processors

Intel shows the future 48-core processor

Published on: 9th December, 2009

Intel has revealed the SCC (Single-chip Cloud Computer) it intends to use on long-term future. The chip is a version of an early 100-core project, actually a 48-core processor. It shares a unique network, each one of the x86 cores being able to communicate with each other at its full speed, where the cloud computing [...]

X-Slim X430 with Athlon Neo X2 processor revealed by MSI

Published on: 30th November, 2009

Another mid-size ultraportable has been added to the X-Slim series of MSI. The X430 is un upgrade of the X410 and it uses the Athlon Neo X2 processor with a double number of cores. The X430 still uses Radeon HD 3200 graphics and sports HDMI output. The operating system of the X430 is Windows 7 [...]

New AMD processors for the next two years

Published on: 18th November, 2009

Details of AMD’s future platforms and processors were provided at the annual analyst event of the semiconductor firm.
The “Bulldozer” is a major revision for notebooks and desktops that will be more efficient at multithreading code than current designs. It is optimized to be paired with graphics chipsets. It will be accompanied by “Bobcat”, a version [...]

ARM – no Windows 7 support from Microsoft yet

Published on: 13th November, 2009

In the near future, Windows 7 will not support ARM processors, as the cooperation with Intel will continue, according to Mike Nash, vice-president for the Windows Platform Strategy. The information is important because many manufacturers will release smartbook PCs based on ARM processors in 2010.
Mike Nash suggested that Windows CE instead, that is already powering [...]

ZMS-08 – Blu-ray capable, already being tested

Published on: 13th November, 2009

ZiiLabs announced the second new chip this year, a real milestone, the ZMS-08. The new chip is based on the many-core ZMS-05 with a 1GHz ARM Cortex processor and will be capable to process video at a previously unseen level for mobile chips. While most of the other chips decode 1,080-pixel video, the ZMS-08 can [...]

Acer Liquid Smartphone – too Fast Processor?

Published on: 6th November, 2009

Acer Liquid’s technical specifications have been unveiled at a conference in France and it seems that the device’s Qualcomm SnapDragon processor which has a 1GHz clock has been limited to only 768MHz. The same processor is used at its nominal speed of 1GHz in Toshiba’s TG01 and HTC’s Touch HD2, and even in Acer’s OneTouch [...]

New Chinese Intel Atom-based MID Released by Soyea

Published on: 3rd November, 2009

Available in black or white look and costing about $880 in China, the new released Mobile Internet Device Z5 is a Chinese company’s creation. Soyea has launched this 1.2GHz Intel Atom-based device with 1GB of built-in RAM. The handset has an 8GB solid state drive containing both Linux and Windows XP operating systems. Its memory [...]

Future Atom-based Netbooks Supposed to have 2GB of RAM

Published on: 1st November, 2009

Intel and Microsoft have been accused for trying to limit the performance of low-cost ultraportables, such as netbooks, by imposing specifications determined rather by protection purposes than by technical reasons. Intel has always limited its Atom processors to 1GB of RAM, while Microsoft, during the Vista era, forced most PC builders to use this expensive [...]

Tilera 100-core Processor Faster then New Xeons?

Published on: 29th October, 2009

Tilera has unveiled its new processor meant to dethrone Intel from its absolute leadership. The TILE-Gx100 relies on a massive parallel 100-core architecture capable to handle multiple tasks at once. Tilera has simplified many-core programming with its Multicore Development Environment (MDE) together with a growing ecosystem of operating system and software partners to enable rapid [...]

Intel Extends Its Core i7 Desktop Chip Series

Published on: 23rd October, 2009

Without making a big fuss about it, Intel has updated its chip range named Core i7, offering the 3.2GHz i7-960 processor. This is a Bloomfield core-based chip. This socket LGA-1366 processor is designed to work on motherboards with the Intel X58 Express chipset, having a maximum Turbo Boost speed of 3.46 GHz. The 45nm chip [...]

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