Dual Core processors for mobile phones?
Mobile processor manufacturer ARM has said that they are aiming to start manufacturing dual core chips for mobile devices next year.
A company representative said: “You’ll definitely see handsets shipping with a dual-core A9 in 2010.”
Palm Pre comes powered with a processor based on the ARM Cortex A8 processor.
Apple is also [...]
Intel Nehalem EX would go on sale early next year
Microprocessor industry giant Intel has announced that they would start manufacturing the new generation Nehalem EX processor in the second half of the year.
The company said that they would start retailing their Nehalem EX processor range from early next year.
This new processor would become the successor [...]
Intel showcases next Atom processor
Intel has now displayed their next generation Intel Atom processor.
The company also announced the first beta of the Moblin 2.0 Linux platform for mobile devices.
The new version of Intel Atom has been codenamed Pine Trail. The company has managed to shrink the number of chips required to develop an Atom [...]
European Commission has a mega fine in store for Intel
European Commission has announced that they are fining Intel a record 1.06 billion Euros in an antitrust case.
The US based microprocessor industry giant has also been told to halt illegal rebates and other practices which were designed to harm the competition specifically AMD.
This is good [...]
Intel Jasper Forest processor range announced
US based microprocessor industry giant Intel has announced a new processor range codenamed Jasper Forest.
Intel Jasper Forest series of processors are designed for storage products and embedded applications.
They revealed this latest line of processors at the ongoing Intel Developer Forum in Beijing on Wednesday.
Intel said: “We’ve taken Nehalem… [...]
Apple has launched Intel Nehalem powered Xserve servers
Apple had posted some information about these new servers last week on one of their international sites.
They have now officially launched their new updated Xserve servers powered by Intel Nehalem processors.
Apple claims that these new series of servers are more powerful while being more efficient featuring [...]
Apple might be close to launching new updated Xserve servers
Market sources say that Apple might be close to launching new updated Xserve servers with the recently launched Intel Xeon range of server processors.
Incidentally, Apple Online store in Hong Kong was found to be taking pre-orders for such servers.
The link was not yet activated [...]
Intel introduces quad-core Xeon 5500 processor
US based microprocessor industry giant Intel has announced the launch of their new quad-core Xeon 5500 processor.
Intel said that this is the most important server processor launch since Pentium Pro which was launched way back in 1995.
Intel Senior Vice President Pat Gelsinger went on to say: “Simply [...]
Lenovo is now offering Intel Nehalem powered desktops
China based personal computer maker Lenovo has now announced their workstations based on Intel Nehalem range of dual/quad core processors.
They are only the second manufacturer to offer products powered by these new chips after Apple.
Lenovo announced ThinkStation D20 and ThinkStation S20.
These two are powered [...]
The Foundry Company has been renamed Globalfoundries
Advanced Micro Devices and Advanced Technology Investment Company have together announced the creation of Globalfoundries.
The unit was earlier called The Foundry Company.
Globalfoundries would now handle processor manufacturing for AMD which would now focus on developing new technologies.
AMD spoke about this new entity: “Globalfoundries will service the manufacturing [...]
