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Games Help Soldiers Deal With Stress Issues
Biofeedback through video helps returning troops fight post-traumatic stress disorder. This is good news for our forces overseas as the Iraq conflict continues and when our men and women come home they will need to get adjusted back to normal life. The three-year, $3 million study, the first of its kind for U.S. soldiers, will include veterans from both Iraq and Afghanistan. Good news for all on this one.
The study comes on the heels of the Department of Defense's decision in January that military personnel be assessed three times in a 90-day period after their return from Iraq in an effort to head off the development of post- traumatic stress disorder. About 18 percent of the approximately 130,000 soldiers and Marines currently serving in Iraq are at risk for the illness, according to a 2004 study on mental health problems and combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan
Posted by | Wed, Jun 22, 2005 - 08:59 PM
Platformization threatens Taiwan chipset makers
I just saw this article over at Digitimes and it talks directly about Intel's domination of the chipset market and if it is a good or bad thing. The even bring up some Intel P4 chipset problems: static electricity, compatibility of the USB port, burnt-out southbridges and other touchy subjects that Intel has never confirmed. A very good read for those who like to follow industry trends.
with growth in the PC market slowing down, and Intel still dominating CPU standards, the Taiwan PC chipset sector, whose product development has been lagging behind, is finding that its market is rapidly shrinking. International graphics card vendors Nvidia and ATI Technologies, both of whom have much richer resources than the Taiwan makers, are also actively developing the chipset market. Even Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), who has long been absent from the chipset market, has hinted that it may make a comeback in 2007. The chipset market is getting more crowded, promising an even harder time for the Taiwan players.
Posted by | Wed, Jun 22, 2005 - 04:31 PM
Legit Reviews & OCZ Join Forces: Monthly Forum Contests
I am happy to announce that OCZ Technology is sponsoring a monthly forum contest here on Legit Reviews over the next three months. If you are not a member of our forums please sign up here to be eligible to enter the contests! It is free to join the forums and the contest is open to our international readers.
These prizes will be given out in the above order on last day of June, July and August. In order to be elgible to win the prizes one must be a members of the Legit Forums and be an active member (meaning frequent posts) in order to sign up. We pulled some strings and for the first time ever are going to open up this contest to the entire world and not just the United States. If you are international you are in luck!
Posted by | Wed, Jun 22, 2005 - 01:04 PM
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX Launched
NVIDIA Corporation today announced immediate availability of the NVIDIA® GeForce? 7800 GTX graphics processing unit (GPU). Starting today, consumers can purchase the highly-anticipated GeForce 7800 GTX GPU from the world?s leading add-in card manufacturers at online retailers. In addition, an unprecedented number of PC OEMS and system builders have announced plans to build systems around the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 models of GPUs.
The reviews are out in force today!
Posted by | Wed, Jun 22, 2005 - 10:41 AM
BlueGene/L Still World's Fastest Supercomputer: 136.8 teraflops
When the BlueGene/L supercomputer is finished I wonder what the electric bill is for one month with all 65,536 processors are running at 100% usage.
IBM's BlueGene/L took the top spot for the second time largely because its processing capacity doubled in size since the last list was drawn up.
When it is finished the machine will use 65,536 processors to tackle problems such as molecular dynamics, metrial modelling as well as turbulence and instability in hydrodynamics.
Posted by | Wed, Jun 22, 2005 - 07:19 AM
Shuttle Launches Dual Core SFF System: XPC SD31P
Shuttle Inc., the world's leading designer and manufacturer of small form factor (SFF) PCs and accessories, introduces the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD31P, the first SFF PC to support Intel® dual core and 64-bit processors.
The XPC SD31P destroys the myth that bigger PCs are faster. Designed for power-hungry users, this wicked-fast small form factor (SFF) computer delivers tower-crushing performance in one-third the space. With the support of 64-bit and Dual-Core CPUs up to 1066MHz FSB, Serial-ATA II with Matrix Storage Technologie, PCI-Express, HD-audio, 350W power supply, Silent X heatpipe cooling Shuttle again proved how to build latest technologies into a SFF PC, and thanks to toolless drive installation and pre-installed flat cables the hardware setup is very easy.
