Quad Core

Details Emerge on Intel’s First Mobile Quad-core Processor

Chinese-language site HKEPC is reporting that Intel’s first mobile quad-core processor will be the 45nm Penryn-based Core 2 Extreme QX9300. The chip will clock speeds of 2.53 GHz, have 12 MB of L2 Cache and 1066 MHz FSB. The QX9300, however, won’t be part of the Q2 Centrino 2 launch because it is a 45W…

Dream PC: 8-Core Workstation Rocks the Penryns (Verdict: WOW!)

Click to viewHP is cranking out some smoking workstations these days, and the latest Intel Xeon quad core processors, affectionately known as the Harpertown chips with 45-nanometer Penryn technology inside, take Windows performance to the next level. HP shipped us the fastest workstation they could muster, with a total of eight processor cores, along with…

Dell Launches Quad-Core Precision T5400 and T7400 Workstations

The latest in Dell’s line of Penryn-based PCs comes to us in the form of these super-beefy T5400 and T7400 Precision workstations. Both systems can hold up to two of Intel’s quad-core Xeon 5200 and 5400 processors and Quadro FX 5600 cards. The base T5400 and T7400 units start out at $1,589 and $1,839 respectively.…

ThermalTake’s Outrageous 1500W Power Supply

If you are into building your own computers, you know how expensive it is to keep up with the latest hardware requirements. That having been said, if you are planning on building a quad-core rig sometime in the near future, you can now step up to 1500W of power (1600W peak) thanks to the latest…

Lenovo Intros First Penryn Based PCs

Today Lenovo unveiled the first computers to use Intel’s fast, energy efficient new 45nm Penryn chips. The newly branded ThinkStation D10 and S10 will offer quad core performance along with a “passive venting system” that helps to cool the system quietly. Further spec details are scarce, but Lenovo did mention that the D10 is outfitted…

AMD Launches Quad-Core Opteron, a.k.a. Barcelona

AMD is finally launching its Barcelona quad-core server chip today, although it’s officially being called the Quad-Core Opteron. Intel may have been beating AMD to higher clock speeds recently, but the Barcelona offers some performance and power-saving advantages that should level the playing field again. Saving power is becoming increasingly important in server rooms now,…

Intel introduced their quad-core Xeon 7300 series processors. [Reuters]

Quad-Core Laptops Coming, Costs $10,000+ Fully Loaded

Not quite as groundbreaking as Wang Computers‘ word processor, XtremeNotebooks is offering the first Quad-Core Intel processors in laptops at a price of over $10,000 per unit fully stocked. The XTreme 917 has a Core 2 Quad Q6000 processor with dual NVidia processors and almost 1TB of hard drive space, which means that unless this…

Intel and Orange County Choppers Create Satan’s Motorcycle

Intel and Orange County Choppers combined their mutual know-how and created this monstrosity of a motorcycle—also known as Satan’s ride. This isn’t the Satan you know, this is the bad-ass futuristic Satan from 2046. The bike has four dual V-twin motors and multiple Intel quad-core processors. What are they for? To power two rearview camera…

Intel’s bringing 45nm quad-core processors to the desktop in Q4 2007, which will make up 2-3% of its total line, and run at 3.33 GHz with a 1333MHz bus. [XBitlabs]

AMD Quad Core Phenom Gaming System in the Flesh (and Blood)

Click to viewWe just got the chance to play around with AMD’s newest quad core system, the Phenom RD790 and a pair of ATI HD2900XT graphics processors. There’s a whole lot of cooling going on, thanks to John Woo’s new game Stranglehold. AMD is still mum on pricing and final specs, though they did reaffirm…

Undressed Laptop Could be First Quad-core Lappie on the Planet

See those shots right there. The guys at Techwarelabs claim they’re “spy shots” of Intel’s first quad-core notebook. They’re not the most flattering shots around, but if the pics don’t do it for you, maybe the specs will. According to TWL, the laptop will come with a 17-inch LCD and two Nvidia 8800 video cards.…

Intel Preps Quad-Core CPU for Lappies

2008 is gonna be an interesting year if Intel keeps its promises. You see, on their 2008 roadmap sits a quad-core Penryn mobile processor designed for intense gaming and hardcore power users. Quad-core to go? You better believe it. Intel’s not saying how they plan on achieving this or what kinda battery life these lappies…

Intel Shipping Less Power-Hungry Quad Core Xeons

When Intel released its Xeon 5100 processors last summer, they were already faster, cooler and more efficient than their predecessors, and now Intel’s doing it again with even more-efficient quad core processors that rolled out yesterday. The company’s 5300 series server chips were already 50% more efficient than those 5100 dual-core Xeons from last summer,…

Intel’s New Budget Quad-core Juices up Shuttle’s XPC 1337

Intel’s new quad-core CPU made a guest appearance in Vegas Sunday night. It was the brains behind the Shuttle XPC 1337. The Q6600 runs at 2.4GHz and comes with 8MB of level 2 cache. It’ll go for about $800, as compared to the Quad-core Extreme which goes for just shy of one grand.

AMD’s Quad FX Takes On Intel’s Quad Core

AMD’s dual-socket Quad FX platform is official. Code named the 4×4 platform, its AMD’s answer to Intel’s Quad Core chips. The platform is powered by two dual-core Athlon 64 FX-70 series processors. Its based around Nvidia’s nForce 680a chipset and as we’ve already seen from Asus’ initial 4×4 mobo, can support up to 12 SATA…

Dell Gives XPS Line the Quad Treatment

In case your dual-core desktop was starting to show its age, Dell is now cramming a quad-core processor inside its top of the line XPS desktop. The new XPS 710 packs Intel’s 2.66GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad-core CPU, letting you throw any multi-threaded app you can find its way. For expansion, the desktop has…

Quad-Core Riot: Intel Core 2 Quadro Chips Hit the Streets

Seems like we were just getting used to the Core 2 Duo chips, and now Intel has gone and released its first quad core processor, code-named Kentsfield and officially called Core 2 Extreme QX6700. Toms Hardware likes Intel’s 2.66GHz quad-core QX6700, saying it could let some users do their work twice as quickly. The biggest…

Intel Launching Quad-Core in November

Intel’s CEO, Paul Ravioli Cacciatore Otellini said their quad-core CPUs are coming in November. These chips are made for servers and Xtreme gaming rigs, and will be priced accordingly. Versions of the CPU for mainstream desktops will arrive early 2007. “The initial desktop version of quad-core will be introduced as an Extreme version,” Otellini said.…

Quad-Core Chips From AMD Due in ’07-’08

AMD plans to release four different quad core processors in the next couple of years, but details are still murky. In the second half of 2007, the company plans to release a quad-core server chip codenamed “Deerhound,” which will have a shared L2 cache and will be manufactured in a 65nm process. Next, in the…