AMD will launch its 690 series chipsets by the end of this month, according the sources from Taiwan-based motherboard makers. AMD acquired chipset and graphics processing unit (GPU) company ATI in October 2006, and this Continue reading “AMD 690 series chipsets to launch in February”.…more
While its quarterly sales were driven up in the fourth quarter of 2006 by increased DRAM demand in anticipation of the launch of Windows Vista, Hynix Semiconductor shares similar views with its competitors, expecting DRAM Continue reading “Hynix expects DRAM ASP to drop 30% in 2007”.…more
With all the vigor and exactness of stock market analysts explaining a one-point shift in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, pundits are penning obits for AMD in the aftermath of Sun Microsystems recent decision to Continue reading “Editorial – Dont stick a fork in AMD”.…more
Sweden plans to be the first country to open an embassy in the popular virtual world Second Life. “It will have answers to questions on all aspects of Sweden,” Olle Wastberg, general director of the Continue reading “Sweden to open ‘Second Life’ embassy”.…more
Corsair today unveiled production-ready 2GB DDR2-667 (PC5300) ValueSelect SODIMMs. Designed for current generation notebooks and mini-PCs, the new high density SODIMMs allow users to maximize memory bandwidth and minimize performance bottleneck to deliver superior user Continue reading “Corsair Announces 2GB DDR2-667 SODIMM Memory Modules”.…more
Microsoft Corp. rolled out Windows Vista at retailers in 70 countries on Tuesday, delivering a PC operating system that aims to better manage the explosion of digital media and protect users from the dangers of Continue reading “Microsoft debuts Vista in marketing blitz”.…more
The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed. Instead of recording only what a particular suspect is doing, agents Continue reading “FBI turns to broad new internet wiretap method”.…more