What is a stable image platform? A stable image platform is essentially a standardized hardware and software solution that balances system performance and productivity against the need for greatly reduced administrative and support costs. A stable image program is generally based on a yearly cadence that includes a 3-month platform evaluation period, 12-month production cycle, and a 24-month support schedule.
The main advantage of this platform is in the design, qualification, and availability of a hardware and driver configuration that can be procured and deployed over a set 12-month cycle. This standardized hardware and driver configuration allows the IT group to design and deploy a software image that can be utilized throughout the 12-month production cycle without worry of compatibility issues between the hardware and software configurations.
Why is a stable image platform important? The ability to reduce and control the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for an organization's PC population over its life cycle is critical in today's IT department. Instability of the platform, lack of security, stability of supply, or varying hardware and software configurations can impose a tremendous cost and manageability burden within the IT department.
Although research numbers vary, it is generally assumed that only 20% to 30% of a PC's cost of ownership is attributed to the actual procurement and disposal of the platform. The remaining 70% to 80% of a PC's cost of ownership is attributed to the management of the platform over its life-cycle. These management costs are attributed to operational aspects such as training and energy, but the majority of costs are associated with the administration and management support of hardware/software upgrades across the network. Research has shown that by implementing a stable image platform program, it can reduce the life-cycle cost of a typical PC platform anywhere from 10% to 55% over a three-year period.
What are the benefits of a stable image platform? In an era where networked PCs have become a standard fixture in the majority of businesses, educational institutions, and governmental offices, the need to standardize and easily manage these platforms has increased exponentially over the past few years. The cost benefits of having a standardized platform program are significant for a typical organization at this time and are realized through a reduction of platform configurations, testing and qualification times, and simplification of PC management.
Since networks have become so prevalent within these market sectors, the ability to properly manage, maintain, and upgrade these systems is extremely important. When utilizing a stable image platform across the network, it greatly simplifies the ability of the system administrator to manage these assets from a centralized or even remote location. This leads to a reduction in administrative costs and the ability to quickly roll out minor patches, software application updates, or even new images without worrying about the hardware configuration. The result is a network of standardized PCs that are easily managed, stable, secure, and upgradeable for less cost than platforms consisting of multiple hardware and software configurations.
Other benefits include the ability to quickly roll out additional platforms if the user base increases or for replacement of older platforms. The purchase and storage of replacement platforms or components is greatly reduced based upon a common and stable hardware platform. The ability to upscale the base system by upgrading the CPU, memory, or installing a certified discreet graphics card for users requiring additional capabilities, yet retaining the same base platform and driver set, is an additional benefit.
Now, let's take a closer look at the features that the NVIDIA Business Platform offers and a comparative look at Intel's current and future offerings.
The search-engine giant has developed three technologies for offering wireless Internet access, and advertising, free of charge.
SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - More evidence has emerged that Google is getting ready to blanket the U.S. with free Wi-Fi, as Business 2.0 senior writer Om Malik reported last year. Now, the company has filed for three patents related to offering wireless Internet access. Search Engine Roundtable points out that the patents all have to do with serving up advertising through a wireless Internet connection maintained by a third party, whose brand Google would include in the presentation of those ads. Sounds a lot like Google's latest plan to unwire San Francisco, where it has teamed up with EarthLink (Research). By teaming up with partners who would build the actual Wi-Fi infrastructure, Google (Research) could complete a nationwide Wi-Fi network much more quickly than if it had to build it itself.
More and more OEM and ODM are jumping into the next generation wave of Digital Home from Chipzilla. Asus*, a world reknown motherboard manufacturer just released a new motherboard that will be Intel® Viiv™-ready.
I have just finished all the necessary tasks that I need to do with the MiniPC review item that I have. I can't stress how much I am impressed with this little wonder-in-a-box. It looks much like a Mac Mini, but it isn't and can actually run various OS from Microsoft* Windows*, to Ubuntu*.
Due to insistent public demand, I finally manage to get down and dirty with this very attractively-priced processor. It is a first of its kind for the pricing and functionality of this processor. Those who have been holding back the transition to LGA775 and DDR2, this is the right time to jump over to the fence and feel the blessings of dual core.Today users require the power of simultaneous computing found in a dual-core processor. The Intel® Pentium® D processor brings this power to the desktop. An Intel dual-core processor delivers consumer value by providing additional computing resources that expand the PC's capabilities and provide platform-level advancements for consumers in the form of higher throughput and simultaneous computing. With an Intel Pentium D processor users may perform multiple tasks such as digital rendering and gaming all while running virus scan or other background tasks seamlessly.. It has great features for digital home computing, such as support for EM64T to enable the system to address more than 4GB of system memory and advance security functionality thru Execute Disable Bit that can prevent certain classes of malicious "buffer overflow" attacks when combined with a supporting operating system.
