CPU News

       
Jul 1  
  I started working on the second phase of re-writing of backend scripts. This phase will take longer than the first phase, that was completed in February of this year, and it should improve or simplify many things, like adding or renaming existing CPU pages, updating CPU Chart data, etc. So far I've made two changes to CPU pages for three Intel families - the pages now list CPU and box part numbers in the "General information" section along with related s-spec numbers, and list all core steppings in the "Architecture / Microarchitecture" section. See how it looks on the Core i7-950 page.
 
 
Jun 24  
  I'm going to be out of country for five days, and during that time I will have only limited access to internet. All submitted comments will be approved, and all e-mails will be answered when I get back.
 
 
Jun 21  
  CPUID browse pages now display core revision for AMD K8 and K10 microprocessors. I also modified the browse page to generate correct CPU name string for K10 microprocessors - that is useful if your motherboard's BIOS is not up-to-date, and it doesn't set correct CPU name for CPUID instruction. The generated CPU name is displayed only when it differs from CPU name string returned by the CPUID instruction. As an example, see CPUID information on Phenom II X3 710 processor. For that processor old version of BIOS returned "AMD Processor model unknown", while the CPU name string should be "AMD Phenom(tm) II X3 710 Processor".
 
 
Jun 20  
  I added recently submitted benchmarks page. Also, in the last few days I posted new benchmarks for about 20 different AMD and Intel processors, including old processors, like Celeron D or Pentium 4, and several CPUs released not long ago, such as Pentium Dual-Core E6300 and AMD Athlon II X2 250.
 
 
Jun 17  
  New CPUs:  
 
Jun 15  
  I've made a few changes to how CPU family pages are generated, and now the lists of processors or CPU families may include not only pictures taken by me, but also pictures uploaded by site visitors. See, for example, how it looks on the K10 family page. Selection of pictures for lists of families and CPUs is manual, and it is done by me. So far I updated only K8 and K10 family pages.
 
 
Jun 14  
  I posted pictures of boxed Pentium microprocessors:
Intel Pentium 120 - BP80502120 (BP80502-120) [Boxed processor - Front view]
Intel
Pentium 120
   
Intel Pentium 120 - BP80502120 (BP80502-120)
Intel Pentium MMX 200 - BP80503200
Intel Pentium overdrive 63 - PODP5V63
Intel Pentium overdrive 83 - PODP5V83
Intel Pentium overdrive 150 - PODP3V150
Intel Pentium overdrive 166 - PODP3V166
Intel Pentium MMX overdrive 180 - PODPMT60X180
 
Jun 11  
  New CPUs:  
 
Jun 10  
  New CPUs:  
 
Jun 7  
  I posted benchmarks of 9 socket AM2/AM2+ processors, including benchmarks of a few Phenom II X2 and Phenom II X3 CPUs.
 
 
Jun 6  
  New pages:  
 
Jun 5  
  I added pictures of socket 775 processors: Pentium D, Celeron 400 series, Celeron Dual-Core, Pentium Dual-Core, Core 2 Duo and Xeon:
Intel Celeron Dual-Core E1200 HH80557PG025D (BX80557E1200 / BXC80557E1200F) [CPU - top view]
Intel
Celeron Dual-Core E1200
    Intel Pentium D 820 HH80551PG0722MN (BX80551PG2800FN / BX80551PG2800FT)
Intel Pentium D 830 HH80551PG0802MN (BX80551PG3000FN / BX80551PG3000FT)
Intel Celeron 420 - HH80557RG025512 (BX80557420 / BXC80557420)
Intel Celeron 430 - HH80557RG033512 (BX80557430 / BXC80557430)
Intel Celeron 440 - HH80557RG041512 (BX80557440 / BXC80557440)
Intel Celeron 460 - HH80557RG056512
Intel Celeron Dual-Core E1200 HH80557PG025D (BX80557E1200 / BXC80557E1200F)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 HH80557PG0331M (BX80557E2160 / BXC80557E2160)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 HH80557PH0462M (BX80557E6400)
Intel Xeon 3050 - HH80557KH0462M (BX805573050)
 
Jun 3  
  New CPUs:  
 
Jun 2  
  I updated information on AMD Phenom II X2 and Athlon II X2 processors that were released today. I also added several things to CPU browse page - it now displays frequency of tested processors, you can see now more than 20 last submitted results, and all displayed results can be sorted.
 
