Processors

by Rafael Hernandez on December 23, 2008 · 0 comments

If there’s one thing to learn about business it’s that time is money, so waiting on your servers to get you the data you need invariably ends up costing you. AnandTech has thoughtfully decided to run the latest in server…

Read more Server CPUs Compared, Database Query Fun

by Rafael Hernandez on December 15, 2008 · 0 comments

In general low-end CPU launches are nothing to get excited about. Sure they have the same feature sets as their cousins above them in the pricing charts but they don’t contain the same performance. In comes AMD’s Athlon X2 7750…

Read more AMD Athlon X2 7750/7550, Phenom Halved

by Rafael Hernandez on December 4, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel’s Atom CPUs have been a great option for portable netbooks given their low power consumption and reasonable performance. MSI has taken note of its finer qualities and plopped it into an exceedingly small Mini-ITX form factor motherboard. TweakTown has…

Read more MSI IM-945GSE-A, Atom For Your Desktop

by Rafael Hernandez on December 2, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel’s Atom CPU has been a driving force between the whole netbook craze allowing for miniature portable computers with good battery life. Unfortunately they aren’t the fastest chips out there and they certainly can be a hindrance in a desktop…

Read more Asus Adopts The Celeron For The Eee Box

by Rafael Hernandez on December 2, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel’s Core i7 CPU represents the latest and greatest in desktop CPU technology. A much anticipated feature that the chip brought along is an integrated memory controller built into the CPU which has many major benefits when it comes to…

Read more Intel's Core i7 Memory Performance Tested

by Rafael Hernandez on November 20, 2008 · 0 comments

AMD’s chips, just like Intel’s, have been the target of insane enthusiasts looking to push speeds to higher levels and it’s usually accomplished for short periods of time with Liquid Nitrogen. The company recently showed off their 45nm refresh Phenom…

Read more Phenom II Overclocks Well, Just Add LN2

by Rafael Hernandez on November 17, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel’s Socket T (LGA, Socket 775) has had quite a long run, as far as sockets are concerned for the chip-making giant. It first saw work holding down some later model Pentium 4 CPUs and has kept a firm grip…

Read more Socket 775 Has A Few Years Until Retirement

by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2008 · 0 comments

Nothing spells excitement like a server processor refresh. AMD’s quad core Opterons have been the darling of the virtualization community, holding sizable performance leads over the competition in that category but not much else. In comes their 45nm die shrink…

Read more AMD Shanghai, Redefining Performance per Watt

by Rafael Hernandez on November 6, 2008 · 0 comments

There is no doubt that Intel’s new Core i7 processors are extremely powerful CPUs which is breaking all sots of speed records left and right. bit-tech is wondering just how far they can take the Core i7 920 which…

Read more Overclocking The Intel Core i7 920, It's Sorta Easy Actually

by Rafael Hernandez on November 3, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel’s latest and greatest processor is now upon us. The Core i7 series has been a long time in the making and sports top-notch performance as a result of the company’s all-out performance seeking. Have a look at some…

Read more Intel Core i7 Reviews Hit The Web

by Rafael Hernandez on October 22, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel is not very keen on the Apple iPhone’s performance, downright mocking the poor thing, and you’d just have to read Pankaj Kedia’s (director of Intel’s Mobile Internet Devices “MID” division) comments on its processor, as quoted by ZDNet Australia,…

Read more Intel Scoffs at iPhone's CPU, Suggests Their Architecture Is Better