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Thursday 19 March 2009
Intel to drop some desktop PC CPU prices 10-20%, launch new models
Intel plans to launch new desktop PC processors while reducing some models' prices in April, May and July this year. Average price reductions will be around 10-20%, according to sources...
Friday 13 March 2009
Faraday and subsidiary Yin-Tsan move to mass production of 32-bit CPU SSD controllers
IC design service provider Faraday Technology and its IC design subsidiary Yin-Tsan (transliterated from Chinese) have begun mass production of 32-bit CPU SSD controllers adopting...
Friday 6 March 2009
RMI expands presence in white-box netbook market
A Taiwan IC distributor plans to adopt CPUs from Cupertino, California-based RMI in white-box netbooks, according to market sources. RMI has a range of MIPS-based CPUs which have...
Tuesday 3 March 2009
Intel and TSMC to collaborate on Atom
Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on addressing technology platform, intellectual property...
Thursday 26 February 2009
Triple-core AMD CPUs seeing demand upsurge on unlock reports
Consumer demand for AMD triple-core Phenom II CPUs is seeing an upsurge following recent reports that the fourth core can be enabled by BIOS settings on certain motherboards, according...
Thursday 26 February 2009
Gigabyte reveals more on upcoming 10.1-inch netbooks
Gigabyte Technology has revealed more details about the three 10.1-inch netbooks – the Touch Note T1028, Booktop M1022, and Thin Note S1024 – that it plans to showcase...
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Intel offering Core i7 CPU and SSD bundle
Intel recently began offering its partners a discount bundle deal including a Core i7 CPU and solid state drive (SSD) hoping to increase demand of the two product lines and to clear...
Tuesday 10 February 2009
AMD adds five Phenom II CPUs to Dragon platform
AMD has extended the lifespan of its desktop-based Dragon platform technology with five new additions to its AMD Phenom II processor family, including two 45nm triple-core processors...
Friday 6 February 2009
Intel to bring forward Atom N280 CPU launch to second half of February, say notebook makers
Intel has decided to bring forward the launch of its single-core Atom N280 processor bundled with GN40 chipset to the second half of February instead of in the second or third quarter...
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.
Tuesday 20 January 2009
Intel to launch Pineview CPU for netbooks in 2H09
Intel plans to launch its next generation Atom CPU (codenamed Pineview) in the second half of 2009 with a single-core version targeting netbooks and a dual-core for nettops, according...
Friday 16 January 2009
Intel postpones the launch schedule of Lynnfield CPUs and P55 chipset
Intel has recently decided to postpone its next-generation mainstream CPU Lynnfield along with the P55 chipset to the end of August or the beginning of September this year, and may...
Friday 16 January 2009
AMD adds new CPUs, a chipset and packaging technology to its embedded lineup
AMD has added two new CPUs (Sempron 200U and 210U), a new chipset (780E) and ASB1 ball grid array packaging technology to its embedded lineup.
Thursday 15 January 2009
CPU makers postpone DDR3 generation to 2010
Although both Intel and AMD were originally expected to fully transition to DDR3 across their product lines in 2009, with the two players now postponing their DDR3-only chipset schedules,...
Monday 5 January 2009
AMD to introduce six 45nm business class desktop CPUs in 3Q09
Following AMD's recent update to it 45nm consumer desktop CPU schedule, sources at motherboard makers have revealed the company also plans to launch six 45nm processors for its business...