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Taiwan-based Quanta to manufacture $100 laptop computerDec 14, 2005 - in News
The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) board of directors today announced that Quanta Computer of Taiwan was chosen as the original design manufacturer (ODM) for the $100 laptop project.
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Samsung ships 900 MHz GDDR3 memoryDec 13, 2005 - in News
Samsung today said that is mass-producing what the firm claims is the world's fastest graphics memory: Clocked at 900 MHz, the GDDR3 memory chips are 50 percent faster than the previous generation 600 MHz memory.
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TDK ships "mass-production" samples of 25 and 50 GByte Blu-ray discsDec 13, 2005 - in News
TDK today said that it has begun shipping limited numbers of single- and dual-layer Blu-ray media to customers. The BD-ROMs can record data at a speed of 2x or 72 Mbit per second.
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VoIP and wireless push modem and residential gateway growthDec 13, 2005 - in News
A major increase in broadband subscribers worldwide, along with the popularity of wireless- and voice-over IP (VoIP)-enabled equipment, is resulting in customer premises equipment (CPE) market growth of nearly 20 percent in 2005, reports In-Stat.
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System makers report lower LCD monitor shipments in NovemberDec 13, 2005 - in News
Taiwan-based LCD monitor makers including Lite-On Technology, BenQ, Amtran Technology and Jean all posted declining LCD monitor shipments last month, according to the companies.
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Leading by design: Q&A with AMD's Raghuram Tupuri, part 2Dec 13, 2005 - in News
AMD's drive to 64-bit processors surprised everyone with its speed, even as detractors commented that there would be little or no performance gain on the desktop without a 64-bit OS and 64-bit applications.
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How Much RAM Do You Really Need?Dec 13, 2005 - in Reviews
How much RAM do you really need? Is 512 MB enough? What about 1 GB? Our gaming and other application tests show that 2 GB of RAM is often not overkill.
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SystemC 2.1 to speed up design of SoCs, IEEE believesDec 12, 2005 - in News
The IEEE today announced that it has ratified the SystemC 2.1 language for system-level chip design which the organization believes will accelerate system-on-chip (SoC) design processes.
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Walletex introduces credit card sized USB flash driveDec 12, 2005 - in News
Are you tired of losing your small USB keychain drive? Walletex has begun selling Wallet Flash, which is a credit card sized USB flash drive that easily fits in your wallet.
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Security firms warn of looming Sober worm threatDec 12, 2005 - in News
The New Year may bring yet another threat from the Sober family of worms, according to security researchers who say a recently discovered variant of the worm contains code that could unleash a new round of attacks on Jan. 5, 2006.
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HP and Dreamworks partner up enable life-sized video conferencingDec 12, 2005 - in News
HP and Dreamworks want to provide business professionals a better video conferencing option than tiny webcam images for virtual meetings.
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Low-density NOR flash prices may trend upwardDec 12, 2005 - in News
With two of the leading NOR flash makers, Intel and STMicroelectronics, working together on multi level cell (MLC) made NOR flash production, supply of low-density NOR may be further squeezed, according to industry sources.
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Royalty fees makes Taiwan DVD player makers think twice about ordersDec 12, 2005 - in News
Taiwanese manufacturers of DVD players have seen increasing OEM/ODM orders but are not necessarily willing to take these orders because the heavy burden of royalty fees makes such production profitless, according to industry sources.
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Monthly record shipment for first-tier motherboard makersDec 12, 2005 - in News
Total shipments from Taiwan-based first-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology, and Micro-Star International (MSI) totaled 11.01 million motherboards in November, an historical monthly high.
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Leading by design: Q&A with AMD's Raghuram TupuriDec 12, 2005 - in News
AMD's drive to 64-bit processors surprised everyone with its speed, even as detractors commented that there would be little or no performance gain on the desktop without a 64-bit OS and 64-bit applications.
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Infineon GDDR3 gets onboard ATI Mobility Radeon X1600Dec 12, 2005 - in News
Infineon Technologies today announced that its 512Mbit GDDR3 (Graphic Double-Data-Rate 3) graphics DRAM was selected by ATI Technologies for its Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics processor that targets notebook PCs.
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Texas Instruments prepares 65 nm chip productionDec 9, 2005 - in News
It is not only Intel that transitions from 90 nm to 65 nm semiconductors. Texas Instruments (TI) is the second major manufacturer that has announced it is prepping a ramp of 65 nm production for a variety of its processors.
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ATI releases Catalyst 5.12 driverDec 9, 2005 - in News
ATI published the last major driver update for its graphics chips for 2005.
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Intel working on rootkit detection techniquesDec 9, 2005 - in News
Intel is working on a research project that would immediately notify PC users if they inadvertently download a rootkit like the XCP (extended copy protection) software found on certain music CDs shipped by Sony (Profile, Products, Articles) Corp., researchers said Tuesday.
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NAND flash pushes semiconductor industry to historic levelDec 9, 2005 - in News
Worldwide semiconductor revenue will total $235 billion in 2005, a 6.9 percent increase from 2004, according to Gartner.
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Foxconn motherboards to use SiS761GX chipset for AMD solutionDec 9, 2005 - in News
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) announced today that Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) will use the SiS761GX chipset, an integrated AMD64 chipset supporting PCI Express (PCIe) x16 graphics interface, for two of Foxconn's WinFast-branded motherboards for the AMD platform - the 761GXK8 MB-EKRS and 761GXK8MC-ERS.
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ULi launches M1697, reveals product details and shipment targetsDec 9, 2005 - in News
Yesterday, ULi Electronics officially launched its M1697 single-chip solution for the AMD K8 platform. The company started sampling this product in September, and the chip recently entered mass production, ULi associate vice president Bruce Tai said.
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Seven of NVIDIA's Latest and Greatest Cards TestedDec 9, 2005 - in Reviews
We put the THG screws to seven of NVIDIA's new graphics cards, ranging from the GeForce 6600 GT to the GeForce 7800 GTX with 512 MB of video memory. Power consumption, heat dissipation, noise level and, of course, overclocking potential are detailed. What else do you want to know?
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Sony's DRM fix hits hitchDec 8, 2005 - in News
The US computer scientists who discovered a significant security flaw in one of Sony BMG's CD copy protection systems have discovered that the flaw is still present in the patch released by the record company yesterday.
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Multi-core processor quickly taking over the CPU market - analystDec 8, 2005 - in News
Despite the promises of chip manufacturers to quickly move dual-core processors into the mainstream, only a small fraction of computers sold today in fact come with such a chip. This scenario will change soon, market research firm iSupply believes.
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Microsoft offers new window to the worldDec 8, 2005 - in News
A few months ago, the pilot of a small Cessna flew low in the skies over Seattle, taking pictures from 3,000 feet.
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ATI's R580 chips in productionDec 8, 2005 - in News
The Inquirer reports that ATI apparently has begun with volume production of the R580 graphics chip.
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Ozone layer unlikely to recover until 2065Dec 8, 2005 - in News
The ozone hole over Antarctica might persist until 2065, which is two decades longer than predicted, because ozone-destroying chemicals are still being released by developed nations more than a decade after their production and importation was banned.
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Yahoo "Answers" asks users to share their knowledgeDec 8, 2005 - in News
Yahoo today launched a service that is similar to Google's Answer site by asking web users to assist other users in finding questions to their answers.
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Samsung intros 8 GByte FB-DIMMDec 8, 2005 - in News
Samsung to launched an 8 GByte version of its FB-DIMM memory series for servers. The module is built with 32 DDR2-533/667 devices, each with 2 Gbit capacity.
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