CPUs
China has initiated a policy shift to eliminate American processors from government computers and servers, reports Financial Times. The decision is aimed to gradually eliminate processors from AMD and Intel from system used by China's government agencies, which will mean lower sales for U.S.-based chipmakers and higher sales of China's own CPUs. The new procurement guidelines, introduced quietly at the end of 2023, mandates government entities to prioritize 'safe and reliable' processors and operating systems in their purchases. This directive is part of a concerted effort to bolster domestic technology and parallels a similar push within state-owned enterprises to embrace technology designed in China. The list of approved processors and operating systems, published by China's Information Technology Security Evaluation Center, exclusively features Chinese companies. There are...
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NVIDIA updates the 680i with the addition of 3-Way x16 SLI, PCI Express 2.0, and ESA.
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We provide a BIOS guide and explain how to get the most out of your Q6600 and DDR3 investment on this impressive motherboard.
26 by Kris Boughton on 11/20/2007AMD's Phenom Unveiled: A Somber Farewell to K8
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124 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/19/2007Intel's Core 2 Extreme QX9770 Preview - Updated
Spoiling AMD's fun, Intel let us benchmark its upcoming QX9770 processor complete with 1600MHz FSB.
28 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/19/2007Intel X48 - Much Ado about Nothing....
We take a quick test drive of the ASUS P5E3 Premium featuring the Intel X48 chipset. Is it just a rebadged X38 under the hood, or is there something more?
20 by Gary Key on 11/14/2007Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 - Penryn Ticks Ahead
Intel is on the verge of releasing the first update to its successful Core micro-architecture. Can Penryn's entry be as powerful as its predecessor?
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/29/2007Intel X38: Overclocking Update
We answer a couple of questions about the overclocking capabilities of the ASUS and Gigabyte X38 boards before the full reviews.
8 by Gary Key on 10/24/2007Intel X38: Where's the Beef?
Intel finally launches the impressive X38 chipset, but where are the boards? For that matter, is the performance worth it? We can answer one of those questions today; the...
14 by Gary Key on 10/10/2007Midrange CPU Roundup: It's Time to Buy
We've been claiming that recent price cuts have made now a great time to buy. We're putting our money where our mouth is and benchmarking just about every CPU...
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/28/2007Penryn and SkullTrail Benchmarked at IDF
What's IDF without a few benchmarks of some upcoming releases? We have some early results from Intel's Penryn and SkullTrail, which aim to be king of the hill...
15 by Anand Shimpi & Cara Hamm on 9/20/2007AMD Phenom Preview: Barcelona Desktop Benchmarks
Take Barcelona, pair it up with a GeForce 8800 GTX, run some desktop benchmarks on it and what do you get? A Phenom preview anyone?
70 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2007A New SSE Instruction Set: AMD Announces SSE5
AMD continues their new performance initiative with SSE5. We take a look at what this new instruction set brings to the table
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For a while there we wondered how Intel would introduce Penryn into its lineup, but as of Intel's last roadmap update we now know. On top of that, we...
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34 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/16/2007Preparing For Future Software: AMD's Lightweight Profiling Proposal
This week AMD proposed a new x86 extension instruction set, how will their Lightweight Profiling Proposal help users and developers?
11 by Ryan Smith on 8/16/2007AMD: Still in the Game
AMD has shared a number of new details about what they will be doing over the coming year giving us a more complete look at their road maps.
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/26/2007NVIDIA 680i SLI: Official 1333MHz FSB CPU Support Arrives
We take a quick glance at NVIDIA's 680i SLI chipset to see how well it supports the latest Intel 1333MHz FSB quad core processor.
18 by Gary Key on 7/20/2007Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 and Massive Price Cuts
We tried, we really did. We tried to stay on topic, but next week's price cuts are just so damn shiny that we got distracted. Today's review...
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Later this Summer, Intel will release its first 1333MHz FSB Core 2 CPUs onto the desktop market. Does the faster FSB do anything for performance? And how...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/25/2007AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350: Mainstream X2s with 45W TDP
AMD introduces mainstream dual core X2s with a 45W TDP and that cost less than $100. How does that sound?
46 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/5/2007