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  • 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.

  • Intel serves up new Xeon processors

    Intel has launched two new quad-core Xeon processors incorporating virtualisation and energy efficient features that promise cuts in power usage.

  • Intel prepares for Penryn processor rollout

    Chip maker Intel is prepararing to rollout a slew of new 45-nanometre Penryn processors in the first year, according to industry reports.

  • Design delays Barcelona for 6 months: AMD CEO

    AMD is set to officially launch Barcelona in September, six months behind schedule due to the quad-core server processor's "complicated" design, according to CEO Hector Ruiz.

  • AMD goes quad-core with Phenom

    Advanced Micro Devices says its badly needed quad-core desktop processors are on the way, and they'll arrive bearing a new name.

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    Can AMD hit back with Phenom II?

    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 demonstrates quad-core PC, server

    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.

  • CPU roadmap: server processors

    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.

  • Apple sneaks past Intel to make own processors?

    If you listen to Intel, the last hold-outs against the x86 instruction set are about to fall with super-powered Nehalem swarms mopping up the high end of massed Power PC supercomputers, and sneaky little Atoms nibbling away at the ARM embedded market.

  • Photos: Inside Intel's new chips

    As a drum-roll to its developer conference to be held in Shanghai in April, Intel has released details of its latest chip designs including the six-core Dunnington. Check out our photo gallery to get an insight into Intel's latest developments.

  • Lighting the murky depths of multicore pricing

    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.

Reviews (33)

  • Intel quad-core can slow you down

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

  • 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.

  • Benchmarks: Intel Core i7 (Nehalem)

    Intel's new Nehalem architecture features an integrated memory controller and runs two threads per CPU core. Our extensive benchmark tests reveal how well the new quad-core processors perform in practice.

  • Acer Altos R520

    Acer has taken standard Intel OEM components to put together a highly configurable and very scalable 1U server, capable of handling a variety of tasks. It's more than a match for similar products from the big-name vendors.

  • AMD Phenom X4 9850

    From a do-it-yourself perspective, we're mostly unimpressed with AMD's new 2.5GHz Phenom X4 9850 quad-core desktop processor.

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