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ATI to use third graphics card to run physics processingJun 6, 2006 - in News
No more doubts about the impact of physics processing in the graphics industry. Following Ageia's announcement to offer a physics card last year, Nvidia and ATI have been somewhat quiet about the future of hardware-based physics processing. Now, the two firms appear to be trying to catch up quickly.
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High-definition is Nvidia's buzzword at Computex 2006Jun 6, 2006 - in News
Nvidia has been pushing high definition as its buzzword of Computex 2006, followed closely by GoForce, the company's brand for streaming video and playing games on mobile phones.
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Smart choices emerge from the USB Flash arenaJun 6, 2006 - in News
From the looks of things at Hall 1 of Computex, it would seem that everyone and his granny has at least one Flash USB storage device on display. The word being used to pitch these devices is "smart," which might lead one to ask, "What, exactly, is so smart about USB flash drives?"
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A-Data targets overclockers with Vitesta Extreme Edition modulesJun 6, 2006 - in News
A-Data Technology, ranked by iSuppli as the number three third-party DRAM-module supplier in the world and number one in Asia for the last two years, is hoping to attract overclockers, gamers and PC enthusiasts at this year's Computex by showcasing its Vitesta Extreme Edition modules.
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Micron intros managed NAND with embedded MMC controllerJun 6, 2006 - in News
Micron Technology is showing more aggressiveness in the deployment of NAND flash solutions, especially in delivering its new "managed NAND" solutions with an embedded multimedia card (MMC) controller.
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Aopen reduces PC running costs through energy conservationJun 6, 2006 - in News
Motherboard maker Aopen has carved itself a niche in the small-form-factor (SFF) PC segment by focusing on its energy-saving MoDT (mobile on the desktop) solutions, and at this year's Computex Taipei 2006 the company has begun extending the energy saving theme to other product lines.
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Elsa introduces ATI FireGL V7350 graphics cardJun 6, 2006 - in News
The ATI FireGL V7350 features Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0, up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads, 8 parallel geometry engines, and 1 GB GDDR3 graphics memory with a 512-bit ring bus memory controller.
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ATI updates Theater TV tuner chipJun 6, 2006 - in News
ATI today announced the Theater 650 Pro, an evolutionary upgrade over the 550 Pro predecessor. According to the manufacturer, the ASIC offers improved TV reception, picture quality and PVR performance.
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Intel announces P965 Core 2 Duo chipset, sub-1 watt processorJun 5, 2006 - in News
Intel senior vice president Anand Chandrasekher officially introduced the P965, a chipset that will be offered for various computer platforms based on Intel's upcoming Core 2 Duo E6000 processor ("Conroe"). Chandrasekher also said that Intel will be offering a new ultra-low voltage version of its current Core Duo processor, which will consume less than 1 watt on average.
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Mozilla fixes 12 flaws in Firefox browserJun 5, 2006 - in News
Mozilla late last week released 12 patches for its popular open source Latest News about open source browser. Five of the patches issued in Firefox 1.5.0.4 were labeled "critical."
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Samsung ramps up its hard drive capacity to 400 GBJun 5, 2006 - in News
Demonstrating that conventional parallel recording technology isn't quite dead yet, Samsung today announced it has increased the storage capability for its new best-in-class hard disk drive from 100 to 133 GB per platter.
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Apple U2 IpodJun 5, 2006 - in Picture Story
Apple new U2 Ipod comes with a 30 GB hard drive and includes access to a 30 minute U2 video.
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Computex walk around: Nvidia, Toshiba, Zalman, AsusJun 5, 2006 - in Picture Story
Nvidia shows off its mobile platforms.
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GeForce 7950 GX2 - SLI on a Single CardJun 5, 2006 - in Reviews
Powered by two Nvidia 7900 GPUs, the GeForce 7950 GX2 is the new top dog in a single PCI Express slot.
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Tclink demonstrates car-radiator based cooling systemJun 5, 2006 - in News
If regular computer cooling system aren't just enough, Tclink/Ebiz offers a liquid cooling system that uses an "automotive" radiator.
