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Socket A to be discontinuedFeb 24, 2005 - in News
One of our readers pointed us to thsi story of the Inquirer, which talks about AMD's decision to pull the plug on the socket A platform.
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Nvidia's GeForce Go 6800 Ultra debuts in Dell gaming notebookFeb 24, 2005 - in News
Nvidia today launched a new flagship mobile of its mobile graphics processor family: The GeForce Go 6800 Ultra trumps the performance of the regular 6800 and most of what is available on the desktop graphics market today. Dell uses the chip to promote its second generation XPS gaming notebook.
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65nm dual-core Pentiums scheduled for Q1 2006Feb 24, 2005 - in News
Intel will be busy over the next 12 months: The company will not only introduce its first dual-core processor in the second quarter of this year, but plans substantial upgrades for any current desktop processor on its roadmap: The 500-series will receive 64-bit extensions, the 600-series will be first to offer Vanderpool technology, and 65nm versions of single- and dual-core Pentiums will hit the market in early 2006.
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TI intros precision-data acquisition microsystems in QFN packageFeb 24, 2005 - in News
Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a pair of low-noise, low-cost data-acquisition microsystems in 6 x 6mm QFN packages.
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Rambus says it found smoking gun in Hynix patent caseFeb 23, 2005 - in News
Rambus has produced what it believes is a smoking gun in its ongoing patent infringement court case with Hynix.
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Seagate launches 6 GByte 1" harddriveFeb 23, 2005 - in News
Seagate today expanded its smallest form-factor harddrive family with a 6 GByte model that is targeted at the compact music player market and allows the iPod mini and its competition to offer more storage capacity.
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ATI confirms 512 MByte graphics cardFeb 23, 2005 - in News
ATI says it will demo the first graphics card with 512 MByte memory at the Ultimate LAN event, held in Dallas from February 25 to 27.
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Intel aims chips at embedded marketFeb 23, 2005 - in News
With the future of its desktop processors heading toward 64-bit instructions, what's Intel to do with its 32-bit line? The chipmaker is serving up a branch of its Pentium M and Celeron M families for embedded applications like communications equipment, industrial box and panel PCs, as well as in-car "infotainment." Intel said it is still committed to its XScale architecture for smaller form factors, but is looking at positioning its desktop favorites at an embedded market that makes up about 60 percent of the current $214 billion semiconductor industry.
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Gainward announces 6800 Ultra 512 MByte cardFeb 23, 2005 - in News
Gainward has just confirmed that it is working on 512 MB version of 6800 Ultra card.
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The PowerPod: Don't Touch That CamcorderFeb 23, 2005 - in Reviews
Eagletron's TrackerPod let you remotely control your Webcam, but you were out of luck if you only had a camcorder. Now if you want to tilt and pan your camcorder with a remote control, the PowerPod might be worth a look.
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Ati's FireGL V5000: Worth the Wait?Feb 23, 2005 - in Reviews
Ati takes another stab at the OpenGL graphics market for mid-range workstation applications after a longer-than-usual pause since its last OpenGL product launch. Based on Ati's X700 processor with 128 MB of memory and a PCI Express interface, was the FireGL V5000 worth waiting for?
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AMD reveals first details about dual-core Athlon 64Feb 22, 2005 - in News
Intel will demo a complete lineup of dual-core processors at its developer forum next week. To keep up the pace, AMD today revealed first details of its first desktop dual-core chip, which is expected by mid-year. The company may be second with the introduction of a desktop chip, but there is no doubt AMD will be breathing down Intel's neck with a capable processor.
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Corsair, OCZ intro new DDR modulesFeb 22, 2005 - in News
Corsair Memory said it has begun shipping a PC3200 CAS2 model of the blinking "Xpert" series memory modules.
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Toshiba, SanDisk move up opening of 300-mm flash fabFeb 22, 2005 - in News
Toshiba and SanDisk plan to open a new 300-mm flash memory fab as early as June, several months ahead of scheduled.
