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AMD to cut Sempron prices, debut dual-core CPU priced at $345Jul 6, 2005 - in News
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has informed motherboard makers that the unit price (for 1000 unit lots) for its Sempron CPUs will be adjusted downward in early August, with Sempron 2500+ prices dropping more than US$7, according to sources in the motherboard industry.
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VGA Charts VII: AGP Update Summer 2005Jul 5, 2005 - in Reviews
The majority of PC owners still use a motherboard with an AGP slot, so in our newest edition of the VGA Charts, we show you how the older models perform in modern games compared to the current generation of AGP graphics cards. The benchmark suite consists of seven different applications, each run at three resolutions and with two different quality levels.
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ATI updates All-in-Wonder card with X800 chipJul 5, 2005 - in News
ATI today announced a new version of its All-in-Wonder (AiW) TV tuner. The new AiW X800 XL card is based on the current X800 chip generation and delivers the graphics performance of an X800 XL graphics card while bringing back support for Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition operating system, ATI said.
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Samsung reveals 8G and 9G production schedulesJul 5, 2005 - in News
Samsung Electronics expects to start operating an eighth-generation (8G) TFT LCD plant in the second half of 2007, with a 9G plant to start volume production in 2009 at the latest, according to Sang Wan Lee, president of Samsung's LCD Business, as quoted by the South Korea-based Chosun Ilbo.
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Nvidia and Intel set to push Taiwan chipset vendors further downmarketJul 5, 2005 - in News
Despite demand for chipsets picking up this quarter, Taiwan vendors including Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) and VIA Technologies may soon face increased competition from Nvidia and Intel, as Nvidia aims to push its C51-series chipsets in the mainstream Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) K8 market and Intel may soon begin sampling its mainstream 945 chipsets, according to sources in the motherboard industry.
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SavitMicro announces 2.5" USB host harddriveJul 5, 2005 - in News
Here's another nice toy from the Korean company called
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Graphic cards to get water cooling, test price points up to $1200Jul 1, 2005 - in News
We recently met with the founders of one of the few major graphic card manufacturers in the US and chatted about upcoming trends in the graphic card industry. BFG expects heat dissipation to become one of the focus areas for the development of future high-end cards, some of which could sell for more than $1000.
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Sharp intros new desktop LCDsJul 1, 2005 - in News
Sharp announced three new desktop LCDs, two 17" models and one 19" device.
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LightScribe: Professional Labels in Your DVD Recorder!Jul 1, 2005 - in Reviews
With little left to differentiate DVD recorders, manufacturers are looking for new ways of staying ahead of their competitors. One such novelty is LightScribe, which lets a recorder actually label the CD or DVD directly. You can produce professional-style labels using the same laser that burns data, right inside your own CD/DVD drive! Is it worth it? Read on to find out.
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Graphics processors supercharge everyday appsJun 30, 2005 - in News
Originally developed to remove a massive processing workload from the CPU, some scientists examine how the graphics processors can accelerate non-graphic applications as well. The Geometric Algorithms for Modeling, Motion, and Animation (GAMMA) Research Group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, reported this week that Nvidia's 7800 GTX reference card increased the speed of test applications by up to 35x.
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Silicon Motion to be first Taiwan IC design house listed on NasdaqJun 30, 2005 - in News
On June 30, Silicon Motion will become the first Taiwan IC design house to be listed on Nasdaq, with the company issuing 6.7 million shares on Nasdaq priced in the US$9.50-11.50 range, according to a company filing with the US-based securities market.
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Delay of ATI R520 to boost Nvidia 4Q salesJun 30, 2005 - in News
The delay of the ATI Technologies R520 graphics processing unit (GPU) will benefit sales of the Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX (G70), as more PC vendors including Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have decided to adopt the GeForce 7800 series for their high-end PC models slated for release at the end of this year, according to unspecified Taiwan motherboard makers.
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DDR2/DDR price gap narrows to 5 percentJun 30, 2005 - in News
The DDR2 512Mbit price premium over DDR 512Mbit has shrunk to 5%, down from 30% in the beginning of 2005, and DRAM supply is expected to run short of demand as memory makers continue to shift production to NAND flash.
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Benchmark PCMark05 integrates multicore performance testingJun 29, 2005 - in News
Futuremark has launched a new version of its PCMark benchmarking software.
