Articles on Phenom
AMD Phenom II chip overclocked to 7GHz - Nov 16, 2009
Crave Some people push physical boundaries through body modification or inane stunts and get accolades. Others break through scientific frontiers and get awarded with the Nobel prize. Overclockers, however, do it simply ... Read story »November launch for AMD Phenom chips - Oct 12, 2007
Crave Since AMD released its Barcelona server chips last month, PC users have been wondering when that native quad-core goodness might arrive in the form of AMD Phenom desktop CPUs. According to ... Read story »AMD releases its fastest desktop CPU yet - Jul 1, 2008
Crave The Sunnyvale-based chipmaker today announced three new additions to its Phenom X4 family of quadcore processors. Among them are the company's new flagship desktop CPU, the X4 9950 Black Edition (BE) ... Read story »Intel's new Core i7 and i5 chips make fast performance affordable - Sep 9, 2009
Crave Individual chip reviews are up around the Web, and the consensus seems to be universal admiration for the new Core i7's, and Core i5 especially, in terms of performance, value, and ... Read story »AMD introduces Dragon PC gaming platform and new Phenom II CPUs - Jan 9, 2009
Crave As the only vendor currently producing CPUs, GPUs, and motherboard chipsets, AMD is uniquely positioned to market its entire product line as a unified PC gaming platform. It began this effort ... Read story »AMD introduces faster Phenom II X4 chips - Apr 24, 2009
Crave AMD's new quad-core Phenom II X4 945 and 955 Black Edition desktop chips has hit retail stores and enthusiast review sites. With higher clock speeds than previous models, aggressive pricing, and ... Read story »HP finally introduces Core i7 desktops - Mar 27, 2009
Crave Both Dell and Gateway launched Core i7 PCs in time with Intel's announcement of its new chip family last November. We don't know why HP has waited to make the switch, ... Read story »Dell rides the Dragon with new XPS 625 gaming PC - Jan 9, 2009
Crave The new Dell XPS 625 has all AMD hardware under the hood. Even if the case lighting caused consternation for some, we were fans of Dell's XPS 630 gaming desktop, ... Read story »Intel invests US$7 billion in 32nm Westmere CPU manufacturing - Feb 12, 2009
Blogs Intel' CEO Paul Otellini announced that the company will spend US$7 billion over the next two years to build 32-nanometer manufacturing facilities in the US. It is Intel's largest-ever investment for ... Read story »AMD goes quad-core with Phenom - May 15, 2007
Features Advanced Micro Devices says its badly needed quad-core desktop processors are on the way, and they'll arrive bearing a new name. Read story »
Apple Mac mini (Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz; 120GB HDD)
Review Apple breathed fresh air into its line of Mac Mini, whose specs haven't changed since an update in August 2007. With this S$988 model, Apple adds significantly improved Nvidia graphics, a new 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and a larger hard drive. Those changes are welcome, and we're also...
7.3CES 2009 show report - Jan 6, 2009
Features The world's largest consumer electronics tradeshow is about to unveil all the glitz and gadgets to look forward to in 2009. CNET reports straight from the showfloor. Read story »CES 2009: Computers and hardware wrap-up - Jan 14, 2009
Crave Historically, the Consumer Electronics Show hasn't been a place where we'd find a ton of new laptops, desktops, or computer components. After all, PC makers had Comdex (a now-defunct Vegas trade ... Read story »AMD tries for the cycle with triple-core chip - Sep 18, 2007
Features Company will release a desktop PC chip with three cores in 2008, when it will also have quad-core and dual-core chips for the PC market. Read story »Intel's Nehalem chips to get "Core" branding - Aug 12, 2008
Crave Intel's next-generation desktop processors will be branded "Intel Core" with an "i7" identifier for the first wave of products. The i7 identifier will apply to the first crop of high-end desktop ... Read story »Jump to page: [1] 2
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