Reviewed on January 11, 2011The Origin Genesis is the first system we've seen with Intel's new Sandy Bridge Core i7 2600K chip. Fast, and extremely overclockable, the new chip has provided Origin with a platform for a remarkably value-friendly gaming rig. Shop around for pricing as Sandy Bridge spreads among other vendors, but right now this is the $2,499 gaming PC to beat.TAGS:quad-core, transistor, Intel, HyperThreading, flaw, CPU, chipset, power management, hard drive, games, video
Reviewed on October 28, 2007The CPU market is due for a lot of upheaval over the next 12 months, so you might be wise to wait for a clearer picture before plunking down $1,000 or so on Intel's new Core 2 Extreme QX9650 quad-core desktop processor. But if you want to claim ownership of the fastest multicore CPU around today, look no further.TAGS:Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Duo, transistor, Intel, digital media, CPU, quad-core
December 14, 2007The modern world wouldn't be what it is if it weren't for a little piece of technology that emerged from Bell Labs in 1947.Photos: Sixty years of transistors TAGS:transistor, AT&T Bell Laboratories, manufacturing, signal, 3D, Intel
November 8, 2006New GeForce 8800 graphics cards can move processing resources as needed to draw complex images in a flash. Photos: Nvidia's new graphics techTAGS:transistor, pixel, NVidia, video card, Nvidia GeForce, 3D, GPU, image, PC
November 30, 2006The company is in the midst of making the first samples of the 45-nanometer chip, expected to come out toward the end of next year.TAGS:manufacturing, transistor, Intel, AMD, design
December 17, 2007After a bout of good fortune, AMD finds itself coming to grips with a resurgent Intel. Plus: Can software keep up with multicore technology?TAGS:transistor, multi-core, chip company, AMD, Intel