CPUs
As Qualcomm prepares for the mid-year launch of their forthcoming Snapdragon X SoCs for PCs, and the eagerly anticipated Oryon CPU cores within, the company is finally shoring up their official product plans, and releasing some additional technical details in the process. Thus far the company has been demonstrating their Snapdragon X Elite SoC in its highest-performing, fully-enabled configuration. But the retail Snapdragon X Elite will not be a single part; instead, Qualcomm is preparing a whole range of chip configurations for various price/performance tiers in the market. Altogether, there will be 3 Snapdragon X Elite SKUs that differ in CPU and GPU performance. As well, the company is introducing a second Snapdragon X tier, Snapdragon X Plus, for those SKUs positioned below the Elite...
AMD Duron 900 and Roadmap Update
Today AMD cranks their low-cost Duron up to 900MHz and we also provide you with a look at the somewhat modified future of AMD processors. Find out how...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/2/2001AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1.33GHz/1.30GHz
In their first Athlon CPU release in 5 months, AMD is back with the 1.33GHz and 1.30GHz Athlon processors. How do they stack up to the competition and...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/22/2001ServerWorks HEsl: DDR bandwidth without DDR SDRAM
Can you imagine a platform where you could achieve 2.1GB/s of memory bandwidth without DDR SDRAM? What about up to 4.1GB/s of bandwidth using conventional PC133 SDRAM? ...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/7/2001Super7 Upgrade Guide: The K6-2+ and K6-3+ Processors
So you have a Super7 based computer and are getting a bit frustrated with its performance, or lack thereof. Fret not, a complete system replacement may not be completely...
1 by Matthew Witheiler on 1/24/2001VIA Apollo Pro 266: The P3 gets DDR
All aboard the DDR bandwagon. Intel's Pentium III is the first Intel CPU to be given a DDR SDRAM platform and VIA is the first to give it...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/18/2001AMD Duron 850: Getting ready for the battle
With AMD finally able to position the Duron as a true solution for OEMs looking to produce Value PCs the heat is on. As a counter to Intel's...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/8/2001The New VIA Cyrix III: The Worlds First 0.15 Micron x86 CPU
Attempting to reinvent the dying Cyrix name brand, VIA recently announced a third version of the Cyrix III chip. This time made on a 0.15 micron process, VIA is...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 1/5/2001Intel Celeron 800: The first 100MHz FSB Celeron
Finally, after over two years of its existence, Intel has granted the Celeron the one feature it has always lacked: a 100MHz FSB. What does this do for...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/3/2001Looking back at 2000 - Part 1: CPUs, Chipsets, Motherboards
Buckle up as AnandTech takes you through the roller coaster ride that was Y2K.
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/2/2001CPUs in 2001: Roadmap Update
AnandTech brings you updated information on the future of AMD and Intel in 2001. Including new information on the 0.13-micron Pentium 4 and more...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/27/2000VIA’s KT133A Socket-A Chipset: AMD 760 Performance without DDR SDRAM
With DDR SDRAM currently going for twice as much as PC133 SDRAM and AMD 760 boards very scarce in the market now, it seems like the KT133 chipset is...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/21/2000VIA KM133 Socket-A Chipset: Final Battle of the Value Chipsets
We heavily criticized the performance of the SiS 730S in our recent review and now armed with the KM133, is the Duron platform finally allowed to succeed? The...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/20/2000Linux Pentium III Chipset Comparison
The Intel 815 and BX chipsets face off against VIA's Apollo Pro 133A in this battle for supremacy in the land of the penguin.
0 by Jeff Brubaker on 12/18/2000SiS 730S Socket-A Chipset: Is the Duron allowed to succeed now?
The benchmarks all agree that the Duron is by far the best value processor on the market. Yet the Duron's sales couldn't be lower. SiS has a...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/13/2000Learn about Team AnandTech
Ever wondered what this "Team AnandTech" thing is? Ever heard the terms RC5 or SETI used and not really known exactly what these people were referring to? ...
2 by Team AnandTech on 12/12/2000The future of Intel's manufacturing processes
After breaking the 1GHz barrier just this year, how long do you think it will take before we reach 5GHz? What about 10GHz? Intel is predicting that...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/11/2000ALi MAGiK 1: The Athlon gets a second DDR platform
Now that AMD has shown us what they can do with DDR SDRAM and the Athlon, it's time for the third party manufacturers to step in and carry this...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/29/2000Budget CPU Upgrades: Intel's Celeron 766
Having just recently released the Pentium 4, Intel is still better known for their presence in sub-$1000 PCs in today's market. While it's easy to recommend AMD's Duron...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/26/2000Intel Mobile CPU & Chipset Roadmap - November 2000
Intel may be having a hard time on the desktop front, facing a lot of competition from other chip producers. One area that Intel has yet to be challenged...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 11/23/2000AMD CPU & Chipset Roadmap - November 2000
Three days ago we brought you a glimpse of Intel's plans for 2001. Now we're following up the coverage with AMD's roadmap for the next year and on...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/21/2000
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