CPUs
Ever since AMD re-emerged as a major competitor within the x86 CPU scene, one of AMD’s top priorities has been to win over customers in the highly lucrative and profitable server market. It’s a strategy that’s paid off well for AMD, as while they’re still the minority player in the space, they’ve continued to whittle away at what was once Intel’s absolute control over the market, slowly converting more and more customers over to the EPYC ecosystem. Now as the Zen 4 CPU architecture approaches its second birthday, AMD is launching one final line of EPYC chips, taking aim at yet another Xeon market segment. This time it’s all about the entry-level 1P server market – small scale, budget-conscientious users who only need a handful...
Alderwood and Nocona Woes; Intel Updates
Complications have delayed i925X and 64bit enabled 800FSB Xeons.
29 by Kristopher Kubicki on 4/11/2004AT News Update: Socket 775 Processor Names
Update April 8, 2004: Check out the update Intel Product name forecasts.
33 by Kristopher Kubicki on 4/8/2004nForce3-250 - Part 2: Taking Athlon 64 to the Next Level
In Part 1, we took a look at the features of nForce3-250; Part 2 takes a closer look at performance. Does the performance of the new nF3-250 make...
46 by Wesley Fink on 3/29/2004nForce3-250 - Part 1: Taking Athlon 64 to the Next Level
nVidia has reinvented the nForce3 chipset with their latest nForce3-250Gb. Does the new chipset establish nF3-250 as the new market leader for Athlon 64? Part 1 takes...
71 by Wesley Fink on 3/23/2004The Athlon 64 FX-53: AMD's Next Enthusiast Part
The Athlon 64 FX series gets a speed bump. We take a look at just what the 200MHz (9.1%) speed increase translates to in terms of performance and value...
30 by Derek Wilson on 3/18/2004AT News Update: Centrino and Xeon 2004 Roadmaps
Does Pentium M excite you too? This week we have some upcoming information on the release schedule for Dothan, as well as Itanium 2 and Xeon release dates.
6 by Kristopher Kubicki on 3/13/2004AT News Update: Removing the MHz Myth, Again
With Dothan and Socket T on the way, Intel's newest marketing decision may be something right out of AMD's playbook.
31 by Kristopher Kubicki on 3/12/2004AT News Update: Athlon 64 name revisions
Or how I learned to stop worrying and let AMD change the rating on its upcoming Socket 939 processors. Updated roadmaps inside.
12 by Kristopher Kubicki on 3/3/2004AT News Update: Grantsdale's Memory Strategies
Our sources say the DDR2 transition won't be as clear cut Intel would like it to be....
16 by Kristopher Kubicki on 2/27/2004PCI Speed and Overclocking: A Closer Look at A64 and P4 Chipsets
One of the more contentious areas in Athlon 64 reviews is whether the PCI/AGP bus is really locked when you increase the CPU speed. This is also a...
26 by Wesley Fink on 2/16/2004Intel 3.2E vs. 3.2EE vs. 3.2C: Comparing Baseline Performance
The 3.2E Prescott brings the number of Intel 3.2GHz processors to 3. We compare the performance of the three 3.2 CPUs on our reference Asus P4C800-E using our...
19 by Wesley Fink on 2/12/2004SiS offers DDR2-800, PCI Express and no AGP in 2004
Unveiled: SiS' plans for 2004
8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/6/2004Intel's Pentium 4 E: Prescott Arrives with Luggage
Intel's first 90nm processor is here and after delays and much waiting, we're getting much more than we bargained for. If you thought this chip was just a...
104 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 2/1/2004VIA Picks up the Pieces: AGP <b><i>and</b></i> PCI Express on 2004 Roadmap
VIA's 2004 chipset roadmap reveals plans to lengthen the PCI Express transition...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/31/2004Intel Chipsets to Lack AGP Support?
Another look at Intel's roadmaps reveal that 925X and 915 (Alderwood and Grantsdale) may lack AGP support in an attempt to move to PCI Express right away.
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/30/2004Intel 2004 CPU/Chipset Roadmap Update
Ask and you shall receive, we brought you information about AMD's 2004 Roadmap in a concise package and now after hearing your requests we've done the same for Intel's CPUs...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi, Kris Kubicki and Wesley Fink on 1/21/2004AMD 2004 CPU Roadmap Update
AMD's roadmap can be a bit confusing, so we put together a quick one-pager to help clear things up...
60 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/13/2004Athlon64 3400+: Part 2
AMD has been busy the last few weeks. First came the 3000+, which established a new lower price point for the Athlon64 family. Then, AMD announced their...
20 by Wesley Fink on 1/12/2004Covert Ops in Taiwan - Intel Tejas & Socket 775 Unveiled
While we're off in Vegas a very good friend of ours got us some pictures and information about the successor to Intel's Prescott - codenamed Tejas and Intel's new...
27 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2004AMD's Athlon 64 3400+: Death of the FX-51
AMD's Athlon 64 FX-51 had a very short lived life, the final nail in its coffin being the Athlon 64 3400+ at around half its price and offering all...
38 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/6/2004
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