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Weekend reading: what you’re missing
I've been out on vacation for a couple weeks, so I had quite a bit of mail waiting for me when I got back. Check out the gems I found. Add comment
Automotive Goes Dual-Core
Renesas Technology anticipates that its dual-core microcontroller (MCU) for automotive vehicles could hit the market by 2010 at the latest, and possibly as early as 2008. The new solution will help to enhance the functionality of electronic components that will be deployed within an increasingly complex driving environment. Add comment
Google Launches Free Wi-Fi
If you're a lucky resident in Mountain View California, you are about to be able to enjoy Google’s free Wi-Fi. The move will make Mountain View the largest US city with free Internet access. More than 72,000 people live in the city, which is 35 miles south of San Francisco. Wi-Fi networks are planned in many other cities, including Philadelphia and Chicago, but most of those are envision charging. Google invested a million in the project. It has 380 radio antennae and is just as fast as DSL. Add comment
Dell Will Keep Using Sony Batteries
Michael Dell says that his outfit will continue to use Sony batteries despite them being responsible for the recent fiasco. Mr. Dell than said his outfit had been working with Sony to make sure that it made the right changes in their processes so that the batteries do not explode. Dell believes the outfit can continue to be one of the suppliers of batteries. Add comment
7900 GS Specs
The Sharp eye of an Inquirer reader managed to spot that Dell USA has already listed NVIDIA’s 7900GS cards. You can buy them in Dell's XPS 410 product line and if you look closely, you will see that the card is supposed to run at 470 Hz core and 660MHz memory. The card is using 256-bit memory interface and has 256MB of ram. Dell claims that new Nvidia card has seven vertex Shader units and twenty pixel Shader pipes. The card has dual DVI links. You can check the machine here. Add comment
Sony Ships Wrong CPU’s
From the reports getting posted online users of the Sony SZ2 laptops are finding that their new toy is not a Intel T2300, but a T2300E. These processors sport all but one similarity which is VT "Virtualization Technology" support. Sony's site since users started noticing this issue now states that Virtualization Technology isn't supported, while still maintaining in multiple places that the CPU is a T2300, without the extra E. Add comment
One Laptop Per Child debuts in Thailand
The One Laptop Per Child project is working to make available millions of inexpensive (around $100) laptops to the world's children in order to decrease the digital divide and increase the quality of education. Now, more than 500 children in Thailand will be getting their hands on the first batch for quality testing and debugging. Add comment
AMD to Move Design Center
AMD executives signed a lease Tuesday to occupy part of the Harmony Corporate Center at Harmony and Ziegler roads, formerly known as the LSI Logic building. The 63-month lease will have AMD occupy more than a third of the building until at least January 2012. Add comment
Apple Releases Boot Camp BETA 1.1
Apple today released version 1.1 beta of its Boot Camp software that allows Apple users to run MacOS X side by side with Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac. The 202 MB download adds support for newly released Intel-Macs, simplified partitioning, the ability to install Windows XP on any internal disk, support for the Isight camera and built-in microphones, as well as improved Apple keyboard support. Add comment
HP is Still Growing!
HP announced its Q3 profits, which show a massive surge with revenues climbing 5% to $21.9 billion year over year. Net earnings jumped from $73 million in the third quarter of last year to $1.38 billion in Q3 2006. According to chief executive officer Mark Hurd, general revenue growth as well as increased margins led the way to higher earnings. Add comment
Radeon X1950 XTX to Launch On August 23rd
ATI can't seem to makeup its mind in regards to it new R580+ chip. The release date has changed from ATI's agenda of September 14th to August 23rd. My guess is ATI wants something new on the market to meet head to head with NVIDIA’s new 7950GT, but don't be surprised if we don't see these cards in bulk quantities until mid September. ATI's partners have the X1950 XTX floating around already within the channel it is just a few more days until we see these bad boys in the light of day. Add comment
NVIDIA 7900GS, 7500GT
A few slides have hit the web disclosing a few new toys rolling out of NVIDIA. We have the 7900GS which will be based on a lower clocked G71 chip and should be a good contender with ATI's X1900 series. We don't have exact specs on this new card, but we figure it will be around the 7900GT range in performance. NVIDIA also has a budget card rolling out under the flagship name 7500GT. We expect this new card to be cheaper than the current 7600 series and to perform slightly slower. Add comment
Dell Customer Support Implodes
Dell's notorious customer support operation seems set to implode under the weight of millions of complaints following the huge 'exploding battery' recall. Dell’s response has been to set up a hotline, in a bid to drive the battery callers away from its already beaten & battered customer support teams. However the average waiting time, listening to classical music, to get to a human is now 30 minutes. Add comment
NVIDIA 7950 GT
NVIDIA looks to have a new king of the hill before the launch of the G80 core DX10 graphic cards. The Geforce 7950GT is priced at just $299 and it is scheduled for the market in mid September. It is clocked at 550MHz core, has a single core and single PCB, a 7900 GT-like cooler and is sporting 700MHz memory, or 1400MHz memory in DDR 3 mode. Add comment
Sony Ships 50 GB Blu-ray Recordable Media
Sony has started shipping 50 GB Blu-ray recordable media in the United States of America. The dual-layer disc is double the capacity of the single-layer 25 GB media. So far, the 50 GB versions are only available as BD-R write-once discs; Sony said that it will be offering rewritable media (BD-RW) "later this year." Add comment
Pentium 4 Funeral…
Intel has shown that the entire Pentium 4 architecture will be laid to rest by February of 2007. The massive funeral will play host to Intel's Celeron D, Pentium 4, Pentium D, Pentium 4 XE & Extreme Edition CPU's. Most of these processors will fall off the charts starting at the end of this month, but will ultimately be put to rest at the end of Q1 2007. Add comment
Quad-core AMD K8L Tapes Out
According to AMD, its Fabs are taping out the first Quad-core CPU's based on their new K8L architecture. Now don't get too excited as a CPU usually takes a good 18 months from this stage to hit the mainstream. But we can always hope AMD will keep being aggressive and push these chips out sooner than later. Add comment
Socket F Opterons Released
AMD has kept its word and has launched its Socket F Opteron chips. The new Socket brings DDR2 to AMD's server market and not much more. The new line of CPU's will all be dual core, and will run a bit faster, cooler, and on less power. AMD changed the naming convention a bit as the 8xx goes to 82xx, 2xx to 22xx, and 1xx ends up at 12xx. Pricing is about where it should be, the 8218 is $2149, 2218 is $873 and the lowly 1218 is $749. Add comment
AMD Eyes The Platform Business
It's all about the OEM business. That's where the profits are. Add comment
Dell Blames Sony For Exploding Batteries
Apparently Dell chose the Sony Corporation to supply a large consignment of batteries for their notebooks and wants to pass the buck and blame Sony for its public relations nightmare. Add comment
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