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Elpida shrinks production process for DDR2 SDRAM to 90nmDec 1, 2004 - in News
Elpida announced that it will start to manufacture DDR2 memory in 90nm, down from the current 100 nm generation. The transition will allow the manufacturer to yield more chips per wafer and cut production cost.
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LG Philips LCD plans five billion dollar investment despite output glutDec 1, 2004 - in News
LG Philips LCD is to invest five billion dollars in new facilities to produce next-generation flat panel displays in order to strengthen its global market leadership.
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AMD big gainer in 3rd-quarter microchip salesDec 1, 2004 - in News
AMD captured nearly 10 percent of computer microchip market revenue in the third quarter, the highest level in nearly three years, market research firm IDC said on Tuesday.
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Intel delivers Alviso chipsets for sample productionDec 1, 2004 - in News
Intel has delivered small volumes of one of its Alviso core-logic chipsets, the 915PM, to Taiwan notebook makers, for sample production, with volume shipments of the chips to begin on January 18, 2005, according to sources at Taiwan notebook makers.
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Bling, Bling: Crucial lights up its memoryNov 30, 2004 - in News
Matching the Christmas decoration in of your house, performance memory manufacturer Crucial added holiday lighting to its memory. The Ballistic Tracer model line displays "activity-indicating" LEDs and "blue ground effects LEDs".
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Singulus, Sony team up on Blu-ray developmentNov 30, 2004 - in News
German compact disc and DVD equipment company Singulus and Japan's Sony have teamed up to develop a new technology for music and video discs, Singulus said on Tuesday.
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Silterra, IMEC announce working SRAM at 0.13-micron nodeNov 30, 2004 - in News
Silterra Malaysia and IMEC today announced they have produced functional 8Mbit SRAM using 0.13-micron, all-copper process technologies.
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Logitech Z-5500 Speakers: Much Muscle, More OptionsNov 30, 2004 - in Reviews
Logitech's Z-5500 5.1 speakers should shed any lingering doubts about the vendor's ability to make a play in the world of big, loud and powerful speakers. The speakers are also big on options, but before delving into technical specifics, let's just say that your neighbors better get out their earplugs.
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Gigabyte Creates a 915P Motherboard With SLINov 30, 2004 - in Reviews
Finally, somebody did it: Gigabyte sent us a motherboard based on Intel's 915P chipset with two physical x16 PCIe connectors. By merging the ICH6's four x1 PCIe ports into one physical slot, an NVIDIA SLI graphics solution on the Intel architecture is now a reality.
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Universal Pictures backs HD DVDNov 29, 2004 - in News
The emerging high-definition DVD (HD DVD) format has won a key battle in its ongoing war with rival next-generation optical format Blu-ray with the announcement that Universal Pictures is backing the technology.
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C-Guys to announce performance SD cards for real time data transferNov 29, 2004 - in News
C-guys will introduce on Tuesday SD memory cards capable of data-read speeds of 20 MByte per second.
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A glimpse of the Cell processorNov 29, 2004 - in News
IBM and Sony powered-on the much hyped "Cell"-processor and used the opportunity to provide a few details about the chip. The firms expect the chip to deliver supercomputing performance to computing and consumer electronic devices, such as Sony's upcoming game console PlayStation 3.
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The TFT Connection: Do NVIDIA and ATi Deliver?Nov 29, 2004 - in Reviews
Issues associated with graphics cards and DVI signaling may spell problems after you've spent a month's worth of rent to replace your CRT monitor with a TFT display. We detail why this is the case, how DVI works and see whether or not six cards from NVIDIA and ATi pass muster in the brave new TFT monitor world.
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World's thinnest lightguide for TFT-LCDs announcedNov 26, 2004 - in News
Oy Modilis, Finland based company, announced that it has developed a totally unique lightguide with controlled viewing angle for TFT-LCDs, resulting in less display components, and thinner, cheaper display solutions.
