U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 9 percent in August to $994.8 million, boosted by the popularity of the newly released “Madden NFL 09.” Americans bought $384.6 million in video game hardware, Continue reading “U.S. video game sales up 9 percent in August”.…more
Who says big cards cant be fast? SanDisk Corporation today announced the 32-gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash (CF) card, the latest addition to its award-winning SanDisk Extreme III line. Combining world-class storage capacity with Continue reading “SanDisk Launches 32GB Extreme III CompactFlash Card”.…more
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Inc., bought about $100 million of the computer maker’s stock last week, his second such buying spree in the past three months. Shares in the world’s second-largest maker of personal Continue reading “Michael Dell buys $100 million in Dell stock”.…more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), and other foundries are slowing their 12-inch fab expansion, showing no signs of active equipment move-in for their ongoing 12-inch projects, according to sources with equipment Continue reading “TSMC, UMC slowing down 12-inch fab expansion”.…more
The graphics card market seems to be pretty full from top to bottom these days, but that doesn’t keep the big players in the video card industry from bringing out newer models! Today, AMD is announcing the Radeon HD 4600 series, which will be made up of the ATI Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphics cards. Let’s take a look at the Radeon HD 4670!
In California a couple weeks ago, Chinese researchers unveiled details of a microprocessor that they hope will bring personal computing to most ordinary people in China by 2010. The chip, code-named Godson-3, was developed with Continue reading “China Still Developing Processor – Godson-3”.…more