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Intel Cuts P4 Prices
Intel Corp. over the weekend cut prices on its 64-bit line of desktop processors. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker reduced the cost of its five single-core Pentium 4 6xx chips from 20.15 percent to 33.72 percent. All feature 2MB of Level 2 cache and an 800MHz front-side bus, with the key difference being the…
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Intel Swaps Clock Speed for Power Efficiency
Intel, which next week is expected to announce plans to move to a new processor architecture, is switching to a new yardstick to measure processor performance: performance per watt. Intel Corp. is expected to detail next week at its IDF (Intel Developer Forum) a plan to begin building multicore chips with the architecture, a modified…
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Fledgling USB Backup System Vendor Takes on Tape
Darren McBride wanted to a make a point when he came up with a name for the backup systems he started selling last year: He named them Highly Reliable Systems. That name, says McBride, goes to the crux of why he got into backup systems in the first place. Four years ago, after a couple…
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U.S.-Based Data-Center Outsourcers Face New Challenge
Time was, the data center represented a point of pride and a symbol of strength for traditional U.S.-based outsourcers. Its power and scope was an indication of the company’s own prowess. Some took presentation of the data center to theatrical heights: visitors would recline in a viewing area and a curtain would part to reveal…
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Intel to Go Back to the Future with Next-Gen Chip Architecture
Intel Corp. will have mobility on its mind at its Intel Developer Forum later this month. Paul Otellini, CEO of the Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker, will kick off the three-day event, to be held starting Aug. 23 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center West, with a keynote that will unveil the first details of a…
