Tag Archive for 'cpu'
With Computex 2008 came more budget ultraportable news than many of us could stomach this week, as several manufacturers took the opportunity to confirm their machines (most of them previewed to death beforehand) and legions of others attempted to get their foot in the OEM door. ASUS finally took the wraps off the Eee PC [...]
As images go I realise this isn’t the most inspiring, but if you could scrape off the grey gunk - and you’re at all interested in the state of play in the silicon market - you’d get a pleasant surprise. AnandTech have managed, somehow, to get their hands on two of Intel’s Nehalem processors, the [...]
Mere hours after AMD announced their new Puma platform, Toshiba has stepped up as the first manufacturer to confirm they will be featuring the Turion-based technology in their notebook PCs. Six models in the Satellite range will be offered with both Turion and Athlon options, available at some point over the Summer. Three versions of [...]
AMD has announced its latest mobile processor, the Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core, which together with the ATI Radeon HD 3000-series graphics will form the basis of its new Puma mobile platform. The company is claiming their focus has been multimedia performance and energy efficiency; one or both of the CPU cores can be throttled down or [...]
With all the Atom-powered notebooks on show at Computex, you’d be excused for thinking that Intel’s manufacturing shortfall was long past. Not true, worried out loud Asustek’s Jerry Shen; both the new Eee PC 901 and 1000, together with the Eee Box B202, are powered by the 1.6GHz processor. While denying that Atom availability would seriously impact [...]
Intel has confirmed that the launch of its next-generation Centrino chipset, “Montevina”, has been delayed until mid-July. The platform was originally slated to launch in Q2, with the official launch predicted by the end of May. Intel are blaming both hardware and documentation issues for the hold-up; the new chipsets won’t be available in volume until [...]
VIA has announced their latest mobile processor, the Nano, based on the company’s Isaiah Architecture and promising up to four times the performance of the existing VIA C7 CPU while remaining within the same power range. Two versions will be made: the L-series for mainstream desktop and mobile PC systems, and the U-series that provides [...]
According to the latest rumors, Intel are planning a dual-core version of the Atom mobile processor that will launch in Q3 2008. Like the existing single-core Atom 230, the new version - to be called the Atom 330 - will run at 1.6GHz. It will also have double the cache of the original [...]
We weren’t sure the last time about which processor MSI plans to put into its Eee PC killer. Well, now we know that MSI Wind will be using Atom processor, Intel’s newest portable chip. The 10-inch LED based display sports 1024×600 pixel resolution.
AMD has just introduced its newest Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE (Highly Efficient) processors. The new CPUs operate with far less power requirement at 55-watts compared to its predecessors that use 75-watts and 105 watts.
