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Vista computers to have five performance tiers, not two, says ATI executiveFeb 16, 2006 - in News
In an interview with TG Daily, ATI's director of technical marketing, Alexis Mather, revealed that a previously innocuous feature of Windows Vista's upcoming "Game Explorer" will probably be elevated to a principal role in the marketing of PCs and the software that runs on them. Prepare to find out whether your computer is a "3" or a "5."
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SPECapc releases benchmark for 64-bit systemsFeb 16, 2006 - in News
The SPEC/GPC's Application Performance Characterization (SPECapc) project group announced availability of its Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 benchmark, which the organization claims is the first software that allows performance evaluation of both 32- and 64-bit computer systems
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Semiconductor industry to show gradual improvement in 2006 - GartnerFeb 16, 2006 - in News
Market research firm Gartner believes that the global semiconductor market will be "gradually improving." Cautious investment in incremental capacity additions will keep the market in a pattern of modest growth during the next few years, the firm said on Thursday.
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Nikon ships first immersion lithography system for 55 nm chip productionFeb 16, 2006 - in News
Nikon Precision today said that it has shipped the world's first production immersion lithography system.
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TI CEO: Ultra-low-cost handset costs to edge down to $15Feb 16, 2006 - in News
The buoyant ultra-low-cost handset market has spurred keen competition among chipmakers, which are developing lower cost solutions to meet vast demand
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Intel dual-core embedded platform to extend applications for industrial PCsFeb 16, 2006 - in News
The availability of Intel's Core Duo dual-core x86 embedded platform will help expand industrial PC (IPC) applications and improve related technologies to the point where they can compete with current PC performance, according to Taiwan-based IPC specialists.
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Nvidia to launch 90nm GeForce 7900 GPUs on March 9Feb 16, 2006 - in News
Nvidia is expected to launch its 90nm GeForce 7900 graphics processor unit (GPU), in GT and GTX versions, on March 9, according to sources at Taiwan graphics-card makers.
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Is the Acer F20 the Ferrari of LCD Monitors?Feb 16, 2006 - in Reviews
For quite a few Formula One seasons now, Acer has been unconditionally supporting Team Ferrari. Accordingly, the IT manufacturer has also taken the opportunity to market a few products bearing the famous prancing horse emblem. These have usually been portable computers; but now LCD monitors are getting the Ferrari look. How do they perform compared to the rest of the pack?
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Trusted Computing platform, DRM coming to hard drivesFeb 15, 2006 - in Reviews
This week's announcement of the publication of a Trusted Platform Module implementation that enables TPM functionality to be shifted to hard disk drives, creates an intriguing scenario. Hard drive manufacturers may get involved in driving a single standard for DRM functionality, to which Microsoft and others may actually find themselves succumbing.
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Infineon blamed for Xbox shortage fiascoFeb 15, 2006 - in News
German chipmaker Infineon has been named as the culprit for Microsoft's inability to supply enough Xbox 360s.
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Microsoft Office Live beta goes liveFeb 15, 2006 - in News
In the next step of the company's image makeover from "monopoly" to "laboratory," Microsoft today launched the first stage of its Office Live Web hosting services. Customers will be able to deploy Web sites for free, at least during the beta cycle, if they don't mind accepting a few words from their sponsor.
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Toshiba, NEC and Fujitsu jointly introduce common specifications for mobile RAMFeb 15, 2006 - in News
Toshiba, NEC Electronics, and Fujitsu today announced an agreement on standard interface specifications, known as "COSMORAM" (common specifications for mobile RAM) Rev.4, for Pseudo SRAM (PSRAM) used in mobile devices.
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Infineon launches 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit MCUs for automotive applicationsFeb 15, 2006 - in News
Today at the Embedded World 2006 exhibition in Nuremberg (February 14 -16), Infineon Technologies announced the availability of new microcontroller (MCU) products - 8-bit, 6-bit and 32-bit TriCore family of devices - for the automotive market.
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Multi-chip RFID packages to substitute multiple RFID cardsFeb 14, 2006 - in News
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) demonstrated at the RSA Security Conference a four chip RFID card that integrates a contactless sensor manufactured by HID. Dan Greenwood, MIT's Media Lab lecturer, said that the technology - which was integrated in to a prototype card - will enable users to flip a switch to activate one chip to open a door or flip another switch to buy groceries.
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Microsoft warns of 'critical' vulnerabilities in Media Player and WindowsFeb 14, 2006 - in News
Microsoft is planning to release details of a number of security vulnerabilities to its software tomorrow.
