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CPUs in pictures

Vendors come out in force to support Intel's Core CPU launch

More than a dozen vendors showcased their latest notebooks and PCs at Sydney's Ivy Room

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News about CPUs

Article | 9/07/2010 Intel says its Celeron brand is here to stay
Intel has no plans to shelve its Celeron processor brand in 2011, the chip maker said Friday in response to a Taiwanese press report.
Article | 22/06/2010 Fastest Core i3 processor from Intel surfaces
Intel is now offering its fastest dual-core Core i3 laptop processor to PC makers including Dell and Hewlett-Packard, which are selling laptops with t...
Article | 22/06/2010 Intel's Westmere-EX chip to include 10 cores
Intel's next-generation server processor code-named Westmere-EX will pack in 10 cores, an industry source said on Monday
Article | 21/06/2010 Intel's Westmere-EX to include more cores
Intel's next-generation processor code-named Westmere-EX may include more cores than the company's current server chips, according to the title of a p...
Article | 11/06/2010 Intel's new Atom chips appear in HP, Fujitsu netbooks
Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu are updating existing netbook models with new Atom processors that were announced last week by Intel at the Computex trade...

Tutorials about CPUs

Article | 11/05/2011 What's the difference between an Intel Core i3, i5 and i7?
Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 CPUs have been around for over a year now, but some buyers still get stumped whenever they attempt to build their ...
Article | 13/08/2010 How to get more from a quad-core PC
QUESTION: My Windows 7 Home Premium computer has a quad-core processor and 4GB of RAM. I've not found any advantage to using four cores. How can I use...

Features about CPUs

Article | 6/07/2010 A guide to Intel's Core processor family
For many of us computer users, a PC's CPU – or central processing unit – is an unseen device that we know little about. We’re bamboozled by numbers an...
Article | 11/06/2010 What's in a smartphone processor? Increasingly a lot
Whenever a hot new smartphone hits the market, one of the key specifications techies look at is its processor, which is primarily responsible for runn...
Article | 26/05/2010 The 10 best hacks of 2010 (so far)
In honor of Towel Day, and the Glorious 25th of May, here are ten of our most favorite hacks featured in Geek Tech in the last five months, running th...
Article | 19/03/2010 Multicore requires OS rework, Windows architect advises
With chip makers continuing to increase the number of cores they include on each new generation of their processors, perhaps it's time to rethink the ...
Article | 22/01/2010 Vendors come out in force to support Intel's Core CPU launch
Intel yesterday had a fancy launch for its Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs. With over a dozen vendors on hand to showcase their latest laptops, PCs ...