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/09/11/16/cray.xt5.supercomputer.beats.out.ibm.roadrunner/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/crayin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer has been dethroned from the TOP500 list in terms of computing performance by the Cray XT5 supercomputer, nicknamed Jaguar. The XT5 uses AMD Opteron cores and posted up a 1.75 petaflop/s speed in the Linpack test, outpacing the Roadrunner's 1 petaflop/s performance.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/cray.xt5.supercomputer.beats.out.ibm.roadrunner/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/amd.plans.unified.cpu.gpu.by.2011/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/amdphenomii-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD in its annual analyst event provided details of some of its future processors and platforms. The highlight for the semiconductor firm is "Bulldozer," a major revision for both desktops and notebooks that should be much more efficient at multithreaded codethan existing designs. It will be particularly optimized for pairing with graphics chipsets and will be supplemented by "Bobcat," a variant... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/amd.plans.unified.cpu.gpu.by.2011/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/netbooks.intel.winners.in.q3.share/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/macbookpro17-mattesm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Notebooks rode a massive wave of demand in summer, according to new IDC data. Shipments of mobile processors attached to the systems jumped 35.7 percent compared to the spring and grew more than three times faster than for desktop processors, which advanced 11.4 percent at the same time. Server processors like Intel's Xeon and AMD's Opteron saw their sales grow by 12.2 percent over the period.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/netbooks.intel.winners.in.q3.share/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT 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/09/09/21/amd.fiorano.platform/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/amdopteronsix-core.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD started the week today with a new whole platform for Opterons targeted at servers and the very high end of the computer market. Previously nicknamed Fiorano, the six-core Opteron with AMD chipset takes the company's existing server and workstation chips but adds a new chipset, the S5650, designed to scale for very heavy workloads. The technology now supports virtualization in hardware down t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/21/amd.fiorano.platform/ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/31/amd.outs.new.opteron.cpu/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0908/opteronsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Chipmaker AMD on Monday announced it has released the six-core AMD Opteron EE processor with increased performance, but the same 40W ACP power band as the existing quad-core models. The 1.8GHz launch model is designed for 2U servers and supports all the hardware features of full-power Opterons, such as AMD-V virtualization of other operating systems in hardware as well as newer power management f... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/31/amd.outs.new.opteron.cpu/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/01/hp.xw9400.6.core.opteron/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/hpxw9400.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP today stepped up the power of its xw9400 workstations with the addition of AMD's six-core Opteron 2400 series to the mix. Also nicknamed Istanbul, the chips give a system as many as 12 cores. HP maintains AMD's view that the chips offer about 34 percent more performance per watt when compared to earlier quad-cores, which often use the same amount of energy.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/01/hp.xw9400.6.core.opteron/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/30/amd.intros.suzuka.opteron/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/opteronsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD on Tuesday introduced the latest component in its Opteron 1000 Series of server processors, the quad-core 'Suzuka.' Following the company's tradition of naming processors after Formula 1 tracks, 'Suzuka' is inspired by a circuit in Japan. The CPU is based on the same core as AMD's Shanghai products, with processor speeds of 2.5GHz, 2.7GHz and 2.9GHz. While the new offering aims to increase per... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/30/amd.intros.suzuka.opteron/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/01/amd.opteron.istanbul.cpu/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/opteronsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD on Monday launched the latest AMD Opteron, codenamed 'Istanbul,' as the company's first six-core server processor utilizing Direct Connect architecture. The component is designed to balance performance with power consumption, with up to 34-percent more performance-per-watt than earlier generations running on the same platform.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/01/amd.opteron.istanbul.cpu/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/22/amd.opteron.roadmap/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/amdopteronquadcore.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Marking thh sixth-anniversary of the Opteron processor, AMD has outlined its future server architecture and its dual-path roadmap that will focus on both developing low-power processors as well as performance on a platform level. Having introduced its Opteron EE processor on Wednesday morning, says its next-generation "Istanbul" processors are now expected to ship in May and its "Magny-Cours" proc... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/22/amd.opteron.roadmap/ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:25:00 GMT