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    Vmware has launched a new tool to test the performance of virtualised systems, which in the past has been difficult to pin down despite the benefits of virtualisation.

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    The planned launch this week of the new Penryn processors is the first step of a plan that Intel hopes will hit AMD hard going into 2008.

  • Intel, AMD vie for server attention

    Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, already fighting over today's customers, held simultaneous meetings Wednesday to try to turn attention to the server processors that will be on tomorrow's battleground.

  • Intel's Core 2 Duo lives up to hype

    Intel's new desktop processor has received glowing reports from independent reviewers.

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    Advanced Micro Devices has released prospective performance benchmarks for its upcoming server chip Opteron, and it appears the chip could land near the head of its class.

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    Today's notebooks come with a vast range of processors, but will they give you the best performance? Our comprehensive review benchmarks 19 of the latest mobile processors, giving you an insight into the best chips on the market.

  • Lighting the murky depths of multicore pricing

    Multicore processors have been around since 2005, when Intel shipped its first dual-core processor and the advantages of many cores have been widely touted, but a working model for costing software to work with them is still on its way.

  • Dell and AMD: Will it ever happen?

    Will they or won't they? Dell execs remain elusive on AMD plans, but analysts say circumstances could push the two together.

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    Intel will increase the speed of the chipset on the Pentium 4 in the coming months, a change that will likely boost the performance of top-end PCs.

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    AMD's Athlon 64 launch marks the dawn of the 64-bit desktop PC era. We evaluate the efficiency of the new CPU using over 100 benchmark tests.

  • AMD's Thoroughbred leaves the starting gate

    AMD's latest Athlon XP processor uses a smaller fabrication process and runs at a higher clock speed than its 'Palomino' predecessors. ZDNet puts it through its benchmark paces.

  • Tech guide: AMD's new Athlon XP 2600+

    Get the lowdown on what you can expect from AMD's latest Athlon processor in our technical overview.

  • AMD releases Opteron benchmarks

    Advanced Micro Devices has released prospective performance benchmarks for its upcoming server chip Opteron, and it appears the chip could land near the head of its class.

  • Intel 2.2 Gigahertz P4: Fast, power-thrifty

    We test the P4 2.2Ghz chip in one of Intel's latest motherboards. In our test the performance is measured with a Winfast Geforce 3 graphics card, under Windows XP.

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