Six-core Intel processors coming this year

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Advancing its architecture at what most independent observers would now agree is a breakneck pace, Intel offered further details today on how soon it would begin phasing out the Core Microarchitecture it introduced in the summer of 2006. With the second phase of its 45 nm generation microprocessors -- what it ...

Building a Future-Proof PC

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

It happens to us all: You put together your latest home-built PC masterpiece and before you've even downloaded your first Windows XP patch, some new technology comes along, or the price of an existing one drops, and you find yourself wishing you'd waited just another few days, weeks, or months. ...

AMD Speeds Turion Chips

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Advanced Micro Devices introduced two new low-power-consumption 64-bit microprocessors, the MT-37 and the MT-40, to its Turion mobile range this week. The model names identify two aspects of the processors' performance. The T signifies that they are part of the low power-consumption range of Turion mobile processors (components from the ML ...

AMD Overclocking Help

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Experimentation with things can be a great way to learn about how the magic happens under the hood of a PC, so there can be other benefits beyond simply squeezing out a few more crunched numbers. AMD users have found it increasingly difficult to keep up with the changes, and with ...