Rumor: AMD to strike at Intel with dual-core 'Callisto'
AMD may soon repeat its strategy of lopping two cores off a Phenom and selling it as a cheap Athlonآ—except this time with a 45nm product. We've already heard rumors that AMD is planning 45nm Athlon X2s based on a new Regor core for a June launch. Fudzilla
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ForceWare 182.06 drivers introduce speedups, full OpenGL 3.0
A new batch of ForceWare graphics drivers has appeared on Nvidia's website. Numbered 182.06, this update introduces purported performance improvements in a handful of games, and it delivers full OpenGL 3.0 support for recent GeForce graphics cards. (AMD also added full OpenGL 3.0 support in its latest graphics drivers,...
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AMD: Fab spin-off will be complete by March 2
At a meeting in Austin, Texas earlier today, stockholders gave AMD the final go-ahead on its chip manufacturing business spin-off deal. AMD now says the transaction is on track to close by March 2. To be specific, stockholders voted on whether AMD could issue 58 million of its shares (plus...
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Nvidia, Intel fight over chipset licensing
Sparks are flying between Intel and Nvidia right now. A statement from the latter about an Intel court filing popped into our inbox this morning, suggesting that Intel wants to keep Nvidia chipsets out of systems with Core i7 processorsآ—and upcoming derivatives likes Lynnfield and Arrandale. Apparently, Intel thinks its...
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BFG unveils passively cooled GeForce 9800 GT
Modern graphics cards sport a wealth of custom and stock cooling devices, but very few of them do away with fans altogether—unless you're shopping at the bottom of the bargain bin, that is. BFG Tech apparently wants to mix things up a little, because it's introduced a passively cooled...
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