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more about #processors Googlo: This comes to mind everytime I hear Intel and Nvidia... (or anyone + Intel for that matter) more » Nick: i read "pineview" and thought it said "pew pew." i am disappointed now. i wold have totally bought the netbook with the "pew pew" processor inside. more » fragMasterFlash: Intel sold off its XScale processors on the hopes that a low power, pure x86 device would be more efficient than the XScale ARM core plus specialized ... more » frigg: I take it I'm not alone in seeing this and thinking MBP MBP MBP. Any Apple employee care to risk torture and death and confirm a January release? more » Ryan_Long: Let the speculation begin! I'm hoping for a Macbook Pro with USB 3.0 and blu-ray within the next year- that's when I upgrade from my late '06 MBP. Eit... more » phytonix: Is it likely that 13" MBP will get i5 without price hike? more » Nathan Obbards: I knew there was a reason I was putting off buying a new laptop. I just hope that OEMs actually decide to bundle it with a decent GPU, not that GMA45... more » Evangelion: Awesome. Glad I waited out on buying a laptop. more » mklpickle: But I just bought my macbook pro like 2 weeks ago....... more » TheSonOfKrypton: Hihi new Macbook Pro! more » Gary_7vn: Netbook procs are always going to be weak. No way do they want people buying these INSTEAD of a laptop. The plan, (evil plan) is for you to buy both! more » njdevil: Moore knew a lot about computers but little about business. more » Jedo10: I can't wait till they come out with the i11. ".... but it goes to 11" more » bagellord: Yes but will it be usable with any hardware currently on the market? more » blash: Clicking through to the photos on eBay shows Task Manager up on the Performance tab with 24 virtual cores. omfgwtfbbqepicwinwant!!!!!!! more » Nathan Obbards: Seems kind of pricey for a chip from Taiwan with no warranty of any kind at all and no guarantee it works other than the seller's word. more » Rorouni: Completely unnecessary... There is no commercial need for 6 cores... more » dpiddy022: Stupid, imagine how much R&D could have occurred if Intel didn't have to fight off the feds. Anti-trust laws are bogus, if you charge too high a pric... more » Kaiser-Machead: And it still sucks that Netbooks with ION processors have to cost more because of the fact that "standalone" Atom procs cost significantly more than t... more » Monty: Is it just me or does it seem that every time the FTC gets around to stepping on a monopoly they are usually about half a decade late? Just curious. more » -
#processors
Next-Gen Nvidia Ion Is Pine-Trail-Compatible, Promises Better Performance
Intel's Pine Trail Atom chips are pretty disappointing in the power department, so it's good to see Nvidia step up with a new, Pine-Trail-compatible line of Ion chips. If you want to watch HD YouTube on a netbook, read on. More » -
#processors
Next-Generation Intel Atom Processors: Smaller, More Efficient, Not Much More Powerful
Intel revealed its new line of Atom processors today, including the "Pineview" nettop-centered ones we saw benchmarked earlier. What do they have to offer? A smaller footprint, better efficiency, and not a lot more power. More » -
#intel
Intel's New Superefficient-But-Fast Laptop Core i5 Chips on Jan. 7
Intel's dropping a big bowl o' chips January 7th—17 of 'em—like the first lower-end Core i3 chips, but we're most excited about the Arrandale Core i5 for laptops: still fast but more efficient 'cause they're shrunk to 32nm. More » -
#atom
Intel's New "Pineview" Atom Processors Benchmarked, Found Disappointing
The new Atom D410 and D510 processors were just given preliminary benchmarking tests, and the scores actually came out pretty disappointing. The older Nvidia Ion configuration actually beat the Pineview procs in most tests—not what we'd call encouraging. More » -
#intel
The FTC Still Wants to Slay the Intel Monopoly Monster
Sure, Intel paid off AMD to drop their antitrust suit, but the FTC's still mighty interested in their their fights with Nvidia, and concerned about preserving competition in the chip marketplace overall. It could get ugly. [BW] -
#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 » -
#creative
Zii Lives: First Look at the 1080p Android-Powered Trinity Phone
Remember the Creative/ZiiLabs StemCell system-on-a-chip from a while back? The one that spawned that Android PMP design? Well, the Zii project is marching on, which means new hardware, including the dual OS Trinity phone, 360ยบ HD webcam and more. More » -
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#processors
The Cell Processor Is Going Extinct (Updated)
IBM's shitcanning the Cell processor line—you know, the chip that's in the PS3 and uh, Toshiba laptops and TVs—according to their VP of Deep Computing, making the current PowerXCell 8i the last of its ilk. Updated. 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 » -
#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 » -
#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 » -
#systemonachip
ZiiLABS' ZMS-08 System-On-A-Chip To Bring 1080p and Full Flash Acceleration To Netbooks
Creative's latest system-on-a-chip is crammed with features: 1080p playback, 24fps encoding, HD video conferencing, OpenGL ES 2.0 support, an integrated HDMI controller, X-Fi audio and Flash acceleration. All combined with a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8. Of course there's a catch. 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 » -
#graphicscards
Nvidia Fermi Next-Gen Graphics Architecture Has 512 Cores for Radioactively Melting Faces
Fermi is Nvidia's new GPU architecture that's going to be the basis for all of its upcoming graphics cards. With 512 cores and 3 billion transistors, it will nuke Crysis. More » -
#intel
Intel Atom CE4100 Is a Beast of a Media Chip
Here at IDF, Intel introduced the Atom CE4100 media chip, which is likely coming to set-top boxes and Blu-Ray players. It's got some serious power: We're talking simultaneous decoding of two 1080p streams, 3D rendering and more. More »
