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  • US tech stocks take hammering

    US technology giants have taken a beating on the stock exchange this week as the country's House of Representatives failed to pass a bailout plan for the financial sector.

  • Intel: Software needs to heed Moore's Law

    After years of delivering faster and faster chips that can easily boost the performance of most desktop software, Intel said the free ride is over.

  • AMD releases dual-core server chips

    Although Intel beat AMD to the desktop dual-core market last Monday in the US, AMD has one-upped its rival and released dual-core CPUs for the server.

  • First game arrives for AMD 64-bit chip

    The first computer game designed to take full advantage of the 64-bit features of Advanced Micro Devices' Athlon chip came out Tuesday, although the operating system to run it won't appear for about another year.

  • One-chip computer at heart of AMD-ATI deal

    Advanced Micro Devices is laying out billions of dollars to acquire ATI and get into the often-painful world of graphics chips.

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  • The best mobile processor is...

    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.

  • One-chip computer at heart of AMD-ATI deal

    Advanced Micro Devices is laying out billions of dollars to acquire ATI and get into the often-painful world of graphics chips.

  • Winners and users: Tech prophecies for 2006

    IT remains a lively, exciting and suprising place. That makes predictions particularly foolish, but here are some picks for the winners and losers of the next twelve months.

  • For Intel, the future has two cores

    Chipmaker turns to a more-is-better approach, downplaying chip speeds in favour of new features and designs.

  • Offshoring: How far, how deep?

    The question on the lips of most CIOs is no longer whether to send work offshore. It's a question of how much to send.

Reviews (39)

  • The best mobile processor is...

    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.

  • Dual-core desktop duel: AMD vs. Intel

    AMD and Intel both have dual-core CPUs out on the market, but which chip maker's technology is truly the best? To find the answer, we built two testbeds as nearly identical as we could and ran each chip through a battery of tests.

  • AMD vs. Intel: 10 notebooks tested

    We put two of the toughest chip makers up against each other to see which has the biggest heart for notebooks.

  • Processor benchmarks: Intel versus AMD

    Processors are now called upon to handle everything from simple text and graphics, through 3D games, to serious tasks like video rendering. We put Intel and AMD's desktop CPUs through the labs to see how they cope.

  • Software makers gear up for Athlon 64

    AMD is expecting plenty of 'techno lust' for its new chip, due out at the end of next month.

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