Intel works on 48-core processors, shares first results
Futuristic 48-core design of Intel’s latest processor concept may sound like company got involved into an arms race with AMD, particularly since Intel Xeon 7500 designed for servers has 8 cores versus Opteron 6100’s 12 cores from AMD. But as it appears, limited edition of 48-core processors has come into that world only as a [...]
Acer Aspire One 521 Netbook To Get An AMD Processor?
Despite Intel’s Atom processor enjoying much of the success in the netbook market, let’s not forget that AMD is plus still in the game, and word is going around the Acer is gearing up to launch a new 10.1-inch netbook that uses AMD’s 1.2GHz V105 individual core processor. It’s still not official yet, but the [...]
Intel And AMD Gearing Up For 6-core Processors
Looks like we’ll be seeing some 6-core processors from both Intel and AMD sometime soon. Intel will be offering its Core i7-980X from the end of March, though you’ll need some pretty deep pockets to pay for its asking price of by $1,000. On the other side of the fence, AMD is planning to launch [...]
AMD dreamed it, Intel made it: next gen Atom CPU has integrated graphics
Intel has just announced their new line of Atom processors, with integrated graphics on the same die (piece of silicon) – an notion that rival AMD has been preaching for years under the “Fusion” name. Using its 45nm manufacturing process, Intel’s new Atom chips use less capability (25%-50%) and use a reduced footprint (60% to 70% considering [...]