6 core

by Rafael Hernandez on February 3, 2010 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has delved into Intel’s latest press briefings and pulled out some interesting information on the company’s upcoming 6-core processors and funk stuff they have going on in their labs. Most notable are the massive power saving tweaks Intel has put into their Gulftown design which should help keep its heat output in […]

Read more Intel’s 6-core Plans and Lab Research Tidbits

by Rafael Hernandez on June 11, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel has a good thing going with their Core i7 lineup of chips. It’s the fastest consumer grade processor available and absolutely tears through any application you throw its way. Of course the company’s planned Core i5 series may…

Read more Intel Prepping 6 Core LGA1366 Nehalem

by Rafael Hernandez on June 1, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD’s processors aren’t the type of performance champs you’ve come to expect, on the workstation and server front things tend to get a bit stranger.People in the market for new servers are looking beyond rendering speeds and are focusing…

Read more AMD Opteron 2435, 6 Cores of Virtualization Power

by Rafael Hernandez on April 22, 2009 · 0 comments

There’s something to be said about a new CPU that can perform faster than its predecessor all within the same thermal envelope and, thankfully, is capable of “socketing” into place so you can keep your old hardware.AMD’s upcoming 6-core “Istanbul”…

Read more AMD Istanbul Peformance Video, 6-Cores Are In Fact Speedy