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Engineers Show Way to Improve Performance of AMD, Intel Hybrid Chips by 20% by CPU Wars: Intel vs. AMD on Feb 9, 2012Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows to improve performance of AMD Fusion or Intel Sandy Bridge hybrid chips by an average of more than 20%. The engineers propose to take advantage of unique feat...

Notebook Makers Integrate Intel Extreme "Sandy Bridge-E" Chips into Laptops by CPU Wars: Intel vs. AMD on Feb 9, 2012Several suppliers of high-end laptops have unveiled new desktop replacement (DTR) notebooks that are powered by Intel Corp.'s latest Core i7-series microprocessors in LGA2011 form-factor with up to six x86 cores that power top-of-the-range desktops.

Intel Updates Sandy Bridge Graphics Drivers by CPU Wars: Intel vs. AMD on Feb 9, 2012Intel has posted versions 15.22.54.2622 (32-bit) and 15.22.54.64.2622 (64-bit) of its drivers for the Intel HD-series lineup of integrated graphics processors, which includes both Sandy Bridge and older Nehalem-based chips in both desktop and laptop...

HP Paid Intel $690 Million to Keep Itanium Alive - Court Findings by CPU Wars: Intel vs. AMD on Feb 4, 2012In a bid to secure its mission-critical HP-UX platform, Hewlett-Packard has paid Intel Corp. around $690 to keep Itanium microprocessor alive till 2017 and update it in timely manner, court findings reveal. Back in 2008 the maker of servers paid Inte...

Intel pleased with investors questions by CPU Wars: Intel vs. AMD on Feb 4, 2012Intel is happy that it is not getting the curly questions flung at it by investors last year.Chief Financial Officer Stacy Smith told Reuters that he likes the questions he is receiving from Wall Street these days. Last year everyone was worried abou...

Intel Exposed First Atom Chips for Micro-Servers by CPU Wars: Intel vs. AMD on Feb 4, 2012Intel Corp. has begun shipments of Atom-based system-on-chip for so-called micro-servers. The new processor will likely become available this year and will enable server manufacturers to create ultra-dense machines with low power consumption. As repo...

ULV Trinity defeats Sandy Bridge in 3Dmark by CPU Wars: Intel vs. AMD on Feb 4, 2012AMD has released the first performance figures for its upcoming 17W Trinity APUs, which will find they way into ultrathin notebooks later this year.Intel’s ultrabooks are powered by Sandy Bridge ULV chips and the first Ivy Bridge based designs shou...

Aria list pre-orders for C2 Intel Core i7 processors by CPU Wars: Intel vs. AMD on Feb 4, 2012Aria are certainly on the ball for all you Intel lovers this week. Today they listed the new C2 stepping version 2011 processors. They are available now for pre-order. ARIA informed us that they will be getting in stock soon, hopefully within the nex...

Intel Releases Seven New Sandy Bridge CPUs by Pc Portal Philippines on Feb 2, 2012Intel introduced seven new processors for its Sandy Bridge line – Three of these are for Core i5 namely Core i5-2550K, i5-2450P and i5-2340P while the remaining four are for Celeron M which are B815, B720, 867 and 797. The i5-2550K with four co...

Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition Processor Review, the Lite Edition by Back2Gaming on Jan 31, 2012Intel’s been having a good run as of late and they’ve recently celebrated their 40th anniversary and what better way to mark that date than to launch your hottest product to date. Marking Intel’s 40th year in the industry is the rel...