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SK hynix and TSMC announced early on Friday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on developing the next-generation HBM4 memory and advanced packaging technology. The initiative is designed to speed up the adoption of HBM4 memory and solidify SK hynix's and TSMC's leading positions in high-bandwidth memory and advanced processor applications. The primary focus of SK hynix's and TSMC's initial efforts will be to enhance the performance of the HBM4 stack's base die, which (if we put it very simply) acts like an ultra-wide interface between memory devices and host processors. With HBM4, SK hynix plans to use one of TSMC's advanced logic process technologies to build base dies to pack additional features and I/O pins within the confines of existing...
Investigations into Socket 939 Athlon 64 Overclocking
Many people don't fully understand the intricacies of overclocking, particularly with the Athlon 64 options. Our goal here is to provide some detailed information about overclocking as well...
101 by Jarred Walton on 10/3/2005The Gray Market Dry Up: No More Whitebox AMD Chips
Did you notice the lack of OEM AMD components in the retail channel? Get used to it, AMD is cleaning up its gray market.
30 by Kristopher Kubicki on 10/3/2005ATI’s Crossfire: Best Overclocker on the Market?
ATI has finally unleashed Crossfire dual-GPU chipsets, but the biggest story is the launch of the most enthusiast-friendly chipset ever produced for Athlon 64. We take a closer look...
40 by Wesley Fink on 9/27/2005NVIDIA Announces AMD Integrated Graphics
NVIDIA launches their long-awaited C51 AMD Integrated Graphics solutions with boards and systems expected in early October.
44 by Wesley Fink on 9/20/2005SiS 756: PCI Express for AMD Socket 939
SiS released their first AMD PCI Express chipset several months ago. How does it compare with the nForce4 standard and our recent tests of ATI and ULi chipsets?
31 by Wesley Fink on 9/13/2005Intel Enterprise and Corporate Roadmap - Q3'05 Update
Most people won't necessarily need to worry about the Enterprise section of the Intel roadmaps, but it does give some great insight into how big business works. See...
21 by Jarred Walton on 9/12/2005Intel's 65nm Gameplan: Presler and Cedar Mill Updates
Intel's newest roadmap has some changes to upcoming product names and small details about Conroe emerge.
27 by Kristopher Kubicki on 9/9/2005Athlon 64 X2: New Memory Dividers and Multitasking Performance
We originally hypothesized that multicore/multitasking environments would see a big performance gain from the new memory dividers supported by the latest rev of the core. Today, we put...
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/12/2005nForce 4 SLI X16: Full Speed PCI Express
Today, NVIDIA is launching an update to its nForce 4 chipset. New motherboards will feature 2 full x16 PCI Express lanes and more features.
61 by Derek Wilson on 8/8/2005Intel Q3'05 Roadmap: Conroe Appears, Speculation Ensues
Intel's successor to Netburst shows up on the roadmap for the first time. We've got launch dates as well as speculation before NDAs and details arrive...
33 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 8/8/2005Affordable Dual Core from AMD: Athlon 64 X2 3800+
After much pleading, we finally have an affordable Athlon 64 X2 based on a brand new cost-reduced core. We take a look at its performance and investigate claims...
110 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/1/2005Q3'05 AMD Roadmap; DDR2 and New Sockets for AMD
Details on AMD's new FX-59 and X2 processors; new 1207 pin socket information for mobility and desktop; DDR2; Revision F and lots lots more!
51 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 7/21/2005Athlon 64 Revision E: Unofficial DDR500 Support
The latest 90nm AMD processors feature unofficial support for faster-than-DDR400 memory, without overclocking the rest of your CPU. We take a look at the performance that these faster...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/11/2005AMD Athlon 64 FX-57: The Fastest Single Core
AMD has just released a 2.8GHz version of its Athlon 64 line, further increasing its lead over Intel on the high end desktop. But is the performance worth the price?
57 by Derek Wilson on 6/27/2005Athlon Dual Core: Overclocking the 4200+
The 4200+ is currently the lowest priced Athlon64 Dual Core. So how far can you push this entry level X2 on air cooling?
53 by Wesley Fink on 6/23/2005Intel On the Offensive: Roadmap Details and Analysis
Intel is already hard at work on their next generation dual core processors: Yonah, Preseler, Sossaman, Paxville and Dempsey! Check inside for details on all of them!
57 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 6/14/2005IGP Rides Again: Chipset Roadmaps from NVIDIA, ATI
NVIDIA ignored their IGP market for the better part of a year while ATI kept trying to develop one. Both companies have some tight lipped IGP projects on...
10 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/26/2005Intel's Pentium 4 670: Just Another Speed Bump
Intel has launched another Pentium 4 6xx speed grade; this time, hitting 3.8 GHz. We run a few of our standard tests to find out how the latest processor...
33 by Derek Wilson on 5/26/2005The Quest for More Processing Power, Part Three: "Multi core of Intel and AMD compared"
How do the current dual cores of Intel and AMD compare? What are the architectural differences of the current cores? Can we quantify these differences? What will be the...
28 by Johan De Gelas on 5/18/2005Processor Obfuscation and You: An Update on AMD and Intel CPUs
Both AMD and Intel have quite a few shipping processor models on the market right now. In order to clear up the confusion, we decided that it was...
55 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 5/17/2005
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