AMD is announcing their upcoming Hybrid CrossFire technology today in New York during their financial analyst day, which is aimed at improving gaming graphics at lower price points. What makes this announcement even more exciting is the fact that they are showing off upcoming test system with the 780G chipset and Radeon HD 3450 video cards! Check it out!
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) has released SPECpower_ssj2008, the first industry-standard benchmark that measures power consumption in relation to performance for server-class computers. SPEC has designed SPECpower_ssj2008 to be used as both a benchmark Continue reading “SPEC releases power-performance benchmark for servers”.
COMSTAR, the leading combined telecommunications operator in Russia and the CIS, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, to jointly develop the first mobile WiMAX network Continue reading “Intel to Help Develop Mobile Wimax in Russia With Comstar”.
Dell is setting new benchmarks for tablet PCs with the addition of the Latitude XT, the thinnest and one of the lightest 12.1-inch convertible tablets available. It is also the brightest in its category with Continue reading “Dell Introduces a Tablet PC – The 12.1 Inch Latitude XT”.
AMD will launch the performance/mainstream RS780 next-generation IGP chipset and value segment RS740 in January next year, while in the second quarter, the company will launch the high-end RS780D and mainstream RS780C, according to sources Continue reading “AMD RS780 chipset to launch in January”.
ASUS today released the worlds first overclocked graphics cards based on NVIDIAs highly anticipated GeForce 8800GTS 512 graphics processing unit (GPU) – the EN8800GTS TOP/HTDP/512M and the EN8800GTS/HTDP/512M. With overclocked stream processors, the EN8800GTS TOP Continue reading “ASUS Announces Overclocked GeForce 8800GTS 512 Graphics Card”.
NVIDIA is launching another video card based off the ever popular G92 GPU this morning! The GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB is the latest video card in the NVIDIA line-up and is available in the $299-$349 price range. The new GeForce 8800 GT 512MB video card has 128 stream processors, support for PCI Express 2.0, dual-link HDCP support, and the second-generation PureVideo HD engine!
Recognizing the high number of homes pre-wired with category cabling, Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today introduced a new HDMI to CAT5 converter that lets A/V installers transmit HDMI audio and video source material over long distances Continue reading “Honeywell Introduces HDMI to CAT5 converter”.
IBM said sales in India will approach $1 billion for the first time this year. Sales of hardware, software and services in India increased 39 percent in the first three quarters, said Vice President Jesse Continue reading “IBM sales in India may hit $1 billion this year”.
Microsoft is set to launch on Monday its first mobile advertising. Going forward, people will be able to see mini banner ads optimized for their browser type and screen size on their mobile devices when Continue reading “Microsoft bringing ads to mobile devices”.
apanese memory chip maker Toshiba Corp said on Monday it would make flash-based solid state drives for notebook PCs, as it seeks to create new sources of demand for flash memory chips. The world’s No. Continue reading “Toshiba to make solid-state drives in push for flash”.
Due to the trend of notebooks replacing desktop PCs, first-tier motherboard makers except Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) saw their November motherboard shipments drop on month, according to sources at the makers. Asustek Computer announced November Continue reading “Asustek, MSI and Gigabyte see motherboard shipments drop in November”.
Patriot Memory today released the “Viper”, a new and improved heat spreader design for their DDR2 and DDR3 Extreme Performance Line of gaming memory kits. Made from an aluminum-copper composite (ACC), the Viper Series heat Continue reading “Patriot Memory Launches Memory Kits With Viper Heat Spreaders”.
Concerned about piracy of multimedia files, Western Digital has disallowed the sharing of multimedia files on its 1TB network-attached storage drive, the WD My Book World Edition. Due to “unverifiable media license authentication,” the remote Continue reading “Multimedia sharing off limits on Western Digital NAS drive”.
In response to recent reports of the existence of an erratum involving the L3 cache of AMD’s new Opteron (Barcelona) and Phenom processors and that shipments of the parts have been delayed, AMD clarified that Continue reading “AMD comments on quad-core erratum and shipments”.
