Microsoft brings in the new Oct 20, 2009
You'll find new systems have been designed for Windows 7 and Windows 7 in turn has been optimised to run on the latest dual-core and quad-core processors such as Intel's Core i5. 5 WINDOWS 7 IS AN EASY UPGRADE FROM VISTA BUT NOT XP. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Rumors point to new Macs in stores soon Oct 16, 2009
As for the new iMac's innards, there have been conflicting reports claiming the iMacs will feature a quad-core processor, an upgrade from their current dual-core brains, while other publications claim the iMac will continue using dual-cores. We're undecided on who's right, but what's obvious is the new iMacs should be speedier in performance. (CNN)
Netbook Gets Speed Boost From Dual Atom Chips Oct 2, 2009
The processors divide the workload, much like a dual-core processor does, the company said. But running two processors took its toll on the netbook's battery life. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
AMD and Learning Games Network Announce Winners of A-HA Moment Video Contest Oct 2, 2009
Contest winners in each age group will receive a 16 inch HP Pavilion dv6 series notebook, powered by an X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor model ZM-84. the signature education initiative of the AMD Foundation, is designed to take gaming beyond entertainment and inspire youth to learn critical education and life skills by equipping them to create digital games with social content. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
IDF 09: More speed on the go Oct 2, 2009
The Clarksfield is the best quad-core, dual-core, and single-core microprocessor, because we always take the extra headroom and move it to the cores. The quad-core chips will be available in two flavours for the standard edition, and only one for the Extreme edition. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
AMCC, TSMC put new MPU spin on IBM technology Sep 26, 2009
Based on a mix of somewhat rival technologies--such as IBM's Power Architecture and TSMC's 90-nm, CMOS technology--the dual-core Gemini is ''two times'' less expensive than competitive SOI-based devices on the market, Gopi said. This represents a new cost point'' for the embedded processor market, he told EE Times at the company's headquarters here. (EETimes)
5 traps that can spoil virtualization savings Sep 18, 2009
Vendors "may be selling overkill in terms of infrastructure to recoup the investment theyve already made on the assessment, he said. Avoid the trap: Conduct audits using internal staff members or third-party consultants who dont stand to gain by promoting overprovisioning. A virtualization assessment should capture a profile of your server infrastructure and system utilization rates. It should also identify which applications are good candidates for virtualization and how many servers... (FCW.com)
ARM Flexes Its Muscles, Sizes Up Intel Sep 18, 2009
The firm today began offering a faster dual-core processors for the netbook, the emerging "smartbook" market, and other devices. The processors are available as "macros," one step short of a final chip. (SmallBusinessComputing)
ASUS Launches Lynnfield Platform Rackmount Servers with New Intel Xeon 3400 Processors Sep 18, 2009
For seamless migration to new Intel platforms, the series is also designed to support next-generation 32 nm Dual Core UP CPUs when they arrive. This ensures businesses can protect their investments and adopt the latest core technology. (JCN Network, Japan)
ARM announces 'Osprey' A9 core as Atom-beater Sep 18, 2009
LONDON Processor intellectual property licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) has developed two implementations of a dual-core Cortex-A9 processor design that it has called Osprey ... Osprey is itself a dual-core processor, but there is nothing to stop licensees laying down multiple cores on a die, Schorn said. (EETimes)
Commentary: ARM's Osprey broadens the battle front with Intel Sep 17, 2009
The launch of a dual-core Cortex A9 processor hard-macro called , ready for manufacture by TSMC in a 40-nm general-purpose process, with plenty of comparisons to the current generation of Intel Atom processor, signposts ARM's aspirations to take Intel on in its traditional performance domain. Osprey is also clearly aimed at the netbook space, but the argument that by designing in TSMC's 40G process ARM is not going to tread on the toes of some of its semiconductor partners, who are getting ready... (EETimes)
The Top Nettop? Sep 16, 2009
Dreaming of Dual-Core ... The other is that you can order the C300 with more than 1GB. Specifically, Lenovo part number 3012-2DU is a $549 rig with a full 4GB of memory, a fat 640GB hard drive, and the rarely seen dual-core Atom CPU -- the Atom 330 with 1GB of Level 2 cache and Intel's Hyper-Threading Technology that lets two cores pretend to be four. (HardwareCentral)
HP’s Got Your Hardware Right Here Sep 16, 2009