Finally was able to load another homegrown article for the FanBoys. This time, it's for the lowest end budget overclockable chip from Chipzilla. The Intel® Celeron® D 326 is a monster oveclocker, and if you're really tight on a budget and would like to build a new rig based on LGA775, what you can probably do is get a great overclocking motherboard and then pair it up with this little monster. Overclock it, and once you have enough moolah, jump in to a newer processor. But hey, don't let the cheap price muddle your decision to get this chip, it's a treasure buried in the haystack when it come to reserve MHz ready for awakening!Primarily geared on the value market, it is designed to deliver affordable computing. The Celeron D processors provide customers the capability to affordably get onto the Internet, utilize educational programs, home-office software and productivity applications with great computing and multimedia power. It has great features for digital home computing, such as support for EM64T to enable the system to address more than 4GB of system memory and advance security functionality thru Execute Disable Bit that can prevent certain classes of malicious "buffer overflow" attacks when combined with a supporting operating system.
AMDTech has an article up covering a budget SLI system for us Intel® FanBoys. Knowing it's SLI, well, it's not going to be based on Intel® chipset, but from rival NVIDIA*. Anyway, I guess if you really like SLI then it's NVIDIA or nothing. Good thing, there's still CrossFire from ATi* that's supported on i955/i975 based motherboard.This board was not forgiving if we made a mistake in our performance evaluation testing. The system would perform well in our general applications and benchmarks at a given setting and then completely refuse to boot or go into a reboot loop if we increased the FSB or especially the Memory speeds by a few MHz past a stable threshold. We quickly found out the limits of the board and if nothing else, the board's ability to fail at certain settings was consistent.
The Self Recovery System (S.R.S.) within the BIOS would allow the system to recover from most configuration issues consistently except for errant memory settings. The inability of the system to recover from these memory miscues would require the usage of the clear CMOS jumper. Unfortunately, we ran into an issue with this process as the clear CMOS process sometimes required the removal of the battery for the jumper process to work. This process is not acceptable, considering how well other BIOS recovery systems work. As with the recent Biostar BIOS update, we feel this issue can be diminished greatly with additional BIOS tuning.
If you still haven't gotten enough of all the goodiness that Intel® Viiv™ has to offer, then check out Shuttle*'s new offering.
El Segundo (CA) - Intel successfully defended its position as the world's largest semiconductor company in 2005 and was able to increase its market share with double-digit revenue growth. In the microprocessor market, Intel lost 2.9% of market share to AMD, iSuppli said.
According to the market research firm, the semiconductor industry posted a new sales record of $237.1 billion in 2005, but only the largest manufacturers were able to cash in. While industry sales growth over 2004 was estimated to have been just 3.6%, only the three largest semiconductor companies - Intel, Samsung and Texas Instruments (TI) - were able to clearly outpace the industry average.
Intel very much was in control of the industry with revenues growing 13.0% to $35.5 billion and a global market share that increased to 15.0%. Samsung followed as a distant second with sales of $17.2 billion, an increase of 9.2% over 2004, and a market share of 7.3%. TI came in third with sales of $10.7 billion (+5.1%) and a market share of 4.5%.
Other winners in the ranking included Hynix (+20.7%), IBM (+11.5%) and Broadcom (11.3%). The three firms are ranked #11, #19 and #20, respectively. On the other side, Infineon (#6) was hit with a 9.6% revenue decline; NEC lost 12.2%, Matsushita's (#14) sales decreased by 11.5%. The spin-off of its memory unit caused even AMD (#15) to lose 23.3% of sales, according to iSuppli's research. With combined revenues of $5.97 billion in 2005, AMD/Spansion would have jumped to number eight in the rankings, up from number 11 in 2004, according to iSuppli.
"Intel's strong gains were driven by growth in the microprocessor market, which expanded by 16.1 percent in 2005," said Dale Ford, vice president at iSuppli. "While Intel benefited from the strength of the microprocessor market, it lost 2.9 percentage points of share during the year to AMD." In contrast, Intel performed better than any other competitor in the NOR flash memory market, which declined by 15.3 percent during 2005, iSuppli said.