 
Jun 1  
  It was a busy day for me today... AMD released six-core Opteron processors, and Intel posted S-Spec numbers of new microprocessors, including Core I7-950 and Core i7-975 CPUs. I didn't have time to research information on all processors, so today I added only new Intel CPUs, and I will add Opteron processors in the next two days.
New CPUs:
 
 
May 31  
  MMI 5701/6701 bit-slice family was added to the site:
Monolithic Memories Incorporated MMI6701D
Monolithic Memories Incorporated
MMI6701D
   
Monolithic Memories Incorporated MMI6701D
 
May 30  
  New CPUs:  
 
May 29  
  New pages:  
 
May 26  
  Texas Instruments TMS99110 family page was added to the site.
 
 
May 25  
  New version of CPUID identification program (version 0.3) is available for download. This version includes a few bug fixes, better handling of old Cyrix chips, and reporting of actual processor's frequency.
 
 
May 23  
  I added pictures and information on four engineering samples of Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 X2 processors:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.1 GHz - ZDO2100IMA556
AMD
Athlon 64 X2 2.1 GHz (ES)
   
AMD Athlon 64 2.4 GHz - 1DM2400IIO415
AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.1 GHz - ZDO2100IMA556
AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.4 GHz - ZDV2400IAA639
AMD Mobile Athlon 64 X2 2.2 GHz - ZMN2200IAA501
 
May 22  
  I added AMD BE-2450 CPU page and about 20 new S-spec codes
 
 
May 20  
  New CPUs:  
 
May 19  
  New CPUs:  
 
May 17  
  I submitted CPUID information for about 30 different processors and uploaded a few benchmark results. I also modified CPUID submissions page - it can now filter results by model number.
 
 
May 15  
  Texas Instruments TMS9980 CPU family was added to the site.
Texas Instruments TMS9980AJDL
Texas Instruments
TMS9980AJDL
   
Texas Instruments TMS9980ANL-X
Texas Instruments TMS9980AJDL
 
May 12  
  I completed a series of updates of CPU-Upgrade site. I'm trying to keep 2-3 month update interval for upgrade information, which should be sufficient in most cases.
 
 
May 9  
  More than 70 new S-spec numbers were added to the S-Spec database. Majority of added numbers are for Xeon engineering and qualification samples.  
 
May 7  
  New CPUs: New pages:  
 
May 6  
  VIA C7-M CPU family was added to the site:
VIA C7-M 754 1500/400 (micro-PGA) [Top view]
VIA
C7-M 754 1500/400
   
VIA C7-M 754 1500/400 (micro-PGA)
VIA C7-M 754 1500/400
VIA C7-M 764 1600/400
 
May 3  
  All public CPU submissions, that have correct manufacturer name and part number defined, are now included on the CPU pages. See, for example, how it looks on the Core 2 Duo Mobile T7600 page (click on the "CPU ID" tab). Special thanks to cocoe and Neon who did a lot of testing and made more than half of all public submissions. As a reminder, to view detailed list of CPU features for your processors, and at the same time submit it to our server you will need to download and run CWID program. Submitted CPU ID data will not be accessible by other site visitors unless you decide to make it public (and we encourage you to do so).  
 
May 2  
  New pages:  
 
May 1  
  New CPUs:  
 
Apr 29  
  Texas Instruments TMS99105 CPU family was added to the site:
Texas Instruments TMX99105-24
Texas Instruments
TMX99105-24
   
Texas Instruments TMS99105AJDL
Texas Instruments TMX99105-24
 
Apr 28  
  New CPUs:  
 
Apr 26  
  New CPUs:  
 
Apr 23  
  To make site updates more visible to site visitors I decided to post links to new CPU pages and other new site pages in the News section. Not all updates may be mentioned in the News section. For example, I'm not planning to post links to new S-Spec pages in the News. Full list of site's updates will still be available on the Recent updates page. New CPU pages for today are:  
 
