Intel has just launched its own budget-friendly solid state drive, the X25-V.

The Intel X25-V is made to speed up the loading of modern operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows 7, in netbooks and PCs that have a dual-drive system. It has a capacity of 40GB and features sustained sequential read speed of up to 170MB/s and sustained sequential write speed of up to 35MB/s.

Intel X25-V is based on multi-level cell NAND flash memory made using 34nm fabrication process as well as Intel’s controller feature 5-channel parallel architecture. The SSD supports Trim command for performance optimizations. Intel also boasts a 1.2 million-hour mean time before failure (MTBF) for the drive.

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A new processor has been launched by Intel recently, the Corei7-980x Extreme Edition, also known as the “Gulftown”. It is the firm’s first six-core processor made for gamers and multimedia professionals.

The Core i7-908x will replace the Core i7-975 but for the same price of $999 per chip. It has the same LGA-1366 socket. It also comes with Intel’s Hyper-threading technology. This means that it can work on twelve streams at once. This will definitely appeal to consumers multi-processing. It is also equipped with TurboBoost, which can turn off some of the cores and give that power to the remaining cores.

The i7-908x is also endowed with larger L3 cache, which can…

Intel is ever expanding their lineup of powerful Intel Atom processors for netbooks and nettop PCs. Recently, Intel has just released two new models for the lineup: the Intel Atom N455 and N475.

The Intel Atom N455 is a 1.6 GHz processor, which is the same speed as the current Intel Atom N450 processor. The new N455 do however has support for the new DDR3 RAM standard.

The other model from the range is the Intel Atom N475. It is a 1.83 GHz processor that will most likely be seen most on a new range of netbooks and nettop PCs later this year.

Further specifications and availability details for the Intel Atom N455…

While every computer manufacturer is hopping along the Pine Trail craze, Intel is busy conjuring up new CPUs that will surely be a hit sooner if not later: the Arrandale and Clarkdale CPUs.

The 32nm Arrandale, which consists of the Core i5 Mobile and Core i3 Mobile, is designed for the laptops. It boasts to be faster than any rivaling Core 2 Duo + integrated GPU options, as the Core i5 is very good with heavily threaded applications. As for the Clarkdale, which will be fitted into desktops, it is fast. That’s pretty much the main thing about it.

But both the Arrandale and Clarkdale did not do much with hardcore gaming…

Intel is being sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to FTC, Intel has illegally used its powerful market position for almost ten years to suppress the competition and strengthen its domination.

Furthermore, the FTC claims that Intel has consistently campaigned out rivals’ competing microchips by blocking off their access to the marketplace.

As FTC’s official statement says, “Intel has engaged in a deliberate campaign to hamstring competitive threats to its monopoly,” said Richard A. Feinstein, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition. “It’s been running roughshod over the principles of fair play and the laws protecting competition on the merits. The Commission’s action today seeks to remedy the damage that…