AMD prepares three-core processorsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 442 days ago (http://www.theinquirer.net)
Category: hardware | Tags amd, ati, cpu, quad core, Search All Tags
AMD is preparing tri-core processors which most likely will be quad core processors with one core disabled. read more »
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Leaked - AMD Barcelona versus Intel Clovertown and TigertonOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 447 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: hardware | Tags amd, barcelona, cpu, clovertown, intel, Search All Tags
George Ou received some slides from AMD, which they (un)fortunately forgot to require a NDA for. Ou has used these slides to compare the upcoming hyped quad core AMD CPU with similar Intel CPU's. read more »
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Does Apple Still Covet The Enterprise?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 450 days ago (http://www.informationweek.com)
Category: hardware | Tags apple, enterprise, corporate, pursue, Search All Tags,
John C. Welch over at InformationWeek has written an excellent (and long) article on Apple's interest in the SMB and Enterprise markets. read more »
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AMD Open Architecture Challenge Selects Community PartnersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 449 days ago (http://www.treehugger.com)
Category: hardware | Tags open architecture, amd, charity, Search All Tags, ,
AMD has selected several community partners for new projects that are charitable while at the same time being good PR and help ensure the market for computers continues to expand. read more »
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AMD Releases 900+ Pages Of GPU SpecsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 445 days ago (http://www.phoronix.com)
Category: hardware | Tags amd, gpu, open source, massive, Search All Tags,
AMD has released a massive amount of documentation in their new open source effort for their hardware. This includes 900+ pages on their GPU. read more »
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AMD's quad-core Opteron 2300 processorsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 446 days ago (http://techreport.com)
Category: hardware | Tags amd, barcelona, quad-core, cpu, Search All Tags,
Scott Wasson over at TechReport offers a long and exhaustive review of AMD's new quad-core Opteron processors. read more »
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Battle of the Quad CoresOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 447 days ago (http://gigaom.com)
Category: hardware | Tags quad core, intel, amd, Search All Tags, ,
Om Malik reports on the battle between Intel and AMD for dominance of the quad core market. With disappointing specs it may be that AMD will attempt to win on a price point rather than performance po read more »
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Apple Offering $7000 Refund To Early AdoptersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 447 days ago (http://crunchgear.com)
Category: hardware | Tags apple, lisa, macintosh, refund, Search All Tags,
Steve Jobs has made a surprise move offering $7,000 refunds to those who bought Lisa computers around 25 years ago that were then replaced rather quickly by the Macintosh at a significantly lower pri read more »
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