Available in three different configurations, customers can choose a Mac mini with the latest dual-core Intel Core i5 or Intel Core i7 processors, AMD Radeon HD 6630M discrete graphics, or a quad-core Intel Core i7 powered server configuration.
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And neither Dell, HP nor Gateway allows owners to overclock the Intel or AMD microprocessor.
Pairing Intel or AMD chips with Nvidia's graphics chips in supercomputers (much as they are in personal computers) results in machines that are three times more efficient than ones that rely on CPUs alone.
There are interesting battles brewing on whether the tablets will be powered by ARM, Intel or AMD processors and whether the operating system will be Apple iOS, Google Android or Microsoft Windows.
The whole lot can be selected with dual- or quad-core chips from AMD and Intel, while select configurations are equipped with NVIDIA's GeForce GT7XXM series or AMD's Radeon HD8750 discrete graphics.
Both the VMWare Server and Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007 are ideal for installing virtual machines on an Intel- or AMD-based PC.
The company still has a bright future developing chips for the embedded market and storage devices, but they'll probably never again have the opportunity to become an instantly-recognized name like Intel, AMD, or IBM.
New on that front is the company's just-announced ASM5800 (pictured above) and ASM3202 models, the former of which packs your choice of Intel Core 2 Quad or AMD Phenom II X4 processors, 4GB to 8GB of RAM, 750GB or 1TB hard drives, and ATI Radeon HD 4650 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 graphics, while the later is an AMD-only affair with a Phenom II X4 925 processor, ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics, 2GB to 8GB of RAM, and a 640GB or 750GB hard drive.
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Intel ( INTC - news - people ) or AMD and told their bosses they had, after three years, made something 10% better, these men would have gotten pink slips, not media interviews.
Spec-wise, you can trick them out with Core i7 processors, up to 8GB of RAM, Intel Wireless Display and discrete graphics (either a 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT640M or a 2GB AMD Radeon HD 8730M).
Intel also faces a U.S. lawsuit filed in federal court by rival chip maker Advanced Micro Devices in 2005, claiming that Intel had forced PC makers to boycott AMD, "threatened retaliation" against customers using or selling AMD processors and offered rebates to customers designed to block the purchase of AMD's products.
Intel also faces a U.S. lawsuit filed in federal court by rival chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: AMD - news - people ) in 2005, claiming that Intel had forced PC makers to boycott AMD, "threatened retaliation" against customers using or selling AMD processors and offered rebates to customers designed to block the purchase of AMD's products.
Perhaps most importantly, analysts said, the new architecture should allow AMD to keep boosting the clock speed of Duron to keep pace with -- or even stay ahead of -- Intel's Celeron.
The steering committee was made up of Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, Borland, IBM, AMD, Accenture, and Intel, and the dilemma was cast as follows: vendors want their own shows or vertical events that attract particular buyer segments.
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