Among fabless companies, Broadcom joined Qualcomm in the top 20 for the first time in 2005. Also, both Nvidia and ATI moved into the top 25 suppliers for the first time.
The rankings in detail:
As the workstation market is accelerating its move from the Unix into the Linux and Windows market, there is also more activity in the professional graphics card market. ATI today launched its FireGL V7300 and V7350, two new graphics card market that are targeted the high-end workstation segment and Nvidia's dominance in workstation graphics sales.
The two cards come with a frame buffer of 512 MB and 1 GB, respectively, a core clock of 600 MHz and a memory clock of 650 MHz. According to ATI, the new cards offer seven times the floating point capability of a 3 GHz Pentium 4 processor, which is generally put into the 12 GFlops range. With about 84 GFlops, the V73xx cards offer about the same floating point performance of an X1800XT graphics card. The new cards do not offer multi-GPU Crossfire capability.
However, the new FireGLs will not be used for gaming, but rather typical workstation applications, which include financial and scientific applications. According to Jon Peddie Research, Nvidia currently holds a market share of 72.8% in the workstation market, while ATI stands at 21.6%. The V73xx cards are a new attempt to tackle the very high-end of the market and especially Nvidia's SLI-capable Quadro FX 4500.
The FireGL V7300 and V7350 are priced at $1600 and $2000, respectively.
The onslaught of small and really compact machine for the living room is rolling out ever so aggresively. A Korean company SungJu International, has built a very nice looking Digital Home* ePC which the firm labeled as Tango* Cocktail Mini PC*.Testing has shown that while dual-core and gaming can be a lucrative deal, it really only gets useful if the rest of your system is already powerful enough, and simply being held back by your current CPU. This means that your video card and memory subsystems have to be plenty fast -- in the order of SLI, we saw, if you've already got a fast CPU that you feel is holding you back. Even in the case of mostly single-threaded games (most of which are), Windows can offload its internal housekeeping and driver tasks to the second core, allowing your game to enjoy a minor performance bump on the first core that it would then have all to itself. When games start getting multi-threaded, a dual-core CPU will provide an even larger performance bump.
You got to love the freebies in the air. Microsoft* and Epic Records* teamed up to deliver such goodies right at the comfort of your own living room without the fuss. While many will view it as something to get people "addicted" to the service then charging a fee afterwards, the fact can't be discounted that it's being offered totally free for a full year. Now that's a long time of freebie time.Xbox 360 gamers will soon be able to enjoy a full year of exclusive artist content and music videos completely free thanks to a deal announced today between Microsoft and Epic Records.
A different artist will be featured each month, starting with our own Natasha Bedingfield, who is currently taking the US by storm with two recent Top 10 hits. She also currently hold the title of Number 1 Most Downloaded Pop Song on iTunes.
"Our goal has always been to make Xbox Live a cutting-edge entertainment experience," said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. "This agreement with Epic Records offers our members exclusive artistic content directly from the source. With Artist of the Month we will be providing exactly what music-loving gamers want: brand-new, exclusive music videos that can be downloaded quickly, easily and free of charge."
"The fusion of music and video games now plays a significant role in breaking artists and enhancing the video game experience; the cross-cultivation of the two mediums helps new games and new artists thrive together," said Charlie Walk, president of Epic Records. "Through this alliance, Epic and Xbox show that we are in one business - exciting young adults and leading them to the art of discovery."
Xbox Live subscribers are now able to download content directly from Xbox Live Marketplace for free, including music videos and exclusive interviews, for the first year. It is not known whether there will be a charge beyond the first trial year.
Of equal concern is storage capacity - the Xbox 360 ships with "only" 20GB of hard drive capacity. This might sound plenty for save games and mini games like Geometry Wars but in this new era of high definition content, it actually isn't all that much. We downloaded the 720p version of Bedingfield's music video last night and it was a mighty 222MB; at just over 4 minutes long, you're looking at nearly one megabyte per second.
Playable demos delivered over Xbox Live, such as Need for Speed: Most Wanted can be up to 500MB each. Add in one's own music collection ripped directly onto the console from audio CD and filling the hard drive doesn't seem that far fetched. Of course, should that happen, one can always add a secondary external hard drive thanks to the on-board USB 2.0 slots.
