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Technical Miracles
2007-04-01 06:00:00 The history of the integrated circuit The half-century of the integrated circuit has witnessed so many technical miracles that perhaps engineers can be forgiven for being a little blasé. But a little reflection should astonish even the most jaded: The silicon we use comes as giant monocrystals weighing hundreds of kilograms, and whose impurities are denominated in sub-parts per billion. On the wafers cut from these boules we regularly inscribe features with lateral dimensions of tens of nanometers, and routinely grow layers with controlled thicknesses of only a few atoms. More About: Hardware , Computers , Technical , Processors , Miracles
Technical Miracles
2007-04-01 06:00:00 The history of the integrated circuit The half-century of the integrated circuit has witnessed so many technical miracles that perhaps engineers can be forgiven for being a little blasé. But a little reflection should astonish even the most jaded: The silicon we use comes as giant monocrystals weighing hundreds of kilograms, and whose impurities are denominated in sub-parts per billion. On the wafers cut from these boules we regularly inscribe features with lateral dimensions of tens of nanometers, and routinely grow layers with controlled thicknesses of only a few atoms. More About: Hardware , Computers , Technical , Processors , Miracles
Intel Loses Share to AMD
2007-03-19 12:00:00 AMD enters top ten semiconductor manufacturers March 19, 2007 - 2006 was a great year for AMD. According to iSuppli, the chip supplier almost doubled its revenue, partly due to the acquisition of graphics chip seller ATI, but also because of strong gains in microprocessor market share. This makes AMD the eighth supplier in the chip market, up seven positions from the 15th rank in 2005. Market leader Intel last year faced hard times in its microprocessor and flash-memory businesses, which together accounted for 83 percent of total company revenue. The revenue decline by 11.1 percent erased nearly all of the company's sales gains from its strong year in 2005. That resulted in Intel's market share falling to 12.1 percent, its lowest level since before 2000. Meanwhile, AMD gained PC microprocessor market share at Intel's expense. AMD's revenue rose by 35.5 percent in 2006 and its market share in that product segment increased to 16.1 percent, up 5 percentage points from 11.1... More About: Hardware , Computers , Processors , Share
Intel Loses Share to AMD
2007-03-19 12:00:00 AMD enters top ten semiconductor manufacturers March 19, 2007 - 2006 was a great year for AMD. According to iSuppli, the chip supplier almost doubled its revenue, partly due to the acquisition of graphics chip seller ATI, but also because of strong gains in microprocessor market share. This makes AMD the eighth supplier in the chip market, up seven positions from the 15th rank in 2005. Market leader Intel last year faced hard times in its microprocessor and flash-memory businesses, which together accounted for 83 percent of total company revenue. The revenue decline by 11.1 percent erased nearly all of the company's sales gains from its strong year in 2005. That resulted in Intel's market share falling to 12.1 percent, its lowest level since before 2000. Meanwhile, AMD gained PC microprocessor market share at Intel's expense. AMD's revenue rose by 35.5 percent in 2006 and its market share in that product segment increased to 16.1 percent, up 5 percentage points from 11.1... More About: Hardware , Computers , Processors , Share
Intel Expands Quad-Core Family
2007-03-12 21:12:00 New energy efficient server processors consume only 50 Watts of power March 12, 2007 - Today, Intel expands its Quad -Core portfolio with two low power processors. The L5310 and L5320 CPUs run at 1.60 and 1.86 GHz respectively, and consume only 50 Watts of power. Both feature 8 Mbyte of two-by-two shared L2 cache. According to Intel, the new processors - members of the Cloverton LV family - represent a nearly ten-fold decrease in power in less than two years. Dissipation is now down to only 12.5 Watt per core, making these processors a suitable choice for high-density datacenters. More About: Family , Quad-core
Quad-Core Encore
2007-03-12 19:00:00 New energy efficient server processors consume only 50 Watts of power March 12, 2007 - Today, Intel expands its Quad-Core portfolio with two low power processors. The L5310 and L5320 CPUs run at 1.60 and 1.86 GHz respectively, and consume only 50 Watts of power. Both feature 8 Mbyte of two-by-two shared L2 cache. According to Intel, the new processors - members of the Cloverton LV family - represent a nearly ten-fold decrease in power in less than two years. Dissipation is now down to only 12.5 Watt per core, making these processors a suitable choice for high-density datacenters. More About: Hardware , Computers , Processors , Components