3-inch BrightView display and offers a choice of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Core 2 Duo or AMD (NSYE: AMD) Neo dual-core processors and nVidia or ATI graphics card. The Pavilion dm3 also boasts up to 10 hours of battery life, courtesy of a six-cell battery. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Windows 7 Install Time Varies Wildly Sep 16, 2009
The mid-range hardware used 2GB of RAM, an Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor running at 2. 60GHz and a 1TB hard disk. (Datamation)
Broadcom Becomes World's First to Introduce Single Chip IAD with Integrated ADSL2+, 802.11n and DECT, Enabling Voice, Video, Data, and Wireless Bundled Services Sep 8, 2009
The product family provides unparalleled levels of integration utilizing Broadcom's high performance 400 MHz dual core processor architecture, hardware-assisted wirespeed bridging and routing, hardware assisted IPsec security for virtual private network (VPN) termination, gigabit switching, and support for USB 2. 0 host and devices. (PR Newswire)
New Intel chips redefine laptops of the ... Sep 7, 2009
Business professionals and consumers will be able to simultaneously run multiple, intense applications and dual-core optimised applications with ease. The new ULV-based sleek laptops will also be able to use the Mobile Intel GS40 Express Chipset, which supports various features including HD playback, Windows Vista Premium support and native support for integrated HDMI.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Yoostar lets anyone act opposite Hepburn, Brando Sep 3, 2009
Yoostar requires fairly robust hardware at minimum a PC with a Pentium 4 class processor (dual core preferred), and a state-of the-art graphics card. Moreover, the software is still buggy. (USA Today -- Tech)
Broadcom Announces GPON Product Family to Complement Its Broadband Carrier Access Portfolio Sep 2, 2009
The product family provides unparalleled levels of integration utilizing Broadcom's high performance, 400 MHz dual core processor architecture, hardware-assisted gigabit bridging and routing, hardware-assisted IPsec security for virtual private network (VPN) termination, gigabit switch and PHYs, VoIP, support for USB 2. 0 host and devices, and support for Broadcom's latest wireless LAN (WLAN) devices utilizing PCI Express(R). (PR Newswire)
ASUS EeeBox PC Now Sporting An Intel Atom N330 Processor and NVIDIA ION Graphics Sep 1, 2009
Intel Atom N330 Dual Core Processor. 2GB (up to 4GB) of DDR-2-800 RAM. (Multichannel News)
For the daring, PC deals easy to find Aug 30, 2009
Another find: For $300, there was a laptop with a 14-inch screen, an Intel dual-core Centrino processor, a gig of RAM, and an 80-gig hard drive. The only brand-new machine you could buy at that price would be a low-powered netbook with a single-core processor chip and a 12-inch screen, at best. (Boston Globe)
MSI C Series Aug 28, 2009
Specs: Pentium Dual Core 2. 0Ghz CPU or Intel Dual Core 2 ... At the bottom of the pack, the CX600 features ATI s Mobility Radeon HD4330 3D discrete graphics card with 512MB of onboard video RAM and Pentium Dual Core 2. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
MSI Wind Top Aug 20, 2009
6GHz Atom 330 (Dual Core) Processor; Intel GMA950 Graphics Core; 2GB DDRII 533MHz SDRAM; 228MB; 250GB SATA Hard Disk Drive/5400RPM; 18. 5 ; 16:9; 1366x768; HD Audio, 2. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Lenovo, targeting HP, releases quartet of 'digital home' PCs Aug 19, 2009
It sports an Intel E5200 dual-core CPU at 2. 5 GHz, 4 GB memory, 320 GB SATA hard drive, DVD-RW drive, and Intel integrated GMA X4500 graphics. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Best Finds: Back to School With Budget Laptops Aug 18, 2009
"But when you think about everything that's built in, it's actually quite good for the price. You get a 2 GHz Celeron processor not a dual-core but still plenty fast for what students need. You get 3 gigs of ram and a 250 GB hard drive. When you add all of that up, we took a look at what the competition offers in the 17-inch space and this is $250 better than the competition.". Related. (ABC News)
eMachines' $400 Easel Aug 14, 2009
6-inch laptops with the same DVD burner, same-size hard drive, and same 1,366 by 768 screen resolution as the EZ1601, for the same $400 each -- a Compaq with a single-core Celeron CPU and 3GB of RAM and a Dell with a dual-core Pentium and 2GB. Either should give a more satisfying computing experience with the bonus of portability ... If they'd stick an inexpensive dual-core chip and 3GB of memory into it and sell it for $450, they'd have a dandy little desktop. (HardwareCentral)
Averatec N2700: A Netbook-Sized Notebook Aug 7, 2009
1-inch notebook with a dual-core Pentium processor, ample 4GB of RAM and 250GB hard disk, and onboard DVD RW drive in a four-and-a-quarter-pound package not quite as light as a netbook, but not a briefcase burden at 8 ... 16GHz dual-core with 1MB of Level 2 cache along with 4GB of DDR2 memory, Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics, a 250GB Fujitsu hard drive, and an HL-DT-ST DVD RW drive. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Ultra-Thin Laptops: AMD's Big Hope Aug 6, 2009
