PUBLIC MARKS from danijelzi with tag CPU

Intel has announced the Core i7 2657M CPU, a new ultra-low voltage Sandy Bridge chip with a TDP of 17W. It will sell for $317 for a mobile version in 1000 unit-quantities, and the launch schedule is Q2 2011.

Intel plans to release in the third quarter of the year a new LGA 1366 CPU - the Intel Core i7 995X Extreme Edition that will feature six processing cores and will work at 3.6GHz.

AMD has announced the new quad-core Phenom II X4 model, the Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition CPU at 3.70 GHz. AMD will unveil the new chip soon.

Due to the discovered Intel 6-series chipset issue, select Intel Core “Sandy Bridge” CPU-based notebook and desktop computers are no longer available for purchase. Intel has announced that they will begin delivering the new version of the chipset to their customers in late February, while full volume recovery will be reached in April.

Advanced Micro Devices has launched the AMD Athlon II Neo K145 single-core low-power processor, designed for use in thin-and-light laptops. The 1.8GHz K145 belongs to the 2010 AMD Ultrathin Platform.

Intel cut the pricing of six of its desktop and laptop processors.

AMD has announced today at IFA 2010 the Zacate 18W Accelerated Processor Unit (APU).

AMD has unveiled new details about its upcoming Bobcat platform for small, low power devices such as netbooks, nettops, and tablets.

AMD’s Phenom II X6 1075T Black Edition CPU has been released in Europe for around 247.90EUR. One e-tailer is already offering pre-orders for 227.35EUR.

AMD will be introduce the AMD Athlon II X2 270u dual-core processor with 2.0GHz clockspeed. Pricing of this low-power chip will be around $150.

Nettops based on the Intel Atom processors D525 and D425 with support for DDR3 memory technology are now available.

This review and benchmarks show that differences between the Intel Atom N450 and N270/N280 CPU are minor in terms of performance. However, the new Atom platform enables users to do the most common computing tasks, while providing a great battery life.

The Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition (BX80613I7980X), the company’s new 32nm six-core processor, can be ordered now in the US.

The Intel Core i5-750, the company’s new 45nm quad core processor, can be pre-ordered now and will be available on September 8, according to a product page at SuperBiiz.com. The first Core i5 CPU is clocked at 2.66GHz. It has 8MB of cache and a TDP of 95W. The chip is designed for the Socket LGA1156, found on new and already available Intel P55 chipset-based motherboards. The Core i5-750 is priced at $219.99, while the P55 mainboards start at $109.99.

Some newer netbooks now feature Intel's Atom N280 processor instead of the older N270. I have benchmarked the N280 vs N270, clocked at 1.66GHz and 1.60GHz respectively.

I have replaced an old Athlon 64 X2 4200+ at 2.2GHz with the 6400+ in a Windows Vista desktop PC machine featuring the Asus M2N-E SLI motherboard, 2GB of 800MHz DDR2 memory, the Asus EAH3850 512MB video card, and a Cooler Master 620W power supply. The performance improvement after this upgrade is significant and goes up to 46 percent in some tests.

Intel plans to launch Intel Core 2 Extreme X7800 and Celeron M 540 laptop processors on July 8th, as well as Core 2 Extreme X7900, Core 2 Duo T7250, T7800, L7700, U2200, U2100, and Celeron 550 on September 2nd.