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Panasonic leads US plasma TV retail shelf share in JuneJul 12, 2005 - in News
Current Analysis, a US-based market research firm, reported that Panasonic was the leader of the US PDP (plasma display panel) TV market in June, in terms of retail shelf share.
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Intel to add discrete 945 chipset for mainstream P4 segmentJul 12, 2005 - in News
Intel plans to begin shipping the 945PL discrete chipset for its dual-core Pentium 4 platform in September of this year, with the part targeting the mainstream market, according to sources in the motherboard industry.
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Global DRAM output edged up to 554 million units in JuneJul 12, 2005 - in News
Global DRAM output edged up 4% to 554 million 256 Mbit-equivalent units in June with the DDR proportion dropping slightly to 61 percent, down from 63 percent in May, and DDR2 is now approaching 30 percent of overall output, according to the latest figures from DRAMeXchange.
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Gigabyte releases 512 MByte, dual-chip graphics cardJul 11, 2005 - in News
Gigabyte is shipping its third dual-chip graphics card. The new 3D1-68GT is based on two GeForce 6800 GT chips and will come close to the performance of two GeForce 6800 Ultra cards in SLI mode, according to Gigabyte.
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Intel extends dual-core processors to entry-level serversJul 11, 2005 - in News
The new E7230 chipset allows dual-core Pentium D processor to be integrated in server environments - and represents Intel's first shot to compete with AMD in the dual-core server arena.
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Stress Test: Power Supplies Under Full LoadJul 11, 2005 - in Reviews
We put PC power supplies from 300 to 850 watts under continuous load to see if they can satisfy the power appetite of potent Athlon and P4 systems. Are they efficient and stable? Click into the THG Laboratory to find out!
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How THG Tests Power SuppliesJul 11, 2005 - in Reviews
Power supply performance specs are going through the roof, but you can't tell from looking at a device whether it will actually deliver the 600 watts it claims to. That's why we put them through their paces in the lab - and this is how we do it.
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First-tier mobo makers: June shipments up 28 percentJul 11, 2005 - in News
First-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) collectively shipped about 7.9 million motherboards in June, up 27.8 percent from 6.18 million units during the same period of last year.
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TFT LCD panel supply to exceed demand in Q4Jul 11, 2005 - in News
Several Taiwan-based investment firms and panel makers are concerned that TFT LCD supply may be higher than generally expected, exceeding rather than falling short of demand.
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Intel chipset shortage gives SiS an opportunity and VIA a challengeJul 11, 2005 - in News
The recent shortage of Intel's 845 and 865 chipsets is helping Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) enjoy demand that exceeds supply and the company is forecasting a strong second-half financial outlook.
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Embedded processors be reach 25 percent of VIA's salesJul 11, 2005 - in News
Chipset maker VIA Technologies expects embedded-platform products to contribute 20-25 percent of its overall sales in 2005, up from 18-20 percent last year, according to company spokesperson William Lee.
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AMD reveals 64-bit Sempron pricesJul 11, 2005 - in News
AMD has released prices of its Sempron processors, including the 64-bit lineups featuring the Socket-754 architecture.
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Sharp to share PC LCD patents with AU OptronicsJul 9, 2005 - in News
Japanese electronics maker Sharp said on Friday it had agreed to share technology on liquid crystal displays (LCD) used in personal computers with Taiwan's AU Optronics.
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Acer climbs to second position in standalone LCD marketJul 8, 2005 - in News
According to a report from market research firm DisplaySearch, Acer has become the second largest provider of standalone LCD displays in the North American marketplace.
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Microsoft readies disk-based recovery systemJul 8, 2005 - in News
Microsoft's System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) will be ready for prime time in the third quarter, the vendor is expected to announce Friday.
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LED chipmakers look to higher luminance products for backlightsJul 8, 2005 - in News
Faced with declining prices in the handset-use panel market for 1,000 millicandela (mcd) blue LEDs, Epistar sees strong potential for high-luminance 1,200mcd LEDs.
