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/08/11/21/nehalem.xeon.benchmarks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/intelnehalem.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Early tests conducted with Intel's upcoming Nehalem-based Xeons by TechRadar today show the processor running approximately twice as fast as its current equivalent. Based on the same basic design as Core i7 mainstream chips, a pair of 2.8GHz quad-core Xeon X5560 chips received a SPEC score of 160 in floating-point math tests versus 90 for two 3.4GHz Xeons from the current generation.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/21/nehalem.xeon.benchmarks/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/21/amd.phenom.ii.at.4ghz/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/amdphenom.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD's mainstream Phenom II processors should rekindle the competition with Intel for clock speed, according to a collection of reports of an AMD demonstration session. Based on the recently unveiled Shanghai architecture being used for new Opterons, the quad-core desktop chips should make a modest leap to 3GHz in official clock speeds but will have room for overclocking previously only available ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/21/amd.phenom.ii.at.4ghz/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/13/amd.releases.shanghai/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/amdopteronquadcore.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD has taken the wraps off it's 45nm quad-core 'Shanghai' Opteron processor line", promising improved performance and energy savings. The company says "Shanghai" will be widely available -- unlike its predecessor "Barcelona" which was delayed for months due to production glitches. Designed for the server and workstation market, Shanghai reportedly delivers up to 35 percent better performance whi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/13/amd.releases.shanghai/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/07/amd.6.and.12.core.opterons/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/amdphenom.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD on Wednesday unveiled definitive plans for 6- and 12-core Opteron processors, made with a 45nm fabrication process, which will be available most likely during 2009. TG Daily writes that the company will continue to support the Socket F (1207) platform through to its 6-core, single-die Istanbul, but will make a departure from the standard in 2010, when AMD unveils its Maranello platform. Produc... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/07/amd.6.and.12.core.opterons/ Wed, 07 May 2008 22:40:00 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/08/03/04/amd.45nm.demo/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/amd45nmdie.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD today stepped closer towards equality with Intel today by revealing the first working examples of its own 45 nanometer processors. Co-developed with IBM, the chips combine AMD's own existing quad-core technology with the smaller, more efficient chip design to improve the amount of performance without increasing power and heat as a result. The company is still hesitant to reveal full details ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/04/amd.45nm.demo/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:45:00 GMT