Overclocking Trials Push AMD PhenomTM II Processors to the Limit

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

PC speed-freaks from across Europe will be pushing their processors to the limit in a series of extreme overclocking trials over the next month. The trials, which have been organised by AMD (NYSE:AMD), will see forum users from 19 leading technology forums from across the continent compete in a series of pedal-to-the-metal contests where they [...]

Pushing AMD PhenomTM II Processors to the Limit

Monday, June 1st, 2009

PC speed-freaks from across Europe will be pushing their processors to the limit in a series of extreme overclocking trials over the next month. The trials, which have been organised by AMD (NYSE:AMD), will see forum users from 19 leading technology forums from across the continent compete in a series of pedal-to-the-metal contests where they [...]

AMD Opteron Processor Upgrade Program Drives Faster Time to Benefit in the Data Center

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Bangalore, India, April 07, 2009— Offering partners and customers another cost-effective way to benefit from the performance and efficiency of AMD OpteronTM processor technology, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a global AMD Opteron Upgrade Program. The program includes 2000 series and 8000 series dual- and Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors along with the upcoming six-core processor [...]

AMD finally launches fastest cpu: Phenom II

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

AMD’s 45nm, quad-core Phenom II has finally arrived. It’s available in two flavors, the 2.8GHz X4 920 and the 3.0GHz X4 940 Black Edition, going for $235 and $275, respectively. AMD’s naturally touting the ostensible cost savings of the chips . The Dragon platform includes a Phenom II proc, 4800-series Radeon HD graphics and a [...]

Intel Core i7 Nehalem launching on November 17

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Intel provided information about its next-generation micro-architecture (Nehalem) with the Core i7 processors at a media event on Wednesday in Athens, Greece, prior to the worldwide official release of the system on November 17.
Intel Core i7 Nehalem launching on November 17

The event ran under the headline of “the fastest processor on the planet”. The two [...]