Quad-Core Encore
2007-03-12 19:00:00 New energy efficient server processors consume only 50 Watts of power March 12, 2007 - Today, Intel expands its Quad-Core portfolio with two low power processors. The L5310 and L5320 CPUs run at 1.60 and 1.86 GHz respectively, and consume only 50 Watts of power. Both feature 8 Mbyte of two-by-two shared L2 cache. According to Intel, the new processors - members of the Cloverton LV family - represent a nearly ten-fold decrease in power in less than two years. Dissipation is now down to only 12.5 Watt per core, making these processors a suitable choice for high-density datacenters. More About: Hardware , Computers , Processors , Components
Hennessy and Patterson on Parallelism
2007-03-01 11:54:00 Interview with authors of New Testament of processor architecture ACM Queue recently published an interview with John Hennessy and David Patterson . They are the authors of "Computer Architecture; A Quantitative Approach", which can be considered the New Testament of processor design and architecture. Hennessy: We're into the explicit parallelism multiprocessor era now, and this will dominate for the foreseeable future. I don't see any technology or architectural innovation on the horizon that might be competitive with this approach. Patterson: From my perspective, parallelism is the biggest challenge since high-level programming languages. It's the biggest thing in 50 years because industry is betting its future that parallel programming will be useful. Industry is building parallel hardware, assuming people can use it. And I think there's a chance they'll fail since the software is not necessarily in place. So this is a gigantic challenge faci... More About: Para , Ness , Aral
Hennessy and Patterson on Parallelism
2007-03-01 11:54:00 Interview with authors of New Testament of processor architecture ACM Queue recently published an interview with John Hennessy and David Patterson . They are the authors of Computer Architecture; A Quantitative Approach, which can be considered the New Testament of processor design and architecture. Hennessy: We're into the explicit parallelism multiprocessor era now, and this will dominate for the foreseeable future. I don't see any technology or architectural innovation on the horizon that might be competitive with this approach. Patterson: From my perspective, parallelism is the biggest challenge since high-level programming languages. It's the biggest thing in 50 years because industry is betting its future that parallel programming will be useful. Industry is building parallel hardware, assuming people can use it. And I think there's a chance they'll fail since the software is not necessarily in place. So this is a gigantic challenge facing the compu... More About: Hardware , Computers , Processors , Components
New AMD Desktop Processors for High-End and Low-Power
2007-02-25 18:01:00 Both performance-hungry and energy-conscious users being served Today, AMD introduced three new processors for the desktop. The Energy Efficient Athlon 64 3500+ and 3800+ are single-core processors, aimed at consumers focusing on performance-per-Watt and saving energy. The high-end Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is the next step for power users on a Socket AM2 system. More About: Power , Desktop , Processor , Processors , High
New AMD Desktop Processors for High-End and Low-Power
2007-02-20 22:43:00 Both performance-hungry and energy-conscious users being served February 20, 2007 - Today, AMD introduced three new processors for the desktop. The Energy Efficient Athlon 64 3500+ and 3800+ are single-core processors, aimed at consumers focusing on performance-per-Watt and saving energy. The high-end Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is the next step for power users on a Socket AM2 system. More About: Hardware , Power , Computers , Desktop , Processors
AMD Completes High Efficient Opteron Lines
2007-02-13 09:15:00 New Dual-Core server processors focus on energy efficiency and performance-per-Watt Today, AMD announces five new Dual-Core Opteron processors. The 1218 HE, 2218 HE, and 8218 HE run at 2.6 GHz and all fit a 68 Watt TDP power envelope (Thermal Design Power). The 2220 and 8220 run at 2.8 GHz and both require a 95 Watt TDP. These are positioned at the top of the current 2000 and 8000 lines, and replace the 120 Watt SE chips (Special Edition). AMD is currently replacing the complete 1000, 2000, and 8000 series. HE, standing for High Efficiency, emphasizes the focus on energy efficiency and performance-per-Watt. All the new Opteron processors come with PowerNow!, AMD's version of Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS). According to the chip manufacturer, this feature - formerly not found in server CPUs - can reduce processor power consumption by as much as 75 percent during idle times. More About: Comp , Line , Lines , Complete
