Compilers on AMD64 and Intel compared

THERE'S AN in depth look at Digit Life which compares the performance of AMD64 chips to Intel processors testing how they pan out using the existing compilers. You can find that article here.

Engineers at Intel have already got their mitts on 65 nanometer chips, according to this filing on The Ace's Hardware forum. Intel has a top notch development fab in Hillsboro, natch.

AMD Zone says it's got some exclusive Shuttle photographs just to hit the site, and that site is here.

Just a note. What is wrong with SCO's servers. It was down here yesterday morning and it's down here this morning again. This Netcraft page shows it not only likes to take a break when the US goes to bed, but at weekends as well.

Adrian's Rojak Pot has a glossary of the new heroes, units and abilities found in Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. You can read that here.

Viper Lair examines the benefits of an ATX case in an article you can read here.

SL Central reviews an IBM (surely Hitachi) 180GXP hard drive on this page.

The AMD XP 2600+ is a good budget overclocker, says TechTastic in its review of the microprocessor, here.

Elric tells us over at Motherboards.org that Aopen's A4XSPE sure is a reasonably fantastic motherboard.

At UK Gameer there's a review of the Microstar mainstream board, which is for reasons best known to MSI itself called the 865PE Neo2 FIS2R. It's here.

TweakMonster doesn't compare with ThermalTake or ThermalRight, says Cool Tech Zone, but its RAMsinks for memory are well worth reviewing, as you can read here. µ

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