Mar 03 2008

Intel Announces Atom line of Ultra Portable Processors

Tag: Intel, ProcessorsEggie @ 4:32 pm

Today, Intel has officially announced their Atom line of ultra-mobile processors, previously code named Silverthorne and Diamondville.  This new family of chips is based on an entirely new CPU architecture that was designed from the ground up, specifically to address the computing and power consumption requirements of Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs).

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Mar 03 2008

IBM, AMD reports first working extreme ultra-violet litography chip

Tag: ATI/AMD, IBM, ProcessorsEggie @ 4:12 pm

IBM and AMD have announced world’s first working chip made with extreme ultra-violet (EUV) litography for the critical layers.

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Mar 03 2008

IBM announces 20 core processor monster

Tag: IBM, ProcessorsEggie @ 4:07 pm

IBM announced its new processor the z10 which has 5 four core dies in the one package.

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Mar 03 2008

GeForce 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX & 3870 X2 Compared

Tag: ATI/AMD, Graphics, nVidiaEggie @ 3:56 pm

VR-Zone has gotten some preliminary 3DMark06 scores on the upcoming GeForce 9800 GX2 and 9800 GTX cards. The setup : Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz processor on a P965 board with Forceware 173.67 drivers and Catalyst driver version 8.451. GeForce 9800 GX2 scored 14225, 9800 GTX scored 13167 while Radeon HD 3870 X2 scored 14301. Nvidia is still tuning up the drivers and the clock speeds aren’t finalized yet so we should be seeing some improvements when launched. Currently, 9800 GX2 is slated for March 18th launch while 9800 GTX is slated for end March.

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