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...
AMD & ATI: The Acquisition from all Points of View
Last week AMD made an announcement that could change our industry forever. We take a look at the merger from the perspectives of AMD, ATI, Intel and NVIDIA.
61 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/1/2006Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 & E6400: Tremendous Value Through Overclocking
Sure the Core 2 Extreme is fast, but it's also expensive. How much performance can you wring out of the more budget oriented E6300 and E6400?
137 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/26/2006Intel's Core 2 Extreme & Core 2 Duo: The Empire Strikes Back
After years of releasing slow and power hungry processors, Intel is finally back. We give you the full scoop on the new lean but powerful Core 2 processor line.
202 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/14/2006nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition: NVIDIA prepares an Intel 975X Killer
A quick look at the nForce 590-SLI Intel Edition reference board gives us a glimpse into the future of what NVIDIA plans for Core 2 Duo.
37 by Gary Key on 6/27/2006Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Preview from Taiwan
We got our hands on a Core 2 Extreme X6800 and an Athlon 64 FX-62 while in Taiwan. You can probably guess what we did next.
134 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Gary Key on 6/6/2006AMD Analyst Day Platform Announcements
At this week's AMD Analyst Day, many new cpu and platform features were unveiled for all the world to see. Here's our brief look at what was revealed.
40 by Derek Wilson on 6/2/2006nForce 500: nForce4 on Steroids?
nForce 500 looks and sounds like a heavyweight, but is it revolutionary or simply an evolutionary nForce4 under the hood? That's what we aim to find out.
64 by Gary Key & Wesley Fink on 5/24/2006AMD Socket-AM2: Same Performance, Faster Memory, Lower Power
A month after our Socket-AM2 preview, AMD has officially launched their Socket-AM2. We go in-depth to find that not much has changed.
83 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/23/2006Intel Core versus AMD's K8 architecture
How does the Athlon 64 architecture, known as "Hammer" or "K8", compare with the newly announced Intel Core architecture? Does AMD have a chance to compete with the latest...
87 by Johan De Gelas on 5/1/2006The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion CPU Performance
We've taken a look at Oblivion's GPU requirements, but what about the CPU? Our next Oblivion article targets that portion of your system, showing performance scaling with a variety...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/28/2006First Look: AM2 DDR2 vs. 939 DDR Performance
With AM2 just six weeks away will AMD DDR2 memory performance be all we expect? Find out in this first in-depth look at DDR2 memory performance on AM2.
37 by Wesley Fink on 4/17/2006AMD Socket-AM2 Performance Preview
We've been testing AMD's Socket-AM2 platform since January and after several revisions we have what may end up being near-final performance numbers. Read on to find out how...
107 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/10/2006Intel Pentium D 805 - Dual Core on a Budget
For a little over $130 you can now buy a dual core processor but the question is, is it any good? We answer that question and a few...
51 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/7/2006An AMD Update: Fab 36 Begins Shipments, Planning for 65nm and AM2 Performance
AMD finally begins shipping revenue generating parts from Fab 36, updates the world on their plans for 65 and 45nm and as a whole grows as a company.
68 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/4/2006Intel's Pentium Extreme Edition 965: The Last of a Dying Breed
As Intel introduces their first dual core 3.73GHz Extreme Edition processor, we count down the days until NetBurst is gone and Core is upon us.
41 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/22/2006AMD AM2: More than just a Memory Change
AM2 brings support for DDR2, but it will also be a new 940 socket plus a brand new Heatsink-Fan configuration
50 by Wesley Fink on 2/6/2006NVIDIA: New nForce4 Chipsets
NVIDIA releases the nForce4 SLI XE and NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra for Intel processors . This extends NVIDIA Intel offerings to the full discrete graphics Intel desktop line.
32 by Gary Key & Wesley Fink on 1/17/2006AMD Athlon 64 FX-60: A Dual-Core farewell to Socket-939
AMD's Socket-939 has been the platform of choice almost immediately after its introduction, so it is fitting that the last Socket-939 processor to be released would be the Athlon...
94 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2006Intel's Pentium Extreme Edition 955: 65nm, 4 threads and 376M transistors
Intel's first 65nm processor has now launched, but the question is what can a 65nm process, 4 threads of execution and an incredible 376 million transistors bring us? ...
84 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/30/2005SUN’s UltraSparc T1 - the Next Generation Server CPUs
SUN's Ultrasparc T1, formerly known as Niagara, is much more than just a new UltraSparc. It is the harbinger of a new generation of CPUs, which focus almost solely...
49 by Johan De Gelas on 12/29/2005
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