Since Intel has dropped a major desktop CPU line named “Tejas” they’ve got to fill the void somehow so they’re doing it with some dual-core magic according to CNET News. It’s an impressive turn around for the company which had…
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In a weird turn of events Intel is dropping its upcoming Tejas-core Pentium 4 chip and a low end Xeon processor according to Yahoo News. Tejas was rumored to be quite the heat producer, and since the usual cooling solutions…
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Ars Technica has coverage of a research report that states AMD CPUs were in 52% of the desktop PCs sold at retail for the week ending April 24th. Is it a trend of broader AMD brand recognition or people just…
AnandTech has a look at ATI’s latest system chipset for Intel’s Pentium 4 processor. Since they are one of the larger graphics chip makers they’ve decided to place a decent video solution into the chipset as well as all of…
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Intel is getting ready to release is code named “Dothan” mobile processor in early May according to Computerworld. The chip sports double the cache of current Centrino processors which will give laptops and other such devices a sizable performance boost….
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Legion Hardware did some temperature testing with Thermaltake’s Silent Tower heatsink. The cooler is designed for both Intel Pentium 4 and AMD Socket A platforms. It uses six heatpipes to pull away heat to a large number of aluminum fins…
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Xbit labs has the goods on a motherboard by a company named IBASE Technology that’s able to run an Intel Pentium 4 processor in the mini-ITX format. The form factor has mainly been used by VIA, who pretty much designed…
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X-bit labs has the news of Intel’s short-term closure of its “Fab 12” chip manufacturing plant located in Chandler, Arizona in order to upgrade equipment. The plant will move up to handling 300mm wafers and will be able to create…
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PC World notes that AMD’s Opteron 64-bit processor has turned one years old and while it has been a successful product it still lacks major 64-bit apps outside of the *nix realm. They also take a look at some future…
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Intel’s High-Definition Audio specification codenamed Azalia has been finalized according to Extreme Tech. It was designed with future audio requirements in mind and to replace the rather old AC’97 spec which is heavily outdated. Now it’s up to companies like…
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Intel has announced a pair of new 64-bit Itanium 2 processors that boasts improved performance over predecessor chips and sports a much smaller price tag. Both chips feature 3MB of cache and come in at either 1.4GHz or 1.6GHz clock…
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