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Flash is on for mobile raceFeb 22, 2005 - in News
NAND and NOR flash memory vendors at the recent International Solid-State Circuits Conference battled to win a place for their chips in future cell phones.
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Next ATI card may have 512 MByte memoryFeb 22, 2005 - in News
The Inquirer speculates about an unveiling of a new X850 card that will pack twice the memory of its regular version.
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SiS ships over 20,000 PCIe-enabled chipsets to motherboard makersFeb 22, 2005 - in News
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has shipped over 20,000 PCIe-enabled northbridge core-logic chipsets to a total of 10 motherboard makers, according to company sources.
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First-tier mobo makers expect strong demand for value models in 2005Feb 22, 2005 - in News
First-tier Taiwan motherboard makers will continue to push sales of value motherboards in 2005 as demand for the low-priced models is likely to remain strong this year, according to sources at the makers.
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Prescott Reworked: The P4 600 Series and Extreme Edition 3.73 GHzFeb 21, 2005 - in Reviews
The new 600 series P4 finally offers energy management, a whopping 2 MB L2 cache and 64 bit extensions. At the same time, a new Extreme Edition version is being launched. But will this be enough to challenge AMD's performance superiority?
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Toshiba turns up heat at flash chip plantFeb 21, 2005 - in News
Toshiba admitted yesterday that it is struggling to keep up with demand for flash memory after announcing plans to accelerate production at its latest fab.
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Global front-projector shipments grew 42 percent in 2004Feb 21, 2005 - in News
Worldwide, front-projector shipments grew 42% from 2,490,000 units in 2003 to 3,530,000 in 2004, with shipments jumping 28 percent on year to 1,020,000 units in the fourth quarter of 2004, according to Pacific Media Associates (PMA).
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Iomega road map emphasizes automationFeb 19, 2005 - in News
Iomega, which turns 25 years old in April, is celebrating by sharing its road map for its professional storage product line through the first quarter of next year with CRN.
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Focus on multi-core at IDFFeb 18, 2005 - in News
Intel did not go into specifics at its traditional pre-IDF briefing, but at least confirmed that multi-core processors will be the main focus of its upcoming developer forum. Besides updates on Vanderpool, La Grande and AMT, the company will introduce an I/O acceleration tech named I/OAT.
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Oki acquires TI Japan's driver chip business for large TFT-LCDsFeb 18, 2005 - in News
Oki Electric Industry announced on February 18 it has signed a contract to acquire the driver chip business for large TFT-LCDs from Texas Instruments Japan.
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SiS begins mass production of P4 and AMD64 PCIe chipsetsFeb 17, 2005 - in News
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) offers three new chipsets for Intel's P4 and AMD's AMD64 platforms.
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ATI releases driver package Catalyst 8.10.19 for LinuxFeb 17, 2005 - in News
ATI released a new driver version for its Radeon-based graphics cards for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSe Linux distributions.
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ATI announces Xpress 200M chipset for AMD-based notebooksFeb 17, 2005 - in News
ATI extends its notebook product line with the introduction of the Radeon Xpress 200M chipset, the first integrated PCI Express DirectX 9 chipset for AMD processor-based notebook PCs.
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Samsung builds DDR3-1066 prototypeFeb 17, 2005 - in News
Samsung today said that it has produced the world's first working DDR3 DRAM module. The memory technology will replace today's DDR2 sometime next year with clock speeds of at least 800 MHz.
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Gigabyte's Radeon X800: Give the Gamers What They WantFeb 17, 2005 - in Reviews
Gigabyte's Radeon X800 Pro AGP 8x card, based on the Pro variant of Ati's R420 processor, features 12 pixel pipelines, six vertex shaders and DirectX 9.0b support. But are there enough value adds such as overclocking capabilities, bundled software and other extras that will do a gamer's machine proud?
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Western Digital's WD3200JB: 320 GB and Lots of AmbitionFeb 17, 2005 - in Reviews
Western Digital counters Hitachi and Seagate's high-capacity hard drive series with a 320 GB device. But after factoring in noise, speed and other factors, does the WD3200JB shrink from the competition?
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