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Sony may invest more in Samsung LCD ventureSep 27, 2005 - in News
Sony is considering an additional investment in its liquid crystal display (LCD) joint venture with South Korea's Samsung Electronics to meet fast-growing demand for LCD TVs, its president said on Tuesday.
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Round-Up: Comparison Testing of 22 Hard Disk DrivesSep 27, 2005 - in Reviews
We put 14 SATA and 8 UltraATA models through their paces in the THG test labs. The result is a familiar look and feel for a new product category round-up: hard disks.
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Future Crossfire cards not limited to 1600x1200 @ 60 HzSep 27, 2005 - in News
Yesterday ATI opened its multi-graphics-processor platform "Crossfire" to the rest of the world by lifting its embargo for reviews. With the reviews, some readers were concerned when they learned that the X8xx series of cards could not display images past a 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution at a refresh rate of 60 Hz. But ATI promises to remove that limitation with its next-generation graphic chip.
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TFT LCD equipment market growth to slow, says research firmSep 27, 2005 - in News
While the worldwide market for array processing equipment for TFT-LCDs grew 34 percent to reach $4.2 billion in 2004, a combination of several factors will drop the growth rate to only 3 percent in 2005, according to a recent report from The Information Network, a US-based market research company.
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Spansion said to be set to sample 90nm 1Gbit ORNAND flashSep 27, 2005 - in News
With Spansion recently showcasing its latest 90nm-made 1Gbit ORNAND multi cell package (MCP) single-chip solution, sources from Scansion's customers stated the memory maker will begin sampling the chip for handset makers as early as late October.
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CMO claims it developed world's highest screen resolution LCD TV panelSep 27, 2005 - in News
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) claimed it has developed a 56" LCD TV panel that has the world's highest resolution and expects to volume produce the panel in the third quarter of next year.
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Ritek and CMC to up DVD DL disc production capacitySep 27, 2005 - in News
Ritek and CMC Magnetics, in view of growing global demand, will expand their monthly production capacities of DVD DL (single-sided double-layer) discs from three million discs to five million, and from one million discs to two million, respectively, at the end of this year, according to the two companies.
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Hynix to sample 8Gbit NAND flash this monthSep 27, 2005 - in News
Hynix Semiconductor will commence production for its first 8Gbit NAND flash in October at earliest with related customer sampling starting this month, according to industry sources.
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Server vendors form Itanium alliance to resurrect, promote 64-bit platformSep 26, 2005 - in News
In what may be considered the beginning of a third wave of efforts to prove Intel's IA-64 architecture is viable for high-performance applications, even if it's not compatible with the x86 architecture that came before it, a coalition of major server vendors, plus some independent software vendors, along with Microsoft, Red Hat, Novell, and Intel itself, have formed today the Itanium Solutions Alliance .
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OCZ, Corsair launch new DDR memory modulesSep 26, 2005 - in News
OCZ today announced new versions of their DDR1 memory offerings.
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AMD launches dual-core MP Opterons; Intel responds with low-voltage XeonsSep 26, 2005 - in News
Having won one market victory with the first introduction of multicore processors for multi-processor platforms - and not wanting anyone to forget it too soon - AMD announced this morning the release of its fourth series of three new Opteron series processors, topped by the Dual-core Model 880 and followed up by the Dual-core Model 280, both of which will be available immediately.
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The Pentium Elite, Part 2: 955X versus nForce4 IESep 26, 2005 - in Reviews
In this second article in a two-part series, we complete our comparison test of the best premium motherboards on the market, by examining five high-end boards based on the Intel 955X chipset.
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NVIDIA Is In The CrossFireSep 26, 2005 - in Reviews
Dual graphics card configurations from ATI no longer exist only on paper. ATI says it offers a dual card solution that provides more flexibility and offers greater performance. Today we can take a look at the new technology to see if this is true or not.
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Epox launches SLI mobo for Sempron processorsSep 26, 2005 - in News
Epox today announced the first SLI mainboard for socket 754 AMD Sempron processors.
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High-density NAND flash from Samsung in short supplySep 26, 2005 - in News
Supply of high-density NAND flash (4Gbit and above) from Samsung Electronics is falling short of supply, according to Samsung customers.
