Archive for the ‘CPUs’ Category
November 12
Intel to pay $1.25 billion to AMD
Intel to pay $1.25 billion to AMD under new settlement contract
Intel and AMD announced a “comprehensive” agreement to end all outstanding legal disputes between the companies, including antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes. Under the new agreement Intel will pay $1.25 billion to AMD. In return, AMD will drop all cases against Intel.
In a joint statement the two companies commented, “While the relationship between the two companies has been difficult in the past, this agreement ends the legal disputes and enables the companies to focus all of our efforts on product innovation and development.”
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September 2
AMD Six-Core Opteron EE processor
AMD announces new Six-Core AMD Opteron EE processor for Cloud and Dense Computing Environments
AMD announced the immediate availability of the new Six-Core AMD Opteron EE processor at 40W ACP. Delivering up to 31 percent higher performance-per-watt over standard Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, the Six-Core AMD Opteron EE processor is tailored to meet the demands of customers who need strong performance, but must trim out every watt possible in a server system and reduce the datacenter’s power draw.Many customers requiring this very low power processor deploy dense, large-scale IT projects where system power trumps raw performance and every watt of power savings can have significant positive impact on the bottom line.
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May 31
VIA launches 64-bit Nano Processor
Press Release:
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the new VIA Nano processor family based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture.
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May 16
AMD today introduced the industry’s first energy-efficient x86 server processors with four processing cores and an integrated memory controller all in a low 55-watt ACP thermal envelope. Blade and rack systems based on five new low-power Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE (Highly Efficient) processors are now widely available from global OEMs and solution providers.Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE processors are available in both the 2300 and 8300 Series for two-, four- and eight-way rack servers and blades.
March 28
AMD’s fastest Phenom X4 9850 desktop CPU is tested. Free of the nasty TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer) bug, the stage is now set for a head-to-head with Intel’s best. While it’s a significant step forward for AMD, the 9850 proc hardly compares with Intel’s best quad-core desktop CPUs. Nevertheless, as PCPer says, “any enthusiast or gamer looking for a ~$240 processor is going to have a fantastic experience with the 9850.” We’re just happy to see AMD back on track and ready to compete. Now get to it AMD, faster clock speeds and 45-nm processes please? Intel needs someone banging at the door to keep Moore’s Law from becoming Moore’s Recommendation.
