Despite leading memory tester vendors Advantest and Verigy both having rolled out solutions for DDR3 testing, projection of a meaningful crossover between DDR3 and DDR2 has yet to be seen. Advantest and Verigy have introduced Continue reading “DRAM tester vendors ready for DDR3, but consumer demand not ready”.
One year after the introduction of the first iPhone Apple did what we all expected them todo – they announced a 3G capable iPhone – the iPhone 3G. The new phone has a ton of Continue reading “Steve Jobs Announces Apple iPhone 3G – $199 for 8GB”.
AMD today introduced four new Quad-Core AMD Opteron SE processors to help IT managers take a new approach to ‘scaling up’ their datacenter in order to address demanding enterprise-computing environments. Rather than invest in traditionally Continue reading “AMD Launches Four New Quad-Core AMD Opteron SE Processors”.
According to several sources close to the hard drive industry, Western Digital is working on a 20,000 RPM Raptor hard drive to combat the increasing pressure from SSD manufacturers. The new drive will be very Continue reading “Western Digital working on 20,000 RPM Raptor”.
The trial for Advanced Micro Devices’ five-year-old antitrust suit alleging that competitor Intel unfairly manipulated the chip market has been delayed until February 2010. The trial was previously scheduled for April 2009, AMD spokeswoman Hollis Continue reading “Intel, AMD antitrust suit pushed back to 2010”.
VIA Technologies held a launch party on June 5 in Taiwan to officially announce its new VIA Nano processor (Isaiah) and a new standard for small form factor motherboards, Mini-ITX 2.0. Nvidia’s general manager of Continue reading “NVIDIA To Make VIA Nano Supporting Chipsets Later This Year – MCP79”.
ThermoLab recently introduced the Micro and Nano Silencer PCT (Power Clamping Technology) CPU coolers aimed at those of want to lower noise levels. ‘Power Clamping Technology’ is a new technology developed by ThermoLab that helps the heat sink cooling fins make better contact with the heat pipes. Does the technology work? Read on as we look at the ThermoLab Micro Silencer PCT and Nano Silencer PCT on a system running an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor!
VIA Technologies today announced a new standard for Mini-ITX boards to ensure an optimized multimedia and computing experience in small form factor desktop PCs. Mini-ITX 2.0 is a set of minimum specifications for the next Continue reading “VIA Unveils Mini-ITX 2.0: The Mini PC Platform of the Future”.
I was just looking around the Intel site and I just saw that they have Intel Solid State Drives now shown! Looks like they have 4GB and 8GB versions right now that have an IDE Continue reading “Intel Unveils 4GB and 8GB Solid-State Drives – Z-P230 PATA”.
For roughly $150 the GeForce 9600 GT is one of the best price versus performance graphics cards on the street today. The card are looking at today is the PNY Verto GeForce 9600 GT and it features 512MB of GDDR3 frame buffer memory with a 650 MHz core clock. The PNY Verto GeForce 9600 GT is ready for PCI Express 2.0 motherboards and supports NVIDIA SLI technology. Read on as we compare it to an equally priced ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB graphics card to see how it fairs.
Toshibas Digital Products Division (DPD) today announced its support of AMDs next generation of Athlon, Turion and Turion Ultra microprocessors technology. These advanced CPUs are available throughout Toshibas lineup of Satellite laptops, and provide users Continue reading “AMD CPUs Soon To Be Available Across Entire Toshiba Satellite Lineup”.
Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd said it aims for 100 billion yen ($951 million) in sales of its WiMax-use microchips in the year starting April 2011, up from virtually none in the year ended March Continue reading “Fujitsu sees 2011/12 WiMax chip sales of $1 bln”.
Despite many industry players believing both the memory card and USB drive markets are saturated, Kingston Technology company president John Tu recently said substantial business potential still exists. Citing average monthly shipments of 20 million Continue reading “Memory card and USB drive markets not yet saturated, says Kingston”.
AMD today announced ATI XGP (External Graphics Platform) Technology, a new external PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 graphics platform, designed to deliver enthusiast-class desktop graphic performance and true multimedia upgradeability to notebooks. ATI XGP is an Continue reading “ATI XGP (External Graphics Platform) Launched – external PCI Expres 2.0 graphics platform”.
Acer today presented the Aspire one, an all-new communication device designed to make your online activities fast, simple and utterly cool. At just 24 x 17 cm and weighing less than one kilo, the Aspire Continue reading “Acer presents the Aspire One – Intel Atom Based 9″ Notebook”.
