its GeForce 9400 mGPU with the Intel Atom CPU, is heavily [...]
“In the first part of this article, devoted to the new architecture from Intel, we'll try to find out what we can expect from the new processor without tests, proceeding only from its specifications. And the second part of the article, to be published a tad later, will be devoted to verifying our assumptions in [...]