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Asus announces P5B motherboards for Core 2 Duo processorJun 5, 2006 - in News
Asus is one of the first companies to announce motherboards that are based on Intel's P965 chipset and support for the upcoming Core 2 Duo processor with Conroe core. The P5B series support a maximum of 8 GB of DDR2-533, -667 or -800 memory.
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Ultra-wideband USB hubs make waves at ComputexJun 5, 2006 - in News
Both Iogear and Wisair are showing UWB wireless USB hub technology which they claim will be capable of transmitting up to 480 Mbps, enabling up to four simultaneous wireless connections to such high-bandwidth devices as printers, scanners, and external hard drives.
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First Geforce 7950 GX2 cards set $600 entry markJun 5, 2006 - in News
The early word is, prices for the first consumer renditions of Nvidia's GeForce 7950 GX2 start at just under $600, with accelerated units at as high as $775.
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Toshiba fires up 200 GB perpendicular notebook hard driveJun 5, 2006 - in News
Lately, Seagate has been the company to look at when it came to the largest capacity hard drives. In an unexpected move, Toshiba today trumped Seagate's 160 GB notebook drive with a 200 GB version, packing an impressive storage density of 178 Gb/inch2 on its two 2.5" platters - 34% more than the 160 GB generation.
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Nvidia intros dual-GPU card Geforce 7950 GX2Jun 5, 2006 - in News
Nvidia's new top-of-the-line graphics card, announced this morning in time for Computex, is literally a card-and-a-half: The 7950 GX2 combines two 7900 GTX cards in a single package for a single PCI Express slot, albeit one that consumes the volume of two cards.
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18x DVD burner sales expected to catch up with 16x in 2007Jun 5, 2006 - in News
Demand is increasing for 18x DVD burners with sales volume in 2007 expected to catch up with that of 16x models, currently the mainstream writing speed, according to sources in Taiwan's optical disc drive (ODD) industry.
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First Benchmarks: Conroe vs. FX-62Jun 5, 2006 - in Reviews
One month ahead of the Core 2 Duo launch, we take a look at the 2.66 GHz version and run benchmarks. Will Conroe really be Intel's Athlon 64 killer?
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Concord offers FB-DIMM modules with a promised 6.4 GB/s throughputJun 4, 2006 - in News
Canadian memory outfit Concord Idea gave us a sneak peak at their new FB-DIMM modules at Computex. Designed for use in mission critical servers and performance workstations, Concerned tells us that their new SyncMAX modules can provide a high-speed data transfer rate with 533, 667 or 800 Mb/s DDR2 components, with a throughput peak of a whopping 6.4 GB/s.
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Computex Pre-Show Impressions, Monday June 5Jun 4, 2006 - in Picture Story
Tom's Hardware's Patrick Schmid interviewing David Chiang, General Manager, Channel Business at Gigabyte. The video interview will be available for download shortly.
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Nvidia 7950 GX2 graphics cardJun 4, 2006 - in Picture Story
Nvidia's new Geforce 7950 GX2 Dual-GPU card.
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Your DIY Gaming Rig For $720Jun 4, 2006 - in Picture Story
A water-cooled, dual-core 4-GHz DIY PC for $720
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TG Daily's Week in Review: Processor wars heating upJun 2, 2006 - in News
AMD and Intel determined the headlines this week - both good and not so good news. Let's get the not so good news out of the way first: Intel may lay off 16,000 employees. On the positive side, Intel surprised with a capable flagship processor, countered by AMD with a dual-socket approach and aggressive platform strategy.
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Microsoft, Toshiba, DoCoMo, Victor to develop Japan Ipod rivalJun 2, 2006 - in News
Microsoft will ally with Toshiba, Victor of Japan, NTT DoCoMo and five other companies to offer music and video distribution services and media players to compete against Apple Computer.
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$100 laptop gets price increaseJun 2, 2006 - in News
One Laptop Per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte used the Wall Street Journal's D Conference in Southern California Wednesday to show off a prototype of the much-anticipated $100 laptop for emerging markets.
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