TYAN today announced four server platforms that are fully compatible with AMD FireStream GPU compute accelerators. The AMD FireStream GPU compute accelerators are general purpose graphics processing units that deliver exceptional floating point processing capabilities, Continue reading “TYAN Announces AMD FireStream Compatible GPGPU Server Platforms”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 16, 2010 at 10:41am
Earlier this month we had the opportunity to visit AMD’s Austin, Texas headquarters to preview their upcoming ‘Brazos’ development platform and actually got some hands-on testing with a Fusion APU system prior to its launch. Today, we bring you performance numbers on the 18W TDP Zacate APU called the E-350. At 1.60GHz this dual core processor might just impress you!
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 16, 2010 at 12:00am
Microsoft today announced it has sold 1 million Kinect for Xbox 360 units worldwide in 10 days and is on pace to hit 5 million by the end of the year. The announcement comes a Continue reading “Kinect Sales for Microsoft Xbox 360 Game Console Reaches 1 Million in 10 Days”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 15, 2010 at 7:17pm
Rahul Sood announced on his blog this morning that he is leaving Hewlett-Packard on December 1st. He has been chief technology officer of Global Gaming and Advanced Computing since HP acquired VoodooPC in September 2006. Continue reading “Rahul Sood, Founder of VoodooPC, Leaving HP in December”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 15, 2010 at 4:17pm
NVIDIA announced the GeForce GTX 460 SE video card today. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE has 288 CUDA cores running at 650MHz graphics clock and 1300MHz processor clock. It has a 256-bit frame buffer Continue reading “NVIDIA Quietly Launches GeForce GTX 460 SE Video Card w/ 288 CUDA Cores”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 15, 2010 at 3:23pm
Warpia, a company dedicated to bringing single-chip wireless USB solutions to the mainstream, has announced the availability of the new and improved Easy Dock Pro. The Easy Dock Pro allows you to wirelessly connect a Continue reading “Warpia Debuts Easy Dock Pro – Wirelessly Stream 1080p HD Content”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 15, 2010 at 3:00pm
Intel Corporation today announced that its Intel Xeon 5600 series processors, announced earlier this year, are at the heart of the worlds most powerful supercomputer, the Tianhe-1A. Located at the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, Continue reading “Worlds Fastest Supercomputer Tianhe-1A Uses 14,396 Intel Xeon 5600 Series CPUs”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 15, 2010 at 10:46am
I just went to check in for a flight and noticed that American Airlines has completely refreshed and redesigned AA.com. If you travel often you might want to take a look at the changes and Continue reading “American Airlines Updates AA.com – Tab Browsing”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 15, 2010 at 10:34am
PQI has followed up the recent release of its USB 3.0 drive called the U368 by unveiling the U339V. PQI says that the drive weighs in at just 13 grams and is the lightest drive Continue reading “PQI Unveils the USB 3.0 Cool Drive U339V Flash Drive”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 15, 2010 at 10:26am
OCZ has acquired certain assets of privately held Solid Data Inc. for approximately $950,000. As a result of the acquisition, OCZ will gain access to DRAM-based and Fibre-Channel (“FC”)-based SSD controller technology for implementation in Continue reading “OCZ Technology Buys IP on Fibre-Channel SSD Controller Technology”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 15, 2010 at 10:12am
ASUS has sent over some pictures of their upcoming Intel P67 Express chipset powered motherboards and today we are going to show them to you and give you an idea on what you can expect on the next generation of motherboards. These motherboards are for the upcoming Intel ‘Sandy Bridge’ processors that use a new CPU socket called LGA 1155. The upcoming LGA 1155 socket is rumored to be launching during CES 2011 and you got to see these new boards!
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 15, 2010 at 12:00am
I just noticed that Jeep will produce a limited-edition 2011 Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty: Black Ops Edition. The new Jeep is an upgraded Rubicon model that will be in showrooms next month with an Continue reading “Jeep Wrangler Black Ops Edition Released for Call of Duty Fans”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 13, 2010 at 9:04pm
MSI has launched a new notebook that aims to offer the perfect blend of beauty and performance. This new 15.6-inch beauty is known as the FX603 laptop. The MSI FX603 is sheathed in MSI’s own Continue reading “MSI FX603 Notebook Released – Built For Class and Power”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 12, 2010 at 4:59pm
One of our forum members asked us if we could run the GeForce GTX580 and GTX480 video cards at the same clock speeds to see what happens to performance. The reason for this is that Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Barely Faster than GTX 480 at Same Clock Speeds”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 12, 2010 at 3:55pm
We just happened to be looking around the video card section Newegg.com and noticed they have an EVGA GeForce GTS 450 1GB GDDR5 Video Card with a free game coupon for HAWX 2 and a Continue reading “Deal of the Day: EVGA GeForce GTS 450 w/ HAWX 2 PC Game For $82.50”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 12, 2010 at 2:20pm