Posted by | Tue, Jun 21, 2005 - 08:15 AM
Kingston Auctions Final BH-5 Memory Kit For Charity
The fifth and final memory kit is currently being auctioned off over at Kingston Technology's site this week. The auction with all proceeds going to charity ends on June 24th and currently has the 1GB (2 x 512MB) kit going for only $50! A 1GB kit of Winbond BH-5 based memory modules should go for well over $175 on the market, so this is a really low price.
Here is your chance to get your hands on discontinued Kingston HyperX DDR400 KHX3200 modules while helping those in need. These 2.6V modules were built with coverted Winbond B die, which is no longer manufactured, and have latency timings of 2-2-2-6-1; they provide impressive headroom for system tweaking.
All proceeds will be donated to Community Service Programs, Inc. CSP is comprised of six model programs assisting over 80,000 persons a year, including abused children, victims of crime, struggling families, acting out adolescents, and people in need of mediation services.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 20, 2005 - 01:24 PM
MTV Networks Buys Neopets.com
MTV Networks on Monday said it acquired NeoPets Inc., owner of the popular teen Web site Neopets.com., for an undisclosed lump sum of cash. The site is one of the fasest growing in the world and allows users to create online pets. I'll stick to real animals for now! There is no way a virtual pet can replace the bond between a human and a real pet.
From about 90,0000 members five years ago, Neopets has grown to about 25 million members today ? 60 percent of whom are over age 13 ? who create and care for "virtual pets" that inhabit a mythical world called "Neopia." The site is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing among youth, MTV said. "Neopia" has its own geography, pet species and games.
"The combination of NeoPets and Nick.com gives us a one-two punch leadership position in the online entertainment space among kids and young adults," said Herb Scannell, vice chairman of MTV Networks.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 20, 2005 - 11:56 AM
Microsoft works on own BitTorrent
Microsoft researchers in the UK are working on file-sharing technology similar to BitTorrent, but called Avalanche.
Codenamed Avalanche, the program makes it easy to share content by dividing files such as software, audio or video, into chunks, much like BitTorrent. Microsoft researchers said Avalanche could be used to help distribute software, security patches, as well as content like TV-on-demand. "Avalanche provides a cost effective, internet scalable and very fast file distribution solution," say the researchers on their website.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 20, 2005 - 11:51 AM
Hynix Shows DDR2-800 Modules Off & They Are Validated By ASUS
Hynix Semiconductor said on Friday that it has developed DRAM industry?s first 512MB DDR2-800 unbuffered dual in-line memory modules (UDIMMs) and has received validation from Taiwan-based ASUS, a leading motherboard manufacturer. Good news for DDR2 fans as more options come forth to help drive down DDR2 pricing.
The 512MB and 1-gigabyte (GB) UDIMMs are based on the Hynix 512-megabit DDR2-800 SDRAM (double data rate 2 synchronous dynamic random access memory) device that is manufactured with cutting-edge 90-nanometer design rule and operates on low 1.8 volt electricity. Hynix stacked eight 512MB DDR2 DRAM chips for 512MB module package and 16 chips for 1GB module package.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 20, 2005 - 07:20 AM
Corsair Memory: TCCD Supply Demystified
Today, Corsair let's everyone know that Samsung TCCD memory is still alive and kicking. We posted an article about this back in Feb 2005 titled Are Samsung TCCD IC's Dead? that dealt with the same question. Good to see that our article from 4 months ago was accurate and on the money. I'm not sure why Corsair Memory is sending out a PR on this now as it is old news. Feel free to post your TCCD and TCC5 thoughts in the forums.
Contrary to rumours that indicate universal unavailability of TCCD, Corsair continues to provide high performance XMS memory modules made with 100% Samsung original TCCD IC's. There has been suggestions on TCC5 being an equal replacement of TCCD. While the ICs share similar names, they do not share identical performance characteristics. TCC5 is a down-bin of TCCD and does not deliver the same performance promise that TCCD does. Based on our stringent testing requirements, only TCCD can meet the demand. Corsair also uses TCC5 IC's but because they are of lesser capability, TCC5 IC's are used only in the lower grade parts.