Apr 22  
  It's been a long time since I added new CPU family to the site. Last time it was Intel 80376 family, and it was added on last year on November 16. Due to recent backend script updates, it's much easier for me to keep up with new CPU releases, and I have some extra time to spend on adding older CPU families. Today I added VIA C7-D family. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find a C7-D datasheet, therefore all information for C7-D pages was gathered from other public sources: VIA website, press releases, processor pictures, CPUID information, and so on.
VIA C7-D 2000/800
VIA
C7-D 2000/800
   
VIA C7-D 1500/400
VIA C7-D 2000/800
 
Apr 12  
  I've made a few improvements to the S-Spec database and S-Spec search/identification pages. The S-spec database now handles non-unique S-Spec numbers - each of those numbers is now displayed on a separate page. S-Spec search tool now displays L3 cache size, the number of cores and socket type instead of L1 cache size and package type. Identification script now shows more details about the S-Spec than before.  
 
Apr 1  
  New Xeon 3500 and 5500 microprocessors were added to Xeon family. There were other site updates in the past two weeks, but they are too minor to mention here. Tomorrow (April 2nd) I'll be leaving for 6-day vacation. During that time I won't have access to e-mail or to the site. All submitted pictures and comments will be approved, and all e-mails will be answered when I get back.  
 
Mar 15  
  I've made a few changes to CPU identification tool. When CPU identification is submitted, our online script now uses submitted data to guess manufacturer, family and model of the CPU. The information page now displays additional data - CPU ID data as well as data provided by person who submitted it. I also created a listing of recent public submissions - this one will be enhanced next week to allow filtering submissions by manufacturer, family and model. That was the major site change for this week, and last week I updated CPU-Upgrade website.  
 
Mar 1  
  I created a small Windows program that you can use to identify CPU features. The idea behind the program is quite simple - you download and run it, it uses cpuid instruction to get data about your CPU, sends the data to our server, and then opens a web page with identification data from our server. Here is an example of CPU features page for Intel Q9550 microprocessor. You can find more details about the program, and the program itself on the CPU identification page. Please note that program and the CPU features page were just developed, and were not tested on all combinations of CPU / Windows OS. Consider it a beta software. We encourage everybody to try our new identification utility.

A note about the reasons why we created the program. Our primary goal was to provide an easy way to identify the CPU and to view all processor features on one page. The second goal was to collect CPU identification data. The data will be used in the future to update processor features on our CPU pages for those modern microprocessors that are not listed on AMD and Intel sites, such as mobile and OEM-only processors.

 
 
Feb 17  
  I completed the first phase of rewriting backend scripts. Certain types of site updates (AMD stepping codes, S-Spec numbers, CPU chart data) now take much less of my time. In the next two weeks I will concentrate on updating the site, and then proceed to second phase of rewriting the scripts. Besides working on the scripts, in the past three weeks I added Phenom II X3 and Phenom II X4 processors, posted Opteron and Athlon 64 price charts, and added several glossary pages.  
 
Jan 26  
  Below is the list of the most important site updates in the past two weeks:
  • If you have any pictures of CPUs, microcontrollers or other chips, or any related pictures, you can upload them to CPU Pictures submissions page. Of course, these should pictures taken by you, and not taken from the net.
  • I posted information on recently released AMD and Intel mobile processors, low power Intel quad-core CPUs and on two dual-core desktop Intel processors.
  • Added Socket 479 page.
  • Re-arranged processors on Celeron and Pentium III family pages. Covington and Mendocino Celeron processors are no longer combined into the same sub-family, and Coppermine Slot 1 and socket 370 CPUs are no longer split into two sub-families.
  • You can now filter the list of displayed families or processors by typing partial family or CPU name. See, for example, how it is done on Core 2 family page.
 
 
Jan 11  
  I added information about recently released Athlon X2 and Phenom II X4 CPUs. I also started re-writing some of site's backend scripts - these are the scripts that I use to add new information, generate HTML pages and copy the pages to the site. Re-writing of all these scripts may take a while, possibly months, because it will be done in parallel with site updates. Some of site's functionality will be changed as a result of this rewrite. I expect that CPU and S-Spec charts will be changed, and a few new features will be added - the search for CPU name on CPU pages, and other features. New backend scripts should reduce my non-productive time, i.e. time I spend copying files, verifying that the information is correctly updated, etc, which in turn will allow me to spend more time on actual updates.  
 