New Itanium Section Live
2007-02-07 14:27:00 Want more? There's only 5000 pages of Intel manuals... Check out our new Itanium section. We bring you everything you ever wanted to know about Intel's next generation processor. You want more? There is only 5000 pages of Intel manuals. More About: Live , Section
AMD goes after DTX Chassis Standard
2007-01-11 17:19:00 Desktop computers to become smaller, quieter, and prettier AMD is developing a new chassis layout for the desktop systems of the near future. The DTX specification will be published as an open standard, to be used by OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), ODMs (Original Design Manufacturers), and component vendors. DTX will be based on Intel's popular ATX specification (Advanced Technology Extended). Backward compatibility of the BTX boards is guaranteed. Board screw holes, mount points, ports, and extension slots will be placed in such a way that it fits in a traditional ATX chassis as well. More About: Standard , Anda , After , Stand , Goes
AMD Goes After DTX Chassis Standard
2007-01-11 17:03:00 Desktop computers to become smaller, quieter, and prettier January 11, 2007 - AMD is developing a new chassis layout for the desktop systems of the near future. The DTX specification will be published as an open standard, to be used by OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), ODMs (Original Design Manufacturers), and component vendors. DTX will be based on Intel's popular ATX specification (Advanced Technology Extended). Backward compatibility of the BTX boards is guaranteed. Board screw holes, mount points, ports, and extension slots will be placed in such a way that it fits in a traditional ATX chassis as well. More About: Hardware , Computers , Processors , Standard , Components
More Quad-Cores
2007-01-08 22:51:00 Intel expands Quad -Core portfolio to single-processor servers and workstations Today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Intel introduced three more Quad-Core processors. The new X3210 and X3220 CPU's run at 2.13 and 2.4 GHz respectively, and both feature a total of 8 Mbyte of L2 cache. Without support for multi-processor configurations (Symmetric Multi-Processing, SMP), the Xeon Quad-Core 3200 series will be found in low-end single-socket servers and workstations. The third processor launched today is the first to carry the Core 2 Quad brand, and is available for end-users immediately. This Q6600 CPU, running at 2.4 GHz, will specifically benefit multi-media systems running digital video and multi-tasking software applications running several threads simultaneously. More About: More , Cores , Quad-core
More Quad-Cores
2007-01-08 22:43:00 Intel expands Quad-Core portfolio to single-processor servers and workstations January 8, 2007 - Today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Intel introduced three more Quad-Core processors. The new X3210 and X3220 CPU's run at 2.13 and 2.4 GHz respectively, and both feature a total of 8 Mbyte of L2 cache. Without support for multi-processor configurations (Symmetric Multi-Processing, SMP), the Xeon Quad-Core 3200 series will be found in low-end single-socket servers and workstations. The third processor launched today is the first to carry the Core 2 Quad brand, and is available for end-users immediately. This Q6600 CPU, running at 2.4 GHz, will specifically benefit multi-media systems running digital video and multi-tasking software applications running several threads simultaneously. More About: Hardware , Computers , Processors , Cores , Components
AMD Completes High Efficient Opteron Lines
2007-01-07 22:43:00 New Dual-Core server processors focus on energy efficiency and performance-per-Watt January 7, 2007 - Today, AMD announces five new Dual-Core Opteron processors. The 1218 HE, 2218 HE, and 8218 HE run at 2.6 GHz and all fit a 68 Watt TDP power envelope (Thermal Design Power). The 2220 and 8220 run at 2.8 GHz and both require a 95 Watt TDP. These are positioned at the top of the current 2000 and 8000 lines, and replace the 120 Watt SE chips (Special Edition). AMD is currently replacing the complete 1000, 2000, and 8000 series. HE, standing for High Efficiency, emphasizes the focus on energy efficiency and performance-per-Watt. All the new Opteron processors come with PowerNow!, AMD's version of Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS). According to the chip manufacturer, this feature - formerly not found in server CPUs - can reduce processor power consumption by as much as 75 percent during idle times. More About: Hardware , Computers , Processors , Components
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