Archive for March, 2008
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Intel Corp. this week unveiled details about its microprocessors code-named Sandy Bridge that are due in late 2010, more than two years from now. Obviously, the first details about the new central processing units (CPUs) do not give any indication regarding performance, but give a signal to software developers to ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Partners of Nvidia Corp., the world's largest supplier of discrete graphics processing units (GPUs), on Tuesday said they had begun shipments of Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics card, a new dual-chip product by Nvidia. The novelty is claimed to deliver up to 50% higher performance compared to previous-generation flagship product ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Toshiba America entered today into the emerging market for NAND-flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs) with the company's first multi-level cell (MLC) NAND-flash-based SSDs. The initial drives to begin shipping this month are 128GB drives in a lightweight, 15 gram embedded module form factor. "Our first customer for these drives will be ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Kingston Technology today announced its family of HyperX DDR3 memory modules have been SLI-certified by NVIDIA Corporation, as part of its program to offer gaming enthusiasts solid platform/memory compatibility, stability and performance solutions when building high performance systems using the new series of NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI platforms.
Source: Kingston
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
DigiTimes, citing unnamed industry sources claims that somewhere between April and May, we should expect ATI to launch new Radeon HD 3830 graphics card. The 3830 will have 128-bit memory interface, 320 stream processing units, 16 texture filtering units and 16 ROPs, and will support memory capacities of up to ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Qimonda AG today announced it is supporting NVIDIA Corporation’s nForce 790i SLI platform with its new 1GB Aeneon XTUNE DDR3-1600 DRAM modules. The combination of NVIDIA’s first DDR3 ready platform and Qimonda’s DDR3 memory technology offers gamers a path to intelligent scaling of graphics performance.
Source: Qimonda
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
AMD today announced it is improving the visual experience for financial traders while simultaneously helping to reduce power consumption needs for some of the world’s largest financial institutions. The new ATI FireMV 2260 2D workstation and desktop accelerator card enhances “trader density” in financial institutions, where IT managers seek to ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Intel outlined plans to launch its first quad-core CPU for notebooks, the Core 2 Extreme QX9300, in the third quarter of this year with pricing set to US $1038 in thousand-unit tray quantities. While not expected to become standard in performance laptops, the new CPU will have some enviable characteristics. ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
OCZ Technology today unveiled ultra-fast OCZ SATA II 2.5” Solid State Drives, a lightweight and efficient alternative to conventional hard disc drives. The OCZ SATA II drive is designed to stay abreast of the performance features of high-end notebooks, and is ideal for energy-efficient mobile computing. With blazing access times ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Lenovo today announced that nine ThinkVision monitors are now EPEAT Gold qualified, making Lenovo the only computer manufacturer to offer such a distinction. EPEAT, or “Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool,” is one of the most highly sought environmental designations in the tech industry. EPEAT’s “Gold” designation means that the manufacturer ...
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