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• Are true computing platforms emerging in the mobile devices market?*
  Friday 7 October 2005 – 11:57
  With the emergence of Windows Mobile and BlackBerry as contenders in the handheld space, and the sublimation of Palm OS, TG Daily asked four leading analysts to assess whether handheld development is moving beyond the operating system and a processor: Are we on the way platform-centric handheld world?
• Rambus on Alternate Platforms*
  Wednesday 23 September 1998 – 07:00
  Due to its weakness in latency, the specific performance balance of Rambus DRAM does not seem to favor current generation uniprocessor desktop PC platforms running traditional applications
• Cost-Defying Single-Channel Platforms: Chipsets from NVIDIA and VIA*
  Friday 7 November 2003 – 06:00
  With its dual-channel RAM interface, NVIDIA's nForce2 Ultra 400 is still the performance champion. But not everyone can afford to spring for a new processor, a motherboard and two DIMMs in one fell swoop. We tell you how to cut costs by using a cheaper single-channel platform.
• AMD and Nvidia Platforms Do Battle*
  Friday 18 July 2008 – 09:20
  780G versus GeForce 8200/8300. Two chips stand against one. Both platforms turn integrated chipsets into hybrid graphics solutions. We looked at microATX boards by ASRock to find the best all-in-one AMD platform.
• Dual Graphics Platforms, Part II*
  Tuesday 13 December 2005 – 06:00
  There is a lot more to dual card graphics than the extra frame rates ATI and NVIDIA's respective Crossfire and SLI platforms offer. Besides their overclocking potential, we look at the storage interface performance of ATI Crossfire and the NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 platforms. We've also included VIA's new K8T900 dual graphics chipset in our line-up.
• The Three Musketeers: Athlon Platforms For 133 MHz FSB*
  Thursday 4 January 2001 – 06:00
  Although AMD launched Athlon processors with 133 MHz processor bus already two months ago, we are still waiting for the proper platforms. It won't be long anymore now until you will have the choice between three different chipsets for those new Athlon processors. This article is comparing AMD's 760 DDR-chipset with ALi's MaGiK1 DDR-chipset and VIA's new Apollo KT133A chipset.
• Then and Now: Athlon Platforms Compared*
  Monday 3 March 2003 – 06:00
  Up till now, there has been four generations of Athlons; the fifth, called Barton, has just begun. Equally important, however, is the platform: there's a total of 11 chipsets, from KT133 to nForce2, which have contributed much to the success of Socket A Athlon. We put these chipsets in a side-by-side comparison in order to take a look at the progress made with regard to the platform.