Posted by | Sun, Jun 19, 2005 - 10:47 PM
Microsoft looks to extinguish LAMP
Microsoft is focused on improving its alternatives to the so-called LAMP stack, the combination of the Linux operating system, Apache Web server, MySQL database, and scripting languages PHP, Perl or Python.
Microsoft's anti-LAMP strategy is to heap features into its low-end products and to build a comprehensive set of tools--spanning development to management--in the hopes of making Windows Server more attractive.
In November, Microsoft will release Visual Studio 2005, which will include a new edition called Visual Web Developer Express designed specifically for relatively small-scale Web development, where LAMP is often used. At the same time, Microsoft will release two low-end versions of its SQL Server 2005 database, including a free Express edition. The Workgroup Edition of SQL Server, meanwhile, will include business-intelligence software for generating business reports--typically a costly add-on.
Posted by | Sun, Jun 19, 2005 - 02:43 PM
Google to start new payment system to compete with Paypal
Online search-engine leader Google Inc. is preparing to introduce an electronic payment system later this year in a move that would pose a financial threat to one of its biggest advertisers, Internet auctioneer eBay Inc.
The likelihood of Google rolling out an online payment system to rival eBay?s popular PayPal service became a hot topic during an Internet conference hosted Thursday by Piper Jaffray.
?It could be a pretty big negative for eBay if it happens,? said Piper Jaffray analyst Safa Rashtchy, who follows Google as well as the Web?s leading auction site. PayPal accounted for $233.1 million, or 23 percent, of eBay?s revenue during the first quarter.
Posted by | Sat, Jun 18, 2005 - 10:56 AM
Satellite radio approved in Canada
SIRIUS gets the nod to go ahead with subscription-based satellite radio service in Canada. Canada has set really strict rules for radio broadcasting as 25% of the Canadian channels must be done in French. Another group in Canada is against the choice to approve satellite service by stating that "it creates a pipeline for U.S. radio programs into Canada"!! :-/
Canada's communications regulator, the CRTC, has approved three applications for subscription-based satellite radio services. The three applicants are Canadian Satellite Radio Inc, SIRIUS Canada Inc, and CHUM Limited.
Two of the applicants, Canadian Satellite Radio and SIRIUS Canada are both required to offer at least eight original channels (10% of all channels) produced in Canada. Also, 85% of the music and spoken programming broadcast on the "Canadian channels" have to be Canadian, and 25% of the Canadian channels must be broadcast in French.
The lobby group, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting publicly opposes this decision, saying that it creates a pipeline for U.S. radio programs into Canada.
Posted by | Fri, Jun 17, 2005 - 08:43 AM
Intel Research Merges Centrino with 802.11n
Intel Corp. will present a paper Friday that will demonstrate its progress toward integrating the current Wi-Fi technologies with the next-generation 802.11n protocol. It is interesting to hear that Intel can integrate 802.11n into their current Alviso chipsets. Good news for consumers and Intel with this news!
At the 2005 VLSI Symposium on Circuits in Kyoto, Japan, Intel executives will present two papers, one on integrating a 2.4/5GHz wireless LAN and a second on a 90-nanometer filter chain. Intel speakers will show off photographs of a prototype chip.
While the papers don't describe a landmark breakthrough, they do provide proof that Intel can take an incremental next step and integrate the 802.11n component into its existing Centrino chip set, according to Manny Vara, a technology strategist with Intel.
Posted by | Fri, Jun 17, 2005 - 08:35 AM
Samsung Electronics has informed several of its clients that its NAND flash chips are not to be used
Samsung Electronics has informed several of its clients that its NAND flash chips are not to be used on SD cards but should only be used only in MMC micro cards, according to sources.
Some of the memory maker?s clients confirmed the news, while other would only say that Samsung is ?encouraging? its clients to move in this direction. Samsung was unavailable for comment at the time of publication.
However, some Samsung NAND flash clients said they are still shipping SD cards based on Samsung?s NAND flash memory, as the SD card is still the most widely adopted memory card format.
Posted by | Fri, Jun 17, 2005 - 08:24 AM
Boeing unit sees airline cell phone service in '06
In the prior news post the cell phone giant Cingular is against airline cell phone use, but today Boeing is all for it. Boeing plans on introducing cell phone service in 2006 with or without the support of companies like Cingular.
