Advanced Micro Devices says its badly needed quad-core desktop processors are on the way, and they'll arrive bearing a new name.
AMD will soon begin selling its low-power, quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors.
AMD has fleshed out its server stategy for the next two years, with a promise of a faster version of its Barcelona quad-core chip later this year.
AMD has confirmed it is delaying the shipment of two of its new quad-core Phenom desktop processors.
Chip maker Intel is prepararing to rollout a slew of new 45-nanometre Penryn processors in the first year, according to industry reports.
Intel demonstrated two quad-core processors Tuesday in the United States, "Clovertown" for servers and "Kentsfield" for PCs, directing attention toward the future during a more troubled present.
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.
Company president and chief operating officer Dirk Meyer is being groomed to succeed Hector Ruiz, but first he must prove that last year's engineering mistakes were an aberration.
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.
Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor continued its gains in the server market during the first quarter, according to newly released data.
From a do-it-yourself perspective, we're mostly unimpressed with AMD's new 2.5GHz Phenom X4 9850 quad-core desktop processor.
Dell has launched its much-anticipated range of servers and desktops based on Intel's quad-core Xeon processor.
Certain applications will run slower under the Intel quad-core processors, according to a company spokesperson.
Intel's new desktop processor has received glowing reports from independent reviewers.
If you thought dual cores were over the top, get ready. Intel presents the Core 2 Extreme QX6700, a single CPU with four distinct processing cores. The first quad-core CPU will remain an enthusiast part for a while, but as a glimpse of the future, it's clear that clock speed is out and core counts are in.
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