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Digital Video Editing web site published Dell Precision 390 Workstation review. This powerful desktop workstation featuring the E6700, one of the latest Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe) 64-bit processors, is highly recommended by this web site.

Summing up, this Intel Core 2 Duo processor is downright remarkable. It’s more energy efficient, allows computers to run quieter, and packs a tremendous punch. It’s found a luxo-sport home inside the Dell Precision Workstation 390, too. With Dell’s elegantly-designed and solidly-built case, the package consists of high-quality components.

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Intel today officially announced its Core 2 Duo processors, dubbing the desktop “Conroe” and the laptop-use “Merom” chips “the best processors in the world”. Intel also cut other selected processors prices by as much as 60 percent.

“The Core 2 Duo processors are simply the best processors in the world,” said Paul Otellini, president and chief executive of Intel in a statement annoncing the new chips. “Not since Intel introduced the Pentium processor has the industry seen the heart of the computer reinvented like this.”

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3Dconnexion, a Logitech company, today announced its latest 3DxSoftware release, which includes support for professional graphics applications that leverage 64-bit processor architecture. 3Dconnexion’s navigation input devices (also known as 3D motion controllers), including SpacePilot, SpaceTraveler, and SpaceBall, deliver productivity enhancements as well as improved performance and rapid response times when combined with advanced 64-bit hardware and software tools.

This new level of support will be featured at SIGGRAPH ‘06, July 30 through August 3 at the Boston Convention Center, where 3Dconnexion’s award-winning products will be featured in the Guerilla Studio and the company’s booth #2306.

“We’re pleased to see that 3Dconnexion is among the early supporters of 64-bit technology, so when new applications and CPU upgrades become available, customers who use them with 3Dconnexion’s input devices will won’t suffer any interruption in their workflow. 3Dconnexion’s 64-bit support contributes to the designer’s ability to get the most from the power that the 64-bit architecture provides for working with data-intensive applications such as 3D animation and CAD,” said Dr. Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research, located in Tiburon, California.

3Dconnexion’s Support for 64-Bit Computing Enhances Interaction with Large Datasets; 3Dconnexion Navigation Input Devices to be featured at SIGGRAPH ‘06 Guerilla Studio and in Booth #2306 at Boston Convention Center

Intel Conroe desktop processors, which will be available on 27 July, achieved PCW Labs’ fastest-ever PCmark05 performance on standard clocking in pre-launch tests.

The 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo, which uses Intel’s new Core microarchitecture, scored 6,906, compared with 5,964 by a 3.46GHz 955 Pentium Extreme Edition and 5700 by a 2.8GHz AMD Athlon FX-62, PCW published.

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Intel unveiled five new products in the Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 Processor 9000 series. Previously codenamed “Montecito,” the new 64-bit Itanium server processors “double the performance and lower energy requirements, improving performance per watt by 2.5 times compared to existing, single-core versions”, Intel’s press release says.

The Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 processor 9000 series delivers performance at a system scale unmatched by competing RISC architectures. According to Intel, Itanium 2 sets world record results in several key server benchmarks including a score of 4230 SPEC_int_rate_base_20001, nearly triple the previous record.

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Pragma Systems, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise class Windows servers for Microsoft platforms, announces the pre-release of the 64-bit edition of Pragma FortressSSH, Pragma FortressSSH ClientSuite and Pragma TelnetServer for Windows Vista/2003/2000/XP. Customers now have the option of running either the 64-bit version or 32-bit version of Pragma FortressSSH and Pragma TelnetServer across their enterprise.

Pragma FortressSSH Server 5.0, FortressSSH ClientSuite 5.0 and Pragma TelnetServer 7.0 will support the new Microsoft Vista and Longhorn operating systems. Pragma’s products allow enterprises remote access and management to computers in their companies. Customers have a reliable way to utilize system administration, application delivery and secure encrypted file transfer throughout computing environments with Pragma’s product suite.

“We wanted to maintain our market leadership in the telnet and SSH space, and believe that being the first to announce 64-bit compatibility demonstrates our commitment in this area,” said Andrew Tull, Pragma’s vice president of sales and marketing.

Pragma Systems Introduces 64-Bit Versions of Product Suite: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

Fujitsu unveiled the PRIMEQUEST 500 series servers with Dual-core Intel Itanium 2 processors. PRIMEQUEST 500 servers are cited as providing performance improvements “up to 2.5 times that of previous models”.

“PRIMEQUEST 500 series servers deliver the most advanced virtualization capabilities available and extended system scalability for Linux and Windows environments. Combining the dual-core Intel processor with the state-of-the-art Fujitsu architecture and design, the new PRIMEQUEST servers are an ideal choice for enterprises that require the economic benefits and flexibility of industry standard solutions without compromising their business continuity, says Fujitsu’s press release.

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This August, Intel will release the Intel Core 2 series of chips. The first of the Core 2 series, the Core 2 Duo processor, codenamed Conroe, is slated for release July 27. The chip is intended for desktop computers and is cited as using 40 percent less power than Intel’s Pentium D processor, UPI reports.