It consists of single- or dual-core low watt processors called Athlon Neo, which have a power draw as low as 15 watts but only run under 1. 5GHz. (Datamation)
Asus dances with AMD Aug 5, 2009
ASUS has begun shipping its first two AMD-based notebooks, the K40AB and K50AB, which are powered by the AMD Athlon X2 dual-core QL64 processor (2. 1GHz). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
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2 GHz Dual Core processor, and 320GB SATA drive for only $999. 99. (IGN PC Games)
Review: Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 Jul 25, 2009
A dual-core processor with 3GB of DDR3 and a 250GB drive. (Even so, the Y450 is sadly no better than a netbook at playing high-octane games, but you can't have everything. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Save big on back-to-school gear Jul 24, 2009
These powerful, dual-core 64-bit processors will suit most students. Don't worry too much about processor speed. (USA Today -- Tech)
Lenovo IdeaPad Y450: Cheap and Appealing Jul 22, 2009
A dual-core processor with 3GB of DDR3 and a 250GB drive ... Under the hood is Intel's Pentium Dual-Core T4200, an economy-class 2. (Datamation)
Dell Expands Vostro Desktop Line with Sleek All-in-One Jul 21, 2009
The configure-to-order machines will offer a range of Intel processors (depending on model) including Celeron, Pentium Dual Core, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad chips with up to 4GB of RAM. Operating system options include Windows Vista Business, Vista Home Basic, Windows 7 (when available late this year) and even Ubuntu Linux (on select models). For wireless connectivity, 802. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Latest netbook incarnations are an improvement Jul 16, 2009
The model I tested had a dual-core processor from , a $75 option that can handle more challenging jobs than the relatively feeble Atom chip in the Mini. The Pavilion also has a separate video processor with extra memory. (Boston Globe)
Gaming Laptop Buyer's Guide Jul 14, 2009
2 GHz AMD Turion X2 Dual Core. RAM: 4GB DDR2 667/800. (IGN PC Games)
IIJ America's Point Red Hosting Service to Offer Next-Generation Hybrid Server With Advanced Features and Complete Redundancy Jul 7, 2009
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Chipmakers' Claims Of Long Battery Life Pass The Sniff Test? Jul 1, 2009
A recent Best Buy () print ad states that a Hewlett-Packard () Compaq notebook computer with Intel Celeron processor gets up to 2 hours, 45 minutes of battery life on a charge, while a Toshiba with an AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile processor gets up to 2 hours and 2 minutes. The ad states that the battery life was tested using MobileMark 2007. (Investors Business Daily)
Intel, IBM spar for lead in Top 500 list Jun 24, 2009
Another 102 systems are using dual-core processors. Only four systems still use single core processors. (EETimes)
Adaptec Introduces Series 5Z RAID Controllers With First Maintenance Free, Flash-Based Cached Data Protection for On-Demand Cloud Computing Data Centers Jun 24, 2009
The Adaptec Series 5Z energy-efficient, low-profile controllers feature a dual core RAID on Chip (ROC), DDR2 533MHz write cache and an x8 PCI Express host interface bus connection. Pricing and Availability. (PR Newswire)
The next battlefield Jun 20, 2009
AMD in June launched a dual-core version of its ultra-thin chip and said it will launch a second generation of chips in the second half of the year that it says will nearly double the battery life of the first. "Some people are suggesting that AMD could step in and pick up some of Intel's market share, but I'm not too sure. AMD doesn't have the same range of chips that Intel has right now, and it's difficult for me to see how they can really change the current state of play," Daiwa Institute of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
COMPUTEX TAIPEI Moves into the New Ear with Green Technology and Precision Design Jun 6, 2009
These considerable product lines include CPU, HDD, PCB, power supply, LED backlight and NB. Intel Ultra-Low Voltage Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 dual core processor and 50% less power consumption HDD from Hitachi EcoTrac Travelstart5K500. B new range are some examples. (JCN Network, Japan)
COMPUTEX TAIPEI Wraps-up with Record Size, Scale & Turn-out; Top ICT Event Shifts into a Multi-industry Info-hub Jun 6, 2009
Green Technologies on Display The theme "Mobile Technologies for a Green World" of COMPUTEX TAIPEI CEO SUMMIT FORUM serves as a great warm-up for the green technologies and products at the show, including CPU, HDD, PCB, power supply, LED backlight and NB. Intel's Ultra-Low Voltage Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 dual core processor and 50% less power consumption HDD from Hitachi's EcoTrac Travelstart5K500. B new range are some examples. (JCN Network, Japan)
