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Initial Intel Arrandale Processor Benchmarks Released, Chips En Route to MacBook Pro Near You

With Macworld Expo and CES only days away, Intel’s Arrandale dual-core processor line is also set to debut this month with some of the processors finding their way into Apple’s MacBook Pro notebooks. Responding to this, the cool cats at PC Magazine have posted benchmark tests pitting Intel’s new 2.53GHz Intel Core i5-540M from ASUS […]

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Intel Atom Processor Support Missing From Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update

As much as the Hackintosh community may love Mac OS X, Apple doesn’t always love them back. Per OSXDaily, support for Intel’s Atom processor is confirmed to be missing in the final release of 10.6.2. Apple’s latest update for Snow Leopard has broken support for Intel’s Atom processor line. Mac OS X 10.6.2 was released […]

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Samsung Releases 1GHz Hummingbird Processor for Future Smartphones

Electronics giant Samsung unveiled a new ARM processor intended for future smartphones. Per MacNN, the processor, nicknamed “Hummingbird”, uses the same Cortex-A8 architecture as the chip in the iPhone 3GS but clocks at 1GHz, significantly higher than the 833MHz of its previous best. The feat is accomplished both by a smaller, more energy-efficient 45 nanometer […]

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Intel May Release Updated Nehalem Processors Next Month

Processor giant Intel looks ready to deliver a new line of server, notebook and desktop processors based on its new Nehalem microarchitecture next month. According to DigiTimes, the new chips will cut down on bottlenecks that plague its current chips as well as be able to execute more tasks while drawing less power. An industry […]

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Intel Readying Ultra-Low-Voltage Processors for Ultraportable Notebooks

Processor giant Intel reaffirmed on Friday that the company is readying a new series of new ultra-low-voltage chips, due in the second quarter, for inexpensive ultraportable notebooks. According to Macworld UK, the company will ship the ULV chips as part of its Montevina Plus mobile laptop platform, an updated version of the existing Montevina platform, […]