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AMD Piledriver CPUs Reach over 4GHz Due to Resonant Clock Mesh

The Piledriver micro-architecture is one of AMD's two main projects for the consumer market, alongside Pitcairn, and it looks like the company has finally unveiled some more things about it. Advanced Micro Devices is at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), taking place between February 20...

23 February 2012
03:31 GMT

Old Intel Core i3-550 and Core i3-560 Discontinued

As Intel's Ivy Bridge CPU series approaches, older central processing units are being phased out. It has now been found that, according to some of the company's Product Change Notifications (PCN), the Core i3-550 and Core i3-560 won't be officially up for sale for much longer. Built on the 32nm man...

13 February 2012
04:35 GMT

AMD Third Quarter Finances Not Stellar, Chip Yields to Blame Again

During much of 2009 and 2010, TSMC had such poor 40nm chip yields that both AMD and NVIDIA suffered financially, what with undersupply of products, and it looks like something similar has happened on AMD's 32nm front, though a different party is responsible this time. Since the month of October, 2011 is almo...

11 October 2011
03:48 GMT

Intel to Retire Another Batch of 32nm CPUs in 2012

Intel has just released another one of its famous Product Discontinuance Notices, PCN for short, which announces the retirement of no less than nine mobile processors, six of these being based on the 32nm Arrandale architecture.The products affected by this change are the Intel Core i5-560M, i5-560UM, i5-580M, i7-640...

7 October 2011
05:18 GMT

Globalfoundries Appoints New Leadership to Optimize Performance

Globalfoundries recently announced that together with its majority shareholder, the Abu Dhabi controlled Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC), has appointed Ajit Manocha as interim CEO of the company to replace Doug Grose, who will become a senior advisor.Grose will be soon joined by Chia Song Hwee, chief operat...

17 June 2011
05:37 GMT

Samsung Gets Ready to Mass Produce 28nm and 32nm Chips

Samsung has recently announced that its foundry business is getting ready to start manufacturing chips using the 32nm and 28nm fabrication process, as the company has received no less than 35 tape outs that use this technology from its customers. This could mean that Samsung could start mass production of 32nm and...

11 May 2011
02:51 GMT

Intel Retires Eight 32nm Processors, Including Core i7 and Core i5 CPUs

Spring has come and Intel thinks it's time to do a bit of cleaning before moving on, so the Santa Clara based company decided to retire eight mobile 32nm processors from its lineup to make room for new and improved models based on the Sandy Bridge architecture. This decision affects eight of the company'...

5 April 2011
15:01 GMT

AMD Revises Its 32nm Wafer Deal with GlobalFoundries

AMD has just announced that it modified its wafer purchase agreement with GlobalFoundries in order to revise the pricing methodology applicable to wafers delivered in 2011 for AMD's microprocessor and accelerated processing unit (APU) products.Under the new deal, AMD will switch from the traditional method of pa...

4 April 2011
04:39 GMT

AMD Talks About Bulldozer's Architecture at ISSCC 2011

During the ISSCC conference, which takes place right now in San Francisco, California, AMD has released more details about its upcoming Bulldozer processor, the Sunnyvale-based company expecting its new core to deliver 3.5GHz performance in same power and thermal envelope as AMD's prior architecture. Accordin...

22 February 2011
07:48 GMT

AMD Intends to Very Quickly Release New CPUs

AMD has been going through fairly interesting times lately, and it seems that its strategy concerning its upcoming series of processors may involve quite a bit of haste, or so says a recent report. Those keeping track of the happenings on the processor and chipset market will have learned of a couple of odd occur...

12 February 2011
03:56 GMT

AMD Changes 32nm Launch Schedule, Bulldozer Comes After Llano

Advanced Micro Devices has long been getting ready for its transition to a more advanced manufacturing process, and it seems that whatever plans it had in terms of roadmaps have been changed. As consumers know, Advanced Micro Devices released its first Fusion APUs (accelerated processing units) weeks ago, even be...

22 January 2011
06:22 GMT

AMD Bulldozer-Based Orochi CPU Wafer Pictured

With 2011 in full swing, it’s time for AMD to start building hype for their upcoming processors based on the Bulldozer architecture that are supposed to drop later this year; so, recently, the company just released some images of a 300mm wafer full of Orochi 32nm chips.Bulldozer will be AMD's first major a...

