Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today released price cuts for its line of desktop PC-use processors, including the Sempron and Athlon 64 lines. In addition, the chip vendor noted that production of Socket-A Semprons will be Continue reading “AMD cuts desktop CPU prices by up to 25%”.…more
NASA is trying to determine if two bits of material sticking up from the shuttle Discovery’s thermal tiles present an unacceptable risk of overheating when the shuttle returns to Earth, the flight director said just Continue reading “NASA: Discovery crew may have to repair shuttle”.…more
Motherboard makers are facing component shortages that may threaten their business during the high season in the second half of the year, industry sources said. Entry-level core-logic chipsets have long been in serious shortage, and Continue reading “Mobo makers facing component shortages”.…more
Intel has begun its transition to dual-core server hardware by handing out a few dual-core machines. The programs goal is to seed servers based on its dual-core Xeon DP Bensly chip and Xeon MP Paxville Continue reading “Intel Trickles Out Dual-Core Servers”.…more
Declining margins for NOR flash production has pushed Intel to readjust its marketing strategy as a multi-chip packed memory supplier in the Asia handset markets. The Intel Marketing deparment has to love all these changes. Continue reading “Intel readjusts NOR flash marketing strategy”.…more
This morning ATI announced broad Catalyst graphics driver support for the beta 1 release of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. For full details, please see the official release in our forums. Included with Microsoft?s Continue reading “ATI Beta 1 Drivers Support Microsoft Windows Vista”.…more
Microsoft is taking another step to crack down on software piracy this week. As part of Microsoft’s efforts to stop software piracy, users must now install counterfeit detection software on their PCs. Start the clocks Continue reading “Microsoft’s new efforts to stop software piracy”.…more
Discovery roared into space this morning, carrying seven astronauts on the first shuttle flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster. The shuttle blasted off on time at 10:39 a.m. ET, following days of troubleshooting to fix Continue reading “Discovery Lifts Off Safely”.…more
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will lower prices of its Socket-754 Sempron CPUs in early August, as it has already officially phased out its K7 line of processors this quarter, according to KJ Chou, general manager Continue reading “AMD’s K7 procrssor is officially phased out”.…more