We have a winner! We’ve also got AnandTech offered on Amazon’s Kindle and a preview of the new AnandTech site redesign. I hint about a call to writers and a potential reader meetup in India. …
Archive for the ‘CPU & Chipset’ Category
Core i7 Giveaway Winner, AT on Kindle, Site Redesign Preview and More
Friday, November 13th, 2009
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AMD and Intel Settle Their Differences: AMD Gets To Go Fabless
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Today marks a monumental day in the CPU world, as AMD and Intel have settled their differences and dropped all suits against each other. The ramifications are monumental: AMD will officially go fabless…
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Today marks a monumental day in the CPU world, as AMD and Intel have settled their differences and dropped all suits against each other. The ramifications are monumental: AMD will officially go fabless…
AMD Unveils Bulldozer & Bobcat: 2011 Microachitectures
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Could this be AMD’s comeback? It sure looks bold at a high level……
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Could this be AMD’s comeback? It sure looks bold at a high level……
AMD’s 2010 - 2011 Roadmaps: ~1B Transistor Llano APU, Bobcat and Bulldozer
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
There’s not much to talk about from a CPU standpoint with AMD in 2010, so AMD is heavily focused on 2011 and what it plans to do with its first on-die GPU in Llano. Bobcat and Bulldozer also make it back into the headlines as AMD is long overdue for another microprocessor architecture. Bobcat stands to be AMD’s first competitive mobile architecture while…
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There’s not much to talk about from a CPU standpoint with AMD in 2010, so AMD is heavily focused on 2011 and what it plans to do with its first on-die GPU in Llano. Bobcat and Bulldozer also make it back into the headlines as AMD is long overdue for another microprocessor architecture. Bobcat stands to be AMD’s first competitive mobile architecture while…
Giveaway: Win a Lynnfield Core i7 System
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
That’s right, just in time for the holidays we’ve partnered up with Intel to give away a complete Lynnfield Core i7 System….
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That’s right, just in time for the holidays we’ve partnered up with Intel to give away a complete Lynnfield Core i7 System….
AMD’s Athlon II X3 435 & New Energy Efficient CPUs: Killing Intel Below $90
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Hot on the heels of last months’ $99 quad-core, AMD is back with a higher performance alternative to Intel’s Pentium E6xxx series. It’s the return of the triple core with the Athlon II X3 435 and 425. Both priced under $90 and both delivering better than Intel dual-core performance. For the first time in a while, AMD’s biggest competition is itself….
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Hot on the heels of last months’ $99 quad-core, AMD is back with a higher performance alternative to Intel’s Pentium E6xxx series. It’s the return of the triple core with the Athlon II X3 435 and 425. Both priced under $90 and both delivering better than Intel dual-core performance. For the first time in a while, AMD’s biggest competition is itself….
Marvell’s ARMADA: Custom Designed ARM SoCs Break 1GHz
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Anyone can license ARM’s microprocessor architectures, Marvell chooses to license only the instruction set and build its own designs. We look at Marvell’s architecture to see if it’s what you may want in your next smartphone….
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Anyone can license ARM’s microprocessor architectures, Marvell chooses to license only the instruction set and build its own designs. We look at Marvell’s architecture to see if it’s what you may want in your next smartphone….
The Real Conroe Successor: Clarkdale & All You Need to Know about Westmere
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Intel’s 32nm Nehalem tick is almost upon us. Westmere isn’t a radical departure from Nehalem, but there are a few enhancements worth talking about. We go through the on-package graphics, GPU turbo, and even share some preliminary performance data of the next dual-core desktop CPU….
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Intel’s 32nm Nehalem tick is almost upon us. Westmere isn’t a radical departure from Nehalem, but there are a few enhancements worth talking about. We go through the on-package graphics, GPU turbo, and even share some preliminary performance data of the next dual-core desktop CPU….
The Lynnfield Followup: Turbo Mode and Overclocking Investigated
Friday, September 18th, 2009
You asked for results with turbo disabled. You asked for overclocking results. We aim to please: here are the additional tests you requested of Intel’s Core i5 and Core i7 for the LGA-1156 socket….
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You asked for results with turbo disabled. You asked for overclocking results. We aim to please: here are the additional tests you requested of Intel’s Core i5 and Core i7 for the LGA-1156 socket….
The Intel Core i7 860 Review
Friday, September 18th, 2009
The missing link in the Lynnfield lineup is the Core i7 860. Priced at $284 it’s no more expensive than a Core i7 920, yet it runs at a higher clock speed and has much more aggressive turbo modes. Is it the better buy? For most people, it is….
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The missing link in the Lynnfield lineup is the Core i7 860. Priced at $284 it’s no more expensive than a Core i7 920, yet it runs at a higher clock speed and has much more aggressive turbo modes. Is it the better buy? For most people, it is….








































