Advanced Micro Devices says its badly needed quad-core desktop processors are on the way, and they'll arrive bearing a new name.
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.
The chip-maker has launched its new line of quad-core Xeon products for the multiprocessor server market.
AMD will soon begin selling its low-power, quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors.
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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.
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Intel's David Perlmutter showed the company's new quad-core laptop computers at the Intel Developer Conference in San Francisco. He demonstrated how video conferencing can be done in HD--even with other applications running in the background--without sacrificing power and performance.
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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.
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