Tim Smalley & Richard Swinburne

AMD Phenom X3 8750

If you think quad-core is excessive but dual-core is old hat, how about a Ménage à trois from AMD's new Phenom X3 8750? Is it the cheap and cheerful multi-threading meat eater enthusiasts have been waiting to lap up? We just had to find out...

April 23, 2008 | 08:47

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Intel talks about Nehalem, Larrabee & 32nm

Earlier in the week, we chatted to Intel ahead of next month's Intel Developer Forum to discuss some of its future products... Nehalem and Larrabee to be specific. It looks like 2009 and onwards will see all the major players fight on multiple fronts.

March 19, 2008 | 15:55

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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650

Intel's first 45nm desktop CPU from the Penryn family launches in the middle of next month. Today, we have a look at the new Core 2 Extreme QX9650 with side-by-side performance comparisons against a range of dual and quad-core CPUs in an x86-64 environment.

October 29, 2007 | 05:16

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