Remember when Intel announced plans to manufacture 32nm processors under the codename Westmere? That was great news for those seeking powerful CPU architectures that sip energy. And despite the ubiquity of CPUs and the computers they drive, most people neither know nor care how these technological wonders are manufactured. For the rest of us, Intel [...]
There has been news-a-plenty pouring out of the Intel Developer Forum held in San Fransisco last week, including: details about the soon to be released CE4100 media processor capable of bringing dual 1080p video streams to cable boxes and Blu-ray players the announcement of much anticipated mobile versions of Intel’s Core i7 “Nehalem” processors, which [...]
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No Comments »It seems like just yesterday we were basking in the glory of 90nm processor technology. Those first Intel Pentium4 Prescotts of 2004 were blazing fast and people were happy. But Intel, in its ongoing effort to uphold Moore’s law in the wake of time’s constant progression, didn’t stop with 90nm CPU architecture. The company manufactured 65nm, [...]
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