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AMD R600/700 DRM Interrupts Support Pushed | Posted on: 30/11/2009 @ 19:50

One of the underlying features that has been lacking from the ATI R600/700 DRM / kernel mode-setting driver on Linux has been support for interrupts, which is needed for the sync-to-vblank operation and other important areas. Interrupts support has been lacking since AMD has not yet published any documentation concerning them for the Radeon HD 2000, 3000, and 4000 series ASICs, but today their ...

AMD Core Counts and Bulldozer: Preparing for an APU World | Posted on: 30/11/2009 @ 7:50

We clarify one of the more confusing points of AMD's nomenclature with regards to Bulldozer. AMD is referring to integer cores whenever it mentions core count in its roadmaps....

MSI Wind 12 U230: AMD Congo takes the fight to Intel CULV | Posted on: 27/11/2009 @ 8:40

AMD's second-gen, ultra-mobile platform goes up against Intel's CULV and the ubiquitous Atom.

Biostar TPower i55 – Super Middle Weight Contender | Posted on: 25/11/2009 @ 20:50

We take a look at Biostar's top end P55 motherboard and find that it really is a heavyweight contender with a middle range price tag....

AMD Phenom II 965BE C3 | Posted on: 24/11/2009 @ 20:00

In our first CPU review in a long while we'll take a look at the AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 Black Edition. Now the 965BE has been out for a while already, but Nov 4th AMD launched a new version of the chip, now using the C3 stepping.

AMD's 2010/2011 Roadmap from the IT Professional’s Perspective | Posted on: 24/11/2009 @ 4:40

We tried to find out what the new AMD roadmap means for our IT readers: the professionals who actually configure and buy these servers....

Intel DP55KG Office Mainboard | Posted on: 21/11/2009 @ 11:00

Mit dem DP55KG präsentiert Intel seine eigene Umsetzung des P55 Mainstream Chipsatzes zu einem finalen Mainboard. Neben acht SATA Anschlüssen kann Intels DP55KG auch zwei PCI-Express x16 Slots aufweisen. Die vor allem bezüglich Overclocking kritische Spannungsversorgung kann diesbezüglich auf sechs phasen zurückgreifen, was diese Tage eher die untere Grenze darstellt.

Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12 | Posted on: 20/11/2009 @ 15:30

Intel's Linux graphics driver stack is often at the forefront of X.Org / Mesa innovations, from Intel being the first driver having in-kernel video memory management to being the first driver with mainline kernel mode-setting support to even being the driver that often first receives support for new OpenGL extensions in Mesa. The Intel Linux driver stack can be attributed with many firsts, but ...

Intel Core i5-750 Processor | Posted on: 18/11/2009 @ 11:51

All in all i feel that Intel have lost no momentum with the release of the i5. Yes, the flagship i7 may be faster but it requires an extra investment that some may not be willing to stretch to. What we have here is a massive chunk of that performance in a very affordable package. Its desktop performance is very strong as too was its gaming credentials. Also worthy of mention was the snappiness ...

AMD Catalyst 9.11 For Linux Released | Posted on: 18/11/2009 @ 1:40

AMD has today pushed out their Catalyst 9.11 Linux driver. This release contains support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and initial support for OpenSuSE 11.2 along with a handful of minor bug-fixes...

XFX Black Edition 850W PSU: worthy of recommendation? | Posted on: 17/11/2009 @ 13:30

Take a quality PSU, add some XFX spice, and serve with a £135 price tag.

Intel Pentium E6300 2.80 GHz | Posted on: 16/11/2009 @ 8:30

Intel continues to upgrade their processor lineup with the Pentium E6300. It offers a high stock frequency at 2.80 GHz and improved memory bandwidth due to increased FSB to 1066 MHz, this makes this processor a formidable opponent but the question remains. Can it do any damage to AMD's triple core Athlon II X3 Series?

Review: AMD Athlon II X3 435 | Posted on: 15/11/2009 @ 12:51

Last month saw me going slightly giddy over AMD's latest budget chip and the first quad-core CPU we'd seen for under a ton. This month, as is its wont, AMD has got its triple-core Athlon II X3 mojo going and its latest chip is hitting the streets. It's essentially the same basic chip as the Athlon II X4, but with three-quarters the cores and three-quarters the cache. The clock speed though has ...

