Intel today announced their $1.5 billion investment into upgrading its New Mexico fabrication factory that currently produced 90-nm chips. “Fab 11x” will be the company’s fourth factory scheduled to use the 45-nm process with production Continue reading “Intel Announces Retooled Factory For 45-nm Chips”.
VIA Technologies, Inc today launched the VIA CN896 digital media IGP chipset, certified Vista-ready by Microsoft and designed to provide OEMs with a flexible platform for power efficient embedded and desktop systems. The VIA CN896 Continue reading “VIA Launches Vista-Ready VIA CN896 for Power-Efficient PCs”.
The first laptop computer to feature an HD DVD-R drive, Toshiba’s Qosmio Q30, went on sale in Japan over the weekend. HD DVD-R is the read-only version of the HD DVD format and a single-sided Continue reading “Toshiba’s HD DVD-R laptop on sale – Qosmio Q30”.
Two teams are developing AMD’s next-generation Fusion processor, with one focusing on using silicon on insulator (SOI) for the high-end market while the other is developing the chip using bulk processing from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Continue reading “TSMC may get OEM orders for AMD Fusion processor”.
There many rumors floating around about what it takes to run a pair of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX video cards in SLI. Today we put one question to rest, will the Corsair 620HX power a pair of 8800 GTX video cards paired up in SLI with an overclocked and watercooled Kentsfield? With no power supply under 750W has been SLI Certified for 8800 GTX SLI will this 620W be able to handle it?
February 19th – 23rd News From Around the Web “Thermaltake has a real gem in the Lanbox chassis. The design and styling elements join to produce a small, portable case that not only performs very Continue reading “February 19th – 23rd News From Around the Web”.
Energy experts say prices may jump between 20 and 40 cents a gallon soon. This follows a wild 54-cent hike in wholesale prices over the past few weeks, thanks to higher crude oil prices, two Continue reading “Gasoline prices pumping back up”.
Samsung said this morning that they have managed to make GDDR4 (graphics double data rate 4) memory chips that work at 4Gbps. That’s two-thirds faster than the current fastest GDDR4 chips generally available, which operate Continue reading “Samsung speeds GDDR4 memory up to 4Gbps”.
After years of delays and billions in development and marketing efforts, it would seem that Microsoft Corp. would want anyone who possibly can to buy its new Windows Vista operating system. Yet Microsoft is making Continue reading “Vista blockade — security measure, or business strategy”.
The European version of PlayStation 3 will play fewer PlayStation 2 video games when it launches on March 23 compared with models launched earlier in Japan and America, Sony Corp said on Friday. “The backwards Continue reading “PlayStation 3 in Europe will play fewer old games”.
Microsoft Corp. must pay $1.52 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled Thursday. The Redmond, Wash.-based software company said the patents Continue reading “Jury Orders Microsoft to Pay $1.52B”.
Ever see products that are free after rebate and wonder how good they really are? We found the Ultra Products V Series 500W power supply and couldn’t pass up the deal, so we bought and put it on the test bench. How will this FREE 500W power supply handle a dual-core system running some high end graphics cards? Read on to find out how it did on graphics cards like the 7900 GS, 7900 GTX and 8800 GTX!
Next-gen security package Norton 360 is being positioned as an alternative to Windows Live OneCare and McAfee Total Protection. Symantec has been working on the software for more than a year and is heavily marketing Continue reading “Norton 360 to ship next month”.
The AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor is the first 3GHz dual-core processor for the socket AM2 platform and is priced at half of what the 2.8GHz FX-62 cost when it was launched. We take a look at performance, power consumption and overclocking to give you a look at the big picture. Read on if you want to see how the Athlon 64 X2 6000+ stacks up to the competition.
Kingston Technology today announced its 800MHz DDR2 low-latency HyperX memory is now available in 4GB capacity kits and 2GB modules. The ability to reach higher speeds while using less power makes the memory a perfect Continue reading “Kingston Releases 4GB PC6400 HyperX Kits”.
