Intel is expected by the end of this month to officially name its Kentsfield quad-core desktop processor as the “Core 2 Quadro,” with the first model to be an Extreme version, the Core 2 Extreme Continue reading “Intel quad-core Kentsfield to be named Core 2 Quadro, expected in November”.
The Inq is reporting that they believe that the ATI R600 will be consuming an insane 250 Watts of power per card when they are released to the public. Running ATI Crossfire with this system Continue reading “Rumor: ATI’s R600 will consume over 250W (500W CrossFire)”.
Seagate’s foray into perpendicular recording technology continues to impress. At the IDEMA DISKCON, Seagate demonstrated technology featuring densities of 421 gigabits per square inch. That translates roughly to 2.5TB 3.5″ HDDs, and 500GB 2.5″ HDDs. Continue reading “2.5TB HDDs slated for 2009”.
Segway Inc. is recalling all 23,500 of the self-balancing scooters it has shipped because of a software glitch that can make its wheels unexpectedly reverse direction, throwing off the rider — and in at least Continue reading “Segway recalls all scooters; software problem can cause falls”.
The Inq is reporting on rumors that AMD has removed FB-DIMMs from their roadmap for 2008, which doesn’t shock us as Intel was the major force behing getting FB-DIMMs out the door and to the Continue reading “No Shocker Here – AMD Not Going To Use FB-DIMMS”.
Toshiba and Micron Technology have agreed to settle all pending NAND flash memory-related litigation between Toshiba and Lexar Media, which Micron acquired in June. Under the deal, Toshiba will purchase certain of Micron’s semiconductor technology Continue reading “Micron, Toshiba Settle Lexar Litigation”.
The nonprofit group behind a popular blacklist used to block spam has been hit with a multimillion-dollar judgment, but the order may not be enforceable. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Continue reading “Spam fighter hit with $11.7 million judgment”.
Competition from snazzy consumer electronics and the absence of Microsoft’s Vista operating system this holiday season will force PC vendors to reduce prices, pushing PC revenue down 2.5% for the year. Worldwide revenue in the Continue reading “PC Sales Under Pressure – Expected Decrease in Revenue”.
Corsair’s DOMINATOR memory series features Dual-path Heat Xchange
(DHX) technology and has the world?s first PC2-8888 C4 (1111MHz at CAS Latency 4) speed rating on a production pair of 1 GByte modules. Today we take the XMS2 PC2-8888C4 modules out for a spin and see if they make a difference when it comes to system performance. Hold on tight because these modules reached over 1220MHz at 4-4-4-12 timings!
The Inq claims that ATI and OCZ Technology have teamed up to produce some 1333MHz memory, but guess what no launch dates or chipsets have been mentioned. Legit Reviews has been able to use Corsair Continue reading “Rumor: OCZ and ATI working on 1333MHz DDR 2 memory”.
Taiwan-based EMS giant Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) currently has no plans to acquire Quanta Computer, according to JT Wang, chairman of Acer. While of the opinion that it Continue reading “Rumor: Foxconn has no plans to acquire Quanta Computer”.
The GeForce 7950 GT is the latest addition to the GeForce 7 family and Legit Reviews has had the pleasure to take a look at the retail version of the card by XFX. The XFX GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme in unique in the sense that it comes with overclocked core and memory clocks of 570MHz and 730MHz and a passive cooling solution. Come see how the GeForce 7950 GT stacks up against the lasted cards from both ATI and NVIDIA.
Elitegroup Computer System Co yesterday said that it will start supplying motherboards to chip giant Intel Corp in a deal designed to tap into China’s massive Internet cafe market. “Intel has chosen us to supply Continue reading “ECS to make mobos for Intel to help break into internet cafes”.
Sun Microsystems and IBM are both introducing data tape encryption technology this week, protecting against a security breach that can endanger or embarrass an enterprise. Sun unveiled on Wednesday the StorageTek Crypto-Ready T10000 tape drive Continue reading “Sun, IBM launch tape encryption technology”.
Intel plans to start offering an entry-level Core 2 Duo processor, the T5200, for OEM notebook makers in October, in order to compete with AMD’s entry-level Mobile Turion 64×2 CPUs, according to sources at Taiwan Continue reading “Rumor: Intel to launch Core 2 Duo T5200 CPU in October”.
