Tag Archive for "Intel"

May 15, 2012 analysis
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Intel Small Business Advantage is a security nightmare

Unaviodable remote exploits for an added fee

Intel doesn’t understand security, but they are not shy about shouting it from the rooftops.

May 11, 2012 analysis
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Intel outs Merrifield and 6331

22nm phone phocused Atoms

Intel has two new 22nm phone chips to talk about, and one platform gets pushed out to 2014.

Apr 26, 2012 analysis
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How well does Intel’s new phone work as a phone?

Review: Hands on with the Lava Xolo X900

Intel is now making phone chips, and the first device to bear one, the Lava Xolo X900, is on the market.

Apr 25, 2012 analysis
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Does disabling Hyper-Threading increase performance?

Some trade-offs get better with time...

Since Intel introduced its Hyper-Threading technology with its Pentium 4 microprocessors back in early 2002 reviewers have occasionally noticed that under certain condition Hyper-Threading can actually hurt performance instead of helping it.

Apr 25, 2012 Chips
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Achronix adds granularity to 22nm FPGAs

HD and HP families are closer to production

Achronix is finally announcing their first 22nm FPGAs, two families of Speedster22i chips.

Apr 24, 2012 analysis
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Intel buys Cray’s interconnect arm but not for that reason

Laughably comical back-pedalling over AMD's SeaMicro buy

What do you do when your baby gets purchased out from under you?

Apr 24, 2012 analysis
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The Battle of the Bridges

How much performance does a 'Tick' get you these days?

It’s that time of year again and Intel’s introducing its new Ivy Bridge based offerings.

Apr 23, 2012 Channel
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Intel launches Ivy Bridge amid crushing marketing buzzwords

Good hardware, awful messaging, possible remote exploits

Intel is launching their Ivy Bridge CPU family today with a lot of fanfare, and in many ways the chip deserves every bit.

Apr 23, 2012 analysis
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Overclocking Intel’s HD 4000

Lots of extra voltage for just a little extra performance...

After playing around with Intel’s HD 4000 in our previous reviews and recording some pretty impressive performance, I decided to try and find the limit of the HD 4000′s graphics performance.

Apr 23, 2012 analysis
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Par for the Course: Part 2

A Look at Intel's HD 4000 Graphics Continued

In this half of the review we will be continuing our testing of the graphical capabilities of Intel’s HD 4000.

Apr 23, 2012 analysis
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Par for the Course: Part 1

A Look at Intel's HD 4000 Graphics

Today we are taking a look at Intel’s new Ivy Bridge chip, the Core i7-3770K.

Apr 23, 2012 analysis
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Atom takes the process lead on 14nm

What Otellini meant by beating Moore's law

During their Q1 conference call, Intel stated that Atom was going to move faster than Moore’s law.

Apr 9, 2012 analysis
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Intel’s First Z77 Motherboard

7 Series Chipsets Ahoy!

Today we’re taking a look at Intel’s newest highend motherboard, the DZ77GA-70K. UPDATED

Apr 5, 2012 analysis
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Intel and Nissan team up to advance IT in cars

Atoms, phones, and many buzzwords all meet in a concept car

Intel and Nissan are teaming up to bring Atom in to car infotainment systems,

Apr 3, 2012 analysis
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Netronome is a 22nm Intel foundry customer too

Network processors go cutting edge

Intel’s foundry arm that doesn’t officially exist has a new customer, Netronome.

Apr 2, 2012 analysis
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Haswell’s GPU prowess is due to Crystalwell

The key to the story is memory

Remember when we said that Haswell’s shader count was only the beginning of the performance story? The real reason behind the performance isn’t shader count, it is memory. When we wrote that Haswell was a graphics monster a few months ago, we mentioned there was more to the story than that. What we couldn’t tell [...]

Mar 13, 2012 analysis
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Intel’s non-delay of Ivy Bridge explained

Minor change, huge implications one step out

If you haven’t been paying attention, there was a recent flap about Intel delaying Ivy Bridge chips by a quarter.

Mar 6, 2012 analysis
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Intel launches 17 new E5-2600 server chips

Part 2: 7 boards, 3 chassis, and enough cards for everyone

Lets look at exactly what Intel is launching today, there are a ton of chips, SKUs, boards, boxes, and accessories.

Mar 6, 2012 analysis
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Intel launches Romley, the best server platform out there

E5-2600 CPUs and an amazing uncore

Intel is finally launching the Romley platform today, the two socket Sandy Bridge-EP based server line.

Mar 2, 2012 analysis
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Fusion based SeaMicro box to tip up really soon

Hugely coincidental timing, isn't it?

SeaMicro will have an AMD based server out in the very near future, almost as if they timed it with the company’s sale.

Mar 1, 2012 analysis
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Why purchasing SeaMicro was important for AMD

Analysis: Few understand this deadly important server market

There are a lot of people that don’t understand what the AMD/SeaMicro deal is about, and the rampant handwaving is starting to get annoying.

Mar 1, 2012 Channel
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Intel isn’t ready to announce Centerton, yet

Luckily, we are ready to announce Centerton

Intel isn’t ready to announce the name Centerton yet, but SemiAccurate is.

Feb 29, 2012 analysis
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AMD buys SeaMicro, and what a buy it is

And the new AMD server direction is......

It looks like AMD is starting the rumored acquisition spree with the impending purchase of SeaMicro.

Feb 27, 2012 Channel
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Intel adds two new phone Atoms, Z2000 and Z2580

High and low end bracket the middle ground Z2460

Intel’s phone chip marketers don’t get the whole Goldilocks thing because they launched the ‘just right’ version first.

Feb 26, 2012 analysis
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Orange announes an Intel based phone

Updated 2x: Just for your reference design, with added sticker

Orange is bringing California to Europe with the release of Santa Clara, the internal code name for their Atom based phone.

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