US-based memory module house Kingston Technology has made an advance payment of US$100 million to Hynix Semiconductor for the purchase of DRAM chips and NAND flash in 2010, according to industry sources. The sources said Continue reading “Kingston reportedly pays US$100 million for memory chips to Hynix”.
A day after Google announced it had been the victim of a major cyberattack emanating from China, suspicion grew that the Chinese government had a role in breaching the company’s intricate defenses. Security experts pointed Continue reading “Google cyberattack from China reverberates around the world”.
Nvidia is expected to see its share of the global discrete graphics chip market drop from 65% in 2009 to 60% or even lower due to strong competition from AMD, according to sources from graphics Continue reading “Nvidia may see drop in global discrete graphics chip market share in 1Q10”.
VIA Technologies today unveiled the VIA Vinyl Envy VT1730 USB 2.0 Audio Controller, the industry’s first highly-integrated single chip solution that leverages the broad USB 2.0 bandwidth (480 Mb/s) to deliver uncompromised audio quality. The Continue reading “VIA Debuts World’s First USB 2.0 Audio Controller – Envy VT1730”.
AMD just announced the Radeon HD 5670 graphics card, which will bring DX11 gaming down to the $99 price point. LR got our hands on a reference ATI Radeon HD 5670 512MB GDDR5 graphics card Continue reading “Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 512MB / 1GB Video Card Review”.
AMD today introduced the ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics card, the latest addition to the award-winning line-up of the worlds first and only graphics products to fully support Microsoft DirectX 11 gaming and computing, as Continue reading “AMD Announces The ATI Radeon HD 5670 Graphics Card”.
Activision Blizzard announced that Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become one of only a handful of entertainment franchises to take more than $1 Billion in retail sales worldwide. Launched in November, Continue reading “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Surpasses $1 Billion”.
ENERMAX is stepping up to the need of energy and money-saving products with these two desktop PSU series from 500 up to 900 watts. MODU87+ is the modular cable series, while PRO87+ is native. Both Continue reading “Enermax MODU87+ & PRO87+ Power Supplies Now Shipping”.
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY recently announced that their GA-H55M-UD2H motherboard is the worlds first Intel H55 based motherboard to pass Windows 7 logo certification, ensuring users get the most stable, highest quality Windows 7 experience possible. After Continue reading “GIGABYTE Motherboard is First to Receive Win 7 Logo Certification for H55 Platform”.
Wii owners will be able to stream movies from Netflix beginning this spring. All that will be required is the Wii, broadband connection, the $9 Netflix subscription, and a special disk from Netflix. To connect Continue reading “Netflix comes to the Wii in the spring”.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced it has officially integrated operations with Chartered Semiconductor and started functioning as one company under the GLOBALFOUNDRIES brand. The announcement marks the emergence of the new GLOBALFOUNDRIESthe worlds first full-service semiconductor foundry Continue reading “GLOBALFOUNDRIES Finalizes Integration, Emerges as Worlds First Truly Global Foundry”.
GlobalFoundries announced this morning that they have completed the integration of Chartered Semiconductor and the two companies now operate as a single entity. Does this mean that GlobalFoundries is ready to deliver a knock out blow to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC’s) dominance of the contract wafer manufacturing market? Read on to see what GlobalFoundries is up to!
SilverStone had their newest iteration of their Sugo chassis on display at CES and we were able to take a closer look to see just why this may be the mini-ITX case to have in Continue reading “CES 2010: SilverStone Mini-ITX Sugo SG07 Prototype Chassis”.
Google says it will probably end its operations in China over alleged breaches of the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Google reported that it had detected a sophisticated and targeted attack on its Continue reading “Google May End China Operations Over Gmail Breaches”.
Looks like Wacom may have some competition, well maybe not, but for those who don’t want to shell out $200 plus to play around with a drawing tablet now have an option. If you have Continue reading “Turn your MacBook trackpad into a tablet”.
