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DDR3 to Capture 30% of the Market by Year End - DRAMeXchange.
Contract DDR3 Prices to Increase in July
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First-Generation Consumer Ultra-Thin Laptops May Have Design, Reliability Issues – Analyst.
Notebook Suppliers Save on Materials When It Comes to Notebooks
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Intel Accelerates Transition to 32nm Process Technology – Report.
Intel to Mass Produce 32nm Microprocessors in Q4 2009
Hardware News
Friday, July 3, 2009
- Apple Reminds: iPhone and iPod Overheat at 35 Degrees Celcius. Apple Issues Warning Concerning Overheating
- Former Intel’s Chief Does Not Expect Quick Results from Intel-Nokia Pact. Feasibility of Intel’s and Nokia’s Partnership to Be Clear in Several Years
- Nvidia's Chief Executive Publicly Unveils Pricing of "Ion" Core-Logic. Nvidia’s Ion Platform Appears to Be Up to Three Times More Expensive than Intel’s
Thursday, July 2, 2009
- Transcend Equips Memory Modules with Thermal Sensors. Transcend's New Memory Modules Can Monitor Their Temperature
- AMD Will Not Support Nvidia's CUDA Technology. AMD Not Interested in Supporting Nvidia's CUDA
- Sony Claims that UMD-Less PlayStation Portable Was Always In The Plans. Sony's Claims Raises Question Whether UMD Ever Was a Compulsory Element of PSP
- DDR3 to Capture 30% of the Market by Year End - DRAMeXchange. Contract DDR3 Prices to Increase in July
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- First-Generation Consumer Ultra-Thin Laptops May Have Design, Reliability Issues – Analyst. Notebook Suppliers Save on Materials When It Comes to Notebooks
- Taiwanese Blank Media Makers to Double Blu-Ray Disc Output – Report. Blank Blu-Ray Disc Media Gaining Popularity
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
- Sony Eyes Development PlayStation/Mobile Phone Hybrid – News-Paper. Sony PlayStation Phone Rumours Resurrect Again
- Intel Accelerates Transition to 32nm Process Technology – Report. Intel to Mass Produce 32nm Microprocessors in Q4 2009
- Sony to Approve Third Party Peripherals for PlayStation Through Special Program. Sony Opens “Official Licensed Product” Program for PlayStation Peripherals
- Nvidia Expects Large Cell Phone Maker to Adopt Tegra in Q4 2009. Nvidia Rumoured to Ink a Tegra Deal with Motorola or Samsung
- Over 30% of Netbook Owners Dissatisfied with Purchase - Research. Many Consumers See No Difference Between Netbooks and Notebooks
- Micron Initiates Flash Memory Production Using 34nm Process Technology. Micron Starts to Produce Flash at 34nm Node
- AMD Unwraps Phenom II X4 42 Black Edition TWKR: Less Than 100 Chips Worldwide. AMD Creates "Formula 1" Processors for Setting the Records
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Friday, July 3, 2009
- Next-gen superdesktops: Nehalem-EX or EP. the INQUIRER
- More AMD RS880 details tip up. the INQUIRER
- (PR) A-DATA Unveils New Swivel-designed C903 USB Flash Drive. techPowerUp!
- Next-generation 2010 superdesktops: Nehalem-EX or Nehalem-EP. the INQUIRER
- Optical transistor made from a single molecule. TG daily
- Whisker-twitching robot rat can work in the dark. TG daily
- Computer attributes stone tablet writing to specific author . Bright Side of News
- Joost, as we know it, is dead . Bright Side of News
- (PR) Thermaltake Announces the ISGC-V320 VGA Cooler. techPowerUp!
- Google doesn’t recognise independence. the INQUIRER
- Firefox, IE. Tech journalists are a disgrace. TG daily
- Friday Shortbread. The Tech Report
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Promise Company famous for its RAID controllers has been working very hard on entering the NAS market lately. Today we are going to talk about their new four-drive NAS that according to the manufacturer delivers Enterprise-Class RAID technology for Home, SOHO and Small Business.
The first half of the year 2009 is over. Just like predicted, the first six months were quite dramatic: some companies reported massive losses, some ceased to exist. Today we are taking a look on the ten news-stories that you, our readers, considered to be the most interesting and worthy among those we published in the first half of this year.
As we have already pointed out in our first review of a GeForce GTX 275 based solution, the only problem with this successful new product is the amount of onboard video memory. EVGA decided to fix that. Find out how from our new review!
While one of these models is extremely close to typical Midi-Tower cases, the other one, though similar in size, is dramatically different inside. Thick panels, PSU at the bottom, large front panel fan… Read more in our new review!
DC-DC converters, independent stabilization, synchronous transformers and synchronous rectifiers, over 90% efficiency factor – please meet new high-end power supplies: Antec Signature, Enermax Revolution 85+ and Seasonic M12D.
It becomes quite real to put together an inexpensive system on AMD Phenom II or Athlon II processors equipped with DDR3 SDRAM. This type of memory has already become affordable enough, and Gigabyte managed to come up with a Socket AM3 mainboard for DDR3 at a very modest price point. Read more in our review!
Today we will talk about a SAS RAID controller from HighPoint that belongs to the highest-performance controller series from this maker. It is based on a popular Intel IOP348 processor with 1.2 GHz frequency. Read more in our review!
After a month of hard work and numerous experiments on a new unique testbed we are proud to offer you a roundup including 57 models of fans from 25 different product series collected from all over the world.
We do not review new versions of Nvidia GeForce graphics card drivers as often as we do ATI Catalyst, however, once version 186.18 came out we decided to pay special attention to it by performing a comparative performance test session.
We would like to check out a router from ASUS with SuperSpeedN support ensuring up to 300Mbps data rate that promises seamless multimedia stream. It features four Gigabit ports and offers superior user-friendly interface. But what about performance? Read more in our review!
Looks like we have just recently tested Catalyst 9.5 driver version, but time has already come for the new, Catalyst 9.6. The new graphics card driver from ATI promises certain performance improvements that is why we couldn’t leave it unnoticed.
The amount of onboard video memory on contemporary graphics accelerators keeps getting larger and 1024MB has already become a standard today. Does it mean time has come for the next increase? Let’s find out!
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