We want to know your thoughts - will this deal usher in a new wave of rich media that can only enhance the Xbox 360 ownership experience, or is this another cynical move to get users hooked on content, only to then start charging for it? Cast your vote in our News Discussion forum.
I actually finished testing all these stuff for quite some time but I haven't uploaded all the necessary files on the server as well as on the CPU-Z Validation database. So now that I have time, I uploaded all the files and uploaded the review material on my hosting. The processor is quite good, suicide shot at 4GHz at stock voltage and stock fan.The Intel® Pentium® 4 506 Processor is based on 90nm technology, sporting the Prescot core on the LGA775 package. As many enthusiasts will noticed, this processor core is not the latest release, in fact, it's been in the market for quite a while. However this is also the very reason to have a look and see on how this core matures and performs under overclocking stress.
Primarily geared on the mainstream market, it is designed to deliver performance across usages—such as image processing, video content creation, games and multimedia—where end-users can truly appreciate the performance. It has great features for digital home computing, such as support for EM64T to enable the system to address more than 4GB of system memory and advance security functionality thru Execute Disable Bit that can prevent certain classes of malicious "buffer overflow" attacks when combined with a supporting operating system.
Well this is a good news. Might not be something "new" since I've seen and used to be an OCZ DDR Booster user back in the s478 days, but still, this makes one think about GeIL*'s dedication to the enthusiast community. I have always been a fan of GeIL ever since I first laid hands on my trusty Value-RAM when DDR400 was very tough to find.Geil Adds Voltage from Outside
It is not a secret that one of the problems that the memory module makers, who overclock their products to the maximum, have is insufficient supply of power to the memory slots. The manufacturers have tried to improve the situation in various ways: OCZ introduced special device that improves the quality of power for memory modules as well as allows to put higher voltage, whereas other memory module vendors worked with companies like Asustek Computer to improve memory power supply circuitries.
Geil went further! It added special power connector to its memory modules to allow them to operate at up to 3.0V voltage. It is unclear for how long memory modules can survive under these circumstances, but it is evident that with such a high overvoltage it is possible to expect maximum overclockability, provided that you have a high-performance power supply.
Currently the external voltage regulator for memory modules is still a concept and the company does not discuss speed-bins of products featuring the technology.
It is interesting to note that OCZ has already attempted to increase voltage for memory modules with its DDR booster, moreover, the company has patent pending on external power supply for memory modules.
First, the Intel® Core™ Duo onslaught. Now, the Conroe invasion continues. Traditional VRM seems to be going the way of the dodo with the dawn of digital VRM, paving the way for a cleaner socket area. The dual ATX connector is a killer, with a 7-phase cpu power circuit.Albatron Does Über-Overclocking and Lifetime Warranty
Albatron has been around for some years now, but being a relatively small company it is not easy to attract a lot of attention of performance-demanding users as companies like Asustek put tremendous amounts of efforts into publicity. As a result of that Albatron has been practically absent from high-margin market of enthusiast-class products so far. In an attempt to actually sell something that attracts performance fans Albatron has developed a mainboard featuring digital clock-generator and very advanced microprocessor power supply circuitry.
The new PX975X motherboard is based on the Intel 975X chipset, has amazing amount of special features and comes with another unique feature for the mainboard market: it has lifetime warranty.
Second Intel®-branded board I reviewed so far. I am pretty impressed by this board. If you are looking into mass deployment of business PC, then give this motherboard a look. The warranty and support is top notch as always, what you would expect out of Intel®.VI. Overclocking
While I doubt that there will be overclocking on the business PC, I still ventured into this just to show the capability of this motherboard. As such, overclocking non-Extreme-Series or non Enthusiast-type Intel®-based motherboard is somewhat of a pain. But nevertheless, that didn't stop me from finding ways to squeeze performance out of this board. Overclocking this board transports me back in the days, where you need to be really very careful of the minute details every step of the way. Still, it will overclock just as ok with any other board if anyone will find the trick to doing it. I manage to hit a stable 250FSB.
Whew, after trying to find parts in and outside of the country, I finally got all the parts and completed installation of operating system for my MoDT (Mobile on Desktop). The engineering sample system seems to be holding up just fine, and is so quiet to run, I can't even hear any noise coming out from it.