Dec 24  
  I spent most of my spare time in the last two weeks updating CPU Upgrade website, and did only a few minor updates of the CPU World site. I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow, so there won't be any updates on CPU-World for another week. All submitted comments will be approved when I get back. I wish all site visitors Happy Holidays!  
 
Dec 9  
  In the past two weeks I didn't have time to update news on the front page, so below is a list of updates for the last two weeks:  
 
Nov 24  
  Many new S-spec codes were added to the S-Spec database. I also posted information on missing from our site OEM-only Core 2 Duo mobile processors, and a few desktop and mobile processors that will be released this or next month. To see all upcoming and recently released microprocessors I created Desktop CPU releases page. Similar page with release dates of mobile AMD and Intel microprocessors will be added later this week.  
 
Nov 16  
  This week's changes:
Intel A80376-16
Intel
A80376-16
   
Intel A80376-16
 
Nov 11  
  I posted preliminary information on Intel Core i7 microprocessor family: basic CPU features, CPU chart and socket 1366 page. As soon as Intel officially releases the Core i7 family I will update the pages. Also, CPU-World's front page was updated to display a timeline of modern desktop microprocessors with links to most important CPU families.  
 
Nov 5  
  Last week I've made another change to comments - users, registered in CPU-World forum, can now post the comments without pre-moderation. Please avoid posting unrelated comments or troubleshooting/upgrade questions - those will be removed. From other updates I wanted to mention a few new uploaded benchmarks.  
 
Oct 26  
  This week I've made a few modifications to CPU and S-spec pages:
  • From now on all CPU pictures uploaded by site visitors will be displayed in the pictures section of CPU pages. You can see how it looks on the Core 2 Duo E8200 page. Almost all previously uploaded pictures (there are more than 1000 of them) are currently displayed as comments. I will eventually fix all of them.
  • Many CPU and all S-Spec pages now include "Link to this page" feature, which allows any site visitor to get a link to the CPU/S-spec page as an HTML or BB code.
  • Many CPU and all S-spec pages now have "Get HTML code" feature. This feature will be mostly useful for people who wants to post CPU or S-spec information on eBay and other auction sites. To use it click on the "Get HTML code" link on a page, select desired information style in a popup window, grab a generated HTML code and include it in your auction description.
 
 
Oct 19  
  There were no major updates on the CPU-World in the past two weeks. Most on my time I spent updating my other site - CPU-Upgrade. There will be a few more updates on the CPU-Upgrade.com, after that I'll get back to working on the CPU-World.  
 
Oct 5  
  Last week's changes:
  • I posted benchmark results of socket 775 and socket AM2/AM2+ processors. We now have some Phenom X4 benchmarks, so overall our CPU benchmark chart has pretty good coverage of many all modern processors with the exception of the most expensive ones (Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Extreme, Xeons). For many processors we added Euler3D, WinRAR and 7-Zip benchmarks. Benchmark chart was slightly improved - you can now quickly see next / previous benchmark results by clicking on the "Previous" and "Next" buttons, and the chart now remembers selected processor.
  • Many S-Spec numbers were added to the site, probably half of them are qualification and engineering samples.
  • Uploaded pictures of AMD Opteron processors (see below).

AMD Second Generation Opteron 2210 - OSA2210GAA6CQ (OSA2210CQWOF) [Top view]
AMD
Second Generation Opteron 2210
   
AMD Opteron 240 - OSADA240CCO5
AMD Opteron 242 - OSADA242CCO5
AMD Opteron 244 - OSA244CEP5AU (OSA244AUBOX / OSA244AUWOF)
AMD Opteron 840 - OSA840CCO5AI
AMD Opteron 842 - OSA842CCO5AI
AMD Opteron 848 - OSA848CEP5AM
AMD Opteron 850 HE - OSK850FAA5BM (OSK850BMWOF)
AMD Second Generation Opteron 2210 - OSA2210GAA6CQ (OSA2210CQWOF)
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