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RV740, The First 40nm GPU From AMD

admin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:36:05 +0000

As reported by NordicHardware, it seems that AMD has successfully manufactured its first chip on the 40nm node, the RV740. This is not an high end GPU, but it is the first successful port of AMD's GPU architecture to the new manufactoring node. It is a mainstream GPU on the $100 segment that AMD is using to gain some experience while working on the RV870 Lil' Dragon, the next generation high end GPU.

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Athlon X2 7000 Series Reviews

admin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:08:18 +0000

AMD has released three new dual core processors, the Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition clocked at 2.70 GHz, the 7550 clocked at 2.50 GHz and the 7450 clocked at 2.40 GHz. Every single core, manufactured at 65nm and codenamed Kuma, has 512 KB of L2 cache and a shared L3 cache of 2 MB. It features also HyperTransport 3.0 system interface. Memory controller provides native support to the PC2-8500 memory (1066 MHz ddr2). Here are some reviews and benchmarks: Tom's Hardware, X-bit Labs, Hexus, HT4U, Bit-Tech, Planet 3DNow!, Tweaktown, Overclockers Club.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:27:51 +0000

The guys at vr-zone published the first photo of the upcoming GeForce GTX 295 card. Expected to be unveiled at CES, the GTX 295 will be featured with two GPUs placed on two separate printed circuit boards, each one has a GTX 200 GPU, 240 stream processors, 448-bit memory bus and 896MB DDR3 memory. The card displayed in the picture features 2 DVI ports and 1 Display Port. The card has been featured with a 8+6 pins power connector combo, which you an idea of how much power it needs. The pricing is yet to be disclosed but things should become clearer as we approach its debut date in January.

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Intel Core i5

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:49:16 +0000

Intel is about to launch Lynnfield, a processor based on Nehalem, in Q3 2009. Lynnfield has integrated with memory controller and 8MB L3 cache, supporting technologies such as Turbo Boost. It doesn’t utilize QPI (Core i7 Bloomfield utilize it instead) and only supports dual channel DDR3 memory. Lynnfield features mature DMI (Direct Media Interface) and uses LGA1160 (updated to LGA1156 later) socket, while Core i7 used LGA1366. Lynnfield will have four x86 processing cores with HyperThreading enabled, 256 KB of L2 cache per core and a shared 8 MB L3 cache. The expected price for mainstream market is under $200.

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Amd Launch Schedule for 2009

admin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:04:52 +0000

Amd is goingo to launch an entry level IGP chipset in January 2009, the AMD 760G, based on the RS780 architecture. The chipset, that is expected to replace Amd 740G, will support DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, but will not support Unified Video Decoder and Hybrid CrossFireX technologies nor HDMI and Display Port connections. The 760G will be accompanied by a new SB710 southbridge. In May or June Amd will launch 790FX and 790GX chipsets that have been upgraded with native AM3 socket support, accompanied by AMD SB750 southbridge. In July or August the company will launch the RX780 based Amd 770, accompanied by SB710. Finally in September, Amd will launch the successor to the 790FX, the RD890, and will introduce the new SB800 southbridge.

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Intel Core i7 Reviews

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:23:13 +0000

In the past days a lot of reviews and benchmarks about the new Intel Core i7/X58 platform surfaced on the net. Here are a few interesting links: Techgage, Legion Hardware, TweakTown, Guru3D, PC Perspective, TechSpot, Neoseeker, t-break, OCAU, ExtremeTech, Benchmark Reviews, HotHardware, HardOCP, Lost Circuits.

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AMD’s 45nm CPU Line Up Revealed

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:08:58 +0000

While the 45nm Shanghai quad core Opteron (Opteron 83xx series and Opteron 23xx series) has just made its debut at resellers, AMD is planning to launch six high end 45nm quad core CPUs (codename Deneb) and four entry-level (codename Propus) in the first quarter of next year. The Phenom X4 20550 and 20350 for socket AM2+ systems with core frequencies of 3GHz and 2.8GHz will be launche this month. AMD will also launch six 45nm triple core CPUs (codename Heka and Regor) including 14x00, 12x00 and 1xx00e series. These triple core CPUs will start shipping in the first quarter of the next year. To prevent impact on its mainstream dual core Athlon X2 CPUs sales, AMD has decided to ship its 45nm AM3 based dual core CPU (codename Regor) in the third quarter of the next year. The company has planned three 65W CPUs model numbered 10x00 for this last category.

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Nvidia GT206, GT212, GT216 and GT300

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:36:49 +0000

GT2xx generation cards' life cycle is not over yet, the GT206 will be released in Q4 2008, presumably to cash in on the christmas shopping season. GT206, the last 55 nm cards, seems to be having problems with its shader domain, which has pushed its launch for that late. Following GT206, GT212 and GT216 would be Nvidia's entries to the 40nm silicon fabrication process, both will support GDDR5 memory on a broad memory bus. GT212 will be released in Q1 2009, GT216 in Q2 2009. Towards the end of the year however, Nvidia is planning to launch the GT3xx generation DirectX 11 cards.

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Nvidia MCP85 chipset

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:53:22 +0000

Expreview have revealed that samples of MCP85 have been sent to NV mainboard partners. MCP85 is NVIDIA’s next mainstream chipset for AMD AM3. The new chipset, based around the GeForce 8100/8200/8300, is basically the same as the MCP78 which it is superseding, with the exception of the added AM3 support. There are two version of MCP85, MCP85-S and MCP85-V, the only difference will be their clock and PureVideo versions. The new chipset will hit the market in Q1 2009.

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Intel Moorestown Platform

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:24:52 +0000

In his keynote yesterday at the Intel Developer Forum in Taiwan, Intel's senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, Anand Chandrasekher, discussed how technology innovation and strong industry collaboration have driven the digital economy over the past 40 years, and the universal impact that the Internet and mobile Web has had in people's lives. Chandrasekher cited the Intel Atom processor, the upcoming Nehalem processor, and the Intel Moorestown platform as prime examples of innovation and technology leadership. Also highlighted was the progress Intel is making in the Mobile Internet Devices (MID) market segment with the world's first working Moorestown platform demonstration. Scheduled for the 2009-2010 timeframe, the Moorestown prototype comprises of an SOC, codenamed "Lincroft," which integrates a 45nm processor, graphics, memory controller and video encode/decode onto a single chip and an I/O hub codenamed Langwell. Langwell supports a range of I/O ports to connect with wireless, storage, and display components in addition to incorporating several board level functions.

The Moorestown platform will support a range of wireless technologies including 3G, WiMAX, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and mobile TV. During his keynote Chandrasekher also stated that Intel hopes to revolutionize the MID world with Moorestown when released.

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