Intel

by Rafael Hernandez on June 9, 2005 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has an interesting (supposed) pricing chart for Intel’s next batch of mobile processors. The “Yonah” core will be some of the first 65nm CPUs leading to lower power consumption and it’ll offer a dual-core chip at the top of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 7, 2005 · 0 comments

Guru3D has a review of Abit’s AA8XE system board. Intel’s Pentium LGA775 chips will feel right at home as will your PCI Express cards, DDR2 memory, SerialATA drives…you get the idea. Impressive package for those that enjoy more performance “tweaking”…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 6, 2005 · 0 comments

Apple will be moving over to Intel CPUs over the next few years according to MacNN’s play-by-play of Steve Job’s keynot at the Worldwide Developers Conference. A huge change for Apple but it seems the transition will be slightly less…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 3, 2005 · 0 comments

CNET News believes that Apple will be moving its PC lineup over to Intel processors over the coming years. It would be a big shift, if it occurs, and the announcement should happen on Monday according to the article. An…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 3, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech pits Apple’s G5 processor and OSX operating system against workstation CPUs from Intel and AMD running various forms of Linux and a test with XP. All is not equal in this roundup as a number of compiler optimizations run…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 2, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a review of the Asus S-presso Deluxe SFF. The mini-barebones takes on a rounded shape but maintains the same general dimensions as its competitors. They noted a few deficiencies but it looks like a decent solution for an…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 1, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC had a go at Intel’s latest top of the line Extreme Edition chip. The EE 840 tosses in a second processing core on the chip, with both cores featuring support for hyperthreading it all makes for pretty graphs. A…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 27, 2005 · 0 comments

VIA has launched its C7 “Esther” core processor. Their modern CPU lines have featured low power consumption and have been popular in very small computing confines but they have been poor performers overall. This new core sounds promising but a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 26, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at a pair of new chips soon to be released by Intel. The dual-core Pentium D 820 comes in at a very low price for such a “modern” feature while the P4 670 is…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 24, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a shootout between the Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics core and ATI’s Xpress 200. The IGPs are designed for budget systems so top of the line performance is a ways off but it is more than enough performance…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 20, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a mini-review of the MSI Megabook S250 notebook computer. The laptop is a slim device with a small 12″ LCD screen and weak graphics adapter but a plenty powerful Intel Pentium M CPU. A nice portable system for…

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