18 January 2011
07:11 GMT

Globalfoundries Says 32nm SOI Manufacturing Process Is on Track, Dismisses Analyst Claims

Globalfoundries is forced yet again to dismiss allegations regarding delays encountered with their 32nm SOI manufacturing process after a financial analyst started spreading such rumors following Dirk Meyer's resignation as company's CEO.It seems like Globalfoundries can't get a break from this sort of...

12 January 2011
05:12 GMT

SanDisk Prepares to Start Transition to 24nm

In order to keep up with the advancements in power efficiency and performance, chip makers need to periodically move to more advanced process technologies. SanDisk is right in the middle of its transition to the 32nm manufacturing node, and reports say that it is already seeing high yields. What is more important, ho...

23 July 2010
09:26 GMT

New Intel 32nm Core 2010 Processors Officially Revealed

They have been anticipated for a while now, but it appears that Intel's latest line of 2010 Core processors are finally here, enabling PC manufacturers to bring out new ultra-thin, low power portable computer systems that will most likely appeal to the requirements of mobile users. Based on the chip maker's...

25 May 2010
03:24 GMT

Intel Still Doesn't Have Enough 32nm Mobile CPUs

It seems that NVIDIA is not the only company plagued by issues of insufficient inventories. After its mobile CPUs saw themselves in practically every new laptop that has been unveiled over the past few months, Intel is being faced with the inability to meet all OEM orders. In fact, inventories are so low that the few...

14 May 2010
05:06 GMT

Intel Doesn't Have Enough 32nm CPUs

Though being too good for one's own good doesn't happen very often, Intel seems to be going through this very type of situation with its 32nm central processing units. Being central processors with not just high computing power and efficiency but also on-die graphics, the Arrandale and Clarkdale chips have ...

28 April 2010
06:01 GMT

Intel Adds Pentium E5500 and Core i5-680

Even though Intel usually puts up a resounding press announcement whenever it unleashes a new central processing unit, (or solid state drive, or other hardware), the chip maker seems to have decided against it this once, as it quietly refreshed its desktop CPU lineup. Nevertheless, with market watchers being who the...

19 April 2010
08:35 GMT

Intel Already Sampling Sandy Bridge

End-users probably know that Intel's next-generation CPU architecture is called Sandy Bridge and will most likely yield actual CPUs in 2011. End-users might also know that the new chips will be better at everything, from decryption and encryption to video processing, compared with current Core processors. Howeve...

14 April 2010
09:32 GMT

Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU Needs New Chipset

When planning to make and release a new central processing unit, chip makers have to decide whether the new CPU will be compatible with existing sockets or if its performance advantage is high enough to justify the making of a special chipset. This is, no doubt, the same dilemma that has plagued Intel in the developm...

8 April 2010
06:11 GMT

Globalfoundries' 32nm Bulk Process Canceled

In a move similar to the one made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Globalfoundries has reportedly announced that it has decided to give up on the 32nm bulk manufacturing process technology with HKMG (high-k metal gate) and, instead, move directly to the 28nm.The main reason given was supposedly weak dem...

2 April 2010
05:52 GMT

Intel Makes Dual-Core Celeron CPUs for Value Notebooks

Intel has definitely left a strong mark on the IT industry through its pine Trail platform and its 2009 marketing performance, and will likely continue to do so with the introduction of its first 6-core CPU. However, these successes are only part of the company's efforts, as the Santa Clara chip maker is also g...

8 March 2010
11:58 GMT

Intel Plans Double Graphics Performance for Sandy Bridge

Integrated graphics have typically stirred mixed feelings in end-users, as they were generally found lacking in all areas when compared to dedicated graphics solutions from NVIDIA or ATI. Granted, the 45nm graphics built into the Clarkdale and Arrandale were found better than the Santa Clara company's previous i...

6 February 2010
03:57 GMT

TH55B HD Motherboard from Biostar Unleashed

Not so long ago, Intel debuted its Clarkdale Core i5 and Core i3 central processing units (CPU) with integrated graphics. Since then, companies have been building and releasing motherboards that can take full advantage of said resources, and Biostar does not intend to stay out of the race. The company has introduced ...

18 January 2010
09:57 GMT

MSI Presents Motherboard with USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps, P55-GD85

Micro-Star International Co., Ltd has been tirelessly working on a motherboard that is able to promise end-users speeds that, until recently, they could rarely see outside of dreaming. The new motherboard from MSI boasts the most recent, high-speed interfaces known as SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3.0 and not only has support f...

