The GeForce 8800 Ultra takes the world’s fastest GPU and pushes it further: with a core clock of 612 MHz, a shader clock of 1500MHz and a memory clock of 1080MHz, the GeForce 8800 Ultra sets a new benchmark for 3D graphics performance. The GeForce 8800 Ultra will set you back at least $829, which makes this not only the fastest, but one of the most expensive cards out there.
Hynix Semiconductor today announced it has received validation on its DDR3 memory components and modules from Intel. The newly-validated DDR3 products are 1Gb DDR3 SDRAM component manufactured on 80nm process technology, 1GB 2GB DDR3 Unbuffered-DIMMs. Continue reading “Hynix receives DDR3 validation from Intel”.
Samsung Electronics has started mass producing flash memory chips that both hold more data and work at higher speeds than competing chips, it said on Sunday. The new chips, each of which can hold 2GB Continue reading “New Samsung Flash Memory Chip is 80 Percent Faster”.
Taiwan-based second-tier motherboard maker ASRock on April 27 applied for listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) with paid-in capital of NT$743.09 million (US$22.3 million). Congrats to ASRock for doing as well as they have Continue reading “ASRock applies for listing on TSE”.
It’s no secret that EVGA is the top add-in-board partner (AIB) when it comes to NVIDIA graphics card. It’s tough not being the top dog, but being behind the industry leader doesn’t mean that you can’t nip at the heels of the guy in front of you to let him know that you are still there. XFX has recently done that and lashed out at EVGA! Read on to find out how!
Dell CEO Michael Dell has outlined his preliminary strategy for bringing back growth at the computer giant he founded: Make it simpler. “The Direct Model has been a revolution, but is not a religion,” Dell Continue reading “Dell Set to Simplify To Bring Back Growth”.
NVIDIA has released a new version of nTune, its GPU and platform overclocking utility, to NVIDIA.com. The version is 5.05.38 and supports Windows XP (32/64-bit) and Windows Vista (32/64-bit). On Windows XP it fixed the Continue reading “NVIDIA Releases nTune 5.05.38 For Windows XP and Vista”.
According to DRAMeXchange’s report, the sales revenue of global DRAM brand makers for 1Q07 experienced an 11% sequential drop. Despite an 18% increase in the global output, the whopping 25% QoQ ASP decline brought forth Continue reading “DRAM Market landscape altered in 1Q07”.
The architect of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, will step down on June 19, at a time when the Japanese company is fighting to reassert its lead in the video game market. Known as the Continue reading “Sony’s ‘Father of PlayStation’ to step down”.
Asustek has announced 2006 consolidated revenues of NT$560.24 billion (US$16.84 billion), a 45.5% boost compared to its 2005 figure of NT$357.84 billion. Asustek’s earnings per share (EPS) in 2006 were NT$5.65, a slight drop compared Continue reading “Asustek 2006 revenues up over 45% on year”.
Sun Microsystems is working on Web application development technology that presents an alternative to AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), a Sun official said on Thursday. “AJAX sort of deals with all of the old way Continue reading “Sun eyes JavaScript rival to AJAX”.
Microsoft plans to make some of the security improvements and features it built into Office 2007 available for Office 2003, a company representative said Thursday. Service Pack 3 for Office 2003 will be focused on Continue reading “Office 2003 to get security upgrade”.
AMD will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 9:00 a.m. PDT (12:00 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California. The web cast will last the normal Continue reading “AMD To Webcast Annual Meeting Of Stockholders”.
Asetek, the market leader of thermal management solutions for semiconductors, announced today that it has further strengthened its management team with the addition of an experienced executive, TaShana Jett, as Vice President of Marketing. Based Continue reading “Asetek appoints new Vice President Marketing”.
AMD announced the availability of its Opteron Model 2222 and 8222 SE x86 dual-core server processors. The new processors are available in several platform configurations from tier one OEMs, according to the company. In addition, Continue reading “AMD announces two new Opteron processors”.