Lines between netbooks, laptops keep blurring Jun 4, 2009
AMD has its Athlon Neo processor, and just announced its dual-core Athlon Neo to serve larger but lighter laptops. HPHP's dv2, with a 12. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Intel Looks Ultra-Thin, AMD Goes Mainstream Jun 3, 2009
The Athlon II 250, as the part is known, will be a dual-core processor with faster HyperTransport interfaces, support for the AM3 socket (which supports DDR3 memory) and a bigger L2 cache, 2MB instead of 1MB in older models. All this is available for $87 in lots of 1,000, making it very affordable, notes Brent Barry, marketing manager in the Desktop group at AMD.. (SmallBusinessComputing)
AMD Introduces Next Generation AMD Athlon II Processor, Adds Dual Core to Record-Setting AMD Phenom II Processor Lineup Jun 2, 2009
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MediaTek Introduced MT7110 Series WiMAX SoC -- the Highest Integrated WiMAX Chips for CPEs, Handsets, and other Mobile Devices Jun 1, 2009
MT7119 has an integrated Ethernet switch and PHYs, and support 4 ports of VoIP. Both chips are featured with two tightly integrated dual-core processors with well-architected system and memory buses, optimized for performance. "MT7117/7119 deliver higher networking and VoIP throughput while consuming less power than competing solutions. We are proud to introduce these two WiMAX SoC that are clearly leading in performance and integration. Customers will be able to build cost effective CPEs that... (PR Newswire)
Don't Buy It Now May 29, 2009
Take a look at eBay's completed auctions to see how much you can save by buying used: If you bought a 15-inch Inspiron laptop with a dual-core processor from Dell, you'd pay ; on eBay, similar machines have sold for. Purchased new, Lenovo's T400 Thinkpad series , but used models can be had for. (Slate)
This Week's Best Netbook May 28, 2009
Using the single-core Atom's Hyper-Threading Technology to simulate a dual-core environment, it rendered 's sample screen in 17 minutes and 6 seconds -- 38 seconds quicker than the 8. 9-inch Aspire One we last August. (HardwareCentral)
Asus Eee Top PC ET1602 Review May 28, 2009
For the same $500 or so it will cost you take home an Eee Top, you can admittedly buy a low-end desktop and monitor equipped with a dual-core CPU, more RAM, a larger hard drive, and a DVD drive to boot. That PC will undoubtedly perform better than the Eee Top, but it will also be noisier and more power-hungry, take up a lot more space, and it won't include your niceties like a touch-screen or integrated Wi-Fi. (HardwareCentral)
AMD Foundation Announces New AMD Changing the Game Program Partners to Advance Youth Game Development May 27, 2009
First place winners in each age group will be eligible to receive a 16-inch HP Pavilion dv6 series notebook powered by an X2 Ultra Dual-Core mobile processor ZM-84. the signature education initiative of the AMD Foundation, is designed to take gaming beyond entertainment and inspire youth to learn critical education and life skills by equipping them to create digital games with social content. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Xilinx & BEEcube to Unveil Next-Generation FPGA-based Multi-core SoC Development Platform for Sun OpenSPARC May 22, 2009
A single BEE3 module is capable of emulating either a quad-core 16-thread or two dual-core 8-thread UltraSPARC T1 processors, running on a binary-compatible OpenSolaris(TM) or Ubuntu Linux operating system. Each BEE3 module is designed using the latest Virtex-5 FPGAs. (PR Newswire)
Is Atom's growth hurting Intel? May 10, 2009
Analysts say it's too early to gauge impact, but Intel data shows the margin for the Atom, which has 85 per cent of the netbook market, is about 11 percentage points below the margin for dual-core processors. Executives and industry experts argue netbooks will never become mainstream because of their inability to run much beyond word processing. (India Times, India)
Review: Acer Veriton M265 Desktop PC May 7, 2009
Our test model, the Veriton M265-ED2220C, comes equipped with an Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor E2220 running at 2. 4GHz, 2GB of RAM (expandable to 4GB), a 160GB hard drive, integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 graphics chip, a multi-format DVD burner (with LabelFlash label-etching abilities), and a basic keyboard and mouse for $419. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Black Market Gear May 7, 2009
SECTIONS CHANNELS ; GET GAMES. DJ style Bluetooth headsets, cheap laptops, Logitech remotes, and more. (IGN PC Games)
AMD and Learning Games Network Sponsor A-ha Moment Video Contest May 4, 2009
