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Wednesday 8 April 2009
AMD offers an upgrade program for Opteron server processors
AMD has announced a global AMD Opteron upgrade program allowing its channel partners and customers to receive up to a 35% discount when upgrading their AMD Opteron processors.
Thursday 26 March 2009
CE makers adopt Intel platform for multimedia products
Intel's consumer electronics SoC – Intel Media Processor CE 3100 – has been adopted by several China-based makers for multimedia products, according to industry sources...
Friday 13 March 2009
VIA announces VX855 MSP for SFF and mobile PCs
VIA Technologies has announced the VIA VX855 media system processor (MSP) – a power efficient, all-in-one chipset that addresses the key performance and entertainment requirements...
Monday 16 February 2009
Lenovo to launch 12-inch Atom netbook
Lenovo reportedly plans to launch an Atom N280-based IdeaPad S20 netbook featuring a 12-inch panel. The specification would break Intel's restrictions for netbook products that state...
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Global PC processor market to decline through 1H09, says IDC
Worldwide PC processor shipments fell significantly in the fourth calendar quarter of 2008, according to IDC. A further demand decline in the first quarter of 2009 points to a very...
Wednesday 21 January 2009
MIPS sees opportunities in China netbook market
MIPS Technologies has successfully entered the market for Linux-based netbook platforms in China, according to Mark Pittman, vice president of Asia Pacific sales at MIPS.
Wednesday 21 January 2009
AMD drops quad-core Phenom processor pricing
AMD has reduced the price of its quad-core Phenom II X4 940 and 920 CPUs from US$275 and US$235 to US$225 and US$195 in thousand-unit tray quantities, respectively.
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Intel to launch 65W desktop CPUs for all-in-one PCs
Intel is planning to launch three 65W low-power desktop CPUs targeting small form factor (SFF) PCs and all-in-one PCs in the middle of January next year, according to sources at PC...
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Intel Core i7 processor demand will not pickup until 3Q09, say motherboard makers
Although Intel claims to have already shipped around 100,000 Intel Core i7 CPUs, some motherboard makers point out that due to the impact of the dropping global economy affecting...
Tuesday 18 November 2008
Intel launches Core i7 processor
Intel introduced its most advanced desktop processor, the Intel Core i7 processor. The Core i7 processor is the first member of a new family of Nehalem processor designs, with new...
Monday 17 November 2008
Optical glass processor G-Tech to expand China plant
Taiwan-based optical glass processing service provider G-Tech Optoelectronics, in which Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) owns a major stake, recently announced an additional investment...
Monday 17 November 2008
Intel mulls extended life-cycle for socket 775-based processors
Intel is considering extending the life-cycle of its socket 775-based processors to 2011 and is expected to let these CPUs cover the entry-level segment, according to sources at motherboard...
Thursday 13 November 2008
AMD announces new server processors; details new desktop platform for 45nm CPUs
AMD has announced widespread availability of its 45nm quad-core AMD Opteron processor, which it claims delivers up to 35% more performance with up to a 35% decrease in power consumption...
Thursday 6 November 2008
SiS chipset supports Intel Atom processors, adopted in new Dell thin-client
Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has announced that its SiSM671/968/307DV chipset can support the Intel Atom 230 series CPUs and has already been adopted by Dell's OptiPlex FX160 thin-client...
Monday 3 November 2008
Worldwide PC processor market hits record shipments in 3Q08, says IDC
Worldwide PC processor shipments in the third calendar quarter of 2008 reached record levels again, according to new data from IDC. However, the outlook for the processor market in...