The best memory for Sandy Bridge
If you're looking at building up a system based around Intel's new "Sandy Bridge"-based CPUs, you may find yourself pondering what memory to pair with these new processors and motherboard chipsets. bit-tech has a look into the most suitable memory for such a system.
Raw memory bandwidth jumped in large steps as we increased the frequency, although the steps were smaller when we went beyond 1,866MHz. Latency doesn't really affect bandwidth, but we saw a similar situation in the latency test - tightening the latency made a difference at the lower frequencies, but not so much at the higher frequencies.
Meanwhile, the multi-tasking test showed a noticeable benefit in faster, lower latency memory, though. This is worth noting, since these are quad-core/eight-thread thread CPUs designed to do a multitude of things at once. The difference between the 1,333MHz kit at a sluggish CL9, and the 2,133MHz kit at CL8 was over 200 points.
Read their full analysis over here.Meanwhile, the multi-tasking test showed a noticeable benefit in faster, lower latency memory, though. This is worth noting, since these are quad-core/eight-thread thread CPUs designed to do a multitude of things at once. The difference between the 1,333MHz kit at a sluggish CL9, and the 2,133MHz kit at CL8 was over 200 points.
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OCZ quits the DRAM industry
Given their success in other aspects of the PC hardware industry, the news that OCZ will be leaving the memory market isn't hugely surprising, but it is a bit of a shame nonetheless.
The news comes on the back of the component-maker's third quarter financial report. The company's SSD business reported that revenues were up a massive 325 per cent over the same quarter last year for a total of $41.5 million. This also marked a 105 per cent increase over Q2 revenues, demonstrating just how quickly the solid-state market is growing.
The memory business fared poorly though, reporting revenues of just $6.26 million - a drop of over 50 per cent compared to Q2 and 71 per cent lower than the revenue in the same quarter a year ago. Although this is partly due to the highly competitive memory market, it's also a result of the company's decision in August to discontinue all but its high-performance memory products.
HEXUS has the full story.The memory business fared poorly though, reporting revenues of just $6.26 million - a drop of over 50 per cent compared to Q2 and 71 per cent lower than the revenue in the same quarter a year ago. Although this is partly due to the highly competitive memory market, it's also a result of the company's decision in August to discontinue all but its high-performance memory products.
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Dirk Meyer resigns as CEO of AMD
I can't say this is an expected piece of news at all - although AMD seem to have been on a more even keel of late, it appears that this still wasn't enough for the company's board of directors, with a difference of opinion forcing Dirk Meyer out of the CEO's chair.
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Senior Vice President and CFO Thomas Seifert, 47, as interim CEO following the resignation of Dirk Meyer, 49, as president, CEO and a director of the company effective immediately.
A CEO Search Committee has been formed to begin the search for a new CEO. The Committee is led by Bruce Claflin, Chairman of AMD's Board of Directors, who has been named Executive Chairman of the Board as he assumes additional oversight responsibilities during the transition period. Seifert will maintain his current responsibilities as CFO and has asked not to be considered for the permanent CEO position.
"Dirk became CEO during difficult times. He successfully stabilized AMD while simultaneously concluding strategic initiatives including the launch of GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the successful settlement of our litigation with Intel and delivering Fusion APUs to the market," said Claflin.
"However, the Board believes we have the opportunity to create increased shareholder value over time. This will require the company to have significant growth, establish market leadership and generate superior financial returns. We believe a change in leadership at this time will accelerate the company's ability to accomplish these objectives."
You can find AMD's full press release here, while Bloomberg discusses exactly what the company will be looking for from its next CEO:A CEO Search Committee has been formed to begin the search for a new CEO. The Committee is led by Bruce Claflin, Chairman of AMD's Board of Directors, who has been named Executive Chairman of the Board as he assumes additional oversight responsibilities during the transition period. Seifert will maintain his current responsibilities as CFO and has asked not to be considered for the permanent CEO position.
"Dirk became CEO during difficult times. He successfully stabilized AMD while simultaneously concluding strategic initiatives including the launch of GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the successful settlement of our litigation with Intel and delivering Fusion APUs to the market," said Claflin.
"However, the Board believes we have the opportunity to create increased shareholder value over time. This will require the company to have significant growth, establish market leadership and generate superior financial returns. We believe a change in leadership at this time will accelerate the company's ability to accomplish these objectives."
Under Meyer, directors were frustrated with AMD’s lack of progress in gaining market share and entering the tablet- computer industry, according to people familiar with the board’s deliberations. The company announced yesterday that Meyer has resigned and that it’s formed a committee to find successor.
“They need a visionary,†said Hans Mosesmann, an analyst at Raymond James & Associates in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has a “market perform†rating on AMD stock. “They need someone who has the passion to disrupt the market.â€
The next CEO will continue a 40-year struggle to escape from the shadow of Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker. AMD has less than 20 percent of the global personal-computer processor market, compared with Intel’s 80 percent, and its revenue in 2009 of $5.4 billion was a seventh of Intel’s.
“They need a visionary,†said Hans Mosesmann, an analyst at Raymond James & Associates in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has a “market perform†rating on AMD stock. “They need someone who has the passion to disrupt the market.â€
The next CEO will continue a 40-year struggle to escape from the shadow of Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker. AMD has less than 20 percent of the global personal-computer processor market, compared with Intel’s 80 percent, and its revenue in 2009 of $5.4 billion was a seventh of Intel’s.
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Intel to pay NVIDIA technology licensing fees of $1.5 billion
The sound that you hear is Jen-Hsun Huang's eyes rolling around to display dollar signs...
SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/10/2011 -- NVIDIA announced today that it has signed a new six-year cross-licensing agreement with Intel.
For the future use of NVIDIA's technology, Intel will pay NVIDIA an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees payable in five annual installments, beginning Jan. 18, 2011.
NVIDIA and Intel have also agreed to drop all outstanding legal disputes between them.
"This agreement signals a new era for NVIDIA," said Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA's president and chief executive officer. "Our cross license with Intel reflects the substantial value of our visual and parallel computing technologies. It also underscores the importance of our inventions to the future of personal computing, as well as the expanding markets for mobile and cloud computing."
Under the new agreement, Intel will have continued access to NVIDIA's full range of patents. In return, NVIDIA will receive an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees, to be paid in annual installments, and retain use of Intel's patents, consistent with its existing six-year agreement with Intel. This excludes Intel's proprietary processors, flash memory and certain chipsets for the Intel platform.
Interestingly, it looks as though this deal has still locked NVIDIA out of developing motherboard chipsets for at least some Intel products - regardless, you can read the full press release on the NVIDIA web site.For the future use of NVIDIA's technology, Intel will pay NVIDIA an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees payable in five annual installments, beginning Jan. 18, 2011.
NVIDIA and Intel have also agreed to drop all outstanding legal disputes between them.
"This agreement signals a new era for NVIDIA," said Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA's president and chief executive officer. "Our cross license with Intel reflects the substantial value of our visual and parallel computing technologies. It also underscores the importance of our inventions to the future of personal computing, as well as the expanding markets for mobile and cloud computing."
Under the new agreement, Intel will have continued access to NVIDIA's full range of patents. In return, NVIDIA will receive an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees, to be paid in annual installments, and retain use of Intel's patents, consistent with its existing six-year agreement with Intel. This excludes Intel's proprietary processors, flash memory and certain chipsets for the Intel platform.
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