Tag Archive for 'processors'
Now that the mini-notebook, netbook, UMPC or whatever else you want to call it market is booming, the Atom processor is in high demand. However, Intel is having trouble keeping up the supply.
AMD have announced three new processors in its quad-core Phenom X4 range, the new flagship 9950 Black Edition and two more power-friendly chips, the Phenom X4 9350e and Phenom X4 9150e. AMD uses ‘Black Edition’ labelling to indicate processors that are ready out-of-the-box for overclocking, and the 9950 is no exception; a max TDP of [...]
Centrino 2 processors were slated for August, but it might not be that long until we see the new chips in some upcoming mainstream notebooks. Intel is now anticipated the chip to be available to manufacturers as early as mid-July.
NVIDIA will launch its Tegra mobile processor brand at Computex this week, including demonstrating a new prototype based on the platform, according to mobile business general manager Mike Rayfield. The range will include not only the APX 2500 which we first saw at MWC in February but two other processors aimed at Mobile Internet Devices (MID), [...]
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 [...]
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.
This may already be a non-issue as their site is already down, however the company was apparently cranking out computers with 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 250GB HDDs, 2GB of RAM, a DVD burner, and Mac OS X Leopard. For some extra money you could have reportedly gotten FireWire and an NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT [...]
The two new models are the X205-SLi5 and the X205-SLi6. They both come packing SLI graphics from NVIDIA, 45nm dual core processors from Intel, and HDMI outs for connecting the notebooks to your home theater system/HDTV.
The SLi5 is packing a Core 2 Duo T8300 processor running at 2.4GHz and two NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT’s with [...]
