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SiS signs Intel bus licenceFeb 16, 2005 - in News
SiS has licensed Intel's 1066 MHz frontside bus specification, a move that heralds the chip maker's support for Intel's latest Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processors.
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New Intel laser tech could bring photonics to the massesFeb 16, 2005 - in News
Optical components that provide high-bandwidth data transmission today are mostly used in the telecommunications industry and are often too expensive for mainstream technologies. Intel now claims to have found a way to use silicon as optical material - a discovery that could lead to cheaper lasers as well as faster and more capable networks in the future.
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Apple Mac Mini: Smaller, More Stylish - and Cheaper Than a PC?Feb 16, 2005 - in Reviews
It's light, much smaller than any SFF PC and is priced starting at $499. It's also stylish, quiet and frugal in its power requirements. Is the Mac mini a worthwhile investment?
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8 SFF PCs: Small, But Not So QuietFeb 16, 2005 - in Reviews
Small form factor PCs can easily blend into the background of any room in a home or office. But if fan noises are a concern, some of our test candidates with Pentium 4s inside might not necessarily make a good fit.
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AMD reference design supports new Geode SoC and LinuxFeb 16, 2005 - in News
AMD has released a pair of ETX form-factor reference designs based on its low-power, Geode SC1100/SC1200 x86-based system-on-chip processors.
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Nvidia nForce4 SFF PCs to start hitting the marketFeb 16, 2005 - in News
Add Biostar Microtech International to the list of companies preparing to release Nvidia nForce4-based small-form-factor (SFF) PCs this quarter as the company plans to begin shipping its iDEQ 300P SFF PC, in volume, in mid-March, according to sources at the company.
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AMD cuts prices of a wide range of CPUsFeb 16, 2005 - in News
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has made comprehensive cuts in the prices of its processors, including the Opteron, Athlon 64, and Sempron CPUs.
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S-ATA to USB bridge chip releasedFeb 15, 2005 - in News
Oxford Semi said it has released a bridge chip which will speed up the ability to create external hard drives and optical drives for the Macintosh and the PC.
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AMD to offer virtualization for Opteron serversFeb 15, 2005 - in News
AMD claims that it will be first to market with a 64-bit server virtualization platform. The company however does not develop its own virtualization technology, but will port the open-source package Xen to its AMD64 technology.
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8ms 19" LCDs: Speed for Gaming, but at What Cost?Feb 15, 2005 - in Reviews
Manufacturers are quickly moving from 12 ms to 8 ms response times on 19" displays. But remember that with 17" models the improvement in response time was accompanied by a substantial reduction of viewing angles and deterioration of color rendering.
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Analysts: 12" wafers to become mainstream by 2009Feb 15, 2005 - in News
This year, 12" silicon-wafer shipments are expected to account for 20 percent of global silicon-wafer shipments, up from 12% in 2004, according to Gartner Dataquest.
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Pentium 4 6xx-series available on etailer websiteFeb 14, 2005 - in News
The Pentium 4 6xx series has not been officially announced yet, however one of our readers spotted processors on the website of an etailer: ZipZoomFly.com offers the versions 630 (3.0 GHz), 640 (3.2 GHz) and 650 (3.4 GHz) on its website for $257, $297 and $435, respectively.
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Oki starts volume shipments for large-size LCD TV-use driver LSIsFeb 14, 2005 - in News
Oki Electric Industry today announced it has developed a source driver LSI for large TFT LCDs that achieves one billion colors in high resolution.
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AMD launches Opteron 252 and 852 processorsFeb 14, 2005 - in News
AMD heats up the race for the fastest 64-bit workstation and server processor with two models clocked at 2.6 GHz and targeted at two and up to eight-processor systems. Intel will bring its multiprocessor 64-bit Xeon chip into the game within "a couple of weeks".
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The world's fastest oscillating nanomachineFeb 14, 2005 - in News
It's an antenna, it's a nanomachine, and it's a macroscopic quantum system.
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AMD slashes processor pricesFeb 14, 2005 - in News
AMD today slashed prices across its product range, timed to follow the launch of its latest Opteron processors and knocking up to 35 per cent off the price of most products.
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ATI X300 with Hyper Memory waiting in the wingsFeb 14, 2005 - in News
ATI has an answer for Nvidia's 6200 Turbo cache marchitecture.
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IBM unveils 19" LCD with 12ms response timeFeb 13, 2005 - in News
IBM introduced its newest ThinkVision desktop monitor, the 19" Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), ThinkVision L190.
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Scientists find flaw in quantum dot constructionFeb 13, 2005 - in News
Nanoscientists dream of developing a quantum computer, a device the size of a grain of sand that could be faster and more powerful than today's PCs.
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LSI to introduce enterprise SATA-II controllerFeb 12, 2005 - in News
LSI Logic next week plans to unveil what it said is the industry's first enterprise-class SATA-II RAID controller.
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Plastic will reshape the electronics industry - reportFeb 11, 2005 - in News
Plastic electronics, based on conductive polymers and flexible substrates, will change the face of electronics, according to market research firm NanoMarkets. The technology is on its way to grab substantial market shares in displays, memories and processors and market volume is expected to surge to $5.8 billion within five years.
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Creative I-Trigue 3600: Big Ambitions, Small DesignFeb 11, 2005 - in Reviews
PC speaker vendors are also taking a minimal design approach for small-form-factor PCs, flat panel displays and the like. But can a great listening experience be had without the clutter of a large woofer and speakers? Creative takes a stab at this with its I-Trigue 3600.
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Nvidia's nForce for Intel platforms receives PCI Express certificationFeb 10, 2005 - in News
C19, Nvidia's nForce chipset for Pentium4 systems, has cleared its last major hurdle. The chipset recently appeared on the PCI Express integrators list of the PCI Special Interest Group as certified product.
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Intel pushes out low end GrantsdalesFeb 10, 2005 - in News
Intel has quietly extended its 'Grantsdale' Pentium 4 chipset family with a pair of low-end products, as anticipated.
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Hercules 16/12 FW: Affordable, Professional-Quality Multichannel AudioFeb 10, 2005 - in Reviews
Hercules, one of the first manufacturers of sound cards for musicians, has introduced a unit with so many capabilities that it is really an audio interface. It is an external Firewire device, like many new models, to suit both desktops and portables. But who'll use it, and what will they do with it?
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Intel 65nm desktop, server CPUs 'up and running'Feb 10, 2005 - in News
Intel has 65nm versions of its mobile, desktop and server-oriented dual-core processors up and running in the its labs, a senior company executive revealed today.
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Intel helps build low-power transistorFeb 9, 2005 - in News
As the search for a silicon transistor replacement rolls on, Intel and a European company called Qinetiq have created a transistor that consumes far less power and performs better than the transistors inserted into today's chips.
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Miniature harddrives to fuel industry growth in 2005, reportFeb 9, 2005 - in News
After shipping 305 million units in 2004, the harddrive industry is expected to expand to rapidly this year. Market research firm Trendfocus attributes the growth to skyrocketing demand of of 1.8" and smaller storage devices.
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Nanomechanical device bridges classic and quantum physicsFeb 9, 2005 - in News
Nanotechnology leapt into the realm of quantum mechanics this past winter when an antenna-like sliver of silicon one-tenth the width of a human hair oscillated in a lab in a Boston University basement.
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Sony HDR-FX1: High Definition Video Has Arrived!Feb 9, 2005 - in Reviews
High-definition camcorders are finally here! The Sony HDR-FX1 is the first consumer digital video camera capable of shooting in 1080 lines of resolution with a 16:9 native aspect ratio. We take a look at just how much of a leap image quality has just taken.
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