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Samsung accelerates GDDR4 graphics memory prototypesFeb 14, 2006 - in News
The next generation of graphics memory is beginning to take shape. Samsung tunes its GDDR4 memory prototypes while Rambus still hopes that its XDR memory will graphics chip companies. Samsung today announced a new version of GDDR4, which matches the bandwidth of XDR.
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Socket AM2 birth scheduled for 6th of JuneFeb 14, 2006 - in News
AMD has a fixed date for its socket AM2 launch,The Inquirer reports.
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TSMC volume producing on 65nm ahead of scheduleFeb 14, 2006 - in News
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) R&D senior vice president Shang-yi Chiang stated that the foundry has already started volume production of handset ICs on 65nm process node, and Chiang expects to see the sales contribution from its leading edge processes - including 90nm, 80nm and 65nm node - to exceed NT$60 billion in 2006.
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Oversupply of DVD+R/-R discs avoided by MBI halting capacity expansionFeb 14, 2006 - in News
India-based Moser Baer India (MBI), a leading global manufacturer of optical discs, last week announced halting capacity expansion for CD-R and DVD+R/-R discs, a move that will avoid a potential oversupply of DVD+R/-R discs, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
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Labelflash vs LightScribe DVD/CD LabelingFeb 14, 2006 - in Reviews
Forget about labeling your DVDs and CDs with a magic marker: a new generation of burners and media that use LightScribe and Labelflash software offer promising results.
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Plextor breaks 16x speed barrier for DVD writersFeb 13, 2006 - in News
Plextor is the first company that apparently has found a way to increase DVD writer speeds beyond the 16x mark, which has been considered a physical limitation for DVD media. The new writer increases
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Nvidia intros high-performance cellphone graphics processorFeb 13, 2006 - in News
Nvidia claims that it is offering the first handheld graphics processor "to enable true, fluid digital TV, high-fidelity surround sound, rapid multi-shot photography, and console-class 3D graphics."
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Nvidia's GeForce 7800GS Becomes a Better BuyFeb 13, 2006 - in Reviews
Nvidia recently provided an AGP upgrade path that didn't exactly shine, considering its cost and the reference design. The surprise of the retail and 'etail' offering was that it hit the market considerably cheaper than the suggested retail price. Today we demonstrate two versions of the card at these new price points.
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Nanya: DDR2 shortage to reach 30-40% in FebruaryFeb 13, 2006 - in News
Nanya Technology is observing buoyant PC OEM demand for DDR2 memory and the company expects the DDR2 shortage to increase to 30-40% in February, with related contract pricing continuing its rise, according to company president Jih Lien.
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MSI launches NX7800GS graphic card for AGP usersFeb 13, 2006 - in News
Micro-Star International (MSI) on February 10 launched its NX7800GS graphics card, incorporating Nvidia's GeForce 7800 GS graphics processing unit (GPU).
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Seagate announces 12 GB mini hard diskFeb 13, 2006 - in News
Perpendicular recording will be a key technology to keep the capacity of hard disks growing in coming years. Seagate isn't wasting time upgrading its products: The company will be shipping a massive 12 GB 1" drive later this year and increase the storage space gap to mainstream flash memory.
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Intel shows off first x86 quad-core processorFeb 12, 2006 - in News
Intel's chief technology officer Justin Rattner demonstrated to analysts the firm's first quad-core processor. According to Rattner, the chip was a very early production sample of the "Clovertown" processors, which is due for introduction in early 2007 as part of the firm's "Bensley" performance and volume server platform.
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Intel roadmap update: Conroe to launch with up to 2.66 GHzFeb 11, 2006 - in News
Intel is counting down to the launch of its next-gen desktop CPU: Conroe will begin to ship to system builders in Q2 of this year with the official introduction to follow in late Q3. Details are already leaking out of Santa Clara - the chip will carry the sequence numbers E4000 and E6000 and will arrive in six versions with clock speeds of up to 2.66 GHz, TG Daily has learned.
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Users report Apple iMac video glitchFeb 10, 2006 - in News
Apple is following-up reports that its new Intel-based iMacs are experiencing video problems preventing the full display of some graphics.
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Intel's next-gen cellphone chips likely to include SM 3.0 capabilityFeb 10, 2006 - in News
Among the armada of new Intel processors that are scheduled to hit the market in 2006 is a replacement for the XScale PXA270 processor: The "Hermon" platform will include a faster CPU, which could be complemented by a Shader Model 3.0 capable graphics processor that is based on technology blueprints provided by Imagination Technologies.
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