InformationWeek Weblog: Intel-AMD MPU War Over, We're All Winners http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/01/intelamd_mpu_wa.html It's officially time to call an end to the microprocessor war between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. War implies that there will be an ultimate...

I am planning on upgrading my home brew computer from Win98/512MB to WinXP Media Center/1GB. I currently have two sticks of KHX3200K2/256MB and I have the timings set to 2-2-2-6 with MAT/PAT enabled. According to Memtest86 I am getting a write speed of 2570MB. I see that Kingston no longer makes...

This article http://www.reed-electronics.com/electronicnews/article/CA6302506.html is also interesting because it's about copper bump posts used in the connection of die to substrate -- seems to help with RoHS regs -- but.... looks like maybe Presler et.al. is the "real" 65nm from Intel.... at...

Couple of announcements over the past week for Itanium. (1) Itanium goes 90nm. Itanium makes it to 90nm, lowers power requirements http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060128-6071.html (2) Intel, HP, others throw $10B into Itanium promotion. Itanium Chips Attract $10 Billion Investment -...

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"Intel: Smaller Is Better" http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06012725.htm?logvisit=y&source=estmarhln001999&npu=y

A transparent hard disk body? "Western Digital: Clearly Innovative" http://voodoopc.blogspot.com/2006/01/western-digital-clearly-innovative.html

my computer b-sodded on me again, and now i know why. aswTdi.sys i have a windows xp home edition thats a little over 2 years old, and the error came from an avast! driver. i run the latest avast! antivirus available.(4.6 home?) do i have to uninstall and get rid of it, or do i try and reinstall...

They've officially signed up for the AMD SVP http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060124/20060123006174.html?.v=1 but there are still no signs of AMD-based products shown by simply navigating their Web site product lists. A search there for "opteron" turns up four 1U chassis products but they don't appear...

Intel scraps once-crucial Itanium feature | CNET News.com http://news.com.com/Intel+scraps+once-crucial+Itanium+feature/2100-1006_3-6028817.html

Ooops. I thought this was csiphc. This is an Intel group and not the mentioned chip-wars group! My bad. I'll redirect it appropriately. Tony "tony" wrote in message ... wrote in message...

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P92953.asp and also:The inevitable befalls Intel http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P139886.asp Now even some anal ysts can see it NNN

This may seem like a stupid question, but please humor me. I currently have a rig with a P4 2.8Ghz cpu. I'm thinking of getting a new machine and relegating my current one to secondary duties and am looking at AMD instead of Intel. I got my Intel cpu about 2 years ago, and the newer AMD CPUs...

It's supposed to be competitive speed-wise with SRAM, but denser? That's all I can make of it. "AMD licenses Innovative Silicon's SOI memory-5MB L2 Cache Coming?" http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4767&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Posted Via Usenet.com...

I'm playing with an older gateway pentium 2. I've got a slocket 3 adapter and a Pentium 3 processor 866/256/133/1.7v SL4CB. I'm having some confusion about the jumper settings. The settings are, 66MHz, 100MHz, 133MHz, and AUTO. Do I match the MB at 66MHz, match the processor at 133MHz, or use AUTO....

Sorry if this question has been asked a million times before but I have lost track of processors a bit and am using a 750 MHz Pentium 111 Vaio laptop of some vintage. I have just been given a 1.2 GHz Thinkpad A31 which has a Celeron processor and am wondering if the speed would make it worthwhile...

NE Asia Online 2006 Jan 23 : VIA Technologies Announces VIA Eden, Eden ULV Processors "January 23, 2006 -- VIA Technologies Inc has announced the fanless VIA Eden processor family with the VIA V4 bus, including the ultra-low voltage VIA Eden ULV processors that offer power efficiency in design and...

Yesterday was Intel's earnings report, today it was AMD's turn. Google Groups : alt.invest.stocks.amd http://groups.google.com/group/alt.invest.stocks.amd?

Hey guys Im having a problems with my CPU temps. They are at 50 to 60 c. I have a Zalman on it but is not working. Does anybody have idea what could i do to lower the Temps on this pc. Systems information is this : MB - Asus p4p800-e Delx Ram - OCZ 2-(512) Fan - Zalman Hd 4- Raptor 74.5 , 320GB...

Hello there! I have recently bought some 512 MB SDRAM sticks, using 8x Samsung K4S511632C-TC60 modules. The modules were labled PC166 (of course not officially, but using 6ns RAM from Samsung). Trouble is, none of the 10 modules wants to work in any motherboard I tried em in, 2x i845 chipsets (1x...