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  • Intel shows off its quad core

    Just as the bragging rights for dual-core chip supremacy are dying down, Intel gave the first glimpse of a quad-core chip coming next year.

  • Intel pledges 80-core chips in five years

    Intel has built a prototype of a processor with 80 cores that can perform a trillion floating-point operations per second.

  • Intel's stacked with chipmaking options

    Stacking chips atop one another could be the latest option that Intel might employ to increase performance over the next 10 years, a company executive said on Thursday at the Intel Developer Forum.

  • Intel launches low-cost quad-core mobile chip

    Intel has launched a low-cost quad-core mobile processor and added more mobile Core 2 Duo processors to its chip lineup, according to an updated price list dated December 28.

  • Intel close to quad-core Tigerton launch

    Intel will complete its transition to the Core architecture across its PC and server processors with the launch of a new quad-core chip next week, the "Tigerton" Xeon MP processor.

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    Recent benchmarks of AMD's new 45nm Phenom II desktop CPUs reveal them to be very competitive when compared with Intel chips at similar prices, but is it enough to bring AMD back from the brink?

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  • Intel's quad-core chip unleashed

    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.

  • Apple iMac Core Duo

    Apple's new Intel-powered iMac debuts earlier than expected, and Apple claims the new Core Duo CPUs offer a performance boost of two to three times that of the old iMac G5. We get a preview.

  • Intel quad-core can slow you down

    Certain applications will run slower under the Intel quad-core processors, according to a company spokesperson.

  • Intel's Core 2 Duo lives up to hype

    Intel's new desktop processor has received glowing reports from independent reviewers.

  • Dell announces first quad-core servers

    Dell has launched its much-anticipated range of servers and desktops based on Intel's quad-core Xeon processor.

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