http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/21/new.chip.will.be.compatible.with.am3.am2.sockets/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/amdsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD has confirmed that it is readying a six-core processor, codenamed Thuban, that is geared for consumer desktops. The component is based on the company's six-core Opteron series that was recently announced for server configurations.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/21/new.chip.will.be.compatible.with.am3.am2.sockets/ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/15/first.45nm.x4.offerings.to.hit.budget.prices/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/amdsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD has introduced several new processors, the Athlon II X4 620 and 630, that have been added to the company's 'mainstream' desktop platform. The 620 component represents AMD's first quad-core processor to ship for less than $100, while still integrating the latest 45nm process architecture.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/15/first.45nm.x4.offerings.to.hit.budget.prices/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/29/isiah.based.nano.chips/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/28-via2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />On the heels of its C7-based OpenBook reference design, VIA Technologies on Thursday formally introduced its VIA Nano processor family based on the "Isaiah" architecture. VIA claims that the Nano family, which uses Fujitsuís 65 nanometer process, offers as much as four times the performance of its previous-generation within the same power and thermal envelope, while offering pin-compatibility with... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/29/isiah.based.nano.chips/ Thu, 29 May 2008 10:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/30/amds.100.puma.laptops/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0711/amdphenom.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Hoping to garner a greater mobile marketshare, AMD says that around 100 laptop designs will be based around the Puma laptop chip platform, which is scheduled to launch in June. A company spokesman told PC World that the launch will feature twice as many designs as the launch of its last mobile platform. With plans to launch Puma during the Computex trade show, the platform will offer greater power... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/30/amds.100.puma.laptops/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/19/amd.reveals.45nm.shanghai/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/19-AMD.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD engineers this week said that the company plans on introducing new 12-core processors later this year. The first processors based on 45nm Shanghai platform are due later this year and will be nearly identical to the B3 variant of the Socket 1207 Opteron (Barcelona) shipping today, according to DailyTech. The processors will reportedly use the faster HyperTransport 3.0 for inter-CPU communicati... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/19/amd.reveals.45nm.shanghai/ Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/26/22ghz.vs.26ghz.macbook/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/app_071126_macbookpsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple earlier this month quietly updated its MacBook Pro by offering a larger hard drive as well as faster processor speeds via its build-to-order shopping option. A new test using Geekbench 2 results for the MacBook Pro 2.2GHz, 2.4GHz, and 2.6GHz models reveal slight speed differences as expected, driving the tester to conclude that the performance gains of the fastest MacBook Pro are only worth ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/26/22ghz.vs.26ghz.macbook/ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/24/apple.should.buy.amd/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/24-amd-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple should buy AMD, according to a report that outlines the ten reasons to do so. Financial analysis website Seeking Alpha has created a top ten list of reasons that it thinks Apple should buy processor manufacturer AMD. The report argues that Apple's best features, such as its system architecture, operating system, and applications will compliment AMD's multi-core CPUs and energy saving technol... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/24/apple.should.buy.amd/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:40:00 GMT