Intel Forced to Remove "Cripple AMD" Function from Compiler? "In fact, Fog points out that even benchmarking programs are affected by this, up to a point where benchmark results can differ greatly depending on how a processor identifies itself. Ars found out that by changing the CPUID of a VIA...

Greetings! http://hardware.itmanagersjournal.com/hardware/05/03/03/0226235.shtml?tid=78 The article quotes at length one Jim Trounson, who is part of group that is developing a PCI-X card for Cell, or so they say. Best science fiction of 2005 already awarded? quote

Is there a free remote desktop utility that allows multiple simultaneous user logins? I've been using Windows RDP as well as TightVNC so far, and they are both fine. But what I'd really like is something that will allow users to remain actively logged in without suspending them in the...

The new computer, to be built by Sun Microsystems Inc. using 13,000 microprocessors made by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., will be more powerful than any supercomputer currently in operation, UT says. It will have a peak computing power of more than 400 trillion operations per second, which makes it...

It seems Intel is running tight on low-end chipset capacity at its older fabs, and is going to concentrate on the high-end Centrino chipsets and stuff. That means all of the Celerons will be left high and dry (can't run a CPU without chipset -- yet). It's not likely that the Taiwanese chipset...

I'm sure I've been discriminated against cuz I'm white, but you don't see me bitching. Anytime any minority (which collectivley probably is majority) is passed up for a job or screws something up it is always discrimination. Good ruling on this case.... "Ed" wrote in...

When I opened the box, I found a black piece of tape or whatever on the bottom of the heat sink. Is that part of the thermal material or should I remove it? I've also looked at Intel's site and downloaded a pdf on the thermal management and fitting, but found no instructions to remove the...

I know there is a little bit of skepticism (well actually a lot of it) about x86's potential in the 4-way market. The high-end server market has feasted on the high prices due to the lack of competition from any commodity systems at this level. There's been talk for years that Intel is finally...

There has been some discussion here lately as to how much PC market share is divided between Dell, HPaq, and white boxes. Now both Dell and HPaq are in the business of selling white boxes: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12637 Can someone tell me if a Dell white box sale (or HPaq) is...

I've been using a Tyan Tsunami 1830s with a P3 850, a 440BX chipset, and a Maxtor 40G hard drive with Win98 on it. If I get a P4 motherboard, will I simply be able to install my HD on it and boot up, or will I have to reformat the HD and reload everything. Thanks in advance for the info.

When a new CPU is released it generally goes through a development cycle where the speed is gradually increased until the design 'runs out of steam' and a completely new solution is required. The P4 and the Athlon have increased in speed between 2 and 3 times since launch. I have heard that there...

Just a lurker here wondering why posts have dropped to nearly zero in this group....what a damn shame. :-(

Here's an article from two years ago: http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/08/10/1441239 Notice that they are talking about secretaries running KDE and not caring. One secretary is already more familiar with it than she is with Windows at home. If this could be done two years ago, it can...

Adorable little Ed Stroglio rant: Hatching Eggs . . . "Remember x86-64? The stick AMD was supposed to beat Intel to death with? Then Intel got themselves the same stick, and the would-be beaters found something else to talk about. Yes, AMD is doing better now, but not because of x86-64. Indeed,...

Hello everyone. I am looking to buy a new desktop PC. I currently have a Compaq Pentium 3 733 MHz desktop and a Dell 2.0 GHz Celeron laptop. I have always been a fan of Intel... mainly because when I got into computers there was no AMD. My first IBM based PC was an 8088 with 640k RAM and a 21...

754-pin Athlon 64 mobos can be had for as little as $80. Based on SiS 755 chipset. This chipset seems to a little pocket rocket, apparently better at i/o than its rivals. Combine with a $200 A64 3000+, and things are getting affordable. One of first SIS based mobos is the ECS-755. These SIS...

I only know Rambus invented RDRAM. Besides that, which companies or parties invented the rest of different kinds of memory? I remember back to late 90's, RDRAM was hot when they came out and had Intel's endorsement, but RAMBUS want to charge a lot on this technology, so the majority of...

Hello. I am planning to upgrade my computer system in a few weeks. I am going to replace its motherboard, CPU, and memory. You can view my current primary/gaming system on http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt ... I am planning to keep all my old parts except sound card, RAM,...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2466 With Intel's recent announcement of the 64-bit extension to their x86 architecture, a discussion began on the lkml comparing Intel's new offering to AMD's existing AMD64 offering. Linux creator Linus...

Not offering any opinions myself, just relaying an article: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6757 Yousuf Khan -- Humans: contact me at ykhan at rogers dot com Spambots: just reply to this email address ;-)