There are only six weeks left until Intel’s highly expected Nehalem-Bloomfield processors and its X58 boards will be available. At the end of September, we could expect to see the next-generation of devices on display. A few motherboard manufacturers are already annoyed by Intel’s suggestions of mod
Intel CEO Paul Otellini said that Intel will be shipping its 100 millionth 45 nm processor before the end of the year, which means that Intel is currently cranking out more than 10 million 45 nm chips per month. The company had shipped about 8 million 45 nm processor at the end of the first quarter
Intel’s future Larrabee graphics chip use processing cores based on the Intel Pentium chip. Intel currently offers a dual-core Pentium processor; Intel will use a core based on older Pentium technology in Larrabee – a high-end graphics chip with many processing cores targeting market segments that N
After testing the waters by letting Intel add SLI support to its dual-CPU Skulltrail platform, Nvidia has announced that Intel’s X58 Express chipset will also support SLI multi-GPU configurations. Code-named Tylersburg, the X58 chipset should complement next-gen Nehalem desktop processors in the hig
Thinking it can rain on Nvidia’s D10 parade later today, AMD has now introduced a new stream processor, the FireStream 9250. Most likely boasting an RV770 chip, the FireStream 9250 surpasses 1 TeraFlop in single precision performance and is equipped with 1GB of GDDR3 memory. Featuring a second-gen
AMD just released three new Phenom processors, geared towards the high end in the form of the X4 9950, and the low end, using a 65W power envelope as selling point under the model numbers X4 9350e and X4 9150e. At 2.6 GHz, the X4 9950 is the fastest Phenom ever released, surpassing the 9850 Black Ed
Intel’s lead in the CPU market by finding new ways to price and package their quad-core Phenom processors so they offer compelling value propositions. Their latest move on that front comes today with the introduction of several new Phenom models, including the energy-efficient Phenom X4 9350e and
The new Radeon graphics card now has an official name, R700, but, there are some rumors that for the consumer market it will be called Radeon HD 4870 X2. The card will have 2GB of GDDR5 graphics memory, but versions with 1GB version may also be available. The 2GB GDDR5 model is expected to enter vo
Think Intel’s breakthrough 45-nanometer chips are impressive stuff? Intel thought at one time dipping below 100nm would be miraculous, but Intel exec Pat Gelsinger says that "today we see a clear way to get to under 10 nanometers," and it’ll be within the next 10 years. "We are putti
For the future AMD-based motherboards with SB800 Southbridge could have PCIe 3.0 support. The new SB800 chipset is set for launch on the second quarter of 2009. Also, AMD’s SB8XX chipset comes with PCIe 5GHz x 4 support, which would imply that it is PCIe 3.0-ready. But, these are just rumors so we c