18 January 2010
03:17 GMT

EVGA Announces Core i3/i5/i7-Supporting Motherboards

As Intel recently unveiled its new 32nm central processing units, companies have, naturally, been launching their compatible motherboards and/or putting them on display at the Consumer Electronics show. Joining the bandwagon is EVGA with its H57 and H55 motherboards, namely the H57, H55 and H55V, which will make an e...

8 January 2010
07:06 GMT

MSI Announces X58 Motherboards with 32nm CPU Support

Just prior to CES, some companies made a general announcement regarding what their exhibits would be made out of. MSI announced its Consumer Electronics Show lineup on January 4th, when it revealed that its exhibition would include 3D notebooks and all-in-one systems, among other things. Nevertheless, as it would be...

8 January 2010
02:56 GMT

Intel Might Not Launch 32nm Quad-Core Chips in 2010

Even though official releases or news of any kind is hard to come by during the holiday period, the rumor mill is still very much alive and kicking. Rumors have been going around concerning a variety of so-called possibilities. Details on the infamous Google Chrome netbook supposedly surfaced, the FCC leaked info on ...

30 December 2009
08:10 GMT

Intel 32nm Processor Family Announced, Launch on January 7, 2010

Santa Clara, California-based Intel, the world's leading chip maker, has just announced the introduction of its new family of Core processors, which the company plans to launch at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 7, 2010. The new processors include the company's next...

18 December 2009
04:59 GMT

Westmere-Supporting ASUS P7H57D-V EVO Motherboard Pictured

ASUS, one of the world's leading vendors of hardware components and computer systems, will reportedly update its Intel-supporting motherboard portfolio with the introduction of a new H57-based motherboard, dubbed P7H57D-V EVO. Designed to accommodate Intel's next-generation of 32nm-based processors, codena...

16 November 2009
03:29 GMT

AMD Plans First 'Fusion' Chips on 32nm SOI Process Technology

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Device is said to be planning to launch its first 'Fusion' chips, featuring and integrated GPU and CPU core on the same chip, which will be manufactured using a 32nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process technology. There have been many rumors about said chips, but it...

16 October 2009
09:25 GMT

Intel's 32nm Clarkdale and Arrandale CPUs Get Previewed

For a good while now, reports of Intel's next-generation desktop and mobile processors have been made available on the Internet, in various forms, including rumors or leaked info. It now appears that we have some more or less official details, coming directly from the chip maker's IDF 2009 (Intel Developer ...

25 September 2009
04:50 GMT

Intel Kicks Off 32nm 'Westmere' Production

Santa Clara, California-based Intel, the world's largest vendor of microprocessors, has reportedly started the production process on its new line of 32nm-based chips, which the company has codenamed Westmere. The new chips and the new manufacturing process are expected to represent a significant step into the fu...

14 September 2009
08:55 GMT

Intel Core i3 540 with Integrated Clarkdale Graphics Benchmarked

Santa Clara, California-based Intel, the world's leading vendor of computer processors, is expected to announce the launch of its first desktop processors with integrated graphics, codenamed Clarkdale. These new chips are due out sometime in early 2010 and should be part of the company's new line of Core i3...

24 August 2009
02:53 GMT

Intel Clarkdale Processors Coming in Q1 2010

According to the most recent details that have surfaced the Internet, the world's leading chip maker Intel is planning to unveil the first Clarkdale-based processors in the first quarter of 2010. These new chips, designed for the mainstream market, will boast a maximum core speed of 3.46GHz and will take advanta...

29 July 2009
07:05 GMT

Intel 32nm SSDs Now Slated for Tuesday Launch

Late last month there were some reports indicating that the world's leading chip maker Intel was planning to update its line of Solid State Drives with the introduction of the new 32nm-based solutions. The launch of the new SSDs was supposed to occur in the following two weeks from the report, consequently provi...

17 July 2009
06:36 GMT

Intel's 32nm Sandy Bridge Gets Unveiled

A series of details on Intel's upcoming 32nm Sandy Bridge architecture emerged into the wild today, showing that the A0 stepping reached the final stage of its design cycle in the 23rd week of the ongoing year. According to the news, the fresh CPU should become available on the market sometime in 2011, probably ...

6 July 2009
11:10 GMT

Intel to Launch 32nm Clarkdale CPUs in Q4

Santa Clara, California-based Intel is said to have moved forward the mass-production schedule of its new 32nm, codename Clarkdale, to the fourth quarter of 2009, although the new line of processors was initially scheduled for the first quarter of 2010. These new processors are expected to be featured with 2 cores an...

