November 18, 2009 2:18 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
8-core,
core 2 duo,
core i5,
core i7,
high performance computing,
hyperthreading,
Intel,
Nehalem,
Nehalem-EX,
overclock,
ProcessorIntel Nehalem-EX 6-core processor
Intel announced yesterday that it will be unveiling its six core processor, called Nehalem-EX, in the first half of 2010. The newest Intel chip will be targeted towards High Performance Computing (HPC) segment and will reportedly optimize server...
November 16, 2009 4:02 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
dell,
HP,
Intel,
intel larrabee,
netbooks,
Nvidia,
Nvidia IonMore news on Nvidia and Intel, or should I say Intel vs Nvidia.
Nvidia is the world's leading supplier of "discrete," or standalone, graphics chips but takes a distant second place in overall market share to Intel, which supplies "integrated" graphics built into the chipsets that...
October 12, 2009 2:43 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
AMD,
Direct X 11,
Fermi,
gaming graphics,
GDDR5,
GPU,
Intel,
Nvidia,
Nvidia's Fermi-based GF100,
Radeon HD 5800Its called "Fermi" Nvidia's new super GPU. It has around 3 billion transistors, which is three times the amount of transistors in Nvidia's most powerful GPU. Fermi will contain 512 processing cores, they say that this would enable scientific breakthroughs, and can only be possible with the new...
June 15, 2009 8:33 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
atom,
CPU,
Intel,
LG,
MIB,
mobile internet devices,
Moorestown,
next-gen,
Processor,
smartphoneIntel showed the new processor code names 'Moorestown' to a live public audience for the first time at the Spring IDF in Beijing.
Apparently it will run at 10x less idle power than the current Atom processor, although they didn't let us know how much power the processor would consume while in...
June 11, 2009 12:33 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
backwards compatibility,
Intel,
micrsoft,
SuperSpeed,
USB,
usb 2.0,
usb 3.0USB 3.0 has been in the IT News world for years now... but when is it going to officially be released? From what I just read, soon!
The webpage here (i know its old!) states that you can...
February 10, 2009 3:49 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
BestBuy,
Dell Inspiron Mini 9,
GN40,
Intel,
Intel Atom N280,
Netbook,
Windows XP Home
BestBuy is selling the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 for 299 CDN... not a bad price for the below specs...
- Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.6GHz/533Mhz FSB/512K cache)
- Windows XP Home Edition
- 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
- 8GB Solid State Drive
- 8.9"...
January 7, 2009 1:49 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
CES 2009,
dell,
dual core,
HP,
Intel,
mini 12,
NetbookIntel wanted to keep Netbooks at 10" or less, Dell and Samsung are now each releasing 12" netbooks. What does this mean? Well its one less reason to not buy a more expensive dual core laptop(which Intel sells at higher prices and higher margins.) Intel is not happy about this, they say that...
January 5, 2009 1:20 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
AMD,
CNET,
GPU,
graphics processing unit,
Intel,
Larrabee,
NvidiaHere is an insert from CNET News...
"Intel, never one to shrink from competition, announced that it would enter, by 2010, the market for high-end graphics chips. The chip, code-named Larrabee, would give Nvidia and AMD something...
