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Earlier news here _____________________________________________ 05/03/04 - AMD outsells Intel in retail for the first time Current Analysis, a research firm based in La Jolla Ca., has some pretty interesting numbers about retail desktop-PC sales for the week ended April 24 during which AMD enjoyed an unprecedented score of 52% of the sales: "AMD accounted for 52% of all retail desktop-PC sales for the week ended April 24, compared with Intel's 47%. Toni Duboise, who conducted the study, says it's the first time she can remember that AMD systems have surpassed Intel in retail.". More at Forbes here _____________________________________________ 05/03/04 - X-Win64 first 64-Bit PC X server for Opteron StarNet Communications Corp., announced X-Win64, the industry's first PC X server developed for next-generation 64-bit Opteron-based computer workstations and servers running 64-bit operating systems from Microsoft. X-Win64 is fully compliant with the Microsoft Windows XP/64 and Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition. X-Win64 currently runs on computers built around the 64-bit Opteron processor from Advanced Micro Devices. Read more here _____________________________________________ 05/03/04 - French gov changes CPU purchasing rules After EU intervention, French administrative structures are no longer forced to purchase processors at specific speed from specific brand thanks to a new procurement regulation that just appeared on French governement site. The new modus operandi also mentions that failing to comply with the new rule will void the bidding ab initio. The rest is here _____________________________________________ 05/01/04 - Barebones & motherboards reviews of the day 1 - Asus SK8N vs. SK8V at AMD Review - Price 2 - Gigabyte K8NSNXP nF3-250Gb at T-Break 3 - Abit KV8-Max3 VIA K8T800 at VR-Zone - Price 4 5 - Gigabyte GA-K8N nForce3 mainboard at 68$ here 6 - Class 1 BlueTooth USB adapter starting at 29$ here _____________________________________________ 04/29/04 - Cray: More Red Storm supercomputer coming Publishing its first quarter result, Cray Inc. also annonced that many "Red Storm" supercomputer similar to the one designed for Sandia are expected this year: "Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has advised Cray that it is placing an advance order for the company's upcoming product based on the Sandia "Red Storm" supercomputer. This is the first disclosed customer for the new product line, which will be launched later this year". Read at Cray here _____________________________________________ 04/29/04 - First photo of Opteron 90nm Belgian site Matériel had a chance to interview in Paris, Tom Sonderman, AMD's director of Automated Precision Manufacturing (APM) about AMD's transition to 90nm chip process. On that front, the news were quite good and the photo of a 114mm die-sized 90nm Opteron compared to 194mm 130nm was a boon that paid the visit more than expected. Enjoy the great news and photo here _____________________________________________ 04/28/04 - Ruiz on Dell, Opteron dual-core and more... Awesome Herctor Ruiz', AMD CEO, interview at eWeek. Looking very confident, Hector has some cool revelations about his relationship with Michael Dell, coming blade servers, and much more: "One of the most powerful things next year is going to be our dual-core product. To me, that's going to really shock the hell out of everyone, because it's going to be hardware-compatible, infrastructure-compatible, pin-compatible. I mean, people that have a 2-P system can slap in a dual-core product and end up with a 4-P system for the price of a 2-P. That's been the biggest drawback, everyone tells me". Read on at eWeek here _____________________________________________ 04/28/04 - Building a dual-Opteron Linux workstation Writer, developper, Scott Robert Ladd, knows a lot about computing and when he set up is new toy, a dual-Opteron server for developping, he can't refrain from sharing the inner details with us: "My first consideration was fitting the new system into a budget of $2000. With a wife, kids, and several animals to feed, I don't have an infinite amount of money to spend; any computers I buy must justify their cost in business terms. ". A great read for all right here _____________________________________________ 04/27/04 - Barebone and motherboard reviews of the day 1 - Athlon 64 motherboard roundup at All Round PC 2 - Shuttle SN85G4 Athlon 64 SFF Trusted Reviews - Price 3 - Abit AN7 nForce2 Ultra 400 at HW Zone - Price 4 - Abit AN7 nForce2 Ultra 400 at Case Mods - Price 5 - Abit KV7 VIA KT600 at Geek Base - Price 6 - Chaintech Value ZNF3-250 at Bodnara - Price 7 - Gigabyte GA-K8N nForce3 mainboard at 68$ here 8 - Class 1 BlueTooth USB adapter starting at 29$ here _____________________________________________ 04/27/04 - RedHawk real-time Linux OS for AMD CPUs Concurrent Computer Corporation Integrated Solutions Division, today announced availability of version 2.1 of its RedHawk Linux real-time operating system. RedHawk 2.1 is one of the most deterministic Linux operating system available today, supporting 64-bit AMD Opteron platforms. Based on the 2.6.3 Linux kernel, RedHawk 2.1 is compatible with the popular Red Hat Inc. Enterprise Linux distribution. It began shipping with Concurrent's iHawk COTS systems this month and is now in use by customers on Xeon and Opteron platforms developing 32-bit and 64-bit real-time applications. Read more at CCUR here _____________________________________________ 04/27/04 - Paris: Socket 754 32-Bit Athlon 64 for Q3 Smart move from AMD willing to bet on the great number of Socket 754 motherboard to release, in a few months time, a 32-Bit version based on K8 core but without any 64-bit capabilities as reported by DigiTimes: "The Athlon XP Paris is also pin-to-pin compatible with the Athlon 64 processor, so local motherboard makers can use the same chipsets and/or boards to support both the high-end 64-bit processors and the entry-level 32-bit processors". It's here _____________________________________________ 04/27/04 - AVNET is AMD top distributor According to Business Wire press release, AMD has awarded AVNET "Distributor of the Year" for impressive progress of the 64-Bit lineup distribution in 3 continents: "Avnet Computing Components holds the No. 1 distribution market share position for AMD's microprocessors in North America, Europe and Asia, and has doubled sales of AMD Opteron processors quarter-over-quarter since the processor's launch in April 2003". More at Google here _____________________________________________ 04/27/04 - NVIDIA going for server chipsets... Interesting read at Byte and Switch (not the favorite site of sick pitbulls, ok?) where we learn in awe about the latest NVIDIA's purchase of a TCP offload engines (TOEs) and iSCSI processors specialist with a full suitcase of good patents for a mere 6M$! "But Koyama notes that Nvidia's interest in motherboard chipsets for servers, particularly for Ethernet environments, make it a candidate for adding iSCSI and TOE capabilities. Storage via iSCSI is part of any server OEM's future, he indicates". Read more here _____________________________________________ 04/26/04 - Athlon 64 3200+ stepping... No longer a mess! 3 OPNs, 2 steppings, 2 frequencies, 2 L2 cache sizes, 1 chip, the AMD Athlon 64 3200+ is undoubtedly the next buying mess buyers will have to face in the days to come. To make things a bit easier, and thanks to OPN information sent by AMD, we have just made a easy deciphered table of the different IDs of the past, present and coming versions of this magnificent AMD 64-Bit offspring... Check it out here _____________________________________________ 04/26/04 - Intel 64-Bit sooner than expected? Interesting news from the down under Cameron Wilmot at Tweak Town who went to Intel Solutions Summit 2004 (ISS) and discover a running Intel 64-bit code named Turnwater hidden away in a locked cabinet : "nVidia were also displaying a demonstration machine with their now previous generation Quadro 3000 GPU which was only last week replaced with the Quadro 4000. It was running on a reference Intel Tumwater motherboard with Windows XP 64-bit which is a very interesting fact considering speculation about 64-bit Intel processors were not coming out anytime soon". Read the news here _____________________________________________ Older news here - Comments, suggestions, links here |
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