I still don't know the other details of the implementation of this exciting product but DailyTech have some scoop on the mobile front, and some details regarding the implementation on the desktop.Solid-state storage finally comes into mass production; although prices are still sky-high
Last week at IDF, we reported that Intel's next major mobile platform, called Santa Rosa, will feature NAND flash memory technology in order to allow devices to startup and execute programs. This technology, dubbed Robson, will improve boot times, reduce paging and be used as a general buffer between storage devices and system memory.
Interestingly, Intel also mentioned that Robson will have a version for desktop computers called Snowgrass. The technology is currently in the works and is planned to be released after Robson. Motherboard makers will have designs that contain a slot designed to take a Snowgrass NAND module. This opens the door for users to customize their motherboards with various sizes of modules for whatever purposes they choose, and also allows the ability to upgrade NAND as it gets less and less expensive. Remember when L2 cache used to sit on the motherboard?
Intel's current Snowgrass specification calls for a modular design, but it now appears that motherboard makers have the option of integrating the technology directly on board. There is no word yet on capacities, but for Snowgrass or Robson to really have any value over the purchase of a faster hard drive, we would have to speculate that the cost of such a module cost less than a few gigabytes of system memory. We would not be surprised if Robson and Snowgrass have similar price points and capacities as USB NAND at the time of launch. Today, 4GB pen drives using NAND flash memory cost approximately $100.
Special thanks to dulber for reminding me to post this news item. It's a bit old, a few days off news posting, but still a very nice tidbits for the fanboys. I haven't heard or seen any other official announcements about this, but if I do see anything "public", then rest assured it'll be posted here.Intel has created a self-contained watercooling unit that will enable the latest Pentium Extreme Edition chips to hit 5GHz with ease.
The cooler has come out of Intel's engineering department, which is staffed with a bunch of enthusiasts who have been trying to push the envelope at Intel to try and get the firm to move away from its 'overclocking is bad, mmmkay' stance.
I can not understand a word in there, but I think the graph is a good universal language. Seems like the cheaper and lower-rated Intel® Pentium® D 805 goes toe-to-toe with the more expensive Athlon64* X2 3800+. It just goes to show how crappy their performance rating is.
If you aren't into making your own USB stick as mentioned by THG here but needed to have one, then why not buy one?
- Use the Computer-On-a-Stick when your PC or Laptop’s existing OS slows to a crawl or even fails.
- Use the Computer-On-a-Stick to continue working on Windows-compatible documents.
- The Computer-On-a-Stick is compatible with files created in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Paint, and more…
- No need to pay for expensive new software releases or upgrades $$$ !
- View and create Adobe PDF files
- Share a pool of office PCs or work from home without changing your own desktop each time you use the device.
- Reduce your exposure to viruses, worms and spyware by running applications from a read-only partition on the device.
- Connect to remote servers with secure connectivity tools, including VNC, SSH and RDP.
I have been slacking for the last months, and my toys have been left rather undisturbed. Actually, the term abandoned is much more closer to the truth rather than undisturbed. I have been slacking in terms of bragging, and posting in the forum. Life, as it seems, is always catching up with me since the new year dawned. There's just too many things to do at work and with the family, and so little time for myself. Not that it's bad though.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I am able to bump clock speed. I manage to hit a very stable and healthy 1.2GHz above the stock clock speed. Now, this is a very respectable speed. Why? Because without any kind of voltage tweak, no option in the BIOS, running on a stock fan, I am only using a 320w super old Delta Electronics power supply on a cheap chassis. The benchmark results are nothing to sneeze at as well as it offered tremendous increase in performance. The motherboard also allows a cheaper processor such as this Intel® Pentium® 4 506 to perform beyond its current capabilities. If you have any doubts about the screenshot, here's the validation link. With a 2.66GHz processor to a 3.8GHz processor on a supposedly non-overclockable board, I can't complain!
A short article is posted over at bit-tech. It's a nice little write up, though they seem to show some skepticism about Conroe's performance. Well, they never really said anything bad, I guess they just want to play safe or maybe they are just AMDroids not wanting to earn the wrath of AMDFanboys ;)...after all, AMDFanBoys have been used to comparing X2 4xxx+ vs any of Chipzilla's chips (which, any of the CPUs right now aren't equally match. Always compare GHz vs PR boyz)!We managed to grab some time with a Conroe machine that was up and running this morning.
Intel would only run the benchmarks that have been seen elsewhere on the web for us, but we managed to sneak a quick go at FEAR and we configured it the way we like it, before being marched onwards.
