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AMD demos virtualization with "next-gen" Opteron processorApr 3, 2006 - in News
Following a developer preview at the Novell Brainshare Global 2006 conference two weeks ago and a presentation in San Francisco behind closed doors in early March, AMD today unveiled its upcoming processor with virtualization technology to visitors of the Linux World tradeshow.
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Changes in Internet topology lead to doubling of SRAM clock speedApr 3, 2006 - in News
A new standard for SRAM memory that manufacturers of IP routing equipment have been anxiously awaiting for up to three years, makes its debut this month, as Cypress Semiconductor becomes the first of a five-company consortium to roll out QDRII+ (Quad Data Rate, class two, accelerated) SRAM samples, for testing by clients such as Cisco Systems. Because network addresses are being simplified, there's more of them, and Cisco's routers are having a harder time keeping up with them...thus, the need for faster SRAM caches.
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AMD intros SBC reference designApr 3, 2006 - in News
Responding to the quickly growing single board computer (SBC) market, AMD today released an Epic reference design kit based on the firm's Geode LX processor.
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Kingston launches FB-DIMM memory modulesApr 3, 2006 - in News
Kingston today announced availability of FB-DIMM memory, which will first be used in Intel's upcoming "Bensley" server platform. Based on DDR2 memory, the technology offers increased bus speed and bumps the maximum memory capacity in servers to 192 GB.
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Google eyes adding its search to TVsApr 3, 2006 - in News
Google is remaining tight lipped about a job posting seeking out a product manager for its IPTV ventures.
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How nanotubes breakApr 3, 2006 - in News
Media have widely spread the idea that carbon nanotubes are about 100 times stronger than steel and several times lighter.
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ATI's low-end R516 moves to 80 nmApr 3, 2006 - in News
Just weeks after Nvdia finally managed to move to 90 nanometres, ATI has released its plans to shrink its dies to 80 nm.
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Intels G965 chipset to deliver better 3D performance with next-generation graphics coreApr 3, 2006 - in News
Intel's G965 will integrate the company's fourth-generation Graphic Media Accelerator (GMA) graphics core and deliver a significant increase in 3D gaming and multimedia performance compared to Intel's other chipsets with GMA 900/950 graphics processors, according to sources familiar with Intel's product roadmap.
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Intel to ship 10 million 865-series chipsets in Q2Apr 3, 2006 - in News
Intel is expected to ship 10 million entry-level 865-series chipsets in the second quarter, with half of that amount going to motherboard maker Asustek Computer, according to industry sources.
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3DMark06 Under the Magnifying GlassApr 3, 2006 - in Reviews
What's new inside the "Gamer's Benchmark?" We peeked under the hood of the benchmark and interviewed Futuremark's Nick Renqvist to get the latest scoop.
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ZAP ships their first "Smart Car" to the United StatesMar 31, 2006 - in News
It was once thought that a sub-compact car, or "micro cars" could never be successful in the United States. The phenomenal success of the Mini Cooper shattered that perception and now ZAP, based in Santa Rosa California, is offering their "Smart Car" to the United States. ZAP is already doing a brisk business in Europe, but will Americans go for a two seat car that looks like a golf cart?
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Nano-welding could join molecular devicesMar 31, 2006 - in News
A nanoscale welding technique has been developed by sparking high-temperature chemical reactions inside "nanopores".
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Myspace.com purges 200,000 user profilesMar 31, 2006 - in News
Myspace.com is a virtual home for many teenagers and young adults, but around 200,000 users will be sad to find out that their profile pages have been deleted.
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Alienware quad-SLI systems to use liquid coolingMar 31, 2006 - in News
Alienware partners with Calgary-based CoolIT Systems to offer a liquid cooling system for Alienware's quad-SLI Aurora ALX system. Containing four Nvidia graphics processors, these systems provide lots of graphics performance, but produce a substantial amount of heat as well.
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Microsoft reports breakthrough in EU proceedingsMar 31, 2006 - in News
Reuters has reported minutes ago that Microsoft's chief legal counsel, Brad Smith, left Friday's meeting with European Commission members apparently enthused, stating, "I believe that we have had a breakthrough.
