AMD and Havok today announced plans to jointly investigate the optimization of physics effects utilizing AMDs full line of products. With over 100 developers and 300 leading titles already using Havoks physics engine – Havok Continue reading “AMD and Havok to Optimize Physics for Gaming”.
Last month, Kingston Technology announced the release of a high-performance, low-latency 800MHz DDR2 fully-buffered dual-inline memory modules (FB-DIMMs). Kingston uses a single U-shaped heat pipe to cool the FB-DIMMs’ Advanced Memory Buffer (AMB). To help transfer the heat away from the heat pipe they then employed a set of nine cooling fins dissipate the intense heat from the AMB. Read on to see how the kit performs!
Monster Cable Products Inc., the company that’s synonymous with expensive video and audio cables, is going wireless. On Thursday, Monster is introducing a set of two boxes: a receiver that plugs into the back of Continue reading “Monster Cable goes wireless with HD kit”.
Are you looking for the perfect Bluetooth headset to go along with that new phone? The new Jawbone by Aliph is designed to look and feel like an accessory along the lines of jewelry and eyewear, but at the same time it offers best in class noise elimination and a battery that supports four hours of talk time. NoiseAssassin Technology was originally developed by Aliph for DARPA and the U.S. military, so you know it will be good for clear communication!
Kingston Technology today announced it is shipping HyperX 800MHz low-latency DDR2 SO-DIMM notebook memory kits in 2GB and 4GB capacities. The 4GB kit (KHX6400S2LLK2/4G) has 5-5-5-18 memory timings and retails for $138. That is impressive Continue reading “Kingston Releases High-Performance 800MHz HyperX SO-DIMMS”.
OCZ Technology Group today announced the latest addition to its award-winning lineup of performance flash drives with the all-new Spyder, first debuted at Computex 2008. Undertaking exciting new endeavors in the flash memory market, OCZ Continue reading “OCZ Announces Spyder USB 2.0 Flash Drives”.
AMD today announced that it has reached a new milestone in the mobile graphics industry as the first 3D graphics technology provider to achieve OpenGL ES 2.0 conformance certification. AMD OpenGL ES 2.0 mobile graphics Continue reading “AMD Next-Generation OpenGL ES 2.0 Graphics Technology”.
ASUS today officially unveiled its first-ever gaming event in North America. Named after its successful line of gaming-focused products, the Republic of Gamers, the Republic of Gamers Convention (ROGCon) will bring gaming sizzle to Dallas, Continue reading “ASUS Announces First-Ever Republic of Gamers Convention”.
AMD originally planned to launch two 65nm dual-core Phenom processors codenamed Kuma for the desktop PC market in May or June this year, however the company has recently suspended the plans and will let its Continue reading “AMD suspends several Phenom desktop CPUs until 45nm generation”.
The Austrian company Noctua has sent us their newest cooler the NH-C12P. This time around the folks at Noctua made the cooler smaller, lighter, and squeezed in 2 more heat pipes for a total of 6. Noctua has been shaking up the CPU cooling market with their silent yet efficient coolers all year. Join us as we put the NH-C12P CPU cooler through the paces and see if it can dethrone its predecessor from the top of our performance charts.
NZXT, a company built on realizing the dreams of gamers worldwide, is proud to announce the Khaos, a high-performance premium gaming chassis in the NZXT Classic Series. Khaos features breakthrough design in every category effectively Continue reading “NZXT Announces New Ultra-Premium Gaming Chassis – Khaos”.
It had to end sometime. The market for professional workstations had set records for unit shipments dating back to Q3’04 and extending all the way through Q4’07. But according to Jon Peddie Research’s Workstation Report, Continue reading “Workstation Market Q1 ’08 – Slowing Down According to Jon Peddie”.
SanDisk Corporation today announced it has acquired MusicGremlin, a privately-held technology company that develops advanced digital content distribution technologies. The acquisition falls under SanDisks Sansa audio/video business unit. MusicGremlin has a pretty slick wi-fi MP3 Continue reading “SanDisk Acquires MusicGremlin – Wi-Fi Player Maker Bought Up!”.
Western Digital today launched a new line of WD Caviar Black 7200 RPM 3.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives for high-performance desktop, workstation and multi-drive systems. Available in capacities of 750 GB and 1 TB, Continue reading “Western Digital Caviar Black 750 GB and 1 TB Hard Drives Announced – Faster Than Ever!”.
To accelerate the widespread adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology and products, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Clearwire, Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics and Sprint today announced the formation of the Open Patent Alliance (OPA). WiMAX is a 4G, Continue reading “Open Patent Alliance Formed to Advance WiMAX 4G Technology”.
