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Earlier news here ____________________________________________ 06/17/04 - Opteron for Formula 1 Sauber Petronas team After making a killing with Ferrari, AMD is now going to boost Formula One Sauber Petronas team with some cluster with Direct Connect Architeture intented to improve aerodynamics and performances: "When Sauber Petronas decided to upgrade their computing capabilities in order to push the limits of their computer-aided research and performance, they carefully evaluated the 32-bit and 64-bit solutions available. Sauber’s technology team determined that only the AMD Opteron met their technical requirements, by delivering the best overall 32-bit performance combined with the power of 64-bit computing". Read the rest here ____________________________________________ 06/17/04 - Windows 64 trial for AMD only! Checking the Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems Customer Preview Program located here, we were very pleased to discover it was available for AMD, and AMD only, in CD and downloadable version. You can have a look to tthe order page here and enjoy more Windows 64-bit news & links here ____________________________________________ 06/16/04 - Intel a cloner? We had Frank the crooner, George the Clooney and now, we have Intel the cloner. "Suffice it to say, the mood over at AMD these days is decidedly upbeat. Long dismissed as the me-too No. 2 to industry leader Intel, the much smaller computer chip company is having its day in the sun. The company that was long derided for cloning Intel chips, is again challenging, and at times, leading the way in chip technology". Read the whole story at Silicon Valley ____________________________________________ 06/15/04 - 70000 Opteron processors sold in Q1 04 Great article called 'AMD Inside' Is Heard More Often can be seen this day in Information Week website. Among interesting datas, we were surprised to note that AMD chiped in the first quarter of 2004 more Opteron than during the whole 2003 (70000 vs. 65000): "A four-way Opteron server costs less than $30,000 and delivers nearly twice the performance of an eight-way RISC system priced at more than $150,000, he says.". Read the rest here ____________________________________________ 06/14/04 - Windows XP Service Pack 2 download To aid IT professionals in planning and testing for the deployment of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft is making available this preview, based on Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of SP2. Additionally, the company has established 11 newsgroups for sharing information. This download of the release candidate is currently available in English, German and Japanese here. Note that this version requires an existing installation of Windows XP. ____________________________________________ 06/14/04 - Official! AMD dual-core for 1H 2005 After being first to release working x86-64 processor, AMD officially announced the making of a dual-core processor to be released in mid-2005. Apart from the announcement that you may see here, you can also have a look to an AnandTech page here where a fascinating photo of the dual-core Opteron die is waiting for you... ____________________________________________ 06/14/04 - New Opteron chipset from AMD AMD today unveiled details of the latest addition to the AMD-8000 series of chipsets, the AMD-8132 HyperTransport PCI-X 2.0 tunnel. This is the latest product in a growing line-up of supporting devices for AMD's Direct Connect Architecture. Designed for modes 1 and 2 operation, the AMD-8132 component brings high-performance PCI-X 2.0 connectivity to AMD Opteron processor-based systems with increased throughput, improved RAS capabilities, robust data management and enhanced HyperTransport technology connectivity. Read more at AMD here ____________________________________________ 06/14/04 - Flash brightens AMD outlook Michael Kanellos has some great news about AMD flash outlook at CNET today. According to him, a new Mirrorbit generation is on the way and should increase Spansion (AMD-Fujitsu) lead over Intel: "Other manufacturers have expressed doubt that memory with four bits per cell is possible, but Cambou said MirrorBit's architecture will make it possible, after AMD shifts to the 65-nanometer manufacturing process. AMD is slated to start making processors on the 65-nanometer process in 2007, but work on flash typically lags behind such shifts". Read here ____________________________________________ 06/12/04 - Barebones & motherboards reviews of the day 1 - Soyo KT880 Dragon-2 specification at AMDboard 2 - AOpen AK89 Max nForce3 at 3D Xtreme - Price 3 - Asus A8V-Deluxe Wi-Fi socket 939 Hot Hardware -Price 4 - Socket 754 motherboards roundup at Explosive Labs 5 - Gigabyte GA-7VT600-RZ VIA KT600 at PC stats - Price 6 - Huge! Viewsonic VP171S 17" LCD at less the 500$ 7 - Plextor PX-712 DVD Burner 12x - Box starting at 185$ ____________________________________________ 06/10/04 - Barebones & motherboards reviews of the day 1 - Shuttle SN85G4 Athlon 64 SFF at Planet 3DNow! - Price 2 - Gigabyte K8VNXP Socket 754 board at r&b Mods - Price 3 - Gigabyte GA-K8VNXP K8T800 at A1 Electronics - Price 4 - Gigabyte K8NSNXP socket 754 at neoseeker - Price 5 - Albatron K8X800 Pro II K8T800 at OC Mod Shop - Price 6 - Abit KV8 Pro Socket 939 K8T800 Pro at Hardwareluxx 7 - Soltek EQ3801 Athlon 64 SFF at Hardwareluxx - Price 8 - Asus A8V-Deluxe Socket 939 at Motherboard - Price 9 - Jetway N2PAP-Ultra nForce2 U400 at Tweak PC - Price 10 - Asus K8V-Deluxe K8T800 motherboard at 68$ 11 - Plextor PX-708A DVD Burner Box at 146$ ____________________________________________ 06/10/04 - AMD & Infineon plan nanotech lab in Dresden Small Times reported yesterday that AMD & Infineon are in talk with German government for creating a nanotech research center in Dresden where both companies have already massively invested: "Dresden’s position as a small tech mecca appears to have some bright days ahead. In 2002, Archer Daniels Midland Co., DuPont and Infineon Technologies AG announced they would build their $250-million joint research and development center for photomask technology in the city". Read the rest here ____________________________________________ 06/09/04 - Barebones & motherboards reviews of the day 1 - Abit's KV8 Pro socket 754 at Tech Report 2 - EPoX 8KDA3+ socket 754 at Hardwareluxx 3 - EPoX 8KDA3+ socket 754 at PC stats 4 - Asus A8V Deluxe socket 939 Hardware Upgrade - Price 5 - Gigabyte GA-7VT600-RZ VIA KT600 at PC stats - Price 6 - Asus K8V-Deluxe K8T800 motherboard at 68$ 7 - Plextor PX-708A DVD Burner Box at 146$ ____________________________________________ 06/09/04 - Huge China contract for AMD One of the biggest Chinese PC maker Lenovo (ex-QDI Legend) just decided to end its exclusive Intel partnership and to start using Athlon 64 processors for high end PC lineup: "Lenovo is introducing two high-end home PCs: the AMD Athlon 64 processor 3200+ - based Lenovo Feng Xing V8000, and the AMD Athlon XP processor 3000+ - based Lenovo Feng Xing V6000. Designed for a broad range of demanding customers, the systems offer outstanding performance for the 32-bit software of today while preparing for a seamless transition to the 64-bit applications of tomorrow". Read the full press release here ____________________________________________ Older news here - Comments, suggestions, links here |
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