• OCZ technology confirms 4GB gaming memory kits for Vista

    By on March 25, 2006 11:05 am

    Ryan Petersen the cool CEO of OCZ technology, confirmed that the company is preparing to ship 4GB memory kits (2 x 2GB) shortly before Microsoft Vista shows up. Those guys do believe that you will need at least 2GB of memory for the good gaming experience on Vista.

  • More than half of Microsoft Vista needs re-writing

    By on March 25, 2006 11:04 am

    Microsoft appears to be in a state of panic, ordering 60 per cent of its new operating system to be re-written amidst a major shake-up of its troubled Windows division. The news follows another delay with reports of a staff revolt over the way that management has handled the...

  • Socket S1 parts spotted in the wild

    By on March 25, 2006 10:59 am

    It looks like Socket S1 638 pin Turions are starting to make the rounds.

  • Sapphire PC-I7RD400

    By on March 24, 2006 7:35 pm

    Sapphire’s plunge into the motherboard market makes them yet another choice to choose from for hardware enthusiasts. Today, we scrutinise a motherboard from Sapphire that fuses one of the most hyped-up technology of 2005 with some old school DDR RAMs using Intel’s LGA processors to crunch the bits-and-bytes.

  • ABIT Set to Target Overclocking Community

    By on March 24, 2006 3:56 pm

    Abit, a legendary name among overclockers just about three years ago, was nearly destroyed by the dispute with Taiwanese authorities its former owners had, but after a merge with Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a large maker of computer components for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), the company hopes to get...

  • Quanta Joins List of iPod Suppliers

    By on March 24, 2006 2:17 pm

    According to industry insiders, Quanta has landed orders for Apple’s current 5G iPod. The company is expected to begin shipping its first batch of iPods next month. Quanta joins Asus, Foxconn and Inventec as suppliers for its family of iPod music players.

  • Seagate Expanding in Singapore, Expanding R&D

    By on March 24, 2006 1:13 pm

    Seagate, the company that introduced full-drive encryption and the first perpendicular notebook drives announced that it is injecting roughly $ 300 million into Singapore. The money will be spent expanding Seagate’s R&D capacity. According to reports, Seagate is planning to add roughly 1500 to 2000 new employees as well...

  • New AMD Internal Packaging

    By on March 24, 2006 4:40 am

    AMD has changed the packaging internals from the green “biodegrable” material to plain white cardboard.

  • ATI Says It Can Do Physics Better Than AGEIA and NVIDIA

    By on March 24, 2006 4:39 am

    Hot on the heels of NVIDIA announcing its partnership with Havok for GPU-level physics implementations, ATI is saying it too is capable of performing heavy physics computations on its GPUs. There is currently a great deal of focus being placed on how to speed up and implement better physics...

  • Dell 3007WFP Dirt Cheap In Canada Again

    By on March 24, 2006 4:19 am

    $ 1499 CAD for the $ 2300 USD 30″ display. How much cheaper can it get? A quick conversion shows that $ 1499 CAD is approximately $ 1290 USD!

  • Corning’s New LCD Glass: Lighter, Safer and Cheaper

    By on March 24, 2006 4:17 am

    Corning, Inc., announced recently that they will be launching their EAGLE XG LCD glass which is manufactured without the heavy metals used in previous LCD glass products. The new glass will rid the production process of harmful waste and also to cut manufacturing costs and, in turn, reduce prices.

  • GeCube announces Dual Radeon X1600 Video Card

    By on March 24, 2006 4:14 am

    Say hello to the first dual Radeon video card! GeCube has sent word that the company has officially announced its Dual Radeon X1600 Gemini video card. The card is the first of its kind to feature two Radeon GPUs on a single PCB. NVIDIA is certainly no stranger to...

  • Planet NVIDIA Launch Party

    By on March 23, 2006 8:54 pm

    Planet NVIDIA will officially open its door on 25th March 2006 and all are welcome to experience playing the latest games on the top-end gaming systems. There will be other fun activities happening on that day too! Check it all out here.

  • Three Samsung Executives Plead Guilty To Price Fixing

    By on March 23, 2006 4:25 pm

    Three Samsung executives will agree to plead guilty and will serve jail time for taking part in a price-fixing conspiracy, federal prosecutors said. Sun Woo Lee, senior manager of DRAM sales, will serve eight months; Young Woo Lee, sales director for Samