Posts Tagged ‘Processor’

Intel to Phase out Celeron Chips

Intel to Phase out Celeron Chips

It’s a long time coming but Intel may just phase out it’s Celeron line as early as next year in favor of upcoming Dual-core Atom processors.

AMD to ship several new processors

AMD is updating their current line of processors for budget-conscious system-builders.  Nothing ground breaking since they’ll still be using existing core technologies but if you’re looking to build a cheap HTPC (like me), or are in need of an immediate upgrade, you may want to keep a look out for these new cores.

Intel unveils 6-core i7-980X Gulftown

6 Cores, 12 threads and a thousand dollar price, that’s Intel’s latest flagship processor, the i7-980X. Unveiled at the Game Developers Conference, Intel previewed it’s latest Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor, the fastest single chip processor on the consumer market (taking the crown from.. you guess it another i7 processor). The Gulftown is Intel’s first [...]