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Intel's 955X Dual-Core Chipset Better For Business Users Than NVidia's nForce4Jun 29, 2005 - in Reviews
With dual core processing support, a faster DDR2 controller, more PCI-Express lines, RAID5 and Active Management, Intel clearly threw in everything it had in the design of its latest high-end chipset. But does the 955X really cut it vis-à-vis its ambitious specs?
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Intel to cut Celeron D processor prices up to 13 percent, AMD to followJun 29, 2005 - in News
On the heels of introducing support for extended memory 64 technology (Intel EM64T), or 64-bit memory addressability, to its Celeron line with the its Celeron D 351, Intel plans to cut the prices of its desktop-use Celeron D processors 5.4-13.5% on July 24, according to PC makers.
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AMD vs. Intel: "It's not a slam dunk case"Jun 28, 2005 - in News
AMD has begun rallying support for the most important legal battle in the firm's history. Market experts already are divided in two camps - one that believes AMD had no other tool left to protect itself and another one that argues AMD is simply unable to compete. But both sides agree that it won't be easy for AMD to build and prove its case.
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IBM, Mercury Computer in Cell chip dealJun 28, 2005 - in News
Mercury Computer Systems has signed a multiyear deal to use IBM's Cell chip to develop embedded computer systems that will process graphically intense images for the medical, defense and life sciences industries, the companies announced today.
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Samsung raises 512 Mbit DDR quotesJun 28, 2005 - in News
Samsung Electronics has raised its quote for 512 Mbit DDR memory from $5.2 in May to $5.5 in June and expects orders to rise 20-30 percent in July, according to sources at the company.
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Hard drives go mobile: Q&A with Hitachi GSTJun 28, 2005 - in News
The success of the Apple iPod has brought home to a mass market that hard disk drives are now considered a viable form of portable mass storage.
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Intel's Pentium selling slower than expected?Jun 28, 2005 - in News
Taiwan-based DRAM makers expect the upcoming price cuts for Intel 945 chipsets will speed the market's migration to DDR2-667, while motherboard makers may be hoping the drop in price will provide a needed jolt to the less than satisfactory Intel dual-core CPU system sales, according to Taiwan motherboard and DRAM makers.
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ULi chip passes PCI-SIG certificationJun 28, 2005 - in News
Following the recent announcement from Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), another Taiwan-based chipset vendor ULi Electronics today released that its PCIe-supporting M1695 tunnel chip has successfully passed the PCI-SIG certification.
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HP lends USB to backupJun 27, 2005 - in News
HP is boosting its backup tape drive portfolio for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), including the industry's first digital audio tape (DAT) (define) USB (define) tape drives.
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Intel upgrades Celeron D with 64-bit extensionsJun 27, 2005 - in News
Intel today announced that it will offer support for 64-bit applications in its entry-level Celeron D processor line. The first chip to offer EM64T extensions is the 3.2 GHz Celeron D 351.
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Athlon 64 FX-57: Great Performance, High PriceJun 27, 2005 - in Reviews
AMD remolds its top brand, the Athlon 64 FX, by introducing a new model based on a 90 nm process. Running at 2.8 GHz, the FX-57 takes over more benchmarks that used to be dominated by Intel.
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Taiwan memory makers look to develop flash businessJun 27, 2005 - in News
With DRAM prices falling significantly since the beginning of this year, Taiwan-based memory makers are eying the flash market, with ProMOS Technologies establishing a NAND flash memory card packaging joint venture and Winbond Electronics acquiring a NOR flash design house, according to the companies.
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PSC only Taiwan DRAM maker to see 2Q profitsJun 27, 2005 - in News
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) may be the only DRAM maker in Taiwan to report profits in the second quarter, while others expect losses or to break even at best, according to the companies.
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Questions about profitability of TFT panel makers for Q2Jun 27, 2005 - in News
Taiwan-based TFT LCD panel makers may not turn profitable until the second half of this year, according to sources at financial and research firms.
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LCD monitor ASP stabilizing, may rebound in 3QJun 27, 2005 - in News
Although Taiwan-based LCD monitor makers have experienced a declining ASP (average selling price) since the second quarter of 2004, the makers say they are seeing prices stabilize this quarter and they expect the ASP to rebound in the third quarter.
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AMD unveils Athlon FX-57 gaming processorJun 26, 2005 - in News
Not everything has turned dual-core yet - single-cores still set the pace in most applications. AMD takes its FX series into a performance range where Intel cannot follow at this time. You may want to check your credit card balance before you buy: The new FX-57 is the most expensive desktop processor on the market.
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