New Everest benchmark covers AMD Phenom Tri-Core and Intel Six-Core

New Everest benchmark covers AMD Phenom Tri-Core and Intel Six-Core

Product news roundup Tuesday, March 25
{mosimage} Rather than making you click through several news items, we decided to combine interesting product news into one news item with brief information about each item. Here is the overview of products that caught our eyes to day - Intel Diamondville surfaces, a new Toughbook and Xerox tells you if your office is as green as you believe it is….

AMD launches tri-core assault at Intel dual-core CPUs
{mosimage} AMD’s new Phenom X3 8000 series of processors are finally ready for launch: Two new processors carry the massive burden to protect the margins of the higher-end quad-core processors, whose average retail prices have been melting away – while Intel has no problem charging substantially higher prices for its last generation dual-core and quad-core products. But the million dollar question is: Will you prefer a tri-core Phenom over a dual-core Core 2 Duo? (If you would like to skip the tri-core anyway, AMD also has new quad-cores…

Intel’s drops 45 nm server processors to 50 watts

Intel’s drops 45 nm server processors to 50 watts
{mosimage} Intel announced two new low voltage server processors for the 50 watt power envelope. Based on the 45 nm Harpertown core, Intel claims that this new L5400 series is up to 25% faster than the preceding 65 nm L5300 series with Clovertown core. …

Asustek launches compact server based on Intel 45 nm technology

Intel Lanches New Quad-Core Xeons

Intel Lanches New Quad-Core Xeons
Intel introduces new quad-core Intel Xeon L5400 Series processors on Tuesday,designed for energy-efficient workstations and servers.

Larrabee and Dunnington to star at IDF

Larrabee and Dunnington to star at IDF
{mosimage} Intel is gearing up for its Spring Developer Forum, which will open its doors on April 2 in Shanghai. Senior vice president Pat Gelsinger gave a first outlook what attendees will be able to see in China: Judging by this first presentation, Intel isn’t slowing down and will present a full line of new products ranging from a new Itanium on the high-end, to a six core MP Xeon, more details about the next-gen Nehalem micro architecture, first information about the succeeding 32 nm Sandy Bridge architecture…

Microsoft, Intel fund U. of I. research center

Microsoft, Intel fund U. of I. research center
Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are investing $10 million in a new research center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign focusing on computing technology that will help make highly intelligent mobile phones and hand-held gadgets a reality for consumers.

Larrabee and Dunnington to star at IDF

Larrabee and Dunnington to star at IDF
{mosimage} Intel is gearing up for its Spring Developer Forum, which will open its doors on April 2 in Shanghai. Senior vice president Pat Gelsinger gave a first outlook what attendees will be able to see in China: Judging by this first presentation, Intel isn’t slowing down and will present a full line of new products ranging from a new Itanium on the high-end, to a six core MP Xeon, more details about the next-gen Nehalem micro architecture, first information about the succeeding 32 nm Sandy Bridge architecture…

Negroponte Seeks a Laptop CEO
After weathering an acrimonious split from Intel and harsh criticism from critics, One Laptop Per Child is reorganizing—and looking for a CEO

Negroponte Seeks a Laptop CEO

Negroponte Seeks a Laptop CEO
After weathering an acrimonious split from Intel and harsh criticism from critics, One Laptop Per Child is reorganizing—and looking for a new CEO

Intel to launch quad-core notebook CPU in Q3 08

Intel to launch quad-core notebook CPU in Q3 08

Intel to ship 160 GB flash drives in Q2

Intel Nehalem CPUs to fuel FC substrate growth

Microsoft looks to learn from the successes and failures of Vista to

Microsoft looks to learn from the successes and failures of Vista to
DailyTech - The company was also slammed with a major class action suit, after its executives admitted lying to consumers about computers’ “Vista readiness” under pressure from a hungry Intel looking to sell chipsets.

Triple-core Phenom - Where does it fit in to the big picture?

Triple-core Phenom - Where does it fit in to the big picture?
ZDNet Blogs - But then you have to add Intel into the mix.  The quad-core Q6600 is priced at $266 , and this sweeps the floor with the quad-core Phenom.  Below that you’ve competitively priced dual-core offerings.  Given the tight gap between dual and quad

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