30 June 2009
04:14 GMT

Rumor Mill: Intel 32nm SSDs to Be Announced in Two Weeks

According to reports on the Internet, the Santa Clara, California-based chip giant Intel is about to update its offering of Flash-based storage solutions with the addition of new products that will take advantage of its new 32nm-based NAND chips. Although these pieces were previously expected for a Q4 release, it now...

29 June 2009
02:11 GMT

Intel Plans Shipments of 32nm 'Clarkdale' in Q4

After having officially confirmed the much-hyped Core i3 and Core i5 chip names, the Santa Clara, California-based Intel is now said to be considering the launch of its first CPUs with integrated graphics for Q1 2010, with the chips to ship later in Q4 this year. These new processors are part of the company's up...

22 June 2009
05:44 GMT

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Showcases 28nm, 32nm and 45nm Wafers

With the industry moving towards the adoption of new, faster and more energy-efficient solutions, the newly founded GLOBALFOUNDRIES, has taken its time to showcase some of its early achievements, including 45nm, 32nm and 28nm manufacturing processes. These technologies were recently caught on video, demonstrating the...

1 June 2009
09:03 GMT

JMicron to Combine New Controller with 32nm NAND Flash for Affordable SSDs

Despite the higher performance levels achieved by current Solid State Drives (SSD), users are still reserved when it comes to adopting them as the primary storage solution for their computer systems. This is largely due to their higher prices compared to traditional hard disk drives. However, an upcoming solution tha...

27 May 2009
04:05 GMT

T-RAM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announce Partnership

T-RAM and the newly founded GLOBALFOUNDRIES have recently announced a joint collaboration meant to enable T-RAM's Thyristor-RAM embedded memory to take advantage of the latest 32nm and future 22nm manufacturing nodes. According to a recent press release detailing the partnership, the benefits of T-RAM's Thy...

19 May 2009
06:50 GMT

AMD's 2011 Mobile APU to Boast DirectX 11 Support

Earlier this week, we had the pleasure of interviewing AMD's John Swinimer, public relations manager for the Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker, who told us a couple of interesting facts about some of the company's upcoming products, including the much anticipated APUs (Accelerated Processing Units). Th...

10 April 2009
03:15 GMT

CeBIT 2009: Intel Gives Details on 32nm Technology

At the CeBIT 2009 show in Hanover, Gremany, the world's largest chip maker, Intel, talked about the next-generation 32-nanometer process technology, to which it expects to move this year, and also showcased its upcoming “Clarkdale” and “Arrandale” processors. According to Intel, the first...

6 March 2009
02:39 GMT

AMD to Start Production of 32nm CPUs Next Year

Although Advanced Micro Devices was previously expected to get ready to produce central processing units under the 32-nanometer process technology only in 2011, it seems that the chip maker plans to speed things up a little. Dirk Meyer, chief executive of AMD, stated recently that the company was set to “ramp u...

2 March 2009
11:42 GMT

World's First 32nm ARM Processor Announced

Approximately one week after Santa Clara, California-based Intel detailed its plans to accelerate the adoption of the 32nm manufacturing technology, chip maker ARM has just announced the introduction of the world's first ARM processor designed on a 32nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) process technology. The company�...

16 February 2009
03:44 GMT

Intel Announces $7B Investment Plan in America, Obama Pleased

Intel Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini announced on Tuesday that the global leading chip maker would make a $7 billion investment in U.S.-based manufacturing facilities, as it would focus on the development of the company's next-generation 32nm process technology. The announcement has attracted the attentio...

11 February 2009
10:48 GMT

Intel Showcases World's First 32nm Microprocessor

Following Intel's earlier announcement according to which it was planning to focus more on the development of its first 32nm-based consumer processors, the company also demonstrated the world's first working 32nm-based microprocessor. A Westmere-based 32nm processor was used in several test systems, demonst...

11 February 2009
06:19 GMT

Intel Updates Processor Roadmap, Accelerates Plans for 32nm Technology

Santa Clara, California-based Intel has just updated its processor roadmap with the announcement that it is planning to accelerate its plans for the adoption of the next-generation process technology, 32nm. The global leading chip maker said that it would make a serious investment in the development of the 32nm proce...

11 February 2009
03:26 GMT


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