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Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Multimedia

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Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Motherboards

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs

Intel's dominance with the Nehalem Core i7s has been nearly complete, yet a replacement will soon arrive in the form of Gulftown, a six-core monster...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs

Arrandale is Intel's first mainstream notebook CPU based on the Nehalem microarchitecture, and it shares the same potent silicon as the new Clarksfield desktop CPUs....

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing

Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture has gone entirely mainstream with the arrival of the dual-core processors code-named Clarkdale. This release also marks two major milestones: the...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Chipsets

Intel didn't intend for its Atom CPU to revolutionize the ultraportable notebook market, but it happened anyway. Today, the next-gen "Pine Trail" Atom platform debuts...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Chipsets Mobile computing

Nehalem has finally arrived for notebooks in the form of Clarksdale Core i7 mobile processors that are virtually identical to their Lynnfield desktop counterparts.

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs

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Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia Personal tech

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Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia

AMD and Intel have deluged us with new CPUs. The result? An enormous roundup of 26 different types of processors, including five brand-new...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs

Could Western Digital's new digital media player be the ideal companion for the company's external hard drives? And does it belong in your entertainment...

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs