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03/26/2008: Does low power always mean a performance sacrifice?

Not according to the latest SPECpower benchmark results. But first, no doubt you all saw the excellent press coverage the new low voltage Xeon announcement garnered. But what does it mean in practical terms? Well, let me remind you of...

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Tagged: efficiency, intel, lowvoltage, power, processor, quadcore, spec, specpower, xeon

11/19/2007: 45-Nanometer-Hafnium-based-High- k-dielectric-Metal-Gate… Huh??

“Hafnium high-k, what?” you ask? What does it all mean? Yes, I know. To many of us this all sounds like a bunch of technical mumbo jumbo and makes us all feel like we’re back in high school chemistry class....

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Tagged: 45nm, hafnium, highk, processor, transistor

08/23/2007: New Intel Ads

Intel has launched a new advertising campaign - moving away from the ‘Multiply’ ads with cool and funky dancers to something a bit more processor specific. These ‘Centrino Duo’ ads feature charming and debonair little processors (with British accents) chatting...

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Tagged: ad, fab, intel, processor

08/17/2007: Gaming on Integrated Graphics: No Longer Crazy Talk

Intel has launched new drivers for its G965 integrated graphics chipset. But what does this mean? Traditionally, integrated graphics have been the weaklings of the graphics world – sure there are a lot of them sold, but traditionally they have...

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Tagged: gaming, graphics, integratedgraphics, processor, video