Motherboard Manufacturers Detail on New AMD Desktop Processors
	AMD plans to introduce some new processors in 2008 and the first half of 2009, all based on the 45-nanometer micro-architecture. According to the company's unreleased roadmap, AMD will release two new 45-nanometer Phenom X4 CPUs based on Deneb silicon. The chips are expected to work at core frequencies ranging from 2.5 to 2.8GHz and will feature an L3 cache of 6MB. Moreover, the chip manufacturer will publish the ordering ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 03:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AMD's 45-Nanometer Deneb Core Beats 3.2 GHz
	Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming Deneb processors are reportedly able to work beyond the 3.2 GHz threshold. The Deneb silicon is built on the K10.5 micro-architecture and is expected to arrive during the fourth quarter of the year. The new microprocessor will face direct competition from Intel's Nehalem series of chips that will probably launch with a core frequency of 3.0GHz and higher. Despite the fact that AMD ma ... [read more >>]
	22 April 2008, 02:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AMD to Release Bulldozer in 2009
	Advanced Micro Devices' President and Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer confirmed, during the last week’s conference call, that the chip manufacturer plans to release its next CPU architecture, also known as Bulldozer, in 2009. The multi-core processor will come straight in the 45-nanometer flavor. However, the 45-nanometer chips will be available only for a short period of time, as AMD will make the transition to the 3 ... [read more >>]
	21 April 2008, 11:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel Announces Crossover Shipments for Q3 2008
	Intel's 45-nanometer desktop quad-cores are still hard to find at the retailers' stores, but the company claims that it is on schedule with ramping up its 45-nanometer production at its fabs. During yesterday's conference call, the company said that it expects shipment volumes of products made using 45nm and 65nm fabrication technologies to crossover during the third quarter of the year. "I did show that sl ... [read more >>]
	16 April 2008, 09:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel's Q-Series Quads: Inexpensive, but Hard to Find
	Intel has started shipping units of its Q-series quad-core processors, after a long trench of delays. Initially announced for early January this year, the chip manufacturer delayed their introduction a couple of times. The company finally started shipping its 45-nanometer Q-series of mainstream-oriented chips, but their availability is currently limited to PC vendors and system integrators only. Recent reports claim that the Q ... [read more >>]
	27 March 2008, 11:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AMD-Barcelona Powered Servers Will Arrive in April
	Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices has announced that the first servers powered by the company's quad-core Barcelona chips are slated for April this year. Company executives claim that the advent of the new processor on the server market will cut down the distance between AMD and its arch-rival Intel. According to Kevin Knox, vice president of AMD's commercial business, the major server vendors will start shipp ... [read more >>]
	19 March 2008, 07:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Carbon, Better than Copper at the 45-Nanometer Scale
	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have released a report claiming that carbon nanotubes are better than copper interconnects when performing at the 45-nm process node. The scientists used for the first time a supercomputer simulation with detailed quantum mechanical effects, which shown that copper cannot perform ideally at the 45-nanometer node or smaller technologies. This is mainly because copper interconnects ... [read more >>]
	15 March 2008, 05:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

CeBIT 2008: AMD Introduces 45-Nanometer Chips
	Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices has introduced its 45-nanometer Opteron chips with Shanghai core and the 45 Phenoms in the Deneb core family at yesterday's public conference. The company is still far from releasing the chips for mass-availability, yet this is a proof that AMD is still in track with the 2008 release. The AMD officials refused to detail upon any of the chip's technical specifications, such as ... [read more >>]
	05 March 2008, 08:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nvidia's MCP7A Chipset for Intel Goes Live Next Month
	The next generation of Intel processors are about to kick in, so chipset manufacturers are currently performing the latest trims and adjustments for their Intel-loving products. One of the most important supporter of Intel's architecture in the mainstream and high-end market is Nvidia, that is working on its upcoming MCP7A chipset. Slated to arrive somewhere in April, the new chipset will accompany Intel's 45-nanomet ... [read more >>]
	05 March 2008, 06:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AMD Starts Shipping Shanghai, Deneb 45-Nanometer Processors
	Advanced Micro Devices today started shipping samples of its upcoming 45-nanometer processors to computer manufacturers and vendors. The move says it all: the chip manufacturer is ready to start mass production in the second half of the year, just as the company promised. The company will initially launch two of its quad-core offerings as well as the "Shaghai" server processor, accompanied by a desktop counterpart, t ... [read more >>]