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Elpida to boost 90nm DDR2 proportion above 50 percent in Q4Sep 26, 2005 - in News
Japan-based Elpida Memory will increase its DRAM capacity to approximately 90,000 12" wafers per month, perhaps by the fourth quarter of 2007.
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ATI turns to UMC for 90nm R-series ordersSep 26, 2005 - in News
ATI Technologies has placed orders with United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to produce its R521, RV531 and RV516 graphics processing units (GPUs) using 90nm technology, according to industry sources.
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Brightside intros 200,000:1 contrast ratio displaySep 23, 2005 - in News
Canadian startup Brightside announced what it claims to be the first "extreme dynamic range" display. The device sports a massive 200,000:1 contrast ratio and a 16-bit color capability that result in higher image quality than any other display we have seen before. The device is on sale now - for approximately 100 times the price of a current high-quality 19" LCD.
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Connecting With Skype's Phone ServiceSep 23, 2005 - in Reviews
We offer a step-by-step description of what the IP telephony experience is like with the IP-700m IPFones and Skype's service. THG staffers also offer their accounts of living and working with Skype telephony.
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Paying The Price For High-End Fan ControlSep 23, 2005 - in Reviews
Versatile, robust and easy to use: Innovatek's Fan-O-Matic Pro Rev. 3.0 more than meets expectations as a high-end fan controller. But such luxury comes at a price - which in this case totals more than $240.
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Graphics card makers expect Vista to improve profitsSep 23, 2005 - in News
Windows Vista, Microsoft's next generation OS, is expected to help graphics card makers see increased profits from rising high-end card demand, according to graphics card makers in Taiwan.
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Acer to deliver 24" wide screen LCD monitors in OctoberSep 23, 2005 - in News
Acer is set to begin launching its 24" wide screen LCD monitor (AL2416W) with a 6ms response time to the global market early in the fourth quarter, according to the company.
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Nanomaterials to benefit flat panel industrySep 23, 2005 - in News
Nanotechnology has already added and will add more value to flat panel displays (FPDs) by lowering costs and producing improvements and breakthroughs in functionality, but companies should be careful applying novel nanomaterials, Eastman Kodak director of optical display films Robert Cournoyer said at the recent Taiwan Business Alliance Forum.
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SEC investigating Altera's dealings with analystsSep 22, 2005 - in News
MarketWatch is reporting late this afternoon that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is making inquiries of certain Wall Street analysts, investigating their dealings with ASIC manufacturer Altera.
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New virtual memory tools, devices may speed up Windows Vista I/OSep 22, 2005 - in News
When Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin - who has since been promoted to co-president - demonstrated a handful of Vista-related projects emerging from the company's Core OS Group laboratory, perhaps too few details were provided for anyone, including Tom's Hardware Guide , to get a clear and complete picture of what these technologies are, and what they'll do.
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Fall Extreme Gamer System Shootout Part 6: Totally Awesome Computers Ridiculously InsaneSep 22, 2005 - in Reviews
Totally Awesome Computers' expensive system comes packed full of goodies to complete your ultimate gaming rig. But if you value performance first and foremost, is this machine for you?
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BIOS for BeginnersSep 22, 2005 - in Reviews
Are you not sure how to tune up your BIOS, or how to get starting with overclocking your PC? Here is a step-by-step guide to setting BIOS parameters, using a popular Asus motherboard as an example.
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Abit to migrate half of its capacity to ECS by end of OctoberSep 22, 2005 - in News
Abit Computer plans to migrate half of its motherboard capacity, mostly entry-level production, to Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) by the end of October, according to the company.
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Microsoft to include Crossfire support in Windows VistaSep 22, 2005 - in News
Microsoft will ship its next-generation operating system Windows Vista with integrated driver support for ATI's multi-graphics processor platform "Crossfire." Ben Bar-Haim, vice president of ATI's software division told Tom's Hardware Guide that the company "is committed" on delivering the driver as standard feature for the final version of Windows Vista.
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Large-size LCD panel oversupply to be worse than expectedSep 22, 2005 - in News
Despite strong sales of large-size TFT LCDs in the second quarter, slower-than-expected system production and end-system sales for flat-panel TVs and monitors will exacerbate an expected oversupply of panels in the latter half of the year, iSuppli predicts.
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