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New iMacs Get Core i7 Chips, But What Does That Mean?
3:41AM Wilson Rothman | We were pretty excited to see Intel’s new monster quad-core chips inside the iMacs Apple unveiled today, but you may be a little confused by the options: Core 2 Duo or Core i7 or Core i5??? Can someone please explain? Why yes, Giz can.
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Giz Explains: Intel’s Entire Confusing Armada Of Chips
1:00AM Matt Buchanan | Intel makes a lot of processors. Too many, maybe. Don’t know the difference between a Core i7 and a Core 2 Duo? A Bloomfield from a Wolfdale? A Sasquatch from a Yeti? You’re not alone. More »
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IDF’s Affordable Thin-And-Lights Are Decidedly Not Netbooks
7:33AM Dan Nosowitz | Want the tiny size of a netbook, but the power of a full-size? Intel showed off a crop of ultraportable laptops, all aimed at around an $US800 MSRP, using Core 2 Duo processors, not Atom. Check out our gallery below. More »
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Intel’s New Easy-for-Your-Mum-to-Understand Processor Badges
11:20PM Matt Buchanan | They’re designed to be simple to understand for regular people, so you don’t need these explained, right? More »
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Intel Refreshing Montevina Chips, Adding More Power in Spring
1:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | If you’re looking into getting a new laptop, you should probably hold off until after the holidays for an extra boost in processing power. According to sources at AppleInsider, Intel’s planning a refresh of its Montevina Core 2 Duo processors for Spring 2009. The update will give notebooks two new variants of chips, a P88000 running at 2.66GHz and a T9900 with 3.06GHz. These next Montevina chips will be the last ones Intel produces before it turns to its Core i7 architecture – but that switch-up is at least a year down the line, and who’s going to put off laptop buying for that long? [Apple Insider] More »
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1:19PM Nathan Taylor | If you’re somebody who thinks that your notebook computer should be able to run performance-hungry games like Crysis at 60fps with everything jacked up to 11, then you’ll probably be pleased to know that Intel will be producing at least one quad-core chip for notebooks by the third quarter of this year. The new chip, rumoured to be called the Core 2 Extreme QX9300, will be built using the latest 45nm technology, and it will come out some time after the Centrino 2 platform appears in Q2.
Of course, it was only a few weeks ago that Intel officially announced Atom, a very low-power processor that should be popular for sub-notebooks like the Eee PC and other devices in which battery life is at a premium. [IDG/Good Gear Guide]
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Quad Core Chips for Notebooks Will Bring Desktop Performance to Portables
1:19PM Nathan Taylor | If you’re somebody who thinks that your notebook computer should be able to run performance-hungry games like Crysis at 60fps with everything jacked up to 11, then you’ll probably be pleased to know that Intel will be producing at least one quad-core chip for notebooks by the third quarter of this year. The new chip, rumoured to be called the Core 2 Extreme QX9300, will be built using the latest 45nm technology, and it will come out some time after the Centrino 2 platform appears in Q2.
Of course, it was only a few weeks ago that Intel officially announced Atom, a very low-power processor that should be popular for sub-notebooks like the Eee PC and other devices in which battery life is at a premium. [IDG/Good Gear Guide]
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale Processor Tested (Verdict: “Recommended”)
1:00PM Haroon Malik | The chaps over at Hot Hardware have put the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 processor, which belongs to the (45nm) Wolfdale line, through its paces, and they sure were impressed. From their extensive testing, the processor, intended for desktop machines and ideal for gaming especially, did not seem to make any massive changes on an architectural level, however, small adjustments had a great overall effect on performance. The 6MB of L2 cache brought an impressive speed boost, while the power consumption and heat production levels both fell. More »
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