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CES 2007 Video: Intel Talks Up Their Quad Core Processors

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gizmatic, Short Bytes, CES, CES 2007, Corporate News, Features, PC / Laptop, Videocasts,

Dan Snyder from Intel chats with us about their upcoming Core 2 Quadro line, and explains why the move to four cores is an important one. As Intel says, programmers are starting to write for multi-core systems, and if you want the snappiest PC on the market, you will likely want to be looking towards Intel’s quad core chips.


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AMD and Intel Slash Processor Prices

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Corporate News, Hot Deals, PC / Laptop,

Both AMD and Intel announced price cuts earlier this week on both notebook and desktop processors, more than likely to clear room for new products in their respective lines. Here is a look at some of the price drops:

  • The TL-60, a dual-core 2GHz Turion notebook chip, dropped 26 percent, from $354 to $263.
  • The TL-56, which is a similar chip that runs at 1.8GHz, dropped from $263 to $220.
  • The TL-52, which runs at 1.6GHz, goes from $220 to $184.
  • On the desktop side of things, the Athlon 64 FX-62, a 2.8GHz monster chip for gamers, declined from $827 to $713.

On the Intel side of things:

  • The Celeron D 360 for desktops went from $84 to $69, an 18 percent decline.
  • The Celeron 326,that being the absolute bottom line chip from Intel, went from $39 to $34.

Be on the lookout for new chip releases from both companies soon.

Read More | CNET

Intel Core 2 Quadro Details Released

Posted by Brian Viele Categories: Corporate News, PC / Laptop,

Core 2 Extreme

The success and just awe inspiring performance of the Core 2 Duo has really pushed Intel back up on the throne in the desktop processor market.  Well, this success appears to have driven them to push ahead of schedule on their multi-core technology with the new Core 2 Quadro which will add 2 additional cores to the Duo, giving it 4 total processing cores (hence the “Quad” in Quadro).  The new processor line, dubbed as Kentsfield, was originally scheduled to release in Q1 of next year, but instead will premier within the next 3 months as the newest Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor. Essentially, the processor is two Core 2 Duo E6700 processors running at 2.66GHz packaged onto a single CPU.  The Kentsfield line will be socket 775 compatible and will run on all “975X” chipset based motherboards, but support only a select few “965” series based boards. 

The official release date of the Kentsfield line is unknown, but has been moved on the road-map to Q4 of ‘06, so we may see this quad-core extreme edition processor by Thanksgiving, leaving just enough time to get it on your Christmas list to Santa along with that 103” Toshiba Plasma. 

Read More | Daily Tech

Intel Officially Unveils Xeon 7100 Series “Tulsa” Processors

Posted by Yuan Zhao Categories: PC / Laptop,

Intel Releases Xeon 7100Intel has revealed its new dual-core processors for high-end servers using more than four chips, the Intel Xeon 7100 Series. The units, although based on the outdated NetBurst microarchitecture, still offer relatively strong performance as well as power efficiency. The chips, built on the 65nm process, includes all of the features expected on Intel processors such as hyperthreading, virtualization, and Intel cache safe technology. The clock speed vary on different models, ranging from 2.60Ghz to 3.40Ghz, though all feature 2MB of L2 cache. The Xeon 7100’s are directed at enterprise customers. Admittedly, Intel has done an excellent job lately with their new technologies and processors. Looks like it’s time for AMD to play catch up.

Read More | X-bit Labs

ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 for Intel Mobile Processors

Posted by Brian Viele Categories: PC / Laptop,

ATI Radeon

ATI announced today that they are delivering a new chipset including a technologically unmatched integrated graphics processor for Intel mobile processors including the Core Duo. The new Radeon Xpress 1250 is the first Intel chipset utilizing ATI’s revolutionary AVIVO graphics architecture allowing for vibrant images and smooth video playback, for all types of multimedia, including high-definition content. This AVIVO engine includes hardware acceleration for MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 and WMV9. The IGP also includes an integrated TV encoder providing advanced TV-out capabilities. The internal TV encoder is based on ATI’s Xilleon set top box solution and delivers Macrovision 7.1 copy protection with YPbPr component video output. Resolutions of 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p and 1080i are supported via component outputs. DVI and HDMI are also supported with an external TMDS transmitter.

But let’s not forget that this isn’t just a mobile video chip, this is a north bridge solution for Intel’s newest processors. The memory controller allows up to 16GB of 400MHz-800MHz DDR2 memory, 512MB of which can be dedicated to the IGP video buffer. And if the IGP doesn’t have quite enough punch for you, one PCI Express x16 slot is available for an external video adapter. The Radeon Xpress 1250 will likely be paired with the SB600 south bridge for 10 USB 2.0, four SATA II, one ATA133 ports, high definition audio and PCI.

NEC will be the first to use the Radeon Xpress 1250 in its notebooks, but expect others to follow closely behind. Also, expect to see desktop variants of this product for both AMD and Intel desktops in the not too distant future.

Read More | ATI

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