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IBM releases new G5 processorsJul 7, 2005 - in News
As a parting shot to Apple, a piqued IBM today announced two new lines of its PowerPC 970 processor, better known as the G5.
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Intel claims floating point speed crown for 4-way serversJul 7, 2005 - in News
Intel today said that a 4-way server system based on the upcoming Montecito dual-core processor outran a 4-way RISC-based system by about 60 percent in a benchmark test.
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Driver glitch limits overclocking of Nvidia's GeForce 7800 GTX chipJul 7, 2005 - in News
Nvidia has confirmed a bug in its current driver software that prevents serious overclocking - by shutting down a graphics card not just when it runs too hot, but also too cool, Tom's Hardware Guide has learned.
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XDR2 to quintuple memory data transfer speeds by 2007Jul 7, 2005 - in News
"Parallelism" is the keyword underscoring several semiconductor architectures this decade. Now it's the turn of the memory: Rambus announced the availability of "micro-threading" for XDR2 memory, the company's next generation memory technology. Memory clock speeds will catapult to 8 GHz, up from a current maximum of 4.8 GHz of XDR1.
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LG.Philips LCD begins installing 7G equipmentJul 7, 2005 - in News
LG.Philips LCD held a ceremony today to mark the beginning of equipment installation for the first phase of its seventh-generation (7G) facility (P7), according to a company press release.
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Lenovo to become top 10 chip buyer, says iSuppliJul 7, 2005 - in News
The year 2005 marks a milestone for China's ascension in the global electronics industry, as one of the nation's companies will enter the ranks of the world's top ten OEM buyers of semiconductors for the first time, according to the latest data from iSuppli's semiconductor spending analysis service.
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ASP for 37" LCD TV panels drops $25Jul 7, 2005 - in News
WitsView Technology indicated the ASP (average selling price) for 37" LCD TV panels dropped $25 to $825 for the first half of this month while DisplaySearch said the ASP declined $20 to $810, with the price expected to fall to $730 by year-end.
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Intel 915 platform to become mainstreamJul 7, 2005 - in News
According to sources in the motherboard industry, Intel's 915 platform may become the mainstream motherboard platform this quarter, as the FOB (free on board) price of 915-based motherboards is expected to fall below $80.
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ATI R520 to be available in mid-3QJul 7, 2005 - in News
ATI Technologies expects to begin volume shipments of its 90nm graphics processing units (GPUs), the R520, R530 and RV515, in the middle of the third quarter, as unspecified issues for manufacturing on 90nm technology will soon be solved, according to ATI Taiwan.
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Intel and Corning to develop EUV photomask substrates for 32 nm productionJul 6, 2005 - in News
Intel has entered a joint development agreement with Corning to develop ultra low thermal expansion (ULE) glass photomask substrates required for Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography and semiconductors with transistor structures smaller than 40 nm.
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NEC and LaCie Lead On Professional LCD GearJul 6, 2005 - in Reviews
In response to your numerous requests, we've tested a few professional display solutions for you - four high resolution monitors. Also on the menu are two calibrators, which complete the equipment set of any self-respecting image editing professional. Are you ready for the move to LCD?
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AMD extends 64-bit feature to Sempron processorsJul 6, 2005 - in News
AMD today announced the availability of Sempron processors with 64-bit extensions for entry-level desktop computers. Five new processors match Intel's Celeron D product line, which received a 64-bit upgrade at the end of June.
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Prodisc to launch 4.9 GByte DVD discsJul 6, 2005 - in News
Prodisc Technology has developed 8x DVD-R discs with a storage capacity of 4.9 GByte, 200 MByte larger than standard 4.7 GB discs, the company pointed out.
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CMV and BenQ to raise 17" LCD monitors pricesJul 6, 2005 - in News
BenQ has increased prices for its 17" LCD monitors $4 since last month while CMV will plans to raise its prices for the segment $4-5 by the end of this month, according to both companies, as cited in the Taiwan-edition of the Chinese-language Apple Daily News.
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