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CD-R disc prices to rise 7-10% in Q2Mar 31, 2006 - in News
CD-R disc makers in Taiwan, China and India will raise their prices by an average of 7-10% next quarter amid capacity reallocation from CD-R discs to DVD+R/-R ones, according to the companies.
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LCD monitor panel prices may stabilize next quarterMar 31, 2006 - in News
Although monitor panel prices are expected to keep dropping next month, sources at panel makers indicated that overall monitor panel prices may stabilize later in the second quarter.
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Foxconn expanding components businessMar 31, 2006 - in News
Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) is expanding its parts and components business in order to further consolidate its vertical integration and cut costs amid declining margins from its assembly operations, industry sources said.
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Mainstream LCD TV segment to remain at 32" this yearMar 31, 2006 - in News
DisplaySearch estimates that the 40-/42" LCD TV segment is growing faster than the 37" segment, but the mainstream segment will remain 32" this year, according to the research firm.
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Tight Timings vs High Clock FrequenciesMar 31, 2006 - in Reviews
In this article, we take a close look at system memory performance in an effort to answer some essential technical questions. Can tight timings outperform high clock frequencies? How much of an effect does memory speed have on overall performance? Read on to find out.
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Apple at 30: The first moments with the Apple IIMar 30, 2006 - in Reviews
To understand what the Apple II meant to a world full of novices is to forget the context of our present era, to remember the world when you could only make contact with it through long-distance, to recall when people stared at computers and wondered what they were, and why anyone would spend hours and hours with them. This is the story of the day a few thousand people first saw the light for themselves.
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Apple ships Final Cut Studio 5.1 for Intel-MacsMar 30, 2006 - in News
Apple said that it is shipping the first version of its Final Cut Studio video production software that runs on - and PowerPC-based Macs.
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Quad-SLI system shipments get into gearMar 30, 2006 - in News
Computer manufacturers were given the go ahead by Nvidia to start shipping Quad-SLI systems to consumers, TG Daily has learned. The systems use four graphics processors to increase the pixel processing horsepower for the latest computer games.
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Intel imagines 300,000 sqft chip factoriesMar 30, 2006 - in News
One of Intel's most valuable assets is the manufacturing capability of semiconductors and the company plans to increase its already comfortable lead in this segment. With one 200,000 sqft clean room fab already in operation and another one under construction, the firm already runs the world's largest fabs; sources however suggested that the company may expand the size of its fabs by another 50% in the foreseeable future.
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Intel launches Community PC platform for IndiaMar 30, 2006 - in News
Intel has officially launched an innovative PC platform that has been developed exclusively to meet the needs of rural villages and communities in India.
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Epistar to develop blue-LED chips for seven-inch panel backlightingMar 30, 2006 - in News
LED chipmaker Epistar, which completed an acquisition of United Epitaxy Company (UEC) on December 30, 2005, plans to purchase five more MOCVD (metallo-organic chemical vapor deposition) machines for its blue-LED chip production line.
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Sony HDR-HC1: A Quantum Leap For Video BuffsMar 30, 2006 - in Reviews
Sony's smallest HD video camera costs upwards of $1,200, but is the way to go for serious amateur videographers looking to raise the level of their game.
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30th birthday: TG Daily pays tribute to AppleMar 29, 2006 - in News
Almost too appropriately, on 1 April, Apple Computer will celebrate its 30th anniversary as a brand. Throughout this week and the next, TG Daily will pay tribute to the people, the ingenuity, the ideas, the magnificent successes, the spectacular failures, and the era of our lives that Apple entered into in 1976, and which literally shaped the future of our world.
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EU commissioner suspicious of bundled utilities in Windows VistaMar 29, 2006 - in News
Hearings are scheduled for this week regarding whether Microsoft has complied with a European Committee directive to turn over information explaining how Windows can be made interoperable. In the meantime, however, Commissioner Neelie Kroes is raising fresh concerns over whether Microsoft has plans to unfairly promote and extend Windows Live Search. The key, quite literally, could be in front of our faces.
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