	04 March 2008, 13:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Asustek Unveils Limited Edition Triton 79 Amazing CPU Cooler
	Asustek is not much of a cooling and casing solution fan, and that is why you would rarely learn about this kind of hardware. However, when it decides to launch such products, you should expect impressive designs with state-of-the-art functionality. That's the case with its latest invention, the Triton 79 Amazing CPU cooler. The new CPU cooler offering from Asustek is more than a simple cooler with an extremely fancy desi ... [read more >>]
	27 February 2008, 10:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sun Teams Up With Taiwan-Based TMSC for 45-nanometer Multi-Core Processors
	Sun Microsystems has employed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to build its upcoming multi-core, 450-nanometer processors. This might be seen as the end of a long partnership with Sun's original foundry, Texas Instruments. The latter decided that would collaborate with other chip designers on its process development at the 45-nanometer node. Sun's choice of TSMC was a natural thing, given the fact that Texas In ... [read more >>]
	19 February 2008, 06:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel's 45-Nanometer Chips are Running Short – 20% Price Increase
	Intel has recently launched its new 45-nanometer E8000 series of processors, but reports have it that the Taiwanese market is already running short of supplies. The Taiwanese OEM and PC vendors cannot face the increasing demand in the 45-nanometer processor, and prices have suddenly increased up to 20 percent more than at launch date. The IT industry usually cuts down prices for hardware shortly after they have been unveiled, as ... [read more >>]
	01 February 2008, 04:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel Goes Back to the '90s for In-Order Processors
	Intel decided to take a shot at an older processor architecture and revive it for the next generation of energy-saving devices. The upcoming Silverthorne mobile CPU will be the first modern unit of its kind to be built with the technology available during the early '90s. Chip designers and manufacturers worldwide will join next week for the International Solid States Circuits Conference (ISSCC), where they are alleged to ... [read more >>]
	29 January 2008, 02:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel to Deliver a 2GHz Dual-Core Celeron Processors
	Intel is munching on the idea of delivering a 2GHz dual-core Celeron processor during the first half of the year. The current Celeron E1200 parts are priced $15 less than the Pentium Dual Core E2140 CPUs, so the new dual-core Celeron family might just fit into the picture. The E1400 model of Intel's Celeron is somewhat similar to the current E1200 model that is already on sale, but it features a higher clock speed, with a ... [read more >>]
	16 January 2008, 04:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel Will Spit Up Fifteen (15) More Montevina CPUs in May
	Intel is decided to continue the launch frenzy it started in the first day of this year's Consumer Electronics Show. According to miscellaneous sources at the notebooks builders, the chip manufacturer is alleged to release, in early May, the second batch of 45-nanometer CPUs for the upcoming Montevina platform. It is alleged that eight of the 15 CPUs will feature a smaller package size and will aim at the small form factor m ... [read more >>]
	15 January 2008, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Bad Habits Die Hard: AMD to Delay Phenom 9700 and Phenom 9900 to Q2
	News of AMD having delayed its processors yet again are not much of a surprise anymore. Back in 2007 it was a common company policy for AMD to delay its processor lines multiple times. Finally, when they got on the market, it was noticed that they were severely crippled by the Translation Lookaside Buffer erratum. Those who have expected for AMD to stick to its promises during this year should be disappointed. The chip manufac ... [read more >>]
	11 January 2008, 03:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel's 45-Nanometer Technology, Too Hot to Handle?
	The 45-nanometer technology seems to be the source of CPU manufacturers' headache. AMD has completely failed in delivering the new processors built around the 45-nm technology, and it seems that there will be some other couple of months until they get the first working CPU. According to the rumors emerging from the industry, Intel is almost in the same weak position. It is true that it has already achieved some working pr ... [read more >>]
	27 December 2007, 05:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The 45-Nanometer Technology Is Already Obsolete
	The 45-nanometer process rush seems to have ended right after Intel launched the Penryn series. Foundries have sketched a mass-production plan, but major vendors are already chasing another ghost: the development of high-k dielectrics and metal gates for the 32-nm node. The high-k and metal gates are the major obstacles to be defeated before switching to a newer generation of semiconductors (especially transistors). Many ent ... [read more >>]
	17 December 2007, 11:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia