AMD Phenom x4 processors promise high performance
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 21. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
Intel have released their Intel corei7 architecture last month. Intel have obviously moved into the high end bracket of the computer hardware market. A new corei7 system could cost around £1500 where the motherboard alone costs £200.
Intel Core 2 quad is now considered main stream along with amd phenom processors. AMD’s price bracket is alot [...]
Intel Core i7 UK Priced
Posted by Simon Whiston in Graphics on 17. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
Intels new processors are now out! They are widely available across the uk in most major hardware retailers. The Nehalem processor retail name Core i7 comes in three flavours, these include: 2.66 Ghz, 2.93 Ghz and 3.20 Ghz (Extreme edition).
Price range
2.66 Ghz - £280
2.93 Ghz - £500
£3.20 Ghz - £900
These prices above are give or [...]
Corei7 memory modules cannot exceed 1.65volts
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 06. Oct, 2008 | No Comments
Intel Corei7 technology has a sudden pitfall with its architecture. I’ve always had my suspicions that Intel had an issue with their memory! Taken that the new memory controller is not asynchronous and the fact that you can only run odd number of modules the voltage bottleneck didn’t come as a surprise.
Memory modules cannot exceed [...]
Analysts un-sure about Larrabee
Posted by Simon Whiston in Graphics on 15. Sep, 2008 | No Comments
Analysts reckon that Larrabee will not be the graphics hit Intel claim. Intel have claimed that Larrabee will be more powerful than Nvidia who have developed their products for a 10 year span. It takes years of practise to achieve good drivers, inter connects and memory bandwidth.
Intel have made great success in other processor markets, [...]
Core i7 x58 Intel Chip Set Motherboard
Posted by Simon Whiston in Motherboards on 12. Sep, 2008 | No Comments
JUST CHECK IT OUT! U’LL LOVE IT!
Now that I have your attention lets have a closer look at the video! You can see that the socket has now enlarged to compensate for the inbuilt memory controller which AMD thought of when they first started creating processors! What advantage Intel will have I’m not sure but [...]
Asus Eee Box
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 12. Sep, 2008 | No Comments
So we had the EEE PC laptop that was fairly popular but then as technology moves on so would the eee pc/box specification. To those people who decided to get a asus EEE PC I would of personally waited for the release of Intels Atom processor. This could only result in more mobile technology, [...]