My Intel Core i5-750 Experience | Posted on: 14/11/2009 @ 16:40

I’m here to share my experience with the Core i5 processor. Should you get the Core i5-750? Yes? No? Maybe? I hope this article will help you decide. This article was made possible by Intel Malaysia Not A Review The one I have with me is an Engineering Sample so I’ve decided not to call it [...]

AMD and Intel Settle Their Differences: AMD Gets To Go Fabless | Posted on: 12/11/2009 @ 18:20

Today marks a monumental day in the CPU world, as AMD and Intel have settled their differences and dropped all suits against each other. The ramifications are monumental: AMD will officially go fabless...

Intel & AMD Decide To Stop Fighting | Posted on: 12/11/2009 @ 15:10

Intel and AMD have jointly announced this morning that they have decided to stop fighting each other and have settled all outstanding legal disputes. These fights, of course, have been over anti-trust litigation, patent disputes, and other matters that have been burdening both companies for the past years. As part of this settlement, Intel will be paying AMD an amount of $1.25 billion USD and ...

AMD Unveils Bulldozer & Bobcat: 2011 Microachitectures | Posted on: 11/11/2009 @ 22:30

Could this be AMD's comeback? It sure looks bold at a high level......

AMD's 2010 - 2011 Roadmaps: ~1B Transistor Llano APU, Bobcat and Bulldozer | Posted on: 11/11/2009 @ 18:30

There's not much to talk about from a CPU standpoint with AMD in 2010, so AMD is heavily focused on 2011 and what it plans to do with its first on-die GPU in Llano. Bobcat and Bulldozer also make it back into the headlines as AMD is long overdue for another microprocessor architecture. Bobcat stands to be AMD's first competitive mobile architecture while...

Intel DP55KG “Kingsberg” Extreme Series Motherboard Review | Posted on: 09/11/2009 @ 1:50

AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE C3 Review | Posted on: 04/11/2009 @ 9:20

AMD updates its Deneb core on its fastest Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, and claims the C3 can overclock more, yield faster DDR3 memory and has even fixed the performance bug with its sleep states. Does it make a difference? We put the claims to the test.

AMD Athlon II X3 425 2.70 GHz | Posted on: 03/11/2009 @ 19:30

AMD's Athlon II X3 425 offers all the features of the of the more expensive Quad Cores, and you can potentially unlock the fourth core. Being priced at only $79 it creates tough competition for Intel in this segment, but also for AMD who has a number of other processors in this market. Even though it lacks the L3 cache it still offers decent performance, especially considering its price.

AMD's UVD2-based XvBA Finally Does Something On Linux | Posted on: 03/11/2009 @ 15:00

For a year now we have been talking about XvBA, which stands for X-Video Bitstream Acceleration and is designed to implement AMD's Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD2) engine on Linux systems for improving the video decoding and playback process on desktop systems. AMD has been shipping an XvBA library with their ATI Catalyst Linux driver since last year, but they have yet to release any documentation ...

Intel's Special Driver For Poulsbo Uses Gallium3D | Posted on: 02/11/2009 @ 12:40

Yesterday afternoon we ran a story on a new Linux driver for the Intel Poulsbo chipset, which right now is known for being notorious with its troubling Linux support. However, Intel apparently had been working on a new "special driver" that the Linux Foundation was showing off recently in Munich at a mobile development camp...

A New Intel i965 Gallium3D Driver Is Coming | Posted on: 02/11/2009 @ 0:40

While we are not sure yet what Intel's special Poulsbo driver means yet, we do have some firm information to report this weekend on another new Intel driver: a new Intel i965 driver for Gallium3D is coming. Keith Whitwell of VMware (formerly Tungsten Graphics) has been hacking away at a new i955 driver for this extremely promising graphics driver architecture. While the open-source ATI/AMD ...

This Week: Ubuntu 9.10, AMD Changes, DRI2 Sync | Posted on: 01/11/2009 @ 23:50

This week at Phoronix most of our articles and news postings were about... you guessed it! X.Org and Linux graphics, to no surprise...