Intel Corporation has introduced its first Intel Core 2 Extreme mobile dual-core chip – “the world’s highest-performing mobile processor”. The company also introduced new desktop Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo processors and said it expects to announce battery-friendly quad-core processors for laptop computers next year.
Dell has announced its new Vostro line of desktop and laptop PCs, based on AMD’s and Intel’s 64-bit solutions. The new systems are more business-oriented than Dells Inspiron consumer PCs, yet more personalized than the enterprise-class Dell Optiplex and Latitude PCs.
AMD is gearing up for the Back to School season by announcing some price cuts for its dual-core processors on Monday. Besides these price cuts AMD will also can all current single-core Athlon and Sempron processors.
Apple’s iPhone is currently not supported under 64-bit Windows Vista and 64-bit Windows XP operating systems, Engadget reports. “The error message, ‘The software required for iPhone is not installed. Run the iTunes installer to remove iTunes, then install iTunes again.’ is Apples magical way of telling you that iTunes is not supported on 64-bit flavors of Microsoft’s operating systems. Yeah, we agree, they should have listed the incompatibility on the iPhone specs page under Windows System Requirements. Unfortunately for those of you new to Apple software, its buried in support article 301301 which states, ‘iTunes is currently not supported in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition or any 64-bit edition of Windows Vista.’ Now you know,” Engadget says.
We assume Apple will provide iPhone’s 64-bit Windows compatibility with software updates.
Sony has announced its VAIO RM1N Ultimate HD Workstation. “In order to give the VAIO RM1N the power it needs to tackle the demanding work of HD video editing it has the very latest Intel(r) Core(tm) 2 Quad processor. With four processor cores and 8MB of shared L2 cache, this represents the state-of-the-art CPU for professional-grade multimedia applications. There’s a similarly impressive amount of storage on offer too, with a twin disk Serial ATA RAID 0 array totalling 1 terabyte (1000GB). Of course the choice of graphics card is vital for a system like this, which is why VAIO selected the NVIDIA(r) GeForce(r) 8600 GTS. From video manipulation to high-end gaming, with full DirectX 10 support, superlative 3D effects and tremendous performance backed by 256MB of GDDR3 video memory, this is a GPU that delivers exactly what is required,” the press release said.
SYPHA – Sony Announces the VAIO RM1N Ultimate HD Workstation
Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has announced that Asustek Computer’s P5S-MX SE motherboard, which adopts its SiS671FX chipset, has been officially launched. “The P5S-MX SE motherboard supports Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium D, Pentium 4 and Celeron processors with 1066, 800 and 533MHz FSB. It supports single-channel DDR2 667MHz memory with bandwidth up to 5.4GB/s,” DigiTimes reports.
Shuttle has introduced the XPC G5 3300 computer, the full 1080p HD Media Center XPC with optional Blu-ray HD DVD Dual Formats Optical Drive and DVR capabilities. “Supporting HDMI technology, the G5 3300m lets you watch and record TV shows, including the over-the-air high-definition channels. The G5 3300 is home to blazingly fast Intel Core2 Duo or Core2 quad processors and manages up to 4GB of DDR2-800 RAM. Built-in Dolby Digital Live and DTS connect make the Shuttle XPC G5 3300 the ideal platform for thrilling 3D games and exciting films,” Shuttle announced.
AMD announced today that Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, code-named “Barcelona,” are planned for shipment in both standard and low power versions at launch in August. “Due to its enhanced architecture – it is the world’s first x86 CPU to integrate four processing cores on a single die of silicon – Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors can deliver significant performance and performance-per-watt enhancements over existing processor architectures yet are designed to be backwards compatible with existing AMD Opteron platforms,” according to AMD.
Dell has released the new 64-bit desktop and notebook computers. The new PCs are Inspiron 530, 530s and 531, 531s desktops; Inspiron 1720, 1721 (17-inch), Inspiron 1520 and 1521 (15.4-inch), Inspiron 1420 (14.1 inch) notebooks; and XPS M1330 (13.3-inch) notebook.
Biostar has released its T-Series TF560 A2 motherboard which supports AMD’s upcoming socket AM2+ CPUs. Although socket AM2+ CPUs will not launch until later in the year, the socket is backwards compatible and is able to support both AM2 and AM2+ CPUs, according to the company.
AMD’s family of high-end desktop CPUs Phenom (Agena) is scheduled to start appearing in November, according to sources at Taiwan-based motherboard makers. Four products are set to be available in 2007, which will be followed by 11 more during first quarter 2008.
Shuttle now offers a SFF barebone PC featuring the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) – the Shuttle XPC SG33G5. Shuttle XPC Barebone SG33G5 is based on Intel G33 Express chipset and supports 775 socket Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo E6000/E4000 Series, Pentium Dual-Core E2000 Series, and Celeron 400 Series processors, as well as 1333 Mhz FSB.
Intel plans to reveal at least tree new products including the Pentium E2180 processor with 1 MB cache, a new Celeron 440 CPU and a the Q35 chipset. The Celeron 440 is based on the Conroe L dual core processor, supports FSB 800 and has total of 512 KB cache and is clocked at 2 GHz. The Intel Pentium dual core processor E2180 is based on the Conroe core and it also supports FSB 800, has 1 MB cache and will work at 2.0 GHz, according to Fudzilla.
This June AMD is going to launch 65nm version of their Athlon 64 X2 5200+ processors on Brisbane core that will hit 2.7GHz frequency. The closest 65nm dual-core AMD processor with similar features that is available at this time is working at 2.6GHz. It is Athlon 64 X2 5000+ with 64W maximum TDP.
“Intel plans to lower the notebook processors pricing and introduce some new processors on September 2nd. On this date, 7 new processors will be launched and they are Core 2 Extreme X7900 and T7800, Core 2 Duo T7250, L7700, U2200, U2100, and Celeron 550,” Vr-zone reports.
