AnandTech: CPU & Chipset Section

Intel's SoC Update: 1B Transistors Embedded in 5 Years

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Intel revealed a bit about its upcoming embedded and SoC plans. Aside from Larrabee, these are brand new areas for Intel's x86 architectures. Intel has 15 chip designs in the works and is using similar rhetoric to what we heard when the first dual-core chips were in production. Does this mean that Intel embedded and SoC designs will be as pervasive in a few years as dual and quad core CPUs are today?

July 24, 2008, 14 comments

AMD's SB750: Enabling Higher Phenom Overclocks?

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Rumor has it that AMD's new South Bridge will allow Phenom processors to clock higher. Believe it or not, it works. We try and figure out why, and by how much.

July 23, 2008, 50 comments

AMD's Phenom X4 9950, 9350e and 9150e: Lower Prices, Voltage Tricks and Strange Behavior

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AMD is introducing three new quad-core Phenom processors today: a 2.6GHz 9950 Black Edition, a 2.0GHz 9350e and a 1.8GHz 9150e. AMD has also dropped its prices, making the Phenom competitive with mainstream Intel CPUs while also obsoleting two of the CPUs it just introduced today. We also finally discovered the source of some strange behavior with our Phenom test beds.

July 1, 2008, 37 comments

The Nehalem Preview: Intel Does It Again

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Two years ago we previewed Intel's Conroe core and to our surprise it blew away its closest competitor by 20 - 30% easily. Today, Intel is without competition at the high end but that hasn't stopped it from topping its performance by 20 - 50% with its brand new architecture. Intel's Nehalem processor is due out at the end of this year but we previewed its performance today and were very impressed; if you thought Penryn was fast, just wait until you see Nehalem.

June 5, 2008, 107 comments

Intel Launches Low-Power 65nm 4 Series Chipsets for the Desktop

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With the release of their X48 Express performance chipset just a few short months back, many are asking why Intel is releasing another round of new chipsets so soon. We've got our ideas behind what's pushing them out the door so quickly and once we explain why you make look at the Intel P45 Express chipset in a whole new light.

June 5, 2008, 15 comments

AMD Announces GAME!: Raising the Bar for Mainstream Gaming PCs

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There's been one successful platform logo in recent history: Centrino. Today AMD announces its own logo program but for mainstream gaming PCs. The program is called AMD GAME! and it looks like it just may have the right ingredients to be more than just another sticker on the front of a PC.

May 19, 2008, 58 comments

NVIDIA 780a: Integrated Graphics and SLI in One

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We provide our first look at NVIDIA’s latest chipset that provides integrated graphics functionality free, well almost; you do need to buy the motherboard.

May 6, 2008, 39 comments

AMD's Phenom X3 8000 Series: Fighting Two Cores with Three?

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AMD is introducing the first triple-core x86 processors as a part of its quick and dirty strategy to remain competitive with Intel's dual-core CPUs. Despite having more cores than the competition at the same price point, AMD's clock speeds aren't high enough to make the Phenom X3 a serious threat to Intel. The real threat these days actually comes from ATI...

April 23, 2008, 45 comments

IGP Power Consumption - 780G, GF8200, and G35

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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the greenest of them all? The answer may surprise you.

April 18, 2008, 44 comments

Intel's Atom Architecture: The Journey Begins

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When we reviewed the first Centrino CPU we claimed that it would revolutionize the mobile world, and it has. Intel's Atom processor has even more ambitious goals and we're able to have a look at its architecture to find out how it plans on achieving them.

April 2, 2008, 47 comments

Higher Clock Speeds, No TLB Issues and Better Pricing: The New Phenom

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Last year Phenom brought AMD a terrible end to a terrible year. While AMD continues to try to resurrect itself we find ourselves in the midst of a second Phenom launch. With better chips, better clock speeds and better pricing see how AMD went from a complete dud to actually competitive with the Phenom X4 9850. It looks like we may just get competition in the CPU industry once again.

March 27, 2008, 65 comments

NVIDIA's 790i Arrives: SLI Rides Again

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Users looking to run the latest DDR3 memory technology with multi-GPU graphics from NVIDIA finally have the answer they've been waiting for. We examine exactly what makes the nForce 790i (Ultra) SLI platform so special and why it deserves to make your short list for consideration when it comes time to upgrade…

March 18, 2008, 20 comments

Opening the Kimono: Intel Details Nehalem and Tempts with Larrabee

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Intel gave us a few morsels of information on its future microprocessor plans, including details on the architectural enhancements to its first desktop CPU with an integrated memory controller: Nehalem.

March 17, 2008, 53 comments

AMD's B3 Stepping Phenom Previewed, TLB Hardware Fix Tested

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We scored a B3 stepping Phenom with the hardware level fix for the TLB bug. Let's find out if Phenom take-two is any better than the original.

March 12, 2008, 30 comments

AMD 780G: Preview of the Best Current IGP Solution

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We take an initial look at HD playback quality against the GeForce 8200 and G35.

March 10, 2008, 50 comments