Also slated for release July 27, the Conroe XE will replace the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition and its dual-core cousin. The Conroe XE will run at a clock speed of 2.93 GHz and be priced at $999.

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Intel is all set to launch its quad-core processors later this year, while AMD is not likely to ship its first quad-core chip until late 2007.

Intel’s president and chief executive Paul Otellini said the company will ship the first lot of its quad-core processors for the server and desktop later this year instead of the planned first quarter 2007 launch.

Intel will combine two of the recently released 64-bit Woodcrest Xeon processors to create the quad-core processor for servers and two of the dual-core Conroe processors, which is expected to be marketed next week, to create a quad-core processor for desktop PCs.

AMD, on the other hand, has maintained that it will use what it describes as a monolithic design to make its quad-core processor, which is scheduled to hit the markets mid-2007.

Intel to launch its quad-core processor by year-end

Intel plans to raise the proportion of Core 2 Duo Mobile (Merom) CPU to over 50% of its laptop processor shipments of in the first quarter of 2007, making 64-bit dual-core models the mainstream in the notebook market, Digi Times writes according to industry sources.

While Intel is expected to officially unveil its Merom processors by the end of July, volume production may only begin in mid-August, and the first Intel-based 64-bit dual-core notebooks may not hit shelves until the end of August, the sources pointed out.

Intel’s initial shipment goal for Merom after its launch is 15% of its laptop processor shipments, and the proportion will increase to 30% in the fourth quarter, the sources said.

In the first quarter of 2007, Intel expects the launch of Microsoft’s Vista to drive up demand for 64-bit dual-core laptop PCs, and Merom’s proportion in its notebook processor shipments will top 50% in the first quarter, the sources added.

Merom to top 50% of Intel notebook processors in 1Q 2007

Hewlett-Packard announced the HP xw8400 workstation, featuring the latest dual-core Intel Xeon 5100 64-bit processor. “The HP xw8400 workstation is our highest-performing Intel Xeon processor-based workstation and provides the hard disk and I/O expandability and performance needed to power demanding design and engineering applications.”, says HP.

The HP xw8400 delivers Intel’s 5000X high-end performance chipset for Intel Xeon processors that supports 1333 MHz dual system bus, and a 4 channel 667 MHz Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) memory subsystem. The HP xw8400 can achieve configurations supporting 64-bit applications.

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Hewlett-Packard announced the HP xw6400 workstation, featuring the latest dual-core Intel Xeon 5100 64-bit processor. “HP xw6400 workstation is our mid-range workstation offering high performance and expandability in a space-saving, power-efficient package. As one of the smallest dual-socket form factors in the industry, it fits neatly into cramped work areas, like a financial trader’s desk”, says HP.

The HP xw6400 supports up to 8 monitors, allowing visualization of huge amounts of data from multiple sources with less need to toggle between different applications displayed on multiple screens.

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Dell unveiled Dell Precision 690 and Dell Precision 490, desktop workstations featuring the latest Intel Xeon 5100 dual-core 64-bit processors.

“Featuring the Intel Xeon processor 5100 series, these workstations deliver performance gains over previous models of up to 45 percent on single-threaded applications and up to 155 percent on multithreaded applications”, says press release.

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Intel introduced its dual-core Intel Xeon 5100 Processor series, previously codenamed “Woodcrest,” for the high-volume server, workstation, communications, storage and embedded market segments. Intel Xeon 5100 processors are based on the new Intel Core Microarchitecture. More than 200 server and workstation models are planned from more than 150 manufacturers with initial orders starting today.

“Simply put, the Core microarchitecture is a technical marvel that is driving a new era of power efficiency without compromising on what can only be described as eye-popping dual-core 64-bit performance,” said Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group.

Intel Unleashes New Server Processors That Deliver World-Class Performance And Power Efficiency

ActiveWin reviewed AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ processor. They also installed Windows Vista 64-bit edition on PC featuring Athlon 64 X2 5000+. Here are some quotes from this review with links to its pages.

AMD has been the king of 64-bit computing for some time now and no matter what Intel has attempted to throw in front of them, AMD have hurdled over it. With the release of the new AMD AM2 Motherboards and processors AMD are now not only pushing the envelope on the 64-bit and Dual Core front, they are reducing the amount of energy and power that the processors take up, thus producing quieter and cooler PC’s. The big question is, has the wait for the new AM2 processors and motherboards been worth it? Do we see any benefit from using DDR2 memory compared to the old DDR2 on the previous Socket 939 processors, read on and we’ll find out. This review will also concentrate on the future impact the processor will have when used with Windows Vista, we’ll be putting it through its paces on the newly released beta 2 version of the upcoming Microsoft operating system.

ActiveWin: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Processor- Review

One major enhancement in Windows Vista 64-bit edition is that they provide much improved security features over the plain 32-bit versions. thanks to the No Execute (NX) technology and Data Execution Protection (DEP) which help to try and prevent buffer overflows that are the most common used attacks around today. So all in all everything looks very promising for Windows Vista performance on the latest AMD based processors, personally I can’t wait for the new operating system to come out.

ActiveWin: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Processor- Review