Month: November 2005

AMD reiterated/confirmed that it will start making quad-core processors in 2007 the other day. From all indications, Intel is going in the same direction and will do the same in roughly the same time period. Excuse me, but isn’t this,

Rather surprisingly, Extremetech decided to build an Intel Mac using some, well, less than legal techniques. The article is worth a read, but what it illustrates is that when the Intel Mac goes prime-time, there’s going to be two layers

Over the past couple years, those who have been making computer components have been jacking up the prices on high-end equipment. Now it seems that those selling the equipment are getting into the act. We’ve seen the spectacle of resellers

There’s a chipmakers’ conference going on, and one speaker told them that clock speeds would only double or triple over the next 10 to 14 years. Now there’s a Christmas present for a speed demon! And it’s the gift that

The Inquirer mentioned the other day that AMD will be launching new A64s. This was based on an Asrock BIOS update, and the same change can be found for other mobos, Epox being one. Currently, all A64 processors have an

Ever since I installed my MSI K8N-Neo4, the Northbridge has been the loudest fan in my system. The fan always spins at a very whiny 6800 rpm no matter what the case airflow was. I decided to fix this problem

SUMMARY: Metallic foam structures have interesting properties as a heatsink material. The fan pictured above is 70 mm x 10 mm. I happened to come across a potentially new heatsink material – copper foam. This is derived from a very

Over the past few weeks, some intrepid souls have found out that single-core Opterons have more going for them than just price. Some of them are overclocking rather better than the Athlon 64s. What’s “somewhat better?” Well, if you get

Well, as I said yesterday, I went looking around to put the pieces of the puzzle together, and this is what I’ve come up with so far: This Is Not Bogus We are not dealing with a few lucky chips

Another One Bites The Dust First, a guest editorial: You notice certain things about this statement. Notice they use the term “illegal” a lot, as in “The United States Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that using this service to trade copyrighted