Category Archives: Intel

Intel Haswell-EP Processor Rumors

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

Intel releases a new processor microarchitecture every two years, which is called a Tock release. One year later, they take that same microarchitecture and move it to a new, smaller manufacturing process, along with adding some minor feature improvements. This … Continue reading →

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Choosing a Mobile Workstation

Posted on August 11, 2012 by

I get a lot of e-mail and Twitter requests for advice about what laptop someone should buy. I don’t mind this too much (I actually sort of like it, to be honest), but it probably makes some sense to summarize … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer Hardware, Dell, Intel, Ivy Bridge, Laptops, Processors | Tagged , | 15 Comments

Analyzing TPC-E Benchmark Performance by Physical Processor Core

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

The TPC Benchmark E (TPC-E) is an OLTP performance benchmark that was introduced in May, 2007. The TPC-E benchmark is a not a replacement for the old TPC-C benchmark, but rather is a completely new OLTP benchmark. Even though this … Continue reading →

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Building an Intel Ivy Bridge Desktop System, Part 2

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

A few weeks ago, I wrote about buying some of the components that I needed to build a new 22nm Ivy Bridge based desktop system. When I wrote that initial blog post, the actual Ivy Bridge desktop processors were not … Continue reading →

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Quick Roundup of Intel Ivy Bridge Reviews

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

The overall opinion seems to be that the 22nm Ivy Bridge represents a relatively small boost to CPU performance (typically 5-20% compared to the 32nmSandy Bridge, depending on the task), a pretty significant boost to integrated graphics performance (typically 40-65% … Continue reading →

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Intel Ivy Bridge Release Coverage

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Web sites, blogs and media outlets in Europe and the U.K. are starting to post some early Ivy Bridge stories, which means that the Intel information embargo about the Ivy Bridge processor must be nearly about to expire. From what … Continue reading →

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Building an Intel Ivy Bridge Desktop System, Part 1

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

I stopped by my local Micro Center on April 9, 2012, and I noticed that they had just received their first shipment of ASUS Z77-based motherboards. They were still on the warehouse cart, not even on the shelves yet. There … Continue reading →

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