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Intel Celeron D CPU: Budget Processors from Intel Acquire Prescott Core

[ 06/25/04 | by Ilya Gavrichenkov]

The transition of Intel’s budget processors to the new 90nm Prescott core is a very important event for the CPU market. New Celeron D CPUs acquired larger L2 cache, SSE3 instructions support and faster 533MHz bus. Will these innovations be enough to turn the ugly duckling into a beautiful swan? Check out our review of the new Celeron D, including detailed performance tests and overclocking experiments!

LGA775: New CPUs and Chipsets

[ 06/21/04 | by Ilya Gavrichenkov]

Today we would like to offer you a detailed review of the new Intel platforms based on i915 Express and i925X Express chipsets. New LGA775 processor form-factor, PCI Express x16 graphics interface, DDR2 SDRAM and of course a bunch of new processors in the Pentium 4 and Pentium 4 Extreme Edition family. Wow, you can’t miss this!

Meeting First Socket 939 Processors: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ and Athlon 64 3500+

[ 06/01/04 | by Ilya Gavrichenkov]

Today, new processors from AMD come to us in their new form-factor, Socket 939. What benefits does the new dual-channel controller of the Athlon 64 bring to us and what’s so interesting about the Socket 939 platform? Find it out with us!

Choosing a Budget CPU: 24 Value Processors from Intel and AMD in Our Lab

[ 05/15/04 | by Ilya Gavrichenkov]

In this article we will focus on the performance of 24 Value processors, which have unfortunately become pretty rare guests in our reviews and roundups lately. Also we will try to find out what low-cost processor solutions from AMD and Intel appear the best purchase for the end-users today. Find out the best CPU you can get for the least money with the help of our extensive detailed coverage!

Server Platforms Today

[ 04/29/04 | by Victor Kartunov]

In this theoretical article we are going to take a closer look at the multi-processor architectures used in contemporary servers and will dwell on a few server processor, which are not that well-known to the public yet. Namely, we are going to reveal all secrets of the Intel Itanium and Hewlett Packard PA8700, as well as Alpha, MIPS, SUN UltraSPARC and of course IBM Power4 microprocessors.