News (31)

  • IBM breaks petaflop barrier with PS3 and AMD chips

    Computing giant IBM has built a supercomputer that can operate at one petaflop 1,000 trillion floating point operations per second twice as fast as the world's previous fastest computer, IBM's Blue Gene.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Microsoft tackles AMD conflict in SP2

    A problem in the Service Pack 2 update for Windows XP may keep owners of AMD-based computers from using the long-awaited security package under certain circumstances, according to Microsoft.

  • AMD: Chip test was altered to favor Intel

    Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices says a widely used benchmarking tool is biased toward its arch-enemy Intel.

Features and Case Studies (10)

  • CPU roadmap: server processors

    In the world of processors, attention seems firmly focused on the fast-paced desktop and mobile markets. But that doesn't mean that there's nothing going on in server-land.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 64-bit Intel server onslaught begins

    Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM and others will announce on Monday in the US the first servers to use Intel Xeon processors augmented with 64-bit extensions, a technology with major long-term implications.

Reviews (30)

  • Processor battle: 10 high-end notebooks tested

    If you're looking for a high-end desktop replacement notebook, you've got a choice of processors and even a 64-bit option. Intel or AMD: whose processor reigns supreme?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Tech Guide: Intel Prescott: the benchmarks

    Intel's new'Prescott' Pentium 4 has double the L1 and L2 cache of its 'Northwood' predecessor. An extended 31-stage pipeline accounts for the fact that the new chip is mostly slower than the CPU it replaces.

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