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AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4850 introduced
By Mike Knickerbacker, On 6/23/08 1:10 PM
Tags: amd, ati, radeon 4850

Preempting a formal introduction by AMD alone, both AMD and Diamond have publicly introduced the Radeon HD 4850. Both the reference video card and Diamond's own model are some of the few upper

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Intel and Nvidia headed for licensing stand-off
By Mike Knickerbacker, On 6/2/08 12:58 PM
Tags: inte, nehalem, nvidia, sli

This started out as a rumor today, but Intel has since more-or-less confirmed that licensing discussions between Intel and Nvidia for Intel's next-generation processors are not going well and the

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AMD Unveils Phenom X3 Processors For $145
By Mike Knickerbacker, On 5/26/08 1:54 PM
Tags: amd, phenom, phenom x3, processor

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. on Wednesday introduced three triple-core Phenom desktop processors for less than $200. Combined with the AMD 780 series chipsets, the new chips are aimed at high-end

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NVIDIA Debuts the World's Fastest GPU on the 8800 Ultra
By Mike Knickerbacker, On 5/20/08 5:41 PM
Tags: 8800 ultra, fastest gpu, gpu, nvidia

NVIDIA Corp. has announced the GeForce 8800 Ultra which boasts of the world's fastest graphics processing unit, (GPU). This is a gamer's dream which is about 15 percent faster than the previously

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AMD vs. Intel - the court case continues
By Mike Knickerbacker, On 5/12/08 1:39 PM
Tags: amd court case, amd vs intel

AMD filed a suit against Intel way back in 2005 alleging among other things that Intel had conspired with major PC OEMs to keep AMD out of the marketplace. The case is set to go to trial in 2009 and

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Intel and Nvidia co-sponsors in parallel programming initiative
By Mike Knickerbacker, On 5/8/08 9:01 PM
Tags: intel, nvidia

Stanford’s new Pervasive Parallelism Lab (PPL) is good news for the software industry as research results coming out of this effort are likely to include programming tools in one way or the

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AMD releases new triple-core Phenoms
By Mike Knickerbacker, On 4/30/08 4:52 PM
Tags: amd, phenom, triple-core

As expected, AMD rounded out today its new line of triple-core Phenom processsors. The three new chips include the 2.4GHz Phenom X3 8750 ($195), 2.3GHz Phenom X3 8650 ($165), and the 2.1GHz Phenom

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Why Intel Won't Kill Nvidia
By Mike Knickerbacker, On 4/21/08 4:05 PM
Tags: intel, nvidia

Stung by talk that microprocessor giant Intel is going to roll through the graphics processor business just as it steamed over rival microprocessor maker Advanced Micro Devices, NVIDIA Corporation

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The No. 2 chipmaker (AMD) is developing some promising products.
By Mike Knickerbacker, On 4/14/08 2:31 PM
Tags: amd, new, products

Advanced Micro Devices, the little PC chipmaker that couldn't, then could, then couldn't, is struggling again. What has it tried repeatedly to do? To compete both successfully on product with its

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Self-contained maintenance-free water cooling system - in all our high-end systems
By Mike Knickerbacker, On 4/14/08 2:06 PM

Key Featues Fast and foolproof Installation at the OEM, as it is mounted the same way and with the same means as current solutions. Integrated pump, reservoir and cold plate in one

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