It looks like the upcoming AMD F core revision, which are known as Windsor (dual-core) and Orleans (single-core) are coming along just fine and are slated for release on July 11th, 2006. The F core Continue reading “AMD Socket F boards slated for July 11, 2006”.
Japan-based Elpida Memory on March 22 announced the availability of 512Mbit XDR DRAM devices in sample quantities. XDR DRAM is based on the XDR memory interface architecture developed by Rambus, and the new Elpida device Continue reading “Elpida begins sampling 512Mbit Rambus XDR DRAM”.
Mobile phones will deal a final blow to makers of music devices and video camcorders, having already hit the photo industry, a senior executive at handset maker Nokia told the Financial Times newspaper. I have Continue reading “Nokia Claims End near for MP3 players and video camcorders”.
French MPs are set to vote on a law that could lead to big changes in the way digital music is sold online. The proposed measures would force companies like Apple and Microsoft to share Continue reading “French push to free digital MP3’s as Apple cringes”.
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said it plans to boost shipments of its Xbox 360 video game console by “two to three times” this week to address shortages that have crimped game sales across the industry. Continue reading “Microsoft to boost Xbox 360 shipments this week”.
If you have been wanting to but a Dell enterprise server or a Latitude notebook today might be your luck day! Dell slashed prices on many systems this morning to keep their market share up Continue reading “Dell Lowers Server and Notebook Prices Again”.
Samsung has launched the world’s first 32GB NAND Flash-based hard disk drive replacement unit. The company claimed the so-called “solid state disk” can access data three times faster than an HDD can and write files Continue reading “Samsung unveils 32GB Flash-based ‘HDD killer’”.
Demand for Microsoft?s Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) will really depend on whether technical issues such as excessive power use can be resolved, sources at Taiwan PC manufacturers indicated, who hinted that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) may Continue reading “AMD may provide CPUs for Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs)”.
Notebook computer sales, the bright spot in a challenging PC market, will grow significantly less than expected in the current quarter, according to a new Wall Street report. And the transition to Microsoft’s forthcoming Vista Continue reading “Strong Notebook Sales Slow PC Growth Rate”.
Today, ABIT Computer Corporation and Universal Scientific Industrial Co. Ltd. (USI) completed the transfer of the ABIT motherboard brand and related intangible assets to a new joint venture company established by both ABIT and USI. Continue reading “ABIT-USI merger in effect”.
Now that Legit Reviews has been doing system guides since the start of 2006 one of the most asked questions is how to put one of these systems together. We recently had a reader in the St. Louis area order in our March 2006 Do-It-Yourself Mainstream Intel System and we were there to document the build.
Super Talent Technology late tonight announced immediate availability of a 1 Gigahertz, 2 Gigabyte DDR2 memory kit. Super Talent?s new T1000UX2G5 is a matched pair of 1GB PC2-8000 DDR2 modules. Super Talent?s recently introduced 800MHz Continue reading “Super Talent Ships 1GHz 2GB DDR2 Kits”.
Rambus has signed a technology licensing pact with Fujitsu that could be worth up to $198 million. The five-year deal covers all segments of Fujitsu’s business, including semiconductors and computer systems, representing the latest step Continue reading “Rambus Inks Licensing Deal With Fujitsu”.
Chip firms should brace for a slump in the price of memory chips used in small devices, Hynix has warned. The chipmaker says it expects the price of Nand chips, used in digital cameras and Continue reading “Flash memory price ‘to drop 25%’”.
[H]ardOCP Reviews gives an NVIDIA SLI Physics Tech Preview! Find this and other reviews by visiting the Legit Forums! What is most interesting is that we have Ageia to thank for this gaming physics awakening. Continue reading “Weekend Reviews from Around the Web”.
