Taiwan-based AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) and Quanta Display have reportedly participated in LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy's recently applied capital increase and ECB (euro convertible bond) issue, according to the Chinese-language Commercial Times and Apple Daily . Read more
Microsoft's next patchday is just around the corner. Read more
Yield problems with Hynix Semiconductor's 66nm production are said to have resulted in 30 million defective 1Gb DDR2 chips, translating to about 10% to its output, according to industry sources at downstream players. Read more
Former Vice President Al Gore has told scientists to speak out more on the issue of climate change. Read more
Core i7--previously referred to as Nehalem--requires new motherboards, coolers and memory. Its performance is compelling and means AMD is falling behind even further, but Intel is putting in some speed bumps that will impact overclocking enthusiasts. Read more
Three dramatically different builds face off in a show of performance, defining the real value of each. Our mainstream system is designed to meet the needs of most users. Who should spend more and who can live with less? Read more
For the second to last day of our System Builder Marathon series, we add a $500 gaming PC to the mix. It's not going to be as quick as our other two builds, but we think Paul was able to get some serious value from this thing. Read more
We're following up yesterday's $4,500 behemoth with a more affordable $1,500 mid-range build. Let's see what sort of performance (and overclocking headroom) you can get when you spend one third of the money. Read more