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• List the 64-bit GUI Programs on Your Mac The evolution in computing horsepower is more of everything--first it was more gigahertz, then more cores, and on top of that...
• AMD Appoints New CEO as Losses Continue AMD replaced its CEO Hector Ruiz as it reported its seventh straight quarterly loss Thursday.
• Centrino 2: Coming Soon to a Mac Near You? When Intel unveils new processors, it usually rattles off the names of PC makers who've signed on to use the latest chips...
• Intel's Quad-core Mobile Chip Coming Next Month Intel will release a quad-core laptop chip in August.
• Intel to Shrink Centrino 2 Chips for Thinner Laptops Intel plans to release a version of its Centrino 2 platform that's tailored for ultra-thin laptops.
• Intel Saves Batteries, Pumps Multimedia With Centrino 2 Intel launched Centrino 2, the laptop platform that boosts laptop battery and delivers speedier performance, improved multimedia and faster wireless.
• PC Maker Takes Preorders for Quad-Core Intel Laptop Chip An Australian PC maker is taking preorders for an unannounced quad-core laptop chip from Intel.
• Intel Set to Launch Centrino 2 Next Week Intel is expected to launch its latest mobile platform, Centrino 2, which will deliver speedier performance and faster...
• Business is Brisk for Both AMD and Intel As the chip price wars cool, both of the major CPU makers gathered steam.
• AMD Unveils Trio of Quad-Core Phenom Chips Advanced Micro Devices Tuesday unveiled three new quad-core Phenom X4 processors, including a high-end Black Edition chip.
• Intel Calls out Mobile Chip Competitors Intel said its mobile chips could dominate in the long run by offering value and software compatibility that competitors like...
• Intel's Centrino 2 Chips Mushrooming on Retail Sites PC makers and chip resellers are leaking Centrino 2 processor details by making the chip available for preorder through...
• Toshiba Unveils Laptop With Cell-Derived Chip The first laptops to make use of the SpursEngine, a coprocessor derived from the Cell chip that powers the PS3 3...
• Birth of a Standard: The Intel 8086 Microprocessor Thirty years ago, Intel released the 8086 processor, introducing the x86 architecture that underlies every PC--Windows, Mac, or Linux--produced today.
• Stephen Morse: Father of the 8086 Processor The engineer whose 30-year-old architecture still influences PCs today talks about how Intel took the SEX out of the pioneering CPU, and other tales from the beginning of the x86 era.
• Nvidia Dumps 240 Cores in New Graphics Processor Nvidia on Monday announced a new graphics processor with 240 computing cores, allowing PCs to run three-dimensional games and...
• First Look: Nvidia GeForce GTX 200 Series Nvidia unveils a pair of fast new GeForce graphics processors that tackle a CPU's job.
• How to Build a Superfast, Superquiet PC, Part 1 The older I get, the less tolerance I have for noisy PCs. So my new desktop computer had to be quiet, not just fast. Oh, and I needed it to be affordable, too.
• AMD Steps up Quad-core Opteron Shipments AMD is shipping four more versions of its quad-core Opteron, adding greater performance to the company's lineup.
• FTC Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Intel The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into chip maker Intel, the agency and Intel said...
• Intel, AMD See Date With Justice Pushed Back to 2010 The trial for AMD's five-year-old antitrust suit alleging that competitor Intel unfairly manipulated the chip market has been...
• Intel Unveils New Chip Sets at Computex Show Intel unveils new chip sets for desktop PCs at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.
• AMD Will Manufacture First Fusion Chips AMD will make the first Fusion chips itself, a senior AMD executive said.
• Intel Says Atom Shortage Will Ease Soon A shortage of Atom processors will ease as production volumes increase, Intel said.
• Intel's Maloney: No Plans to Revise Atom Roadmap Intel has no plans to change the Atom processor roadmap, the company said.