Neowin News Feed for: Processors

Intel lowers revenue predictions on softer chip sales

John Callaham — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:50:39 +0100

Intel has announced that both its third quarter and full year revenue results will be lower than expected due in part to lower chip inventory sales, which could mean lower than expected PC sales. Read more...

HTC preparing to develop its own processors

Andy Weir — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:35:01 +0100

With an eye on better vertical integration and improved margins, HTC is reportedly developing its own line of processors with ST-Ericsson, with the first CPUs being launched in its devices next year. Read more...

Guide to smartphone hardware (1/7): Processors

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:33:15 +0000

Want to know exactly what is inside your smartphone? Look no further than this massive 7-part guide that goes over all of it. Today's section goes over smartphone processors and the system-on-a-chip Read more...

Windows 8 tablets with AMD processors coming in 2012

John Callaham — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:24:42 +0000

AMD has announced it will launch processors specifically for the tablet market later in 2012 and that Windows 8 will be used inside some of those tablet products. Read more...

AMD to lay off 1,400 workers, blames PC industry slowdown [Update: Senior Execs too]

Owen Williams — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:54:50 +0000

AMD is moving to fire over a thousand workers at a time that the PC industry is slowing down. The company blames a weak market, and is laying off 12% of it's workforce. Read more...

Intel investigates counterfeit processors; 300 fake chips [Updated]

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:52:21 +0000

As Neowin reported during the weekend, Newegg shipped out counterfeit Intel i7 processors to customers, where customers received a clay mold of a heatsink, and even a piece of scrap metal as the processor. ... Read more...

AMD to lower power usage of 45nm processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:22:44 +0000

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AMD recently notified partners that its 45nm-based processors will be launched on time by the second half of 2008. The company highlighted that the new processors will consume less power and have better performance, according... Read more...

AMD casting Spider's web on upcoming processors

Slimy — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:29:18 +0000

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The next-generation Phenom quad-core processors, due out next week, are part of the "Spider" platform, which uses video cards, the computer's processor, and a chip set in one platform to deliver better graphics and performance... Read more...

Intel lining up 11 Penryn 45nm processors for new notebooks

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:15:24 +0100

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Intel plans to launch five 45nm notebook processors (Penryn) to go along with its Santa Rosa Refresh platform in the first quarter of 2008. These will be followed by another six for Montevina in the... Read more...

AMD to launch two Barcelona-based processors in September

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:54:42 +0100

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AMD schedules to launch two 2-way Opteron (Barcelona) server processors on September 10 this year, according to sources at server makers. The Opteron 2348 and 2350 will have core frequencies of 1.9GHz and 2.0GHz and... Read more...

Intel tops 1 million mark on quad-core processors

Slimy — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:32:20 +0100

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Danny Cheung, an Intel Corporation spokesman in Singapore, announced that the millionth quad-core Xeon chip was shipped this month. The chip giant has unleashed more than 1 million quad-core Xeon 5300 microprocessors since introducing them... Read more...

System Builders Mixed On Upcoming Intel, AMD Processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:26:35 +0100

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Intel and AMD are preparing to release new multi-core microprocessors in the second half of 2007. While high-performance system builders are excited about potential performance gains, those serving broader markets are wondering when operating systems... Read more...

Intel to Intro "Extreme" Processors to Mobile Lineup in Sept

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:29:26 +0100

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Following the demand towards high-performance mobile computers for gamers and workstation users, Intel Corp. reportedly plans to introduce its first Core 2 Extreme processors for notebooks this September. The introduction will allow the company to... Read more...

Intel and AMD to highlight next generation processors

Tom Warren — Wed, 09 May 2007 07:58:10 +0100

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Intel will showcase its next-generation Penryn 45nm processor at the upcoming Computex 2007 (June 5-9) trade show, while AMD will also demonstrate its native Quad-Core Opteron processors (Barcelona), during the show, according to sources. The... Read more...

AMD Introducing 'Phenom' Processors

lardiop — Wed, 02 May 2007 22:40:50 +0100

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Over the next two weeks AMD will slowly begin to introduce its new brand name for high end desktop CPUs. The brand, Phenom, will succeed Athlon on all K10 offerings. Dual-core Agena processors... Read more...

Intel to give future processors new tasks

Slimy — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:14:19 +0100

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In Intel's vision of the future, the processor becomes the system architecture instead of a component. "You're going to have a hard time knowing where the processor ends and where the system-on-chip begins. You're going... Read more...

iSuppli: Quad-Core Processors to Go Mainstream by 2009

Slimy — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:21:41 +0100

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According to new data released by market research firm iSuppli, by the end of 2009 today's high-end quad-core processors currently hampered by high costs and limited availability will eventually appear in close to half of... Read more...

Via to Supply Processors, Chipsets to HP

Slimy — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:43:20 +0100

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Via Technologies, a struggling Taiwan developer of central processing units and core-logic sets, has inked a contract with HP under which the semiconductor company will supply its C7-D CPUs and supporting chipsets to HP for... Read more...

AMD Cuts Prices on High-end Processors

Slimy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:40:38 +0100

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AMD has cut prices on its high-end dual-core desktop processors and has announced its new restructuring plans to compensate for reduced quarterly revenue. As usual, prices are in 1,000 unit quantities. The price cuts affect... Read more...

Nvidia Ships 400,000 of GeForce 8800 Graphics Processors

Slimy — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:54:10 +0000

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During a conference call with financial analysts, chief executive and president Jen-Hsun Huang of Nvidia, the world's No .1 supplier of GPUs, happily announced: "Since October, we shipped nearly 400 thousand of GeForce 8800s. Our... Read more...