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 Platform Trends: The Year of Serious Storage
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published July 21, 2008
One and one-half terabytes, people! Most of us remember when such storage capacity stretched the limits of a server RAID array, but next month Seagate will ship a 1.5TB desktop hard disk. Meanwhile, both old-fashioned and newfangled storage tech heats up the notebook market -- and PC enthusiasts and upgraders are getting their hands on the speedy solid-state drives once reserved for the most exotic, elite laptops.
Platform Trends: AMD's Massive Retaliation: The Radeon HD 4000 Series
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published July 7, 2008
Just nine days after Nvidia's launch of a new flagship GeForce GTX 200 series, AMD grabs the spotlight with formidable -- and more affordable -- ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 graphics cards, packing a whopping 956 million transistors, 800 stream processors, and (for the 4870) unbelievably fast GDDR5 memory. The company also dusts off the classic All-in-Wonder name for a new DirectX 10.1 graphics/HDTV tuner combo.
Platform Trends: The GeForce GTX 200 Series: Big, Bad, and Proud of It
By Eric Grevstad -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published June 20, 2008
As the Incredible Hulk rampages across movie screens, Nvidia introduces a giant of a graphics processor -- the GeForce GTX 280 (and only slightly tamer GTX 260), bringing 1.4 billion transistors, 240 stream processors, and over 240GB/sec of bandwidth to smash even current dual-GPU gaming, 3D rendering, and video-encoding graphics cards. But should you wait for a smaller, less power-hungry sequel?
Platform Trends: Intel Does the New Chipset Thing
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published June 9, 2008
Intel has finally filled out its lineup of supporting silicon for the 45-nanometer-process Core 2 Duo and Quad processors unveiled in January. The new 4 Series chipsets bring some of the benefits of Intel's fire-breathing X48 Express enthusiast platform to mainstream PC buyers, and the G45 Express gives a boost to the 1080p HD video bandwagon. So why does CPU guru Vince Freeman see a missed opportunity?
Platform Trends: AMD/ATI: Slowdown? What Slowdown?
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published May 26, 2008
Both product lifespans and prices are falling for PC graphics cards, but that hasn't stopped AMD from pushing the envelope with a new ATI Radeon HD 4000 series marking the industry debut of GDDR5 memory technology -- and a new brand campaign telling retail shoppers not to settle for the usual integrated graphics.
Platform Trends: DDR-3 Heads for the Mainstream
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published May 9, 2008
Long ago, Intel decided that desktop PCs should use RDRAM, and riots in the marketplace forced a reversal. Now the processor giant is spurring the move from today's DDR-2 to higher-bandwidth, more energy-efficient DDR-3 memory for desktops -- and, with the forthcoming Centrino 2 spec, notebooks as well. Vince Freeman looks at the pros, cons, price points, and performance issues surrounding the transition.
Platform Trends: AMD Hits a Triple with the Phenom X3
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published April 28, 2008
Market-wise, the gap between dual- and quad-core PC processors may not be big enough to drive a truck through. Or a subcompact. Or a shopping cart. But AMD is betting it's got room for a new family of triple-core CPUs. Will the Phenom X3's sales pitch of better multitasking for the price of a dual-core attract buyers? And what happens if tri-core demand exceeds AMD's supply of didn't-quite-pass-inspection quad-cores?
Platform Trends: The Wild World of Graphics Cards
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published April 11, 2008
At the rate they're releasing products, Nvidia and AMD/ATI may soon run out of model numbers. Desktop PC graphics cards have never had shorter life spans or quicker price cuts, as last year's performance champions are suddenly mid-market or even destined to be entry-level cards. Will GDDR-5 keep the mad momentum going? Is Asus serious about showing off not a dual- but a triple-GPU one-card solution?
Platform Trends: X4 Marks the Spot
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published March 31, 2008
Okay, AMD Phenom, take two, quiet on the set! (Really quiet, in the case of the 65-watt quad-core for home-theater PCs.) Yes, four months after its bumpy introduction, AMD's top processor is getting a do-over -- raising clock speeds; squashing the TLB bug that cast a shadow over the first Phenoms; and adopting easy-to-understand X4 labels for quad- and X3 for tri-core CPUs. Radically undercutting Intel's Core 2 prices shouldn't hurt, either.
Platform Trends: Intel Deploys Its Troops
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published March 17, 2008
What's the only thing that can hurt sales of Intel's dominant Core 2 Duo and Quad processors? It's not AMD's Phenom -- it's buyers deciding to wait for the products the chipmaker has in the pipeline. CPU guru Vince Freeman explains why the release of Intel's 45-nanometer-process quad-core "Yorkfield," higher availability of the dual-core "Wolfdale," and a new desktop chipset and quad-core laptop processor should give Intel a Q2 for the record books.
Platform Trends: Shifts in the Multicore Landscape
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published February 29, 2008
The state of the art's not just top of the line: After unveiling its 45-nanometer-process engineering with quad-core Xeon and Core 2 Extreme CPUs, Intel has finally added affordable dual-core versions to its Core 2 Duo line. But while these "Wolfdale" processors win raves, AMD is making moves elsewhere -- giving China first dibs on a dual-core Sempron and preparing to add tri-core models to its flagship Phenom series.
Platform Trends: Nvidia's Chess Moves
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published February 17, 2008
Competing with Intel in desktop chipsets and with AMD in both chipsets and graphics processors, Nvidia Corp. is no stranger to strategic planning. So why has the company neglected its chipset business, seemed caught by surprise when AMD tried Nvidia's own dual-GPU-graphics-card gambit, and gambled its acquisition of gaming physics specialist Aegia on third-party software support?
Platform Trends: AMD Sees Double With the Radeon HD 3870 X2
Chips & Upgrades Article Published February 2, 2008
Some people are always spoiling for a fight. When AMD introduced the ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics processor, fanboys were disappointed that the GPU aimed for the affordable mid-market instead of challenging Nvidia's GeForce 8800 Ultra for the unlimited-price gaming-performance crown. What they didn't know is that the gang at AMD were busy fitting two HD 3870s onto one card ...
Platform Trends: The Celeron Comes Back
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published January 19, 2008
Two cores in every cubicle? The Celeron has always been the entry-level, economy model -- less politely, the runt of the litter -- among Intel's desktop processors. That's still true, but the newest model stands a little taller: According to CPU guru Vince Freeman, the Celeron E1200's specifications may not be stellar, but it brings dual-core multitasking even to IT managers' lowest-budget office-worker buys.
Platform Trends: Intel Prepares a 45-Caliber Welcoming Committee
By Vince Freeman -
Chips & Upgrades Article Published January 4, 2008
As AMD rallied to offset December's sluggish Phenom 9600 debut by previewing some speedy Phenom 9900 processors for the new year, you might say the patient was out of bed and walking on his own two feet ... into a buzzsaw. For next week's CES trade show, Intel is poised to announce a slew of CPUs using its latest 45-nanometer-process engineering -- including dual-core chips that may make life tough for AMD's quads.
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