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3rd January 2006 Archive

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  • Intel unwraps 65nm 'Presler', 'Cedar Mill'

    Next-gen dual-core and single-core desktop CPUs ahoy!

    Intel has debuted its latest dual-core desktop Pentium D processors, launching the chip family as the 9xx series. The chip giant this week added four models to its price list: the 920, 930, 940 and 950, all containing 4MB of L2 cache split into two 2MB chunks, one for each of the two cores in the chip package. All four operate …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 Jan 2006, 10:51

  • Intel prices up 65nm dual, single-core 'Yonah'

    'Napa' Centrino bundles debut, too

    Intel has started shipping its 65nm dual-core mobile Pentium processor, Yonah, along with Centrino bundles based on the new processor. As expected, the chips use Intel's new model-numbering scheme. The T2600, T2500, T2400 and T2300 are dual-core parts - hence the '2' - and are joined by one single-core chip, the T1300. The five …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 Jan 2006, 10:55

  • 'Sossaman' launches as 'low-voltage' Xeon DP

    Intel debuts first dual-core Xeon DP too

    Intel has launched 'Sossaman', its low-power Xeon DP server processor based on its Pentium M mobile chip. The company has also added the first dual-core CPU to its Xeon DP line-up. The launch of the dual-core Xeon DP follows the release of 'Paxville', the first dual-core Xeon MP part, in November 2005. The $1043 DP chip is …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 Jan 2006, 11:04

  • Google to 'launch own PC'

    Windows-free, of course

    Google is planning to provide an own-brand Windows-less PC and sell the low-cost system through a partnership with retail giant Wal-Mart. The machine and/or the sales deal could be announced as early as this coming Friday. So claims the Los Angeles Times, citing unnamed sources. Whether they've seen the text of Google co- …

    PCs 3 Jan 2006, 11:59

  • Two-track mind for MP3 Surround

    More compatible with the binaural world

    Having seemingly failed to persuade the digital music world to upgrade to MP3 Pro, the format's founder, Germany's Fraunhofer Institute, is trying again, this time with MP3 Surround, a multi-channel implementation of the hugely popular music codec. Its latest teasers are MP3 SX - short for 'stereo extended' - and Ensonido, …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 3 Jan 2006, 15:27

  • Intel confirms 'Core' branding

    'Duo', 'Solo' to promote multi-core platforms

    Intel today made public the new processor branding scheme that leaked out of the company late last year. The launch confirms the company's plan to brand upcoming Centrino notebooks in 'Duo' and 'Solo' forms, to indicate dual- and single-core implementations of the platform. Where OEMs want to stress the CPU - for desktops and …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 Jan 2006, 16:02