Despite last weeks investment from Abu Dhabi, there is a growing belief on the Street that something more dramatic may need to happen to save Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Douglas McIntyre, of the 24/7 Wall Continue reading “Would Nvidia Buy AMD?”.
Most Americans think they’re helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones. But chances are they’re contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the Continue reading “Destination of ‘recycled’ electronics may surprise you”.
Since Intel’s official launch of the new Penryn series of processors in November, key IC substrate makers are all benefiting from small volume production of new flip-chip (FC) substrates. With more substrate layers required for Continue reading “Intel 45nm processors expected to spur substrate demand”.
AMD has finally released their first quad-core desktop processor! It is part of AMD’s new performance desktop platform that has become to be known as Spider. The AMD Spider platform consists of the AMD Phenom processor, an ATI Radeon HD 3800 series graphics card and an AMD 7-Series chipset. Read on as we take a look at the 2.6Ghz Phenom 9900 processor!
The Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor QX9770 was just unveiled minutes ago and even though it will not be out till next year, Legit Reviews has the performance numbers today. The QX9770 is the first Intel processor to ship with a 1600MHz Front Side Bus and it also has a 200MHz increase in clock frequency over the QX9650. This is one processor you don’t want to miss out on as 1600MHz FSB processors will be all the rage next year!
Abu Dhabi is set to take a 9 per cent stake in Advanced Micro Devices, the US chipmaker, in a deal that underlines the purchasing power of sovereign wealth funds across the globe. The acquisition Continue reading “Abu Dhabi poised to take 9% AMD stake – $700 Million”.
Did you wake up this morning with a strange feeling? Now that AMD has released the ATI Radeon HD 3800 series to the praise of many critics and review sites the marketing wars between ATI and NVIDIA can once again begin! AMD has shown off their upcoming R680 core for the first time and we bring you the very first pictures of the Radeon HD 3870 X2! Check this out!
The ATI Radeon HD 3800 graphics card series is the much anticipated new line of graphics cards by AMD. The ATI Radeon HD 38XX series are the first graphics cards in the world to support DirectX 10.1 capabilities and plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU upgradeability. Read on as we test a pair of Radeon HD 3850 graphics cards!
NVIDIA today released a new set of drivers for both Windows XP and Windows Vista, just in time for you to upgrade before the Crysis game launches. The drivers apply to those with GeForce 6, Continue reading “NVIDIA Releases Forceware 169.09 Beta Drivers for Crysis”.
AMD today announced the new ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB for Mac – a new HDTV experience for Mac users. ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB for Mac integrates two TV tuners to receive Continue reading “AMD Delivers HDTV Experience for Mac Users”.
There have been so many leaks before the launch of the Radeon HD 3800 series that it comes at no suprise that NVIDIA is counter attacking just the day before the launch. It seems that NVIDIA will be releasing a 256MB version of the GeForce 8800 GT later this month and it will be priced between $179-$199 if all goes as planned. Read on to see what this new card will offer.
Western Digital Corp yesterday announced its new environmentally friendly, energy-conscious GreenPower family of WD enterprise hard drive products. The new WD RE2 GreenPower (GP) family offers capacities of 500 gigabytes (GB), 750 GB and one Continue reading “Western Digital Announces GreenPower family of Hard Drives”.
Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced that the company has passed an ISO audit and has been awarded ISO 9001 certification. The company in recent Continue reading “Super Talent Receives ISO 9001 Certification”.
Cray Inc. today launched the Cray XT5 family of supercomputers, marking a significant step toward Cray’s vision of adaptive supercomputing. Incorporating all the benefits of the successful Cray XT line, the Cray XT5 massively parallel Continue reading “Cray Launches XT5 Family of Supercomputers”.
With Nvidia launching its GeForce 8800GT (G92) early on October 29, AMD has dropped its ATI Radeon HD 3800 series (RV670) price from US$199-259 to US$179-239 in preparation for its launch later this month, according Continue reading “AMD cuts Radeon HD 3870 (RV670) video card chip price”.
