New Westmere Details Emerge: Power Efficiency and 4/6 Core Plans

Intel let loose some new information on Westmere today about power efficiency as well as its upcoming quad-core and 6-core chips. Updated: Desktop quad-core plans not certain!

GF100 Cards Finally Named: GTX 480 & GTX 470

Choosing the Best H55/H57 Motherboard - Part 1

January 3, 2010 saw the lift of Intel's embargo on the Clarkdale family of processors and supporting H55/H57 series chipsets. Boards featuring these chipsets have been in our labs...

Intel & Micron Announce 25nm NAND Flash Production, SSDs to get Bigger/Cheaper in Q4

Moore's law applies to more than just microprocessors. At roughly twice the density of 34nm flash, IMFT's announcement means we'll see SSD capacities double this year - without...

Unlocking the Phenom II X2 555: 3.2GHz Quad-Core for $99

No I'm not talking about bypassing multiplier locks, the Black Edition takes care of that already. I'm talking about flipping a switch to enable the two disabled cores...

The Apple iPad - Anand's Analysis

For not actually shipping a product, there's a lot to take in based on today's iPad announcement. We wrestle with available information to figure out where this thing...

Why Pine Trail Isn't Much Faster Than the First Atom

We were puzzled by Pine Trail's lack of performance. In some cases it was faster than the original Atom, but in most it hardly showed a difference -...

The Clarkdale Experiment

Loyd builds a small form factor, high performance, low power gaming system. Is it worth the effort and the cost?

AMD's New Year Refresh: Athlon II X4 635, Phenom II X2 555, Athlon II X2 255 & Athlon II X3 440

It's time for AMD's response to Intel's Clarkdale launch. Cheaper prices and higher clock speeds thanks to yield improvements at Global Foundries.

Dell UltraSharp U2711: Quality has a Price

Looking for a "professional" quality LCD with a super small dot pitch? Dell's new U2711 may be just the thing for you, even if it doesn't come cheap.

The Intel Core i3 530 Review - Great for Overclockers & Gamers

It costs $113 but with minimal effort you can reach 4GHz with the stock cooler. At those speeds (and at stock) it's a great CPU for gamers. ...

The Business of Tech: AMD Q4 2009

Setting up a high performance OpenVZ container

Internet Served TV versus Cable and Satellite TV

Enermax Gold: Modu87+ and Pro87+

Enermax has launched two new PSU series, both with 80 Plus Gold certification. High efficiency and silence combine to create some of the best PSUs we've ever tested.

Dynamic Power Management: A Quantitative Approach

Performance per Watt rules the datacenter, right? Wrong. Join us as we investigate why there's more to it than just being green.

NVIDIA’s GF100: Architected for Gaming

At long last, the other shoe drops. Over CES NVIDIA told us everything we wanted to know about the GPU that was Fermi. We find out why NVIDIA believes...

AMD's Radeon HD 5670: Sub-$100 DirectX 11 Starts Today

Today AMD is launching the first Redwood card - the 5670 - bringing DX11 down to its lowest price point yet. While the performance won't set the world on...

Loyd's New Year - A Trio of Problem Systems

Three systems, three different sets of problems. Loyd Case puts on his problem solving hat and shares what he learned.

The CES 2010 Conclusion - SoCs, Motherboards, Cases & More

We played with everything from 3D Blu-ray on the PC to USB 3.0 and 6Gbps SATA on motherboards. We also spoke with a number of SoC makers at...