Most people already know of Intel’s processors, and most of us are using them - regardless of AMD’s previous leadership at least a decade ago. The most well-known processors produced by Intel so far include: (not necessarily in chronological order, but as close as I can efficiently get)
- Pentium
- Pentium Pro
- Pentium II
- Celeron
- Pentium III
- Itanium
- Pentium 4
- Xeon
- Pentium D
- Pentium Extreme Edition
- Pentium M
- Core
- Core 2
- Itanium 2
We’ve seen some extremely quick development with Intel’s processors, and the time frame between the releases of Pentium 4, Pentium D, and Pentium Extreme Edition is really quite close. The same applies to the releases of the Core series (Core Solo, Core Duo) and the Core 2 series (Core 2 Solo, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad).
It’s been much less than a year since Core 2 Duo processors were popularized, specifically by large computer corporations such as Apple and Dell. And Intel is already working on a family of the next generation of chipsets: the “3 Series”. Similar to previous Intel technology families like Centrino (mobile technology), Viiv (home entertainment), and vPro (business computing), the 3-Series focuses on entertainment as well. It offers better audio and video, including Intel’s Express graphics chipsets, and High Definition Audio (basically theatre-quality 7.1 surround sound). This chipset is also able to support DDR2 at speeds of up to 800 MHz and DDR3 at speeds of up to 1333 MHz - wow! Furthermore, PCI Express 2.0 is supported, enhancing graphics - that is, if you don’t want to use Intel’s own integrated technology.
According to various sources, the 3-Series chipset will be used later this year in yet another release of processor designs - the Salt Creek (second generation Viiv) and Weybridge (vPro for business) designs. Although many of us probably don’t upgrade every time a new processor model is released, I’m sure these new technologies are worth looking into.
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It always takes some time for Fantastico to catch up with the latest releases for each piece of software. WordPress is actually one of the easiest pieces of PHP software to install and upgrade, but Fantastico does make it easier. I just don’t recommend it for anybody who likes to keep up with updates and who wants to keep their sites as secure as possible with the latest security releases.
It took several days, and I don’t know whether it took several days for the company to modify Fantastico to be compatible with the upgrade, or it just took several days for the changes to be downloaded to the server, but I’m glad to be able to finally upgrade WordPress without breaking Fantastico’s features in the future. (I could have just downloaded the archive and manually upgraded, but I wanted to see how long it took for Fantastico to catch up.)
My advice to webmasters: don’t use Fantastico with major pieces of software like Joomla!, WordPress, Openads, etc. These are highly active projects that often release updates and correct problems. Using Fantastico can drastically affect the security and reliability of your dynamic sites. (In short, it’s for chumps.)
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