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  • AMD's new chip speeds past Intel

    Advanced Micro Devices has again upped the stakes in its processor performance race with rival Intel.

  • AMD's Athlon: Give me an X...Give me a P

    Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices will call its upcoming desktop processor the Athlon XP in what seems to be an odd marketing coincidence.

  • AMD unveils dual-core desktop chips

    Advanced Micro Devices introduced its dual-core desktop chips in Taiwan on Tuesday, and manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard, Acer and Lenovo Group have lined up to discuss how they will use the chips in their product lines.

  • Windows, Mac OS to run side-by-side

    Parallels, a start-up whose software enables Macs to run Microsoft Windows and the Mac OS at the same time, says it is ready with a final version of its product.

  • Results mixed from Athlon, Pentium tests

    Results of benchmark tests are in on the new Athlon XP processor, and the winner of the performance crown is unclear.

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    The benchmark software company drops its allegation that graphics card maker Nvidia fudged results, ending the dispute between the two companies.

  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition RC1 tested

    Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is now available: ZDNet has put Build 1289 through its paces.

  • Samsung X15 plus

    The X15 Plus is an interesting enough notebook, but screen issues and a lacklustre bundled software package make it less enticing.

  • Pentium 4: More speed in the pipeline

    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.

  • 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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