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NVIDIA Tegra 2 doubles power, expected 2010

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 1 Comment

nvidia tegra logoNVIDIA’s Tegra may not have grabbed as much attention as its Ion sibling – the latter’s ability to grant the humble netbook with 1080p capabilities is certainly an eye-catcher – but the compact chipset is certainly doing impressive things inside the Zune HD and is poised to capitalize on Smartbooks too, so it comes as little surprise to hear that the company is readying its successor.  The NVIDIA Tegra 2 – not yet officially named – is expected to drop in 2010, claim Fudzilla’s “high ranking industry sources”, with twice the computational and graphics power of the first-gen chipset.

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AMD Dorado & Leo desktop platforms tipped for May 2010

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 4th 2009 No Comments

AMD are reportedly planning two new desktop platforms which will see a May 2010 launch, at least that's the latest rumor out of motherboard manufacturers.  The AMD Dorado and Leo platforms will target the mainstream and high-end respectively, with each using ATI Radeon HD 5000 series video cards and processors from either the Athlon II or Phenom II ranges.

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VIA Nano 3000 CPUs promise speed & frugality for thin-and-lights

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 No Comments

VIA have announced their latest range of low-power processors, the VIA Nano 3000 Series, which are targeted at Windows 7-based thin-and-light notebooks and all-in-one desktops.  The Nano 3000 chips are 64-bit and range in core speed from 1GHz to 2GHz; each is capable of 1080p HD video playback but use up to 20-percent less power than current VIA Nano processors.

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AMD Athlon II CPUs: cheaper & faster than Intel’s Core 2 Duos

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 20th 2009 No Comments

AMD's latest low-cost processors have gone live, slotting into the Athlon II series, and each promises a decent balance of price, heat output and performance.  The new range kicks off from the AMD Athlon II X2 235e, a 45W 2.7GHz chip priced at $69 in thousand-unit quantities, and scales all the way up to the 2.3GHz Athlon II X4 605e at $143.

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Intel Atom N450 poised for January 3rd 2010 launch

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 16th 2009 No Comments

Intel atom logoLast we heard, the rumor-pipes were whistling that Intel planned to officially out their Atom N450 processor in Q1 2010.  Now, Fudzilla are reporting that the actual launch date for the 1.66GHz chip will be January 3rd, and in fact be a significant day on the Intel calendar for several new chipset arrivals.

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AMD Congo ultra-thin platform launch imminent

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 15th 2009 No Comments

Launch details about AMD's upcoming Congo ultra-thin platform have leaked, this time courtesy of talkative notebook manufacturers in leaky old Taiwan.  DigiTimes claims that Congo will now arrive in late October or early November, having missed its original July launch after calls for ultra-thins turned out to be less vocal than expected.  As we've already seen, Congo will include the dual-core Turion Neo X2 L625, Athlon Neo X2 L335/L325 and single-core Athlon Neo MV-40 processors, paired with the AMD M780G chipset.

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Intel ultra-thin notebook CPUs getting Q4 refresh

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 29th 2009 No Comments

Intel's plans for the burgeoning "ultra-thin" notebook sector have been leaked, courtesy of talkative notebook makers, who have tipped three new processors set to arrive in Q4 2009.  The new CPUs - two of which are dual-core chips - will slot in underneath the existing Core 2 Duo SU9000, which will stay at the top of the range, and include the Core 2 Duo SU7000 and the SU4000.

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Intel Pine Trail due Q4; products unlikely until early 2010

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 25th 2009 No Comments

After ongoing rumors and speculation that Intel would miss their Q4 launch for Pine Trail, their next-gen Atom processor line-up, the company has again confirmed that the low-power netbook processors are on course to hit manufacturers in Q4 2009.  However the company will not be drawn on how long those chips will then take to show up in commercially-available devices: estimates suggest that Pine Trail based netbooks won't actually be on shelves until Q1 2010 at the earliest.

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AMD Thuban hexacore CPU promised for 2010

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 22nd 2009 No Comments

AMD have revealed that they're working on a hexacore - or six-core - processor for release in 2010.  The chip, codenamed Thuban, will be manufactured using 45nm processes and have an integrated DDR3 controller; more interestingly, however, it will be backward compatible with existing AM2+ and AM3 motherboards.

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Intel anti-competition tactics revealed in exec emails

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 21st 2009 No Comments

intel amd logoThanks to Intel’s appeal, it looks as though the anti-competition case in which the chipmaker is accused of illegally attempting to block AMD business won’t be settled any time soon.  To better illustrate just why they fined Intel a record $1.45bn, the European Commission have released a 500 page report [pdf link] complete with emails where big-name PC manufacturers discuss threats of withdrawn rebates should they adopt some of AMD’s chips.

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