AMD's Phenom II gets Turbo Core

AMD will reportedly bring its Turbo Core power-optimising technology to its six-core Phenom II X6 Thuban desktop processor, writes eWeek.

Turbo Core is said to be like Intel's Turbo Boost feature, reducing power consumption in inactive cores while bumping up the power in active cores to improve performance.

According to AMD, Turbo Core will increase speeds on active codes by up to 500MHz, putting the core in a boost-eligible state when three or more cores aren't being used.

Lenovo is pushing into the SME market by expanding its portfolio of commercial desktops and notebooks, states ChannelWeb.

The developments are focused on the Lenovo Think product group, which includes ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre desktops, ThinkVision monitors, ThinkStation workstations and ThinkServer servers.

Peter Hortensius, Lenovo senior vice-president, cites client PC shipment figures for the fourth quarter of 2009 that pointed to Lenovo beating out competitors in growing its desktop and notebook businesses back to pre-recession levels.

Intel is preparing to release the next line of processors and chipsets in the first quarter of next year, reports Desktop Review.

Intel 6-series desktop chipsets will include the Q67, Q65, B65, H67 and P67 for a first-quarter 2011 launch. Of the new chipsets, the H67 and P67 will mainly target the consumer market.

The new chipsets will showcase Intel's 32nm Sandy Bridge CPU. The current LGA1156-compatable processors fall into the 5-series line.