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    Intel has not yet formally introduced its new workstation processor, but some US manufacturers are advertising systems containing the 3.06GHz chip

  • Faster bus to boost Itanium

    Intel has released the latest upgrade to its Itanium processor, but lack of immediate chipset support from the company is limiting interest.

  • Intel to tout new dual-core Xeon at IDF

    At its Intel Developer Forum next week, the chipmaker will announce it's begun production of "Dempsey," its first major version of the Xeon server chip to employ dual processing cores, people involved with the plan said.

  • Notebooks to get Pentium 4 next year

    Intel plans to bring the Pentium 4 to the notebook market early next year and will follow a year later with a new portable chip the company says increases battery life.

  • New Pentium 4-Rambus chipset on way

    Another manufacturer is expected to start making Pentium 4 chipsets using Rambus memory, which could help revive support within the industry for the memory standard.

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  • Intel colonises with chipsets

    Although Intel garners most of its revenue and profits from such well-known processors as the Pentium 4 or the Xeon, it's unsung heroes like the US$40 915G Express chipset, released earlier this year, that have let Intel become the largest and fastest-growing graphics chip designers on the planet.

  • 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.

  • Hyperthreading--a sleeping giant?

    Hyperthreading--a performance-enhancing technology that lets one chip act something like two--has been available on workstations since April, but it's mostly been inactive.

  • Intel Developer Forum Taipei: Photos

    Intel fans got together this week in Taipei, Taiwan to attend the Intel Developer Forum, where the company planned to tout its designs on faster, more power-efficient chips and platforms as well as talk about technology trends.

  • Why 64 bit is the 'new' catchword

    With chip makers chomping at the bit to update systems to create a 64-bit world, CIOs need to ask the tough question, "why?" This article provides compelling arguments for the switch.

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