Six-Core Opterons (Istanbul)
According to Tweak Down, AMD will start shipping them next month. We’ll see how do they compare with Intel Gulftown.
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AMD revealed that its plans a 12-core Opteron processor in 2010, and a 16-core Opteron in 2011. Unfortunately, almost no further/technical details — more cores is definitely good, but we’d like to see...
View ArticleNVIDIA about Intel
Considering Intel Core i7? Read Nvidia Says Core i7 Isn’t Worth It and nVidia calls Core i7 a waste of money first. We’d agree that investing into GPU(s) is really a good idea, especially if you need...
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Intel news: Larrabee delayed, Nehalem-EX Xeon previewed
First of all, sad news: Intel Larrabee is delayed till 2010 (we were expecting it in Q4’2009), according to the reports. With 32 cores onboard (though this number is not confirmed yet), it looks like a...
View ArticleWhen CPU is not enough
Hardware acceleration of password recovery has been a hot topic for quite some time already. We were the first to adopt widely available graphic cards for this purpose and we’re proud of this. Today...
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Nvidia Unveils 1U Server With 2 Tesla GPUs On Board
The summer has begun, and as usual at this time of the year big companies present the results of hard work to the public. With Microsoft’s Bing and Google Wave flooding the news, you might have...
View ArticlePreliminary Larrabee perfomance revealed
When it comes to Larrabee one of most intriguing things is its performance. Official information provided by Intel was not enough to get good estimation. In my previous post I’ve estimated it as...
View ArticleIntel Larrabee, AMD Llano: when?
According to NordicHardware, Sapphire Or Zotac Might Launch Larrabee. No further information on Larrabee yet, though; as we already wrote, the Larrabee lauch date is set to 2010. The only news from...
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AMD vs NVIDIA, next round
Looking for new password cracking hardware (to take advantage of GPU acceleration)? Wait just a little bit more: new ATI and NVIDIA cards (with DirectX 11) will be available soon. ATI is going to...
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BlackBerry password cracking: multi-threaded, with hardware-accelerated AES
Most modern CPUs are multi-core – it is not easy to find even a laptop with less than two cores these days. And for desktops, 4 cores are usual now. Password recovery is one of most CPU-intensive...
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GPU Acceleration On The Cheap: Using Affordable Video Cards to Break...
Most password protection methods rely on multiple rounds of hash iterations to slow down brute-force attacks. Even the fastest processors choke when trying to break a reasonably strong password. Video...
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Breaking Wi-Fi Passwords with Intel Arc Graphics Cards
Intel has unveiled its latest lineup of dedicated graphics cards, driven by the powerful Intel Xe architecture. The Intel Arc series showcases impressive performance, rivaling mid-range offerings from...
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