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Secret recipe inside Intel's latest competitor

February 15, 2008 Montalvo Systems has a multiple-core chip, but not all of the cores are the same. That in part explains why investors have put money into it. TAGS: AMD, portable computer, Transmeta Corp., multi-core processor, Intel, high-performance, AMD Opteron, Toshiba, notebook computer, CEO, Sony Corp., IBM Corp.

AMD's Barcelona not a savior, yet

September 10, 2007 After a delay, Barcelona is here, but is it the clear winner AMD promised it would be? That's uncertain. TAGS: Barcelona, AMD, quad-core, AMD Opteron, high-performance, power consumption, workstation, server, Intel, category

Intel boosts virtualization with quad-core Xeons

August 14, 2007 Two processors launched this week are designed for high-performance server and workstation applications. TAGS: quad-core, virtualization, Intel Xeon, AMD, VMware, Intel, high-performance, workstation, supplier, server

Loss of momentum for feisty AMD

January 12, 2007 While Intel stumbled, underdog AMD had quite a run. Now a profit warning may have it back on the defensive. TAGS: AMD, Intel Xeon, Citigroup Inc., quad-core, profit, Intel, dual-core, high-performance, PC company, ATI Technologies, server, PC

IBM to use dual-core Opteron

September 9, 2004 Big Blue will use AMD's chip in a high-performance server but isn't yet planning a general-purpose Opteron system. TAGS: AMD Opteron, dual-core, high-performance computing, IBM eServer, AMD, high-performance, IBM Corp., dual-core processor, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Xeon, 64-bit, server, memory, San Francisco, Intel, HP

Intel's chips taking on new work

April 17, 2007 Chipmaker wants to get PC tech into places it currently doesn't dominate: consumer electronics and telecommunications equipment. TAGS: Pat Gelsinger, consumer electronics, Intel x86, GPU, Intel, Intel XScale, I/O, Beijing, telecommunications, electronics, high-performance, project, AMD, work, video, server

AMD preps high-performance chips for desktops

October 15, 2004 The chip is expected to be unveiled Tuesday, in time to bump up the performance of game desktops before the holidays. Intel kills plans for 4GHz Pentium TAGS: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium 4, AMD, Compaq Computer Corp., Intel Pentium, high-performance, clock speed, PC company, Intel, chip company, video card, HP, PC

AMD gains, Intel fights back on supercomputer list

November 13, 2006 Some joy for both chipmakers in the latest Top500 supercomputer list, which rates high-performance computing systems. TAGS: supercomputing, teraflop, AMD, supercomputer, two-processor, Sun Sparc, AMD Opteron, high-performance computing, x86 processor, Intel, high-performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., chip company, IBM Corp.

ClearSpeed boosts IBM cluster performance

June 27, 2006 IBM's System Cluster 1350 is getting a floating-point boost from a specialized co-processor developed by ClearSpeed. TAGS: coprocessor, motherboard, clustering, IBM Corp., high-performance computing, high-performance, AMD, AMD Opteron, server, Intel

Intel phasing out low-end chipsets

August 3, 2005 Rivals like Silicon Integrated Systems and Via Technologies are expected to pick up the slack. TAGS: Silicon Integrated Systems, VIA Technologies Inc., chipset, Intel, AMD, desktop computer, motherboard, Intel Pentium 4, high-performance, Intel Pentium, representative, platform, PC

Intel ratchets up game chip

November 1, 2004 P4 Extreme Edition runs at 3.46GHz and offers 2MB of cache that enlarges its main pool of onboard memory to boost performance. TAGS: AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon 64, AMD, high-performance, bus, Intel Pentium, Intel, leadership, desktop computer, memory, video card, PC company, hard drive, PC

Intel earns programmer tool a Linux foothold

August 4, 2004 Open-source options are favored in Linux culture, but chipmaker wins a pair of new supporters. TAGS: GCC, compiler, Cygnus Inc., high-performance computing, high-performance, Linux, Intel, open source, Linux company, Red Hat Inc., chip company, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Microsoft confirms supercomputing plans

June 23, 2004 With a Windows edition for high-performance clusters, the software giant hopes to outflank Linux rivals. TAGS: supercomputing, Myricom, high-performance computing, high-performance, Linux, AMD, Intel, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

Cray begins selling new mini-supercomputers

October 5, 2004 The XD1 uses Opteron processors and the Linux operating system--and sports a starting price tag of $50,000. TAGS: Cray Inc., AMD Opteron, Red Storm, HyperTransport, high-performance, AMD, high-performance computing, Linux, Intel, operating system

HP unveils four-Opteron server

April 19, 2004 Hewlett-Packard begins selling a four-Opteron server, its second model to use the Advanced Micro Devices processor, and brings the chip into its high-performance technical computing line. TAGS: Intel x86, AMD Opteron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 64-bit, AMD, promotion, Sun Solaris, Intel Xeon, x86 server, VMware, high-performance, HP, x86 processor, subscription, copy, extension

Sun releases smaller blade chassis

November 14, 2006 New Blade 8000 P is a smaller model than its predecessor and is geared for high-performance technical computing.Photo: Sun's latest blade TAGS: Sun Blade, blade, four-processor server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Silicon Graphics Inc., AMD, high-performance, Intel, server

Intel launches long-awaited Montecito Itanium

July 18, 2006 Chipmaker debuts high-performance line of processors, beginning what it hopes is a company upswing. TAGS: Montecito, Intel Itanium, Pat Gelsinger, Intel, AMD, chip company, high-performance, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., HP, IBM Corp.

Intel unveils budget Itaniums

September 8, 2003 The chip giant releases a pair of Itanium 2 processors designed for rack-mounted servers and clusters as it attempts to expand the chip family's reach. TAGS: Intel Itanium 2, Intel Itanium, two-processor, cache, AMD, Intel, high-performance, chip company, manufacturing, server

IBM debuts new top-end Intel server

June 1, 2005 Big Blue's new top end to its xSeries server family accommodates as many as 32 of Intel's latest Xeon processors. TAGS: Intel Xeon, Intel server, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon MP, IBM xSeries, cabinet, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, IBM Corp., 64-bit, AMD, dual-core, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, x86 server, chipset, Intel, server

A peek at faster Power6, Cell chips

December 29, 2006 At a chip show, IBM to tout 5GHz-topping Power6 and next-gen 6GHz Cell. Intel to detail a 4GHz, 80-core prototype. TAGS: transistor, IBM Corp., high-performance, clock speed, Intel, manufacturing, Toshiba, Sony Corp., AMD, conference, server
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