Processors

6 June 2008 - Anand Chandrasekher, Intel's Ultra Mobility Group Senior Vice President

4 June 2008 - VR-Zone brings you photos of an Intel keynote speech by Sean Maloney at the e21 Forum 2008 held at the TICC in Taipei, followed by the Intel Atom launch at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

3 June 2008 - Another interesting hunt over at Computex is definitely the Intel Nehalem and we managed to get our hands on a 2.66GHz Bloomfield running on a X58 Tylersburg board. Its 3DMark Vantage CPU score is pretty remarkable at 16334 which is about 45% faster than a similarly clocked Yorkfield.

29 May 2008 - Beijing, China, 29th May 2008 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the new VIA Nano processor family based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture. Building on the market-leading energy efficiency of the VIA C7 processor family, the VIA Nano processor family offers as much as four times the performance within the same power range to extend VIA’s performance per watt leadership, while pin compatibility with VIA C7 processors will ensure a smooth transition for OEMs and motherboard vendors, and provides them with an easy upgrade path for current system or board designs.

21 May 2008 - There will be some price cuts on current Xeon UP processors in Q3 as well as the launch of new quad and dual core Xeons. A faster Xeon X3370 will arrive in Q3 for $530 where the X3360 has its price cut to $316. A cheaper quad core X3330 with 6MB cache will be available for $266 while X3220 and X3210 have their price lowered further to $209. Dual core E3120 and E3110 will be available for $188 and $167 respectively.

21 May 2008 - Intel plans to release two new quad cores, Q9650 and Q9400 in Q3 '08 at $530 and $266 respectively. As such, Q9550 pricing will be lowered from $530 to $316 and Q6600 will be further lowered from $224 to $203. Intel also plans to release two new Core 2 Duo, E8600 and E7300 in Q3 at $266 and $133 respectively. By then, E8500 price will be cut from $266 to $183, E8400 from $183 to $163 and E7200 from $133 to $113.

16 April 2008 - VR-Zone.com managed to lay our hands on Intel's latest Little Falls ES mini-ITX solution, featuring their latest low power processor, the Intel Atom. The Atom on the board is based on the Diamondville core, clocked at 1.6Ghz and comes with Hyperthreading technology. This is the first time that Intel incorporated their own chipset into their mini-ITX solution, previously employing SiS chipset solutions with their processors. we ran some power test on the board, and together with our FSP Everest power supply, 7200rpm 80gb hard drive and a sata dvd-rw, it draws roughly about 32 watts (assuming 80% efficiency, power meter shows about 39watts) of power. Something cool, check the video out for more information.

2 April 2008 - Intel today introduced five new Intel® Atom™ processors and Intel Centrino® Atom™ processor technology for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and embedded computing solutions at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai. The technology package includes the Intel® Atom™ processor (formerly codenamed “Silverthorne”) plus a single-chip with integrated graphics called the Intel® System Controller Hub that enables PC-like capabilities, an uncompromised Internet experience and long battery life in smaller devices that can fit in your pocket. Manufacturers around the world are planning to ship Intel-based MIDs beginning this summer.

6 June 2008 - TYAN and Intel announces its strategic alliance at Computex 2008 with the aim of promoting Intel's Xeon series platforms and reinforcing the long-term relationships between the two companies.

3 June 2008 - Over at TWTC Nangang, Intel displayed a series of Tylersburg X58 mainboards from 7 partners, and here they are for your viewing pleasure.

2 June 2008 - VR-Zone was at NVIDIA's Tegra launch earlier today as part of a series of pre-Computex events. The NVIDIA Tegra is the company's effort at a single-chip computer, capable of rich high definition and internet experience that we expect from our PCs on your mobile pocket device...

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3 April 2008 - Intel has emphasized on Menlow 2008 platform during IDF and unveiled 5 Atom "Silverthorne" processors along with Poulsbo chipset. Intel called Poulsbo chipset as a System Controller Hub (SCH) that basically combines the MCH and ICH into a single chip. VR-Zone learned that there will be 3 SKUs; US11L supporting 400FSB Silverthorne, 512MB DDR2, 100MHz graphics core clock, SD Video only and up to 800x480 resolution, US15L supporting 400FSB Silverthorne, 1GB DDR2, 200MHz graphics core clock HD Video Decode and up to 1366x768 resolution and US15W that has similar features set as US15L but supporting 533FSB Silverthorne.

27 March 2008 - AMD has finally launched the B3-step Phenom processors today with quad-core Phenom X4 9850, 9750, 9650, 9550 and 9100e as well as tri-core Phenom X3 8600 and 8400. The highest speed Phenom X4 9850 at 2.5GHz will only cost $ 235 while the lowest speed Phenom X4 9100e at 1.8GHz costs $ 199 while the rest of the X4 SKUs lie between the price range. In comparison, X4 9850 will compete against Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Q6600 both priced at $ 266. And after the Intel's price cut on 20th April, the 9850 will compete against the Q6700 has its price cut from $ 530 to $ 266 while Q6600 is lowered to $ 224. Phenom X3 will take aim at Intel Core 2 Duo family since Intel has no tri-core offerings yet so X3 8600 and 8400 at $ 175 and $ 149 respectively will compete directly with E8400 and E8200 at $ 183 and $ 163 respectively.