CPUs
Qualcomm this morning is taking the wraps off of a new smartphone SoC for the mid-range market, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. The second of Qualcomm’s down-market ‘S’ tier Snapdragon 7 parts, the 7s series is functionally the entry-level tier for the Snapdragon 7 family – and really, most Qualcomm-powered handsets in North America. With three tiers of Snapdragon 7 chips, the 7s can easily be lost in the noise that comes with more powerful chips. But the latest iteration of the 7s is a bit more interesting than usual, as rather than reusing an existing die, Qualcomm has seemingly minted a whole new die for this part. As a result, the company has upgraded the 7s family to use Arm’s current Armv9 CPU cores...
Intel: More Details on Penryn and Nehalem
Today we met with Intel and were given some additional juicy details of what is in store for CPUs due for release during the next year. Think QX6700...
14 by Johan De Gelas on 3/28/2007EVGA 680i LT SLI: NVIDIA's 680i Cost Reduced
We provide our first impressions of NVIDIA's 680i LT SLI chipset using EVGA's board and wonder if cost reductions are always beneficial.
16 by Gary Key on 3/28/2007Intel G965: microATX Performance Update
We perform a quick performance comparison of an Intel G965 mATX platform and similar Intel P965 platform.
8 by Gary Key on 3/16/2007AMD 690G: Performance Review
We compare AMD's new 690G chipset against NVIDIA's GeForce 6150 and Intel's G965 chipsets with some surprising results.
70 by Gary Key on 3/6/2007Barcelona Architecture: AMD on the Counterattack
After a tremendously successful K8 architecture, AMD lost the performance crown when Intel released Core 2. Details on the upcoming Barcelona architecture are here, but will it be enough...
83 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/1/2007AMD 690G: Technology Overview
We provide our first impressions of AMD's new integrated graphics chipset before we roll out our performance review.
14 by Derek Wilson and Gary Key on 2/28/2007AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+: Competing with Aggressive Pricing
AMD has lowered its CPU pricing considerably as of late, but is it enough to make up for a 3-year old architecture? Find out as we perform our...
34 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2007The Era of Tera: Intel Reveals more about 80-core CPU
Last year Intel talked about an 80-core Teraflop CPU, today we get many more details on its architecture and its role in the future of many-core CPUs.
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/11/2007Intel Demonstrates new 45nm Transistors and Conroe's Successor
What's better than a Conroe? That would be a Penryn. Learn about the transistors that make Penryn so special.
59 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/27/2007Intel Core 2 Duo E4300: Affordable and Highly Overclockable
Every generation a ridiculously overclockable bargain chip is born, and the Core 2 Duo E4300 is just that chip.
68 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/10/2007AMD's 65nm Preview Part 2 - The Plot Thickens (Updated with Information from AMD)
We take a closer look at AMD's first 65nm parts, uncovering the roots of its lower performance and poor overclocking. Now updated with an official response from AMD.
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/21/2006AMD's 65nm Brisbane Core Previewed: The most energy efficient AMD CPU to date
Intel has had two major advantages over AMD as of late: 65nm and a newer architecture. Today we take a look at AMD's first 65nm offering and see...
63 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/14/2006AMD's Quad FX: Technically Quad Core
It's four cores spread out across two processors in a $370 motherboard drawing close to 500W of power. How does it stack up to Kentsfield? We'll find...
88 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/30/2006NVIDIA 680i: The Best Core 2 Chipset?
NVIDIA's answer to the shortcomings of 590 on the Intel platform is the 680i. Is the new NVIDIA chipset all we hoped for?
60 by Gary Key & Wesley Fink on 11/8/2006Intel's Core 2 Extreme QX6700: The Multi-core Era Begins
Today Intel officially launches its first quad core desktop processor: the Core 2 Extreme QX6700. Find out what four cores means for performance, efficiency and the future of...
59 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/2/2006Intel Core 2 Chipset Power Consumption Shootout
You've got a new low power Core 2 processor but what chipset do you use? Does chipset choice impact power consumption? We find out today
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/12/2006ASUS P5B-E: P965 stepping C1 versus C2, Round One
Our journey into finding the claimed C2 performance improvements yields some surprising results.
27 by Gary Key on 10/4/2006Quad Cores: Intel Kentsfield Preview
Intel gave members of the press an opportunity to run some preliminary benchmarks on their quad-core Kentsfield processor at the Fall 2006 Intel Developer's Forum. Here's a chance...
34 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/28/2006Fall IDF 2006 - Day 1: 45/65nm, UMPC Update and Quad-Core
Intel's Paul Otellini kicked off this year's Fall IDF with the first keynote of the show and as always, we've got coverage of the event
12 by Anand Shimpi & Larry Barber on 9/26/2006Mobile CPU Wars: Core 2 Duo vs. Core Duo
Intel's Merom processor brings Core 2 Duo to the mobile world. Will it make as big of an impression as Conroe has on the desktop?
46 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/3/2006
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