Our previous CPU reviews have all utilised a FEAR demo running at 640x480, with no graphical candy, to get straight down to CPU performance without being graphics bound. We configured the Conroe system to do the same, and were pretty gobsmacked with the result.
The system we looked at had a 2.6GHz CPU with DDR2-667 RAM, which - when Conroe finally launches - will be a mainstream part. New Extreme Edition chips will be clocked up at 3GHz and over, using a 1.33GHz bus and DDR2-800 RAM. The graphics cards were dual X1900s in CrossFire.
(Yes, we felt the pain of running X1900 CrossFire at 640x480, don't worry).
We also used an Intel configured AMD system, which was a 2.6GHz FX-60 overclocked to 2.8GHz and configured with low latency DDR400 memory.
The Conroe result speaks for itself, pretty much - we've included our own reference lab numbers from back home for comparison.
Of course, we'll take these results with a pinch of salt until we get to play with our own systems in the labs, which Intel has intimated will be sooner rather than later. We can't wait!
Discuss these results in the forums!
Disclaimer: Let's just make sure we understand something here: this was a quick benchmark, grabbed in a room, with systems that we didn't control the set up of. We are not presenting these numbers as defining (unlike some other sites): just as an interesting look at what we might be able to expect. Please don't over analyse them.
Energy-Efficient, High Performing and Stylish Intel–Based Computers to Come with Intel® Core™ MicroarchitectureINTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, San Francisco, Calif., March 7, 2006 – Intel Corporation today disclosed details of its forthcoming Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, a new industry–leading foundation for Intel”s multi–core server, desktop and mobile processors for computers later this year. The first Intel Core microarchitecture products built on Intel”s advanced 65nm process technology will deliver higher–performing, yet more energy–efficient processors that spur more stylish, quieter and smaller mobile and desktop computers and servers that can reduce electricity and real–estate associated costs, and provides critical capabilities such as enhanced security, virtualization and manageability for consumers and businesses.
Justin Rattner, Intel Senior Fellow and chief technology officer, explained that the Intel Core microarchitecture is the foundation for delivering greater energy–efficient performance first seen in the Intel® Core™ Duo processor. It builds on the power–saving philosophy begun with the Mobile Intel® Pentium®–M processor microarchitecture and greatly expands it, incorporating many new and leading–edge innovations as well as existing Intel® Pentium® 4 processor technologies such as wide data pathways and streaming instructions. Intel expects processors based on the Intel Core microarchitecture, using Intel”s industry–leading 65nm manufacturing technology, to start shipping in the third quarter of 2006.
“The Intel Core microarchitecture is a milestone in enabling scalable performance and energy efficiency,” said Rattner. “Later this year it will fuel new dual–core processors and quad–core processors in 2007 that we expect to deliver industry leading performance and capabilities per watt. People will see systems that can be faster, smaller and quieter with longer battery life and lower electric bills.”
In his keynote, Rattner showed how the Conroe desktop processor could provide roughly a 40 percent boost in performance and a 40 percent decrease in power as compared to Intel”s current high–performing Intel® Pentium® D 950 processor.** He also discussed significant gains in the Enterprise and Mobile areas as well.
Enhancing Users” Experiences
By providing higher performance, greater energy efficiency and more responsive multitasking, the Intel Core microarchitecture will enhance users” experiences in all environments – in homes, businesses, and on the go. “ In the home, these include higher performing, ultra–quiet, sleek and low–power computer designs, and new advances in more sophisticated, user–friendly entertainment systems.
For businesses, it will reduce space, cooling requirements and electrical demand in server data centers, as well as increase responsiveness, productivity and energy efficiency across client and server platforms.
For mobile users, the Intel Core microarchitecture means responsive computing performance combined with leading battery life in a variety of small form factors that enable world–class computing “on the go.”
Other Keynote Speakers at IDF
Rattner also outlined the other Intel executive keynotes that followed his opening presentation: Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president, general manager, Digital Enterprise Group on how Intel will build on the Intel Core microarchitecture to deliver superior computing performance and power efficiency for PCs, servers and the core of the network infrastructure while reducing the total cost of IT ownership; Sean Maloney, executive vice president, general manager, Mobility Group on Intel”s mobile future, highlighting new innovations in mobile devices and broadband wireless technology; and Don MacDonald, vice president, general manager, Digital Home Group on how Intel® Viiv™ technology is emerging as the foundation for a digital home where consumers can access their entertainment anytime, anywhere, on their choice of devices.
New Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture Features
Several advances mark the new microarchitecture:
Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution –– Delivers more instructions per clock cycle, improving execution and energy efficiency. Every execution core is wider, allowing each core to complete up to four full instructions simultaneously using an efficient 14–stage pipeline.
Intel® Intelligent Power Capability –– Includes features that further reduce power consumption by intelligently powering on individual logic subsystems only when required.
Intel® Advanced Smart Cache –– This includes a shared L2 cache to reduce power by minimizing memory traffic and increase performance by allowing one core to utilize the entire cache when the other core is idle.
Intel® Smart Memory Access –– Yet another feature that improves system performance by hiding memory latency and thus optimizing the use of data bandwidth out to the memory subsystem.
Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost –– Now all 128–bit SSE, SSE2 and SSE3 instructions execute within only one cycle. This effectively doubles the execution speed for these instructions which are used widely in multimedia and graphics applications.
Seems like my favorite RAM manufacturer is far from slowing down in serving the enthusiasts crowd. It has been known that OCZ manufactures great RAM for the niche market, but even so, despite the many competition, the only way forward for OCZ is to continue to ramp up. They have very good products, at a very competitive price. Of course, their enthusiasts-kind-of product comes at a price. Anyway, now that the other CPU manufacturer will also be supporting DDR2, I'm sure AMDroids will also ride the tide and rave how this is also a good memory, crap.OCZ Technology Group Continues to Push the Envelop with the World's First Reduced Latency 1GHz Memory
2006-03-06
Sunnyvale, CA—March 6, 2006—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the release of the fastest memory product available on the market—a new DDR2 series capable of 1000MHz (1GHz) speeds at CAS 4 latency (4-5-4). The PC2-8000 DDR2 Platinum XTC Extreme Edition was designed to be the ultimate memory solution for today’s PC enthusiasts that demand leading-edge PC hardware.
OCZ Technology, upholding a legacy of innovation and commitment to the enthusiast, developed the new PC2-8000 Platinum XTC series to advance next generation platforms to the next performance level, ensuring enthusiasts are not restricted by the limitations of their memory. No other company offers CAS 4 latency at 1GHz, making these ground-breaking modules the industry's fastest memory.
The new 1GHz DDR2 series will be available in two latency variations; At DDR2-1000, the PC2-8000 Platinum XTC Edition operates at exceptional 5-5-5-15 timings, whereas the PC2-8000 Platinum XTC Extreme Edition is rated at the unprecedented timings of 4-5-4-15. Both parts are offered in capacities ranging from 512MB modules to 2GB (2x1024) dual channel kits.
"We are proud to carry on our tradition of achieving both latency and speed breakthroughs," said Ryan Petersen, CEO, OCZ Technology. "While our dedication and focus has always been to produce high-performance products for PC enthusiasts, our new PC2-8000 Platinum XTC Extreme Edition is not just a product aimed solely at PC enthusiasts, but a ground-breaking solution that will lead the industry to produce DDR2 platforms that showcase the performance strengths of DDR2 as a technology."
The unique design used in the award winning XTC heatspreaders optimizes the thermal management of memory modules by promoting greater airflow than conventional heatspreader designs. All OCZ Technology memory is backed by an industry-leading Lifetime Warranty and direct Technical Support.
For more information on the new PC2-8000 Platinum products, please visit our product pages here.
Apple Mini Mac Core Solo:
1.5Ghz single core Intel mobile CPU
512MB DDR2 SODIMM, Micron D9 based 667Mhz 5-5-5-15
60GB SATA hard drive Seagate Technologies
Model Number:ST96812AS
Capacity:60 GB
Speed:5400 rpm
Seek time:12.5 ms avg
Interface:SATA 1.5Gb/s
Matshita CD-RW Model 8124
Intel ICH7-M ACHI 1.5G
Intel High Definition Audio :clap:
Bluetooth
Firewire 400MB/s
108G Airport Extreme
Intel GMA 950 onboard graphics 64MB shared
USB 4 ports built in, one high speed.
Parts to be Installed:
Intel Yonah 2.16 Core Duo
1GB Centon DDR2 Elpida based.
Kenwood* has exciting new products, featuring USB ports to enable USB flash media as storage device for music. While it's a common thing in the PC world, I haven't seen anything like it implemented on cars!
