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From Sand to Silicon: the Making of a Chip
This was passed along to me on Twitter today, thought I’d share it with the Scoop audience. Awesome video showcasing how sand is turned into one of the worlds most innovative use of silicon - the Intel Core Processor!...
tagged: bloomfield, chip, core_i5, core_i7, cpu, extreme, gaming, gulftown, innovation, intel, nehalem, sandy_bridge, silicon, todd_christ, westmere
The holidays are coming... what's on your Intel wish list?
Computers have changed our daily schedule so much in the past few years, and as we slowly creep into the holiday season, what is on top of your holiday list this season? Do you envision building the baddest of Core...My Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade experience rates 7 out of 7!
I’ve been dying to do this upgrade for a while, and I finally did the upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate! Yes, I said “upgrade”, mostly because I just wasn’t ready to do a full OS rebuild on my Core i7....Affordable Performance: How the NEW Intel Core i7 helps you to "Get Your Game ON!"
When people ask me for recommendations on buying (or building) a new PC, my first question is ‘How much do you want to spend’ - because like anything, you usually get what you pay for. Everyone who’s wanted Intel Core...The Intel Core i5 Processor - what's in your gaming PC?
If you've been waiting for the Core i5 Processor - then wait no longer! This CPU was just released and the reviews look pretty darned amazing! The newest Core i5 45nm chips give you multi-threaded performance for faster multi-tasking,...Intel Solid State Drives - SOLID!
This video gives a whole new meaning to ‘durable computing’… and for those of you who don’t like math… 70C is 158F (that’s HOT!)...
tagged: alan_frost, black_rock, burning_man, gaming, high_performance_computing, intel, solid, solid_state, solid_state_drive, ssd, todd_christ, x25, x25m, x25, x25m
Blizzcon Goodie Bag - and a video montage of the event...
Ok - I’ll be totally honest here… when I was first invited to goto Blizzcon - I hesitated. Why? Well, for one - I’m not a Warcraft player, I’ve seen Starcraft, and many of my friends have lost countless...
tagged: blizzcon, core, core_i7, diablo, gaming, intelgameon, murloc, starcraft, todd_christ, warcraft
Starcraft 2 Fans - Blizzcon didn't forget about you!
From my previous Blizzcon blogs, you know that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and Diablo 3 have been previewed already - but many of you are die-hard Starcraft fans too! Whether you’re a Protoss, Terran or Zerg - this to be...For the Alliance? or Horde? Blizzcon 2009 is simply amazing!
As an online gamer, I’m pretty used to ‘community’ practices - finding friends, joining clans, online forums - but this Blizzard crew blows them all away! I’ve had a chance to walk the whole floor, and the amount of energy...Blizzcon 2009 - We're going to Anaheim!!!
Blizzcon - a massive event for the most Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) creator - BLIZZARD Entertainment! Yes - the software monstrosity that brings us games like StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft is having their annual Blizzcon...Sacramento LANFest 2009 - food, friends and lots of FUN!
I remember attending my first LAN Party back in the mid-90s - a small group of us; maybe 8 to 10 people at a friend's house. We played Quake 2 for about 10 hours... It wasn't so much the game-time...Friday Night Fights - Intel Style!!!
$80,000 in prizes are up for grabs. When gamers get together - great things happen! I’m going to give this site a shot and try my best to frag some of the finest in gaming… that’s right, I’m going...
Building a better, faster, multi-core Tomorrow @ Kid to Work Day!
Each year, I get the opportunity to volunteer at our local campus to help setup Kid to Work Day - many companies have promoted this type of activity where the employees can bring their kids to work to see what...Tomorrow's games are being created today...
As an update to my previous blog, I did take the multitude of responses and added a 2nd video card to my home PC, and the experience only got better! Now the Core i7 has increased input from the SSD,...I've been 'smacked over' by Intel's latest Extreme Hardware!
This past weekend I was able to upgrade my home PC with the latest in Intel hardware - wow I love this stuff! Motherboard: Intel DX58SO (Smackover) - cool demo Processor: Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Processor (3.2GHz) SSD: Intel...Why I'm upgrading to an Intel Core i7 based computer...
From my previous blog, many of you now know that I’m into PC gaming - but that’s just a glimpse of what I use my PC for. The modern PC is a “media engine”. I’m upgrading my PC at home...
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