<![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware US - Components]]> http://www.tomshardware.com en 10 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:25:00 +0200 <![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware US - Components]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_us.jpg http://www.tomshardware.com <![CDATA[HP Announces Six Core Istanbul Workstation]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/HP-Istanbul-AMD-opteron,8178.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/HP-Istanbul-AMD-opteron,8178.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:01:00 CEST HP has announced that starting today, customers purchasing the company's xw9400 will now have the option to add AMD’s six core Istanbul processors, allowing for 12 cores in one system. ]]> <![CDATA[Nvidia: Tegra Phones on T-Mobile and AT&T by Q4]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Tegra-Phone-AT-T-T-Mobile,8179.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Tegra-Phone-AT-T-T-Mobile,8179.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:40:00 CEST Rumor has it we can expect to see cell phones based on the company’s Tegra chip as soon as next year.]]> <![CDATA[Win a Super Exclusive AMD TWKR CPU]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-phenom-twkr-contest-overclocking,8166.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-phenom-twkr-contest-overclocking,8166.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:51:00 CEST Win one of the world's rarest CPU models.]]> <![CDATA[Samsung Releasing Nvidia Ion Netbook in July]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-nvidia-ion-netbook-atom,8157.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-nvidia-ion-netbook-atom,8157.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:01:00 CEST The Samsung N510 could be the first Nvidia Ion netbook.]]> <![CDATA[Cool Edelweiss Case is Like the ThermalTake BMW]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/edelweiss-case-thermaltake-bmw-case,8153.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/edelweiss-case-thermaltake-bmw-case,8153.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:51:00 CEST Think the ThermalTake BMW case was neat? This was first.]]> <![CDATA[Report: Intel to Supply Chips to Nokia]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nokia-MID-Intel-Atom-phone,8122.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nokia-MID-Intel-Atom-phone,8122.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:51:00 CEST Intel is rumored to have won a contract that will see the company supply mobile-chips to Finnish cell phone manufacturer Nokia.]]> <![CDATA[Gateway Launches Athlon-powered Netbook]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Gateway-lt3103u-AMD-athlon-netbook,8117.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Gateway-lt3103u-AMD-athlon-netbook,8117.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:21:00 CEST Gateway has officially announced its LT3103u netbook packing AMD's Athlon 64 L110 and we have to admit, this netbook has us excited.]]> <![CDATA[Windows 7 Successfully Installed on a Pentium II]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows-7-Pentium-II,8110.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows-7-Pentium-II,8110.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:31:00 CEST What are the minimum system requirements for running Windows 7?]]> <![CDATA[Intel Retiring Centrino Brand From Notebooks]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-centrino-notebooks-core-i7,8099.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-centrino-notebooks-core-i7,8099.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:01:00 CEST Say bye to Centrino the way you knew it.]]> <![CDATA[Intel Reveals Core i3, i5, i7 CPU Naming System]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-core-i3-i5-i7,8094.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-core-i3-i5-i7,8094.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:20:00 CEST Lynnfield, Clarksfield, Arrandale, Clarkdale – all codenames for upcoming Intel chips based on the latest architecture and all very confusing.]]> <![CDATA[Nvidia: Tegra is the Future, Apple Leading Way]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Tegra-Apple-GPGPU,8096.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Tegra-Apple-GPGPU,8096.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:31:00 CEST CNet today reports that earlier this week at the company’s analyst day, Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jen-Hsun Huang told attendees that GPGPUs are the future.]]> <![CDATA[Nvidia Considering AMD's Globalfoundries]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-globalfoundries-graphics-gpu,8091.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-globalfoundries-graphics-gpu,8091.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:01:00 CEST Nvidia is considering a relationship with AMD/ATI spin-off company, Globalfoundries.]]> <![CDATA[Nvidia Intros New GPUs for Over 100 Secret OEMs]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-200m-mobile-gpu-gts,8079.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-200m-mobile-gpu-gts,8079.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:31:00 CEST New chips give twice the performance but idle at only half the power -- a good mix for a mobile chip.]]> <![CDATA[Break In: We Sneak into Gigabyte's Factory]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-motherboard-graphics-factory,8075.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-motherboard-graphics-factory,8075.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:51:00 CEST I went along with Agent codenamed "Kobe"--our THSA, or Tom's Hardware Secret Agent, to a Gigabyte production facility, to get a good look at just what motherboards and graphics cards go through.]]