Boeing Co. unit Connexion expects to start selling cellular phone services to airline passengers as early as next year, its president said on Thursday, despite opposition from the flying public.
"We expect that once the regulatory issues and the social issues are ironed out we'll be introducing that (mobile phone) service as well," said Laurette Koellner, president of Connexion by Boeing, the unit which offers in-flight Web access. "We're projecting that to be some time next year."
Posted by | Thu, Jun 16, 2005 - 08:06 AM
Nokia's 770 Internet Tablet Redefines PDA's
The Nokia 770 is looking pretty interesting at this point in the game. The initial version will include a slew of applications including an Internet radio player, RSS reader, e-mail client, video player, a stripped-down drawing application and an image viewer, among other applications. It supports many media file formats, including MP3, Real Audio, JPEG, GIF, MPEG4, Real Video and many others.
A redefinition of the PDA, this Linux device focuses solely on the Internet. Despite its name, the 770 Internet Tablet is closer in size to a PDA than a Tablet PC. It measures 141 millimeters (5.5 inches) by 79 millimeters (3.1 inches) and is about 19 millimeters (.75 inches) thick. It weighs about 230 grams, or about 7.4 ounces. It comes with 64MB of DDR RAM and 128MB of Flash memory.
In a twist for Nokia, which is the world's largest manufacturer of cell phones, the 770 connects to the Internet direction only via Wi-Fi; it can't directly connect over cellular data networks. Customers with a phone equipped with Bluetooth 1.2, however, can connect the 770 to their cell phone via Bluetooth to reach the Internet.
Posted by | Thu, Jun 16, 2005 - 07:26 AM
Longhorn Server Beta 1 to be Released August
Microsoft is continuing to drop new clues about what users can expect in Longhorn Server, the version of its Windows Server product slated to ship in 2007, and beyond. Pretty interesting info coming from the folks over at Microsoft.
Muglia reconfirmed that Longhorn Server Beta 1 will ship this summer, around the same time as Longhorn client Beta 1. And based on a comment from one of the Microsoft chat moderators, it sounds as if the current plan is to have code in testers' hands by August.
The moderator told participants to "please join us in the first part of August for a chat about Longhorn Server Beta 1."
Muglia also raised the possibility that Microsoft could deliver, at some point in time, a home SKU of Windows Server. When asked by a chat participant whether Microsoft might introduce such a SKU, given the proliferation of media content and multiple machines in homes, Muglia hinted that such a SKU might be in the works.
Posted by | Thu, Jun 16, 2005 - 07:12 AM
Nvidia cuts prices on entry-level and mainstream processors
The recent Nvidia price cuts are aimed to drive market demand during the traditional off-season of the IT industry. Good newsfor consumers as prices are going down.
Nvidia recently lowered the price of its GeForce 6200 with TurboCache by US$15, according to sources at Taiwan graphics-card makers. In addition, the company cut the price on its GeForce 6600 series US$5 and the prices for all parts from its GeForce 6200, GeForce FX5200 and GeForce MX4000 series were reduced US$1-2, indicated the sources.
Posted by | Thu, Jun 16, 2005 - 07:05 AM
nVidia Graphics Chip to Debut at Game Bash
So your GeForce 6800 Ultra just isn't enough? Looks like nVidia is set to start selling their upcoming G70-based products at their LAN appreciation day on June 21.
Nvidia confirmed with CNET News.com that it will begin selling the next-generation graphics processors at the company's GeForce LAN 2.0 fan appreciation day on June 21. The event includes a daylong BYOC (bring your own computer) games competition where individuals and teams will play first-person shooter titles including "Doom 3," "Battlefield 2" and "Splinter Cell" over an ad hoc network.
Posted by | Wed, Jun 15, 2005 - 07:48 PM
Microsoft Issues A Dozen Patches
Three of the 12 were identified as "critical," Microsoft's most urgent alert level in its four-step warning system. On my personal Windows XP Pro system I needed to download 7 patches! Go patch up!
Late Tuesday Microsoft rolled out 10 security bulletins that covered 12 vulnerabilities, and for the first time, offered up its monthly patch batch using the revamped update services and tools for both individuals and enterprises.
