The Core i7 980X Extreme Edition is similar in a number of ways to Intel's former Core i7 flagship processor, the 975 Extreme Edition. Both processors operate at a 3.33GHz frequency, feature a 6.4GT/s ...

The revamped architecture used on the new Core i7 is a whole new ball game, and as you are about to find out, much has changed. Possibly the largest architectural change involves the QuickPath ...

Most of us go about our daily computing tasks secure in the knowledge that something like our Intel Core i5 or AMD A6 will render our Web browser just fine. But then there are the “1 percent” of geeks ...

Your humble blogwatcher selected these bloggy morsels for your enjoyment. Not to mention Coded Smorgasbord… Nate Ralph neatly summarizes: Intel’s … i7-980X ...

Intel’s Sandy Bridge architecture stole the limelight this year, summarily trouncing its predecessors–and the best that AMD had to offer–with considerable performance boosts and power savings. Today ...

In case you hadn't noticed, Intel has been dominating the CPU scene ever since the Core 2 architecture popped out. The company followed up with the Core i7 (and more recently the Core i5/i3) and ...

November 18, 2008 Intel has launched what it is touting as the fastest desktop processor on the planet. The Intel Core i7 processor is Intel’s most advanced desktop processor ever and is the first ...

Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture derived CPUs, kicking off with the eagerly anticipated Bloomfield SKUs, have been given a new identity, or so this article from Expreview, would have us believe. The ...

The six-core 3960X is built around the LGA 2011 (a.k.a. Socket R), a new processor socket that's meant to replace the venerable LGA 1366 (Socket B). With 645 more pins, Socket R allows processors to ...

Cinebench R11.5 is an OpenGL 3D rendering performance test based on Cinema 4D from Maxon. Cinema 4D is a 3D rendering and animation tool suite used by 3D animation houses and producers like Sony ...