Archive for December, 2008

AMD Athlon X2 7750 Review

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

AMD is also launching a new CPU series codenamed Kuma. This is a Stars core with a 2MB L3 cache and the Hypertransport bus runs at 1.8Ghz instead of 1GHz of most dual cores. We don’t have a lot more technical information on the processor at this time but we’ll update this review when we [...]

ARM and x86 Microprocessors for Portable Device Market

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

The processor vendors supplying chips for ultra-mobile devices (UMDs) are playing a pivotal role in how this market is shaping up. x86-based processors are well entrenched in the PC world and ARM-based processors are well entrenched in the handset world. It is well known that the war is coming, but it remains to be seen [...]

Intel planning the retirement of two more mobile CPUs

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Intel’s list has recently been updated to include a couple of mobile processors, the 1.20 GHz-clocked Celeron M ULV 723 and Celeron 205. Built using the 65nm process, the ultra-low voltage (ULV) 723 has a FSB of 800 MHz and 1MB of L2 cache while the 90nm old timer, the Celeron 205 has just 512kB [...]

Intel Core i7 920, Core i7 965 EE

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Long awaited Nehalem architecture got its official name: Core i7. We have tested two CPUs based on this architecture along with one motherboard based on X58 chipset also signed by Intel. But let’s cut to the chase and go straight to testing and results.
New Chipset

Code name for X58 chipset is “Tylersburg”. This chipset is made [...]

Intel Core i7 Overclocking

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Core i7 Overclocking
Introduction:
It is now time for some temperature tests and to see how high these processors can be overclocked using the ASUS P6T motherboard. So it was now time to see how hot these babies got on a one hour OCCT stress test.

Intel Core i7 Overclocking Temperatures
The bus speed is down in 2 MHz [...]

AMDs Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Donanimhaber.com managed to get their hands on AMDs Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition CPU which is also known as the fastest dual-core Kuma 65nm processor. The Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition works at 2.7GHz and has 1MB of L2 cache, 2MB of L3 cache and an unlocked multiplier.
According to the results over at Donanimhaber, the [...]

3GHz Phenom II to be launch at $275

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Phenom II may be at the heels of Intels Core i7 on the price ladder, according to EE Times. The site has posted prices for a couple of the upcoming Phenom II processors, and it claims AMDs upcoming 3GHz CPU will launch at $275—just $9 below the volume price of Intels 2.66GHz Core i7-920.
EE Times [...]

Three Pentium dual-cores to get new prices

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Intel plans to adjust a new prices after it lunches its Pentium dual core E5400 CPU. This CPU clocked at 2.7GHz with FSB 800 and 2MB cache will launch on January 18th and it will cost $84 at launch.
This announcement will also meant that Pentium dual-core E5300 CPU clocked at 2.6GHz with FSB 800 and [...]

Three new CPUs hit shelf on Japan

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300, Pentium Dual-Core E5300 and Celeron Dual-Core E1500 hits shelf on Japan now.
Quad Q8300 which is the entry-level section of quad CPUs, it will replace the Quad Q8200. Q8300 runs at 2.5GHz, L2 cache is 4MB, and has 1333MHz FSB.The price is $256.
Pentium Dual Core E5300 runs at 2.6GHz, has 2MB [...]

Phenom II Outperforms Core 2 ?

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

In the this document, AMD also unveiled the multimedia performance of Phenom II including iTunes and Mainconcept.
Intel platform features DP35DP motherboard, and AMD platform utilizes MSI K9A2 Platinum. The testing platforms both use HD3870 Graphic cards, Corsair CM2X1024-8500C5 1GX2 and Western Digital 1500ADFD.

Remark: the primary frequency of Intel Core 2 Quad 9400 is 2.66GHz, that [...]