Posts Tagged ‘dean mccarron’
Intel’s Westmere-EX chip to include 10 cores
Monday, June 21, 2010 17:17 No CommentsIntel’s next-generation server processor code-named Westmere-EX will pack in 10 cores, an industry source said on Monday The upcoming Westmere-EX will succeed processors code-named Nehalem-EX, which include up to eight cores and are considered the company’s fastest processors to date. Each Westmere-EX core will be able to run two threads simultaneously, allowing the CPU to [...]
AMD battles Intel on price with six-core desktop chips
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 8:16 No CommentsAdvanced Micro Devices is trying to beat Intel on price with its latest six-core desktop Phenom II X6 processors, which were announced on Tuesday. AMD is shipping two X6 processors that are substantially less pricey than Intel’s latest six-core Core i7-980XM desktop processor, which was announced last month. The Phenom II X6 1090T processor runs [...]
AMD tries to draw Intel into chip battle
Friday, March 5, 2010 20:15 No CommentsAMD is offering prizes to drum up more interest ahead of this month’s launch of its 12-core server chip, as rival Intel also has server-chip launch plans. AMD will award prizes valued at $8,189 to the person who best describes in an essay, video or blog post how to use 48 cores in a server, [...]