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Intel Thinks 40% Of Consumer Laptops Will Be ‘Ultrabooks’ By The End Of 2012

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4:00PM May 31, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Intel took the opportunity at Computex in Taipei to unveil its most recent processor roadmap today. The big news? It’s created a new category of thin, lightweight computers which it’s dubbed “Ultrabooks”, which it claims will account for 40 per cent of personal laptops by the end of 2012. Big call. More »


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Intel’s 2nd-Gen Core Processors: Mega-Media Machines

4:00PM January 3, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Intel’s follow-up to last year’s Core processors hasn’t exactly been a closely guarded secret. But even though the specs leaked months ago, what’s clear now about Sandy Bridge is that Intel’s taking direct aim at content. More »


Intel’s New Superefficient-But-Fast Laptop Core i5 Chips On Jan. 7

10:20AM December 18, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Intel’s dropping a big bowl o’ chips on January 7 – 17 of ‘em – like the first lower-end Core i3 chips, but we’re most excited about the Arrandale Core i5 for laptops: still fast but more efficient ’cause they’re shrunk to 32nm. More »


Core i5 And Core i7 Rumored To Arrive In January

8:54AM December 2, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

It’s obvious that Intel’s Arrandale-based Core i5 and Core i7 processors’ release is right around the corner, but Fudzilla is reporting that it’s happening in January. If true, this could mean that a MacBook Pro refresh would follow rather soon. More »


Giz Explains: Intel’s Entire Confusing Armada Of Chips

1:00AM October 16, 2009 | 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 »


AMD Athlon II X4 620: Four Cores For $US99

3:20PM September 16, 2009 | Danny Allen

AMD’s new Athlon II X4 chips are like a Phenom II minus the L3 cache. And they’re super-cheap: $US99 (2.6GHz-620), and $US122 (2.8GHz-630). Also looks like they hold their own against the $US150 Core 2 Quad 8200: [Maximum PC] More »