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Walls to transform by remote control through electronic paperNov 26, 2004 - in News
In a gift to those who want to be surrounded by work 24 hours a day, Hitachi said it had developed a thin electronic paper that can be posted on walls bringing in messages by remote control.
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AMD to migrate all CPU production to 90nm SOI process in 2005Nov 26, 2004 - in News
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is expected to migrate all of its CPU production to 90nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) processes in early 2005, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers, citing AMD's latest roadmap.
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Tiny carbon cylinders set recordNov 24, 2004 - in News
Materials scientists from Oxford and Nottingham universities performed chemical reactions inside tiny tubes of carbon atoms known as nanotubes.
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Shuttle to offer free CPU coolers with its BTX XPCsNov 24, 2004 - in News
To promote the first production run of its PCIe-enabled pico-BTX XPC model SB86i, Shuttle Computer will bundle a free BTX CPU cooler with each barebones system, according to sources.
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AMD puts dual roadmap in placeNov 24, 2004 - in News
AMD put a fresh revision of its server, desktop and notebook roadmap on its site, confirming our earlier stories that the current 130 nano Opterons will soon become dust.
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AMD announces Mobile Sempron 3000+Nov 23, 2004 - in News
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) expanded its Mobile Sempron processor family with a higher performing model and integrated EVP anti virus technology.
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Samsung to intensify SDRAM competition in 2005Nov 23, 2004 - in News
In a move to expand its market share to 75 percent in 2005, Samsung Electronics may continue slashing its SDRAM prices, according to sources at Taiwan's IC distributors.
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Market research firm: Monitor-panel ASPs drop to new lowNov 23, 2004 - in News
The ASPs (average selling prices) of 17- and 15" LCD monitors have fallen to record lows, according to Taiwan-based WitsView Technology.
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NVIDIA's Double Graphics Whopper: SLI Comes to MarketNov 23, 2004 - in Reviews
PCIe graphics, two graphics cards on a single board and plenty of 64-bit torque: NVIDIA's nForce 4 chipset makes this happen with two mobos from Asus and MSI. Our benchmarks and different setups underscore SLI's power, performance boosts and hiccups.
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The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: 17" LCDs ReviewedNov 23, 2004 - in Reviews
Since our last review, LCDs have gotten cheaper, but not necessarily better. We put the screws to eight 17" LCD monitors to see which ones came out on top with wares from both new and veteran vendors. Some pleasantly surprised. Others didn't.
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ATI launches mobile PCI Express GPUs for performance and mainstream notebooksNov 23, 2004 - in News
In a move to counter Nvidia's GeForce Go 6800, ATI today launched its Mobility Radeon X800 to offer desktop graphics performance for high-end PCI Express notebooks. The manufacturer also introduced the X300, an entry level mobile graphics processor for mainstream and thin & light notebooks.
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VIA pitches chipset at multi-display applicationsNov 23, 2004 - in News
VIA Technologies today announced wide industry support for its K8T890 chipsets for AMD 64-bit processors.
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Gigabyte intros SLI mainboardNov 22, 2004 - in News
Gigabyte follows Asus as one of the first manufacturers to offer a SLI-capable mainboard to run two graphics cards.
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Infineon announces 18 nm carbon nanotube transistorNov 22, 2004 - in News
Semiconductor company Infineon said it has built the world's smallest nanotube transistor with a channel length of just 18 nm - or about one fourth the size of today's smallest mass produced transistors.
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Albatron K8X890 Pro mobo supports 939-pin Athlon 64 CPUsNov 22, 2004 - in News
Albatron Technology recently announced its K8X890 Pro mainboard, which supports AMD Athlon 64 FX CPUs along with other 939-pin AMD processors.
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SLI Is Coming: Time To Analyze PCI ExpressNov 22, 2004 - in Reviews
Intel has puts its trust in PCI Express graphics, but what is it really good for? We took the top graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA and ran some benchmarks with all the PCIe modes possible. This helped us answer an essential question: what PCIe link width is required for SLI setups?
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