CPUs
China has initiated a policy shift to eliminate American processors from government computers and servers, reports Financial Times. The decision is aimed to gradually eliminate processors from AMD and Intel from system used by China's government agencies, which will mean lower sales for U.S.-based chipmakers and higher sales of China's own CPUs. The new procurement guidelines, introduced quietly at the end of 2023, mandates government entities to prioritize 'safe and reliable' processors and operating systems in their purchases. This directive is part of a concerted effort to bolster domestic technology and parallels a similar push within state-owned enterprises to embrace technology designed in China. The list of approved processors and operating systems, published by China's Information Technology Security Evaluation Center, exclusively features Chinese companies. There are...
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AMD's newest roadmap - complete with details on the newest M2 socketed chips.
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43 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/25/2005NVIDIA Dropping 975X Support and More Yonah Tidbits
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Less than 18 months after the last time Intel changed its product names, the company is at it again - new naming tables inside.
34 by Kristopher Kubicki on 10/16/2005AMD's Phil Hester Speaks: Next Generation Architecture, Sort of
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21 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/14/2005AMD's Fab 36 Grand Opening - 90nm and 300mm in Germany
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70 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/14/2005ULi M1575 for ATI Crossfire – SATA2 and Fast USB for the ATI Chipset
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34 by Peter Mayerhofer on 10/6/2005Investigations into Socket 939 Athlon 64 Overclocking
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101 by Jarred Walton on 10/3/2005The Gray Market Dry Up: No More Whitebox AMD Chips
Did you notice the lack of OEM AMD components in the retail channel? Get used to it, AMD is cleaning up its gray market.
30 by Kristopher Kubicki on 10/3/2005ATI’s Crossfire: Best Overclocker on the Market?
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40 by Wesley Fink on 9/27/2005NVIDIA Announces AMD Integrated Graphics
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44 by Wesley Fink on 9/20/2005SiS 756: PCI Express for AMD Socket 939
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31 by Wesley Fink on 9/13/2005Intel Enterprise and Corporate Roadmap - Q3'05 Update
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21 by Jarred Walton on 9/12/2005Intel's 65nm Gameplan: Presler and Cedar Mill Updates
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23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/12/2005nForce 4 SLI X16: Full Speed PCI Express
Today, NVIDIA is launching an update to its nForce 4 chipset. New motherboards will feature 2 full x16 PCI Express lanes and more features.
61 by Derek Wilson on 8/8/2005Intel Q3'05 Roadmap: Conroe Appears, Speculation Ensues
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33 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 8/8/2005