Three of the 12 vulnerabilities were marked as "Critical," Microsoft's most urgent alert level in its four-step warning system. All three affect OS components or flaws in Internet Explorer that have been patched multiple times in the past.
Posted by | Wed, Jun 15, 2005 - 07:17 AM
VIA looks to embedded market for profits
VIA recorded pre-tax losses of NT$4.9 billion on revenues of NT$19.449 billion in 2004, due to dramatic price falls in the chipset industry and the implementation of new accounting rules, Chen explained. VIA has started seeing profits from its embedded platform division, Chen noted, adding that the company expects to see phenomenal growth in the segment in August and September.
Posted by | Tue, Jun 14, 2005 - 06:06 AM
RSS To Carry Spyware Before Year's Out
By the end of the year, spyware will have turned to RSS to distribute its key loggers and ad spawners, a security expert says.
A vulnerability will be found in one of the big blogging services. "If a spyware writer finds a way to inject code into a blogging site -- which could take the form of a SOAP object -- most likely through a future vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7, then everyone who subscribes to that service's blog RSS feeds is gonna get infected." Such an attack could be massive, and because of the automated nature of RSS, extremely fast-acting.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 13, 2005 - 05:50 AM
Microsoft to release 10 patches - including 7 critical on 14 June 2005
On 14 June 2005 the Microsoft Security Response Center is planning to release 10 patches including 7 critical. Microsoft will also release an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services and the Download Center. Note that this tool will NOT be distributed using Software Update Services (SUS).
7 Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for these security updates is Critical. Some of these updates will require a restart. 5 of these updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), 2 of these updates will be detectable using the Enterprise Scanning Tool (EST).
Posted by | Sun, Jun 12, 2005 - 12:50 PM
Armed Forces Ready Battlefield Technology Tests
For 11 days in June, the U.S. military will test cutting-edge technology that could be used on the battlefield--and perhaps in business. Information security is the main technologies being tested and the results of these military tests should prove to be interesting.
Over the next two weeks, members of the U.S. military, select foreign armies, and domestic law-enforcement and emergency-response agencies will test cutting-edge technologies with the potential to serve on the front lines of the war against terrorism. And unlike many defense tech initiatives, this isn't about far-out ideas. The best stuff could be in the field in a matter of months.
Among the more than 100 technologies to be tested are a "masking shunt" that makes firewalls invisible to hackers. There's a system that uses everyday Web-services standards to link the U.S. and U.K. air forces. And there's a radio-frequency identification tagging system to send real-time casualty reports from battlefield to headquarters.
Posted by | Sat, Jun 11, 2005 - 11:51 AM
AMD preps 'Pacifica' push
AMD sees 2006 as the year for Pacifica! For those that don't know Pacifica is designed to enhance 64-bit client and server virtualization technologies for x86-based servers, workstations, desktops and mobile computers.
AMD would focus next year on adopting its Pacifica virtualization technology for its dual-core processors. Pacifica enables a microprocessor-based machine to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions.
In 2007, AMD plans to further beef up its technology to permit more parallel processing capability with larger cache memory and virtualization of I/O, Syeter added.
Posted by | Sat, Jun 11, 2005 - 11:47 AM
Nokia and Intel push to get WiMAX out this year
Mobile phone and network company Nokia
Intel has been the driving force behind WiMAX, touting it as the long-distance broadband Internet sibling of Wi-Fi which it turned into a success with its Centrino chipsets for laptops.
The support of Nokia, which has not always been a WiMAX believer, shows that the world's biggest mobile phone maker and one of the leading wireless networks makers also sees a future.
Interestingly, Nokia sees WiMAX demand from mobile telecoms operators, for which the Finnish firm is already building third generation mobile phone networks with, also, fast Web access.
Posted by | Sat, Jun 11, 2005 - 11:37 AM
Longhorn improves graphics by 55%
Longhorn
It's a new operating system that will replace various Windows XP modifications approximately in 2006. Unlike Windows XP and Windows 2000, based on different versions of the same kernel and having almost identical driver models, Longhorn promises considerable changes not only in its interface and API, but also in the heart of hearts of the system, in the kernel, memory and source management architecture. The new operating system will support two driver types (two driver models): one is retained for compatibility with the old drivers (XP/2000 model) and the second is new drivers, developed specially for Longhorn and next versions of this OS. This new model (a standard for drivers and their interaction with the OS kernel and API) is called LDM (Longhorn Driver Model). Its most important and interesting part is LDDM, responsible for all graphics (Longhorn Display Driver Model). All landmark graphics features will be implemented based on new LDDM drivers, old model drivers will be able to provide only the base-level (available in Win XP) of graphics hardware support.
