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Peace Intel-AMD Value $ 1.25 Billion

courtThe problems between the two microprocessor companies, Intel and AMD in the courts finally ended. Both agreed to resolve disputes, and Intel will pay AMD U.S. $ 1.25 billion.

Both peace agreement stipulated in a treaty. “If a harmonious relationship between the two companies is unlikely in the past, this agreement will end the legal dispute and allow both companies to concentrate on innovation efforts and product development,” the essence of the agreement between Intel and AMD are.

As part of the agreement, Intel will pay U.S. $ 1.25 billion for AMD. In the meantime, AMD will stop the lawsuit on Intel. In addition, Intel is also required to comply with a set of rules in business practices.

AMD CEO Dirk Meyer considered that this agreement will provide an opportunity for companies to compete fairly.

Previously, AMD accused Intel had committed fraud in business, by offering discounts to computer makers who agreed not to buy chips from AMD. The case was eventually rolled into the court.

Intel Introduces New Core i7 Series

Intel-core-i7Intel introduced a range of more recent Core i7 processor family. What kind of processor details designed for the Intel X58 Express chipset is?

Intel’s latest processor called Core i7 960. After updating the Intel 965 series of Core i7 Extreme Edition with Core i7 975 Extreme Edition, the remaining non-XE models Core i7 has the same clock speed as i7 965 XE.

Therefore created a Core i7 960 comes with a clock for 3:20 GHz (24.0 x 133 MHz) and capable of Turbo Boost speed until 3:43 GHz. These processors have four processing cores. Still with HyperThreading Technology, the ability of his multi-tasking no doubt.

Also Core i7 960 still features the speed QuickPath Interconnect 4.8 GT / s, which is able to support up to 24 GB of memory in triple-channel (192-bit wide-DDR3). As a result each core has a dedicated L2 cache of 256 KB, while the 8 MB L3 cachenya shared by the four cores.

Series Core i7 960 will update the Core i7 950, which costs about U.S. $ 562. Mentioned that the Core i7 960 will be worth approximately U.S. $ 589.99.

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