Category: Processors

  • All Hail the Core i9 Era

    All Hail the Core i9 Era

    Come forth all you chip geeks as we travel back in time to 2006, a nascent era for much of the technology we use today. Facebook was a precarious two-year-old, while the iPhone was a year from launch. We were wrapping our heads around the reality and excitement of multi-core computing when Intel changed the…

  • Intel Ivy Bridge-E Core i7-4960X, Core i7-4930K and Core i7-4820K Prices Revealed

    Intel Ivy Bridge-E Core i7-4960X, Core i7-4930K and Core i7-4820K Prices Revealed

    Prices of the upcoming Intel Ivy Bridge-E six cores and quad cores processors where revealed. The upcoming models includes Intel Core i7-4820K, Core i7-4930K, and Core i7-4960X, all based on the X79 platform, compatible with socket LGA 2011 and is expected to be available this coming September 2013. Check out more details below.

  • AMD FX-9000 Features 5GHz Turbo Core Confirmed: See Specs Here

    AMD FX-9000 Features 5GHz Turbo Core Confirmed: See Specs Here

    AMD’s upcoming flagship 8-core processor, the AMD FX-9000 is confirmed to have a Turbo Core speed of 5GHz, with a base clock of 4.8GHz and a Thermal Design Power of 220W. This was recently confirmed when Gigabyte displayed their upcoming AM3+ motherboard, the GA-990FXA-UD7 that supports AMD’s next generation of AM3+ 5GHz FX series processors.…

  • AMD and Intel Processors Price List in Philippines for 2013

    AMD and Intel Processors Price List in Philippines for 2013

    I previously posted an article about Intel processor price list in Philippines, but that article is already way outdated. So I created an updated article for AMD and Intel Processors price list. The prices are based on street price or lowest possible price on the market that I have seen as of March 2013.

  • Intel Haswell vs Ivy Bridge Quad Core Processor Benchmarked

    Intel Haswell vs Ivy Bridge Quad Core Processor Benchmarked

    The coming of Intel’s 5th generation processors, codenamed “Haswell” is imminent. Haswell processors are said to support LGA socket 1150 and promises better performance compared to the current Ivy Bridge processors. Just recently, an engineering sample of a Haswell processor was benchmarked and compared with the popular Intel Core i7-3770K at similar clock speed. See…

  • AMD FX-4130 Vishera Is A Low Cost Quad-Core CPU

    AMD FX-4130 Vishera Is A Low Cost Quad-Core CPU

    AMD (Advance Micro Devices) unleashed a new low cost, budget friendly Quad Core processor, the AMD FX-4130. Based on “Vishera” silicon and Piledriver micro-architecture, the new AMD FX-4130 will replace the old FX-4100. See specifications and more details below.

  • 4th Generation Intel Core Processors with Socket LGA 1150 Leaked

    4th Generation Intel Core Processors with Socket LGA 1150 Leaked

    Most of us PC Enthusiast are eagerly waiting for the unveiling and releasing of the much awaited 4th Generation Intel Core Processors that are codenamed “Haswell“. Some of the upcoming 4th gen. Intel Core processors to be released this 2013 are the Intel Core i7-4770K and i7-4770S. But other than that, there are actually many…

  • NVIDIA Tegra 4 Wayne Specifications Revealed

    NVIDIA Tegra 4 Wayne Specifications Revealed

    Just recently, the upcoming Nvidia Tegra 4 mobile processor, codenamed “Wayne“, was revealed. Partial details and specifications of the said CPU was revealed from a Chinese site called Chiphell. Based on the partial specs revealed, the Nvidia Tegra 4 Wayne is way more powerful than the current Tegra 3 processor, about 6 times!

  • AMD 2nd Generation A-Series APU Trinity Processors Detailed

    AMD 2nd Generation A-Series APU Trinity Processors Detailed

    AMD has recently announced its 2nd Generation A-Series Desktop APU processors that are based on Trinity architecture. The new 2nd generation APU lineup includes A10-5800K, A10-5700, A8-5600K, A8-5500, A6-5400K and A4-5300. The new desktop APUs features four x86-64 cores (depends on the model) that are spread across two Piledriver microarchitecture modules, and built with Radeon…

  • Intel 3rd Generation Processors Core i7 and i5 22nm Now Available

    Intel 3rd Generation Processors Core i7 and i5 22nm Now Available

    The new 22nm Core i7 and Core i5 Intel 3rd Generation processors, based on Ivy Bridge architecture, are now available and are up for the grabs. These processors are said to be the first 22nm processors in the world, featuring the new Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and latest technology from Intel.