Posted by | Fri, Jun 10, 2005 - 09:29 AM
Do Google Ads Help Fund Spyware?
A security researcher says Google's search-based ads play a part in browser toolbars that violate the company's stand against spyware and questionable download practices.
Very interesting read for all you Google users that hate spam.
With the IBIS WebSearch Toolbar, Edelman examined the ads that appear when a user enters a search query in the toolbar. The search results page, on WebSearch.com, includes sponsored listings.
In some cases, Edelman traced those listings back to the Google.com domain, but they traveled through a middleman that he identified as Go2Net. Go2Net is a property of InfoSpace Inc., which is also a distribution partner for Google's search-based ads. Google does not appear to have a direct relationship with IBIS WebSearch.
Posted by | Thu, Jun 09, 2005 - 01:57 PM
Taiwan DRAM makers may flood spot market with DDR2
DRAM makers in Taiwan plan to accelerate the market?s migration to DDR2 by shipping all of their 50-60 million DDR2-667 chip inventory to the spot market in the third quarter in an attempt to drive down DDR2 spot prices below DDR prices, sources with the makers said yesterday.
The makers hope that the low prices in the spot market will boost demand from regional system integrators for DDR2-667, the sources said. Many makers blame low demand for DDR2 in the spot market for the delayed migration from DDR to the next-generation memory chips, the sources said. A spokesman with a major memory maker revealed that 30-40% of the world?s current DRAM output is DDR2.
Posted by | Thu, Jun 09, 2005 - 08:03 AM
Windows to be sold without Media Player
Microsoft is about to start selling copies of Windows XP without Media Player -- a result of the antitrust agreement between Microsoft and the EU. The name? A somewhat uninspiring "Windows XP Home Edition N" (or Professional, depending on the version).
These products will be made available to computer manufacturers on June 15 in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, and will be available to other distribution channels including the retail and volume licensing channels on July 1," the software giant said in a statement. The decision is a result of a European Commission order that Microsoft strip its flagship product from Windows Media Player so that computer makers can buy other software to play films and music from competitors RealNetworks and Apple.
Posted by | Wed, Jun 08, 2005 - 06:04 PM
Seagate Goes Perpendicular With New Drives
Looks like Seagate is going to be the first to market with a new hard drive that records data perpendicular -- meaning that the bits of data actually stand on end, instead of lying flat on the recording surface like current drives. 160GB notebook drives anyone?
Perpendicular recording is the next phase of drive storage, according to Brian Dexheimer, an executive vice president of worldwide sales at Seagate. Instead of lying flat, the disc is magnetized so that the bits stand on end. The result is a drive that can hold almost double the amount of data of current designs.
Posted by | Wed, Jun 08, 2005 - 06:00 PM
ULi single-chip AMD Chipset M1697 may come in July
AMD K8 users should have another chipset to pick from next month. ULi has been going full steam ahead and at a time when VIA is suffering ULi is gaining ground.
ULi Electronics expects to begin volume production of its M1697 single-chip solution, which supports all Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) K8 processors, as early as July, the company stated, even though recent statements from the company indicated mass production of the M1697 will be postponed until October.
In addition, ULi recently added Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) as one of its chipset customers, said the company. ULi also supplies chipsets to Asustek Computer, Abit Computer, Albatron Technology, ASRock and Gigabyte Technology, the company noted.
Posted by | Wed, Jun 08, 2005 - 07:52 AM
Kingston HyperX Winbond BH5 auctioned off
This week Kingston Technologies will be auctioning the 3rd of 5 kits of KHX3200 memory built with Winbond BH5 memory IC's. Proceeds from auction are going to Community Service Programs, Inc. (CSP) is comprised of six model programs assisting over 80,000 persons a year, including abused children, victims of crime, struggling families, acting out adolescents, and people in need of mediation services.
