by Nick Booth, 20 Nov 2008
System builders have responded positively to Shanghai, the code name for AMD’s latest core-processor model with many saying it is far better than the previous Barcelona platform. AMD has promised Shanghai will be the best platform for virtualisation performance and easy live migration. But following disappointment with Barcelona, many system builders questioned whether the new 45nm design could produce the industry’s fastest stable x86 server platform architecture so far. Global OEMs are expected to immediately offer enterprise and SME customers more than 25 systems, available between now and the end of the year, based on the 45nm quad-core AMD Opteron processor. The main improvements are expected to be the 45nm process, an improved prefetch, increased and improved caching, faster virtualisation and a new energy-efficient, cache-saving feature called Smart Fetch. Subhas Patel, managing director of system builder Satine Interactive said that, despite being a “shrunken version” of the Barcelona chip (down from 65nm), the Opteron is solid.
Read more here -->Link
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Intel to push out everything in 2009
By Charlie Demerjian: Thursday, 20 November 2008
IT LOOKS LIKE Intel is doing the a new dance, this one is to the tune of the 'economic blues roadmap shuffle'. Most everything they are making in 2009 is pushed out a bit. The most obvious are the 'dales', not 'Chip and....', but Auburndale and Havendale, not to mention Clarksfield, were pushed out a bit earlier, from late Q2/early Q3 to out a bit. Now they look to have slipped a full quarter. The 2S Tylersburg parts also move a bit, but not that much. These parts slide about a month or so, understandable since they are quite near term, they are likely going into the oven about now anyway. The interesting thing about these pushbacks is that the people we talked to were not given a reason for it to happen. Normally, they are at least told why in vague terms, usually with product change paperwork in tow, but this time is different.
Read more here -->Link
IT LOOKS LIKE Intel is doing the a new dance, this one is to the tune of the 'economic blues roadmap shuffle'. Most everything they are making in 2009 is pushed out a bit. The most obvious are the 'dales', not 'Chip and....', but Auburndale and Havendale, not to mention Clarksfield, were pushed out a bit earlier, from late Q2/early Q3 to out a bit. Now they look to have slipped a full quarter. The 2S Tylersburg parts also move a bit, but not that much. These parts slide about a month or so, understandable since they are quite near term, they are likely going into the oven about now anyway. The interesting thing about these pushbacks is that the people we talked to were not given a reason for it to happen. Normally, they are at least told why in vague terms, usually with product change paperwork in tow, but this time is different.
Read more here -->Link
PC Magazine goes online-only
By AP Nov. 20, 2007
After 27 years as a print publication, PC Magazine is ditching its print edition and going online-only in February. The move, announced Wednesday, highlights the pressure on newspapers and magazines to protect their profit margins as more advertising dollars flow to the Web. Publications are increasingly betting on Internet-only business models. Last month, The Christian Science Monitor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning international newspaper, announced its plans to give up its daily print editions in April and focus on posting news online instead to cut costs. PC Magazine's publisher, Ziff Davis Media, said the magazine's last print edition would be the January 2009 issue. The magazine's Web site and related sites draw more than seven million unique visitors a month, more than 10 times the print circulation, Ziff Davis said. The publication is well known for its product reviews.
Read more here -->Link
After 27 years as a print publication, PC Magazine is ditching its print edition and going online-only in February. The move, announced Wednesday, highlights the pressure on newspapers and magazines to protect their profit margins as more advertising dollars flow to the Web. Publications are increasingly betting on Internet-only business models. Last month, The Christian Science Monitor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning international newspaper, announced its plans to give up its daily print editions in April and focus on posting news online instead to cut costs. PC Magazine's publisher, Ziff Davis Media, said the magazine's last print edition would be the January 2009 issue. The magazine's Web site and related sites draw more than seven million unique visitors a month, more than 10 times the print circulation, Ziff Davis said. The publication is well known for its product reviews.
Read more here -->Link
Can The BlackBerry Storm Live Up To The Hype?
by Andrew R Hickey November 20, 2008
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd. has a lot riding on the BlackBerry Storm, it's first-ever touch-screen smartphone and the Canadian device manufacturer's official Apple iPhone rival. And when the Storm hits stores Friday, it will determine whether the Storm is the iPhone killer it's predicted to be or whether it's another iPhone clone following Apple's lead. And while both Verizon Wireless -- the Storm's exclusive carrier in the U.S. -- and BlackBerry are confident the BlackBerry Storm will sell briskly despite the tough economy, the hype surrounding the device may be hard to keep up with. Reviewers are already saying mixed things about the Storm, some panning the touch-screen keyboard and its lack of Wi-Fi; some praising its overall slickness.
Read more here -->Link
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd. has a lot riding on the BlackBerry Storm, it's first-ever touch-screen smartphone and the Canadian device manufacturer's official Apple iPhone rival. And when the Storm hits stores Friday, it will determine whether the Storm is the iPhone killer it's predicted to be or whether it's another iPhone clone following Apple's lead. And while both Verizon Wireless -- the Storm's exclusive carrier in the U.S. -- and BlackBerry are confident the BlackBerry Storm will sell briskly despite the tough economy, the hype surrounding the device may be hard to keep up with. Reviewers are already saying mixed things about the Storm, some panning the touch-screen keyboard and its lack of Wi-Fi; some praising its overall slickness.
Read more here -->Link
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)