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AMD new Processor Socket

A bit of a technical post, so we’ll keep it simple as possible. The processor manufacturer AMD, who currently reside on the far side of Intel’s dominating shadow, have recently revealed their road-map for their new line of processors. The new 8-core and 12-core CPUs will sit in a new socket offering [...]

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Intel Centrino 2

Intel has taken the wraps off its newest platform for laptops, the Centrino 2, despite a few minor glitches before its launch, including problems with the FCC’s certification process.
The new platform will be available in two variants - one for main stream consumers and one for professionals that includes Intel’s vPro technology, which [...]

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AMD announced that its new next-gen stream processor, FireStream 9250, breaks the one teraflop barrier. Announced in Germany at a Supercomputing conference, AMD claims the new Firestream 9250 fits into a single PCI slot, consumes less than 150 watts of power, and uses a second generation double precision floating point unit for delivery.  It [...]

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NVIDIA Tegra

NVIDIA Corp rolled out a new line-up of processor chips that they believe to be the world’s first single-chip capable of displaying high def multimedia and Internet experience as though you were on a full powered PC. The new chips, the Tegra 600 and 650, are what the company is calling “computers on [...]

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) made available today new low-power quad-core Opteron processor chips. The highly efficient processors have a much lower thermal envelope of 55 watts compared to current processors, which average 75-105 watts.
The new Opteron chips are aimed for servers and are available in both the 2300 and 8300 series. As the [...]

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