AMD unleashes linux code for general purpose computing

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

AMD, the chip rival for Intel has released “the fundamental Linux code” that is needed to develop open-source 3D-acceleration drivers for its R600 and R700 ATI graphic-processors series.
The news is intended for those who want to create drivers for potent GPU series of ATI Radeon HD 2×00, HD 3×00 (both R600), and Radeon HD 4×00 [...]

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 [...]