This week Kingston has a 512MB kit (2 x 256MB) of BH-5 based memory IC's up for grabs. The current bid is only $50and don't forget this is a tax write off!
Here is your chance to get your hands on discontinued Kingston HyperX DDR400 KHX3200 modules while helping those in need. These 2.6V modules were built with coverted Winbond B die, which is no longer manufactured, and have latency timings of 2-2-2-6-1; they provide impressive headroom for system tweaking.
You can't buy these modules anymore, but we're auctioning four 512-MB kits (KHX3200K/512) and one 1-GB (KHX3200K2/1G) kit. One 512-MB kit will be auctioned each week for the first four weeks, and the 1-GB kit will be auctioned the final week.
Posted by | Tue, Jun 07, 2005 - 12:04 PM
Intel Dempsey cores to clock at 3.80GHz
The Inq has some details posted on the upcoming Dempsey core this morning. Seems as if the Xeon is getting a 1066FSB and 3.8GHz of 65nm dual core power.
Chip firm Intel anticipates that when Dempsey is released in the first quarter of the next year, the Xeon will have a front side bus of 1066MHz and start life at 3.80GHz, with other flavours clocking at 3.60GHz, 3.40GHz and 3.20GHz.
Dempsey, a dual core 65 nanometre Xeon, will have two times 2MB of cache, but Intel will also create an MV Dempsey with TBD less than 105 watts, according to the most recent roadmaps the firm has shown its partners.
Posted by | Tue, Jun 07, 2005 - 06:50 AM
Rambus files memory suit against Samsung
Intellectual property rights are a hot topic in court rooms lately and for good reason. Late today Rambus has ADDED Samsung to their memory technology lawsuit & terminated a license agreement with them. Big news for those in the memory industry, as these two heavy weights prepare to do battle in future months.
SAN JOSE, Calif. ? Rambus Inc. late Monday (June 6) said that it has added Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. as a defendant in its pending patent infringement suit against four companies over memory technology. Rambus has also terminated a memory license agreement with Samsung ahead of schedule.
In its claims filed against South Korea's Samsung, Rambus (Los Altos, Calif.) asserts infringement of 14 of its patents by DDR2, GDDR2 and GDDR3 devices that are currently shipping in the marketplace. Rambus is also asserting infringement of 11 of its patents by SDRAM and DDR DRAM memory and controller products. Today's action does not affect Samsung's role as a licensee of RDRAM and XDR DRAM memory types.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 06, 2005 - 06:58 PM
New breakthroughs in IC physical design!!!!
Magma Design Automation Inc. this week will release Quartz-DRC, which claims to verify any chip design in two hours or less. Apache Design Solutions Inc. is rolling out PsiWinder, a critical-path analysis tool that considers both power and crosstalk. And Sierra Design Automation Inc. will announce Pinnacle 2.0, which allows concurrent multimode and multicorner analyses of timing, area, power and signal integrity.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 06, 2005 - 02:26 PM
Office Goes XML
Get ready to say goodbye to .doc and hello to XML. The next version of Microsoft Office, due in the second half of 2006, will save files in the Extensible Markup Language by default. The new format will make files smaller, more effectively prevent corruption, and make it easier for files to share data, Microsoft says.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 06, 2005 - 03:16 AM
50% of AMD's HSF's will use heatpipes in 2H 2005
Heat sinks that are used to cool your have not changed much the past few years, but that is about to change later this year. AMD has been slowly moving over to using HSF's that utilize heat-pipes to better channel heat away from the processor. Digitimes is reporting that 50% of the cooling solutions that AMD ships out with new CPU's will feature heat-pipes.
Heat-pipe cooling solutions will account for 50% of PC products based on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CPUs in the second half of this year, up from 10% in the first half, according to thermal solution providers Asia Vital Components (AVC).
For those PC vendors and manufacturers that mainly promote AMD processors, an increasing proportion are adopting heat-pipe cooling solutions, said AVC. AMD?s dual-core processors already feature power consumption of 110-120 watts, compared to 95-105 watts for its single-core processors.
In addition, AVC anticipates that 10% of Intel-based PC CPUs will use heat-pipe cooling solutions this year, up from about 5% in 2004.
Posted by | Sun, Jun 05, 2005 - 08:58 PM
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