> <![CDATA[Amazing Case Mod: PC Inside a Super Nintendo]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/case-mod-snes-super-nintendo,8081.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/case-mod-snes-super-nintendo,8081.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:21:00 CEST Now you can play your old SNES games emulated on this... SNES.]]> <![CDATA[Case Mod: Jack Thompson's Game Violence Book]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Jack-Thomspon-PS2-Case-mod,8070.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Jack-Thomspon-PS2-Case-mod,8070.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:11:00 CEST And the award for most ironic case mod goes to . . .]]> <![CDATA[Older Atom Netbooks Might Not Have Windows 7]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/atom-windows-7-netbooks-pineview,8065.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/atom-windows-7-netbooks-pineview,8065.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:51:00 CEST No new OS for the old CPU?]]> <![CDATA[Report: Intel's Dual-core CPUs for CULV Platform]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-CULV-dual-core-Celeron,8051.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-CULV-dual-core-Celeron,8051.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:40:00 CEST Intel has quietly expanded it’s new CULV chip family to include two dual core Celeron processors.]]> <![CDATA[Intel's Pine Trail Out Q4, Possibly October]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Pine-Trail-View-Launch,8046.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Pine-Trail-View-Launch,8046.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:41:00 CEST <![CDATA[Rambus Drops Some Charges Against Nvidia]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/rambus-nvidia-lawsuit-legal-suing,8038.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/rambus-nvidia-lawsuit-legal-suing,8038.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:51:00 CEST The Saga continues...]]> <![CDATA[Nvidia CEO on x86 Project: "Haven't Found It Yet"]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-x86-gpu-cpu-huang,8035.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-x86-gpu-cpu-huang,8035.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:51:00 CEST Is Nvidia working on a CPU?]]> <![CDATA[AMD: We're Launching an Atom Killer in 2010]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-Atom-killer-Ion,8032.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-Atom-killer-Ion,8032.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:01:00 CEST Nvidia’s Ion made a huge splash at Computex 2009 and it looks like AMD is trying to get in on some of the action. According to a report, the company is preparing an Atom rival, which will launch in 2010.]]> <![CDATA[Nvidia: GPU Failures Not Affecting Our Orders]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-GPU-Failures-G84-G86,8033.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-GPU-Failures-G84-G86,8033.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:31:00 CEST Nvidia has said its sales are in no way harmed by the GeForce G84 and G86 fiasco that took place last summer.]]> <![CDATA[Intel Atom-powered Cell Phones by 2011?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Atom-Cell-phone-handheld-MID,8024.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Atom-Cell-phone-handheld-MID,8024.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:30:00 CEST Intel’s Atom processor is the beating heart at the center of nearly every netbook on the market today. Now Intel says its working on bringing the Atom to handheld devices.]]> <![CDATA[Intel's 'Larrabee' to Be "Huge"]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-larrabee-gpu-graphics,8019.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-larrabee-gpu-graphics,8019.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:51:00 CEST Earlier in the week, we posted about Intel's Larrabee GPU and its future-looking performance.]]> <![CDATA[More Pics of SilverStone's Kickass Raven Case]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/silverstone-raven-case,8018.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/silverstone-raven-case,8018.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:01:00 CEST We seriously can't get enough of SilverStone's new line of Cases: the Fortress and Raven 2 series.]]> <![CDATA[What Your RAM Goes Through: the Die-hard Tester]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/geil-ram-ddr-memory,8017.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/geil-ram-ddr-memory,8017.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:40:00 CEST Memory products are essentially commodity products these days.]]> <![CDATA[Modular Power Supplies Less Efficient Say Makers]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/power-supplies-psu,8016.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/power-supplies-psu,8016.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:11:00 CEST It's all about power efficiency these days.]]> <![CDATA[AMD Blocks Unlock; Gigabyte Fights Back]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-motherboard-amd-phenom-cpu,8015.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-motherboard-amd-phenom-cpu,8015.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:40:00 CEST While meeting with Gigabyte at Computex, we were let in on a little bit of information regarding AMD's unlock-block for new Phenom II CPUs. ]]> <![CDATA[Unlocking AMD CPU Cores Safe Say Mobo Makers]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-phenom-athlon-cpu,8012.html#xtor=RSS-1811 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-phenom-athlon-cpu,8012.html#xtor=RSS-1811 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:00:00 CEST While browsing through motherboards at Computex, several manufacturers were quick to tell us some details about the recently released dual-core Phenom II CPUs from AMD.]]>