CPUs
The curtains are drawn and it’s almost showtime for Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X SoC team. After first detailing the SoC nearly 8 months ago at the company’s most recent Snapdragon Summit, and making numerous performance disclosures in the intervening months, the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus launch is nearly upon us. The chips have already shipped to Qualcomm’s laptop partners, and the first laptops are set to ship next week. In the last 8 months Qualcomm has made a lot of interesting claims for their high-performance Windows-on-Arm SoC – many of which will be put to the test in the coming weeks. But beyond all the performance claims and bluster amidst what is shaping up to be a highly competitive environment for...
VIA KT266: Second Round K.O.
Is a new BIOS update all the KT266 needs to realize its full performance potential? Think again. We managed to get 20% higher performance, but the key...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/16/2001VIA KT266 Socket-A DDR Chipset: Third time's a charm?
The VIA KT266 is here, and it is the third Socket-A DDR Chipset to hit the streets. Is the third time around the DDR block going to be...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/10/2001Socket-A Chipset Comparison - April 2001
Take the three most popular Socket-A chipsets, benchmark them in a total of 10 different configurations, and dig deep into the benchmarks to explain their performance as well as...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/5/2001AMD Duron 900 and Roadmap Update
Today AMD cranks their low-cost Duron up to 900MHz and we also provide you with a look at the somewhat modified future of AMD processors. Find out how...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/2/2001AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1.33GHz/1.30GHz
In their first Athlon CPU release in 5 months, AMD is back with the 1.33GHz and 1.30GHz Athlon processors. How do they stack up to the competition and...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/22/2001ServerWorks HEsl: DDR bandwidth without DDR SDRAM
Can you imagine a platform where you could achieve 2.1GB/s of memory bandwidth without DDR SDRAM? What about up to 4.1GB/s of bandwidth using conventional PC133 SDRAM? ...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/7/2001Super7 Upgrade Guide: The K6-2+ and K6-3+ Processors
So you have a Super7 based computer and are getting a bit frustrated with its performance, or lack thereof. Fret not, a complete system replacement may not be completely...
1 by Matthew Witheiler on 1/24/2001VIA Apollo Pro 266: The P3 gets DDR
All aboard the DDR bandwagon. Intel's Pentium III is the first Intel CPU to be given a DDR SDRAM platform and VIA is the first to give it...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/18/2001AMD Duron 850: Getting ready for the battle
With AMD finally able to position the Duron as a true solution for OEMs looking to produce Value PCs the heat is on. As a counter to Intel's...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/8/2001The New VIA Cyrix III: The Worlds First 0.15 Micron x86 CPU
Attempting to reinvent the dying Cyrix name brand, VIA recently announced a third version of the Cyrix III chip. This time made on a 0.15 micron process, VIA is...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 1/5/2001Intel Celeron 800: The first 100MHz FSB Celeron
Finally, after over two years of its existence, Intel has granted the Celeron the one feature it has always lacked: a 100MHz FSB. What does this do for...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/3/2001Looking back at 2000 - Part 1: CPUs, Chipsets, Motherboards
Buckle up as AnandTech takes you through the roller coaster ride that was Y2K.
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/2/2001CPUs in 2001: Roadmap Update
AnandTech brings you updated information on the future of AMD and Intel in 2001. Including new information on the 0.13-micron Pentium 4 and more...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/27/2000VIA’s KT133A Socket-A Chipset: AMD 760 Performance without DDR SDRAM
With DDR SDRAM currently going for twice as much as PC133 SDRAM and AMD 760 boards very scarce in the market now, it seems like the KT133 chipset is...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/21/2000VIA KM133 Socket-A Chipset: Final Battle of the Value Chipsets
We heavily criticized the performance of the SiS 730S in our recent review and now armed with the KM133, is the Duron platform finally allowed to succeed? The...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/20/2000Linux Pentium III Chipset Comparison
The Intel 815 and BX chipsets face off against VIA's Apollo Pro 133A in this battle for supremacy in the land of the penguin.
0 by Jeff Brubaker on 12/18/2000SiS 730S Socket-A Chipset: Is the Duron allowed to succeed now?
The benchmarks all agree that the Duron is by far the best value processor on the market. Yet the Duron's sales couldn't be lower. SiS has a...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/13/2000Learn about Team AnandTech
Ever wondered what this "Team AnandTech" thing is? Ever heard the terms RC5 or SETI used and not really known exactly what these people were referring to? ...
2 by Team AnandTech on 12/12/2000The future of Intel's manufacturing processes
After breaking the 1GHz barrier just this year, how long do you think it will take before we reach 5GHz? What about 10GHz? Intel is predicting that...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/11/2000ALi MAGiK 1: The Athlon gets a second DDR platform
Now that AMD has shown us what they can do with DDR SDRAM and the Athlon, it's time for the third party manufacturers to step in and carry this...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/29/2000
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