CPUs
As part of AMD's Q1'2024 earnings announcement this week, the company is offering a brief status update on some of their future products set to launch later this year. Most important among these is an update on their Zen 5 CPU architecture, which is expected to launch for both client and server products later this year. Highlighting their progress so far, AMD is confirming that EPYC "Turin" processors have begun sampling, and that these early runs of AMD's next-gen datacenter chips are meeting the company's expectations. "Looking ahead, we are very excited about our next-gen Turin family of EPYC processors featuring our Zen 5 core," said Lisa Su, chief executive officer of AMD, at the conference call with analysts and investors (via SeekingAlpha). "We are widely...
AMD Opteron Coverage - Part 2: Enterprise Performance
You've read all about the architecture behind it in Part 1, now read about how Opteron performs in the Enterprise segment in Part 2...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/23/2003AMD Opteron Coverage - Part 1: Intro to Opteron/K8 Architecture
Find out all there is to know about AMD's latest microprocessor in this introductory article.
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/23/2003Intel 875P (Canterwood) Chipset - The New Flagship
After almost 2.5 years, Intel's 850 chipset is finally being retired and replaced by a new flagship platform for the Pentium 4 - the 875P chipset.
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/14/2003Intel Pentium 4 3.0C – The First 800MHz FSB CPU
Intel's first 800MHz FSB has hit the streets, find out how the Pentium 4 3.0C stacks up to the competition.
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/14/2003Sneak Peek at 800MHz FSB Performance
Today we give you a first hand look at Intel’s upcoming 800MHz FSB Pentium 4 processors based on the Northwood core. Want to see how much performance you can...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/25/2003VIA Responds with KT400A, Five Months Later
Five months after we crowned NVIDIA king of the Athlon XP market, VIA responds to nForce2 with their KT400A. Is this cheaper solution able to keep up with...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/10/2003AMD's Athlon XP 3000+: Barton cuts it close
It's not a Hammer, but AMD's first new CPU introduction of 2003 comes in the form of a new Athlon XP bearing a 512KB L2 cache. Enter Barton...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/10/2003Inside AMD - Touring Fab 30
After months of trying we were finally able to get into AMD's Fab 30 in Dresden. Although we weren't allowed pictures today we bring you the first step...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/15/2003Intel's Pentium 4 3.06GHz: Hyper-Threading on Desktops
Not only did Intel just break the 3GHz barrier but they also made a huge step in the world of desktop computing with their first Hyper-Threading enabled desktop CPU.
3 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/14/2002NVIDIA's nForce2 Part II: Diving Deeper
Armed with a new motherboard, updated drivers and much more we're able to find out exactly why NVIDIA's nForce2 is the chipset to get for the Athlon XP. ...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/21/2002NVIDIA's nForce2 Performance Review
Three months after the chipset was launched and we finally have a motherboard based on NVIDIA's nForce2 chipset. Find out how it stacks up against VIA's best as...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/1/2002AMD Athlon XP 2800+ - Introducing the first 333MHz FSB Athlon XP
Another paper-launched CPU from AMD; but all that aside, the Athlon XP 2800+ is the first to introduce the 333MHz FSB for the Athlon platform.
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/1/2002VIA Introduces Quad Band Memory - 2X DDR at 1X Prices
In cooperation with Kentron Technologies, VIA announced support for Quad Band Memory in their future chipsets. Find out if this technology can bridge the gap between DDR and DDR-II.
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/17/2002Intel's Pentium 4 2.80GHz - Moving to the Head of the Class
Less than a week after AMD launched their Athlon XP 2600+ Intel is delivering their 2.80GHz Pentium 4. How fast is this beast? Read on to find out.
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/26/2002AMD Athlon XP 2600/2400+ - Introducing Thoroughbred Revision B
AMD has fine tuned their Thoroughbred core in order to make way for higher clock speeds. Add to that a tweaked model rating system and we have two...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/21/2002Intel's 0.09-micron Process - More Details Emerge
Intel's 90nm process will kick into high gear in 2003, but you can get a sneak peek at the transistors that will be going into Prescott today as Intel...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/13/2002SiS 648 - Taking Advantage of the P4 Situation
Other than ATI, SiS is the only 3rd party chipset manufacturer that can legally produce and sell Pentium 4 chipsets; and they are definitely taking advantage of it. ...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/22/2002NVIDIA nForce2 Preview
It's been 13 months since NVIDIA launched their first desktop PC chipset and today they are introducing its successor. Enter nForce2, what NVIDIA is calling the fastest Socket-A...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/16/2002Inside VIA: Beneath the Hull of WenChi's Ship
While over in Taiwan for Computex 2002 we were graciously invited to take a tour of VIA's offices. Not only did we get a Q&A session with VIA's...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/14/2002AMD's 0.13-micron Thoroughbred - Cool but Slipping at 2200+
Can AMD have another Athlon XP launch as successful as the Palomino core last fall? Find out as we take a look at their first 0.13-micron desktop core...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/10/2002