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Finally Upgraded Sites to Use New Hardware from Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM, Faster CPUs

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Around April, my VPS provider Linode announced that they’ve just finished a major $45M upgrade to their hardware and network, which means free upgrades for their existing users. The new hardware uses SSD RAID drives and faster CPUs. I hadn’t bothered because Wopular and Movies With Butter have been relatively stable.

 

AMD FX-8150 8-Core CPU Reviewed, Benchmarked: Bulldozer Is Here but Disappoints

AMD FX-8150 8-Core CPU Reviewed, Benchmarked: Bulldozer Is Here but Disappoints

HotHardware takes a detailed look at the new AMD FX-8150 eight core processor, codenamed Zambezi, based on the Bulldozer architecture.

 

New chip mimics brain, IBM says

New chip mimics brain, IBM says

Making computers behave like humans has taken another step forward. IBM on Thursday announced it has created a chip designed to imitate the human brain's ability to understand its surroundings, act on things that happen around it and make sense of complex data.

 

AMD's $300 6-Core CPU: Too Good to Be True?

AMD's $300 6-Core CPU: Too Good to Be True?

AMD’s new Thuban hexa-core CPUs come out swinging with prices that belie their size

 

Intel Will Pay $1.25 Billion to Settle Disputes With Rival

Intel Will Pay $1.25 Billion to Settle Disputes With Rival

By agreeing to the payment and a set of business practice provisions, Intel resolved antitrust and patent disputes with Advanced Micro Devices.

 

Intel's Net Falls 90% as Sales Slide

Intel's profit sank 90% as sales dropped 23% amid a rapid deceleration in computer demand and pricing pressure during the key holiday season.

 

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