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more about #cpu more comments → brendolonius: that's hard core...Ha! I joke, I joke. But seriously, this whole "buttload of cores" business isn't where we need to be going, in my opinion. Someon... more » Pope John Peeps II: "The machine will be able of understanding the world around them much as humans do," Rattner said. "They will see and hear and probably speak and do a... more » yantelope: This is nice and all that but parallelism hasn't been the problem facing chips it's the speed barrier. CPUs are really stalling in terms of accelerat... more » Matt Davis: What does it mean that the processor is programmable? I'm not catching the significance of that yet. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Dammit. After seeing that picture now I want Triscuts.. more » Monty: The machine will be able of understanding the world around them much as humans do Clearly I am a few cores short in my processing unit because I cert... more » DougOLis: Although Intel doesn't market chips according to their codenames, the individual chip gets a model number that gives you an idea of how it compares, s... more » CaptMoose: Just to make things more confusing, The new i7 8-series (Lynnfield) actually goes back to a P55 socket and double-channel RAM, but gets many better be... more » BloggyMcBlogBlog: Thanks for the article Matt. I'll be getting a new computer when Win7 drops and this definitely helps. #intel more » The5thElephant: A decent Giz-Explains, but it could definitely use a chart and a clearer visual heirarchy. Also future chip technologies we should look out for? #intel more » Monty: Outstanding summary, Matt, but maybe you could post this sort of information a little later in the day for us West Coasters who might have head explos... more » friendlynerd: I would agree with your take on Celeron, but I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the Pentium Dual-Core line. They're essentially Core2 chips with less ... more » anexanhume: Merom and Penryn share the same branding because they are largely the same architecture. Nehalem was a full new architecture from the alternating Isra... more » Amir Oulad: Nice explanation I understand the differences much better now. Celeron/Pentuim: run Core3i: One night stand Core7i/5i: HAve sex with it BTW I love th... more » Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: I forget, you have to have a data plain to use either of the two phones, right? more » -
#processors
Intel Demonstrates Programmable 48-Core Chip
The cores aren't terribly powerful (described as being like lower-end Atom processors) but hey...it's got 48 of them, and it's programmable. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: Intel's Entire Confusing Armada of Chips
Intel makes a lot of processors. Too many, maybe. Don't know what the difference a Core i7 and a Core 2 Duo? A Bloomfield from a Wolfdale? A Sasquatch from a Yeti? You're not alone. More » -
#palm
Inside the Palm Pixi's Brains
When Jason played with the Palm Pixi, Palm implied it wasn't quite as gutsy as the Pre—it's gonna be cheaper, after all—but didn't get into details. Well, Palm InfoCenter's got the full breakdown for its Qualcomm MSM7627 brains: More » -
#intel
Intel Lynnfield Core i5 and i7 Processors: Nehalem Superpowers Cheaper Than Ever
The long and short of the new Lynnfield-based Intel Core i7 and Core i5 desktop chips: Nehalem power for cheaper than ever, and all you're losing is triple-channel memory (in new i7 and i5) and hyperthreading (in i5). [Anandtech] -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: Snow Leopard's Grand Central Dispatch
You've probably heard about this snow kitty operating system for Macintosh computers. What you might not've heard is exactly how it's supposed to be unleashing the power of all those processor cores crammed inside your computer. More » -
#intel
Intel's 6-Core Xeon (Westmere) Spotted
We now know a little more about Intel's upcoming six-core Xeon CPU codenamed Westmere thanks to these leaked engineering samples. More » -
#science
How Modern Processors Are Made
I knew that processors—like castles—are made of sand. But I didn't know they required stuff like ion implantation at more than 185,000mph, electroplating, and the creation of up to 20 metal layers of transistor connections in 500nm. More » -
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#pc
Intel 8088: The Chip That Gave Birth to the Borg
This is the Intel 8088. A beast with 29,000 transistors that could be clocked up 8MHz in its 1979 heyday, it was the second chip to use the x86 architecture, and the brains inside the original IBM PC. More » -
#processors
Six-Core Nehalem Processors Might Arrive This Year
According to bit-tech, , Intel is planning to release a six-core Nehalem processor sometime this year. More » -
#processors
Intel T9900 Core 2 Duo Notebook Processor Breaks the 3GHz Barrier
Intel unleashed a flurry of new processors at Computex, including the T9900 Core 2 Duo, which clocks in at a speedy 3.06 GHz—the first Penryn-based Core 2 Duo chip to do so. More » -
#amd
Athlon II CPU Echoes the Glory Days as AMD's First Cheap 45nm Chip
It not's surprising right after its 40th birthday, AMD's trying to recall the better days: The Athlon II X2 makes an official sequel out of the Athlon name for its cheap 45nm chip, starting at $87. More » -
#atom
Intel's Next-Gen Atom Puts CPU and GPU on One Fun-Lovin' Chip
Along with its neato Moblin 2.0 netbook OS, Intel's also laid in more detail out what the next generation of Atom looks like—Pineview integrates the CPU, GPU and memory controller onto one chip, making the platform cheaper and less power-hungry overall. More » -
#cooling
Little Ionic Winds Stop Laptops From Burning Body Parts
We first heard about ionic winds cooling down computers by 250% in 2007. Two years later, Tessera—a chip-packing company—has modified the technology so that it would fit into a working laptop. More » -
#intel
Intel's Medfield Project May, May Not Go Into Smartphones
It's all very wink wink, nudge nudge, hush hush, but the odor that Intel is giving off in this Fortune article about the Medfield project is that Intel's trying to shrink x86 down to smartphones. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: GPGPU Computing, and Why It'll Melt Your Face Off
No, I didn't stutter: GPGPU—general-purpose computing on graphics processor units—is what's going to bring hot screaming gaming GPUs to the mainstream, with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Finally, everbody's face melts! Here's how. More » -
#amd
Happy 40th Birthday AMD: 4 Ways You Beat Intel in the Glory Days
AMD, the other chip company, is 40 years old today. It's the scrappy underdog to the Intel juggernaut. Today, it's not in great shape, but at one point, it was actually beating Intel on innovation.
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#amd
AMD's $69 2.8GHz Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition CPU Reviewed (Verdict: Not Bad For the Price)
Years ago I used to build with AMD processors because I was looking for decent power at an affordable price. Their new Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition claims to do that for only $69. More » -
#intel
Intel's New Easy-for-Your-Mom-to-Understand Processor Badges
They're designed to be simple to understand for regular people, so you don't need these explained, right? More »
