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more about #intel more comments → ploopsy: This would be good news if mac pros were actually affordable. more » SamtheGeek: The 's' is for a more efficient processor (usually slightly underclocked). They run cooler (and therefore quieter) and are used mainly in slimline and... more » njdevil: What's up with the codenames? I don't want my computer powered by a Bloomfield, I want it powered by a Desert Storm or something cool sounding like that. more » ridgecity: I think Apple just rather pay exclusiveness for their chips to avoid the hackintosh situation. I do wish this isn't truth, for hackintosh is doing a ... more » Hvedhrungr: Oh no! Are you quite sure? Marked with an "S", no less? It does portend rather ominously, does it not? I think I will have to sit down and have a cup ... more » FriarNurgle: there had better be some good deals when the Windows 7 RC starts shutting down. It's so much easier to just buy a new laptop than deal with an OS inst... more » Xndingo: are they going to fit into i7 motherboards?are there going to be like the i5 ones that had motherboards for themselves but supported i7s too but in ot... more » dingus: Hasn't AMD been shipping 6-core parts since the summer? more » Philip Han: I splooged. more » balls187: Sweet. Time to upgrade my Core 2 Quad rig. SSD Prices preeze to be dropping. more » jetRink: Are games not multithreaded? I would think it would be pretty easy to divvy tasks up for games as there's lots of diverse things going on simultaneou... more » sharkync: Glad I didn't get a 27" iMac i7 - now I can be cooler than everybody else with a 29" iMac i9. WooHoo! more » Gordonium: I'll consider it simple nerdom, rather than prophecy, that I think of the ice-nine material, rather than a processor, when I see "i9". more » ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo: now if apple will release a dual 6core mac pro with the new ATI card. Ill be one happy c4d user. more » FamiCube64: Next year there'll be 0.01nm chips clocked at 700Ghz and will run at 1 degree above absolute zero. It'll cost $6000. The after that it'll be obsolete ... more » -
#intel
Leaked Intel Roadmap Reveals Budget Desktop Offerings, Possible Mac Pro Chip
For those of you who get hot and bothered by leaked Intel product roadmaps, please sit down. We have one here for desktops that runs the gamut from budget Core i3 and a low-power i5 marked with an "S." More » -
#intel
Intel Core i9 Benched: Six Cores of Pure Joy
On paper, the Core i9 might not sound that exciting: It's a lot like the Core i7, except built with a 32nm fabrication process and two extra cores, for a total of six. Early benchmarks, though, say it flies. Sometimes. More » -
#intel
Atom Processors To Get the 32nm Treatment in 2011
Attention, people who like to maintain a complete mental taxonomy of every processor: Cedar Trail has been outed as the new Atom platform for 2011, with the name Cedarview going to the processor itself. Along with 32nm fabrication, some goodies: More » -
#netbooks
Asus Eee PC 1201N...$500 Seems Like a Great Deal, But Have We Been Had?
On one hand, the Asus Eee 1201N, the first Ion-packing Eee, will arrive December for $500. That includes Win 7, a dual core Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and 12-inch (1366 x 768) display. But on the other... More » -
#intel
Intel Deems The Dual Core Atom 330 Too Hot For Netbooks
We've been curious as to why Intel decided to keep the N330 chip out of netbooks, and now we finally know: The chip's just too damn hot and not even all that fast. More » -
#unconfirmed
Intel's 32nm Arrandale Core i5 and i7 Chips for Anorexic Notebooks
We know, the Core i7-i5-i3 stuff is confusing. Not to make it worse, but Digitimes outs some of Intel's notebooks plans for next year: a triplet of processors of Core i7 and i5 processors, codenamed Arrandale, for skinny laptops. More » -
#amd
AMD's Atom-Mauling Bobcat and High-End Bulldozer Chips
Sure, AMD's sorta reveling in getting handed $1.25 billion by Intel, but more importantly, they've just revealed the future of AMD chips: The promised Atom competitor Bobcat, and a new high-end architecture called Bulldozer. More » -
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#antitrust
Intel Pays AMD $1.25 Billion To End Antitrust, Patent Wars
In case you were wondering if Intel's business practices were as shady as the European Commission and the NY Attorney General think they are, look no further than this: Intel is paying $1.25 billion—plus frills—to avoid fighting. More » -
#ereaders
The Intel Reader Photographs Text and Reads it Back to You
Intel's Reader for the visually impaired isn't a concept; it goes on sale today. Using an Atom processor, 5-megapixel camera, and Intel's Linux-based Moblin OS, it turns book pages into digital text and MP3s…then reads aloud in a synthesized voice. More » -
#hackintosh
Latest Snow Leopard Developer Build Breaks Hackintosh Support... Again
Enough with the back and forth already, Apple. If you're going to kill Atom support then just kill it. Don't toy with us, taking and giving like some sort of merciless god. More » -
#blockquote
Twentysomething Steve Jobs Was a Total Twunt
I thought I knew all the anecdotes about Steve Jobs, back when he was the hottest rock star in the Valley. I was wrong. How did I miss this great scolding by former Intel chairman and CEO Andy Grove? More » -
#usb
Nvidia Confirms Intel's Senseless USB 3.0 Delay Until 2011
Bad news: Nvidia has confirmed Intel's stance on USB 3.0—no Intel chipsets will support the new standard until 2011. Short of Intel stating something different, USB 3.0 probably won't hit mass consumption until then. Is there any hope? More » -
#intel
Intel Hit With a Massive Antitrust Suit, In the US This Time
Remember how Intel got smacked in the face with a $1.45 billion fine in the EU for shadily suffocating AMD into submission? Today, New York's Attorney General has brought the fight to the US. This is going to get messy. More » -
#cowon
Mysterious Cowon W2 Is an Atom-Equipped Something or Other
It's a bit of a stretch in reasoning, but some leaked docs seem to hint, subtly, that media player manufacturer Cowon is dipping a toe into the world of tablets with the Atom-powered W2. More » -
#memory
Phase-Changing Memory Is Closer To The Market And Might Just Kill Flash
Phase-changing memory looks great. It's supposed to combine the non-volatile nature of flash-based memory with the fantastic speed of DRAM. Now Intel and Numonyx are teasing with advancements in stacking memory layers, news that brings denser PCM closer to markets. More »
