Nvidia Corp is rolling out motherboard chipsets with integrated GPU for Intel processors
Nvidia is expected to say on Tuesday that its new GeForce chips for desktop PCs give the performance of an entry-level separate graphics processor unit, as compared to traditional integrated graphics chips such as those made by Intel.
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The dream machine: Dual Quad-Core processors coupled with 8800GTX SLI.
Intel SkullTrail is an enthusiast gaming platform, which is a dual CPU system set to rival the AMD Quad FX platform. It is reported to have SLI and Quad SLI support.
Here are some extreme machines on IDF: One was powered by a 3.0GHz Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (Yorkfield), another was a stock Skulltrail machine equipped with dual 3.4GHz quad-core processors, and the last system was a modded Skulltrail that was overclocked to 4GHz. The modded machine featured a pair of vapor phase-change coolers for the processors, liquid-cooled memory and GeForce 8800 GTX cards.
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With 45nm processor and integrating a memory controller, video encode/decode engine and graphics all on a single chip, Intel described this as the chip the iPhone would have wanted.
The “Moorestown” processor was revealed, not realistically about to hit the market until 2009 or 2010, Intel described this as the chip the iPhone would have wanted.
With 45nm processor and integrating a memory controller, video encode/decode engine and graphics all on a single chip it will allow concept products like the device shown, to become a reality.
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Intel Details Graphics Processor Market Approach, Intel’s Chief Exec Talks Graphics Technology.During his keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF), the chief executive of the world’s largest maker of chips, Paul Otellini, outlined the company’s plans regarding improving performance of graphics processors. Intel confirmed that code-named Larrabee chip can process graphics, as well as a CPU with intergrated graphics core in 2010.
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Next-gen memory spec. for extreme overclockers
This week, memory module manufacturer Corsair announced a new set of high-performance DDR3 modules that fit Intel’s Extreme Memory specification. These modules have additional overclocking profiles built into the SPD (serial presence detect) ROM on the memory module, which allows simple and reliable overclocking of memory. Intel Extreme Memory is intended for the upcoming release of high-end desktop motherboards using Intel’s X38 chipset.
The next generation of EPP, dubbed EPP 2.0, is in the works, but will also differ from Intel Extreme Memory. EPP 2.0 will add DDR3 support for unannounced Nvidia chipsets.
When asked if this might increase buyer confusion, Corsair Vice President of Marketing Jack Peterson noted that the company planned an educational campaign, using price breaks and bundling to steer users to the right memory and motherboard combination. Peterson also suggested that the company was investigating a utility that would allow users to re-burn EPP profiles into Intel Extreme Memory and vice versa, but no final decision has been made.
Source: ExtremeTech
Gordon Moore, the unassuming billionaire co-founder of Intel, says the end of the technology maxim bearing his name is drawing to a close, perhaps as soon as 10 years from now.
“In 1965 Gordon Moore — Intel’s co-founder — predited that the number of transistors on integrated circuits would double every two years. Moore’s Law has been with us for over 40 years, but it seems that the limits of microelectronics are now not that far from us. Moore has predicted the end of his own law in 10 to 15 years, but he predicted that end before, and failed.”
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Intel’s largest architecture overhaul in decades is less than a year away, “Nehalem”, the next-gen 45nm native quad-core is still in Socket 775.
It wasn’t that long ago that predictions of doom and gloom pinned Intel between a rock and a hard place. The company’s NetBurst architecture didn’t scale and its Itanium architecture didn’t sell; it looked as if for the first time in history, Moore’s Law was in serious jeopardy.
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Anandtech tested Intel’s new 45nm processor, codename Penryn today. On average, Wolfdale ends up being just under 5% faster clock-for-clock than Conroe. It will simply make competing more difficult for AMD’s Phenom, but not impossible. The test is based on an Engineering Sample Penryn running at 2.33GHz(333×7) and Anandtech manages OCing it to 3.22GHz(460×7) on default 1.152v voltage.
After Intel’s price cuts, CPUs had gotten too affordable to pass up building a system now if you needed. Now that we have a general idea of clock-for-clock performance differences between Conroe and Wolfdale, we’re not nearly as worried about recommending that you build systems today as we once were. There’s no doubt that Wolfdale is faster clock-for-clock, but keep in mind that you won’t see Wolfdale until Q1 of next year and the performance advantage simply isn’t great enough to justify delaying a purchase by 6+ months if you need a system now.
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