First-place contest winners in each age group will be eligible to receive a 16 inch HP Pavilion dv6 series notebook, powered by an X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor ZM-84. For an entry form and full contest details and rules, please visit. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Intel Article: Dynamically Scalable Intel Microarchitecture Codenamed Nehalem Apr 30, 2009
Intel Xeon processor 5500 series delivers up to 4x greater performance for HPC applications than Intel dual-core processors. Two-processor servers based on the Intel Xeon 5500 processor have up to eight computation engines, 16 threads per two-socket platform with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, and as much as 3. (IntranetJournal)
Processors play it cool Apr 28, 2009
They embarked on the Core Wars, which are stilling playing out today - with dual core now standard on notebooks while desktops push into four cores and beyond. At the same time, much of the processing required for high-end games has been offloaded from the CPU to the graphics card - triggering another round of Megahertz and Core Wars. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Buying a Cheap PC With 8 GB RAM: Shopping Tips Apr 28, 2009
The other issue with running a lot of VMs besides RAM is that you want the right CPU inside your PC, one that supports the virtualization extensions called Intel-VT or AMD-V. Neither company makes it very clear which of its Dual Core Duo this or that processor actually supports these extensions. Check out this discussion here: http://communities. (Datamation)
A Full-Figured Compact Apr 19, 2009
Office Depot shoppers will find a low-end UC7308 configuration with an Intel Pentium Dual-Core CPU, but the UC7807 carries Intel's Core 2 Duo T6400 -- a 2. 0GHz dual-core processor with 2MB of Level 2 cache -- along with 3GB of DDR2/667 memory, stopping short of the system's maximum 4GB for the sake of the preinstalled 32- rather than 64-bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium. (HardwareCentral)
Fujitsu Updates Business PC Lineups Apr 14, 2009
Tokyo, Apr 14, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced across-the-line updates for its FMV-ESPRIMO desktop and FMV-LIFEBOOK laptop business PCs, comprising a total of seven series and 31 models(1). Sales of the new models begin in Japan today. (JCN Network, Japan)
OnLive games service 'will work' Apr 2, 2009
" The games themselves will be running on "off the shelf motherboards" at the data centres. The company has calculated that each server will be dealing with about 10 different gamers, because of the varying demands games have on hardware. "Most games run fine on dual core processors. What you really want is a high performance graphics processor unit," said Mr Perlman. He said that while work continued on refining the algorithm the bulk of the technical work had been completed. A wider beta test... (BBC News -- Technology)
Nehalem Launch Resets Performance Bar Apr 1, 2009
Industry estimates are that about 40 percent of installed servers are single-core systems while another 40 percent are dual-core. Intel's Skaugen said a conservative estimate is that companies that consolidate eight single-core servers to one quad-core Nehalem-based server could expect a payback within eight months, thanks to energy savings and other efficiencies. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Freescale rolls 45-nm comms processors Apr 1, 2009
The 45-nm PowerQUICC, dual-core QorIQ and six-core StarCore DSP, announced Tuesday (March 31) at the aims to help OEMs build higher performance 3G and 4G wireless basestations that consume less power, Freescale said. "OEMs building wireless infrastructure equipment with Freescale's new 45-nanometer parts should reap a significant boost in performance as well as a reduction in both cost and power consumption over previous generation parts," said Linley Gwennap, principal analyst with The Linley... (EETimes)
Intel: Nehalem "Frees Up Resources" Apr 1, 2009
Gelsinger was basing his remarks on the idea that an IT department would replace or consolidate its older single and dual-core servers with new ones based on quad-core Nehalem (Xeon 5500) processors. Certainly, there is no lack of equipment ripe for upgrading in most datacenters: IDC estimates about 40 percent of the installed based of Intel servers run on single-core processors, while another 40 percent on dual-core. (Datamation)
Test Center: Intel's Nehalem sizzles Apr 1, 2009
Back when AMD's Opteron was ruling the performance roost, Intel was busy gluing two separate cores onto a single die and calling it a dual-core CPU. Memory bandwidth lagged due to the central off-die memory controller, and while the overall performance of the processor was acceptable, it lacked the NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) punch that was the Opteron's claim to fame. Nehalem is based on a NUMA architecture, much like the Opteron, and its performance is miles ahead of anything else Intel... (InfoWorld)
