AMD today announced the appointment of Phil Rogers to AMD Corporate Fellow. In this role, Rogers will continue developing advanced architectures and extend AMD’s software capabilities. Rogers’ emphasis on enhancing graphics processing unit (GPU) and Continue reading “AMD Promotes Phil Rogers to Help Develop ‘Fusion’ Processors”.
Stiff cost pressure among global DRAM makers should force some players to trim output by March 2008, according to Simon Chen, chairman at A-Data Technology. The reduced output should signal a rebound for the entire Continue reading “No Profit in DRAM Production? Memory Market Might See Production Cut”.
It’s been two months since Crucial launched launched their first Crucial Ballistix DDR3 memory modules and while they were months behind other DDR3 manufacturers their 1600MHz kit has been a success. Legit Reviews has their latest 2GB 1600MHz DDR3 memory kit on the test bench and compares it other 2GB 1600MHz kits from Corsair and OCZ. Read on to see how the kit does!
Apple on Wednesday agreed to settle a patent dispute with Burst.com, ending two years of litigation. Under the agreement, Apple will pay Burst.com US$10 million and get access to Burst.coms patent portfolio, with some exceptions, Continue reading “Apple settles iPod lawsuit for $10 million”.
Issues with AMD’s new 65nm processors are not only dampening the launch schedule of the highest frequency version Phenom CPU, but may now also affect the 2.4GHz 9700 model as well, according to sources at Continue reading “AMD likely to also postpone launch of 2.4GHz Phenom CPUs”.
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices hit a multi-year low Wednesday, as economic concerns spread through the chip sector. AMD’s stock was down as much as 6.7% to $10.52 at one point Wednesday, breaching its 52-week Continue reading “AMD Stock Price Lowest in Years – Hit $10.52 Today in Trading”.
Nvidia is planning to launch its Intel-based nForce 780i chipset in December this year, however mass shipments will not occur until January next year, according to sources at motherboard makers. The nForce 780 SLI chipset Continue reading “Nvidia to launch Intel-based nForce 780i chipset in December”.
Mozilla plans to release a bug fix for its Firefox browser next week, repairing a long-standing security flaw in the software. The 2.0.0.10 update is in testing right now and should be released to the Continue reading “Firefox plans bug fix release for next week – 2.0.0.10 update”.
The price of 1Gb DDR2 chips has dropped down below US$2, which could forward it to become the mainstream market specification by the second quarter of 2008, according to sources at DRAM makers. Although recent Continue reading “1Gb DDR2 chips might become mainstream in 2Q08”.
GameStop, the largest U.S. video game retailer, on Tuesday gave a disappointing profit outlook for the holiday season that overshadowed strong third-quarter results, sending its stock down nearly 10 percent. For the third quarter, net Continue reading “GameStop: Disappointing outlook for holiday season”.
Christmas is coming and numerous TV brands plan to unload truckloads full of $599 and $699 flat panels this holiday season. But beware; all is not as it seems to be according to David Berman, Continue reading “Why You Should Not Buy that $699 Flat Panel This Holiday”.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping 1066MHz ValueRAM designed specifically for the new AMD Phenom Processor. Kingston worked closely with AMD on the launch of Continue reading “Kingston Ready for AMD Spider Platform”.
A few months later than had been planned, Mozilla released on Monday night the first beta version of an overhauled Firefox, the widely used open-source Web browser. The software is available for Windows, Mac OS Continue reading “Mozilla releases Firefox 3 beta 1”.
Activision was the #1 U.S. console and handheld publisher for the month of October, increasing its U.S. market share to a record 28.7%, according to The NPD Group. The company’s performance was driven by the Continue reading “Activision Ranks #1 U.S. Console and Handhelds for October”.
abit yesterday announced their brand new Entertainment and Gaming Platform motherboards, the I-N73H Series. Based on the nVIDIA GeForce7100/nForce 630i single chip the I-N73H series support next generation 45nm multi-core processors and Intel Core 2 Continue reading “abit Introduces I-N73H Series Motherboards”.
