What we learned about Intel this week
Intel's annual meeting with analysts this week didn’t answer all of my questions--detailed product roadmaps seem to be a thing of the past for chipmakers. But we did learn a lot about where Intel is headed.
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Five big questions for Intel
Intel's annual sit-down with investors today comes at an interesting time both for the company and the industry. Analysts have lots of questions.
Nvidia's Tegra 3 marks start of 'different cores for different chores'
Tegra 3 is the first quad-core for tablets and smartphones, but the real story is the fifth core--the start of a trend toward combining different cores on a chip to boost performance and at the same time extend battery life.
IDF 2011: Intel makes the case for more cores
On the final day of the Intel Developer Forum, CTO Justin Rattner made the case for more powerful PCs and servers with tens or even hundreds of processing cores.
Reviews of the AMD Phenom X3 8750
Following my post yesterday on the AMD Phenom X3s, you asked for some performance numbers on the X3 8750. Below is a roundup of reviews that have been posted in the past 24 hours.
Dell, Asus to release 'green' PCs
Their eco-friendly portable computers are expected to be on sale later this year.
The new, improved AMD Phenom
As expected, AMD announced its updated quad-core Phenom processor lineup, and made the new triple-core version official. Despite performance improvements, the Phenom X4 processors--and certainly the X3 chips--remain a value play.