Stories about: Cyrix

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    Intel legal woes don'e End with AMD settlement 13/11/2009 08:22:00

    The fact that Intel and AMD have reached a $1.25 billion agreement and established a pact to cross-license each other's patents for the next 5 years should not come as any surprise. AMD needs the cash infusion and Intel needs...well, Intel needs AMD. Seems like a win-win.
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    Lenovo launches IdeaPad S12, the first Nvidia Ion-powered netbook 26/05/2009 07:36:00

    Targeting TV and movie lovers, Lenovo Group Ltd. today announced the first netbook that can be equipped with Nvidia Inc.'s Ion platform for high-definition video.
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    Intel to ship Larrabee graphics chip in early 2010 16/04/2009 09:17:00

    Intel Corp.'s Larrabee graphics processor, which is expected to challenge Nvidia Inc. and ATI Corp. in the high-performance desktop and gaming PC market, will arrive early next year, the chipmaker's CEO said during a quarterly earnings call on Tuesday.
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    Ghosts of Cyrix, PowerPC, Transmeta haunt x86-bound Nvidia 12/03/2009 09:08:00

    Experts have one question about Nvidia's public admission last week that it may offer its own PC processor: What took you so long?
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    AMD sees no Geode chip replacement in sight 27/01/2009 11:44:00

    Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said it has no replacement planned for the aging Geode low-power chip, creating uncertainty for its use in products like future XO laptops made by One Laptop Per Child.
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    Birth of a standard: The Intel 8086 microprocessor 18/06/2008 09:17:37

    The release of Intel's 8086 microprocessor in 1978 was a watershed moment for personal computing. The DNA of that chip is likely at the centre of whatever computer--Windows, Mac, or Linux--you're using to read this, and it helped transform Intel from merely one of many chip companies to the world's largest.
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    Happy birthday, x86! An industry standard turns 30 05/06/2008 08:21:38

    Thirty years ago, on June 8, 1978, Intel introduced its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086, with a splashy ad heralding "the dawn of a new era." Overblown? Sure, but also prophetic. While the 8086 was slow to take off, its underlying architecture -- later referred to as x86 -- would become one of technology's most impressive success stories.
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    Intel and antitrust: A brief history 19/02/2008 10:17:31

    Last week's raid on Intel's Munich office by European Commission investigators marks the latest development in one of several antitrust cases that have dogged the world's largest chip maker for years. Here's a rundown of Intel's brushes with antitrust investigators and lawsuits around the world since 1990:
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    Via announces successor to Cyrix III processor 27/03/2001 09:31:37

    Via Technologies officially launched its new low-power C3 processor Sunday, at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover. The device will be priced at $US54 per unit in quantities of 1,000, the company said in a statement Sunday.
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    Internet, wireless drive top themes for CeBIT '01 15/03/2001 09:39:59

    The German city of Hanover is hunkering down for the annual swarm of hundreds of thousands of IT professionals and technology buffs to CeBIT, which takes place this year from 22 to 28 March . The event is the world's largest trade fair, according to its organiser Deutsche Messe.
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    Upgrader - Soup up your PC's processor 01/03/2001 16:49:02

    As today's newest CPUs surpass the 1GHz barrier, and with major price cuts to slightly slower speeds looming, it's easy to get frustrated with the older, pokier processor in your PC. Depending on your platform, a CPU upgrade can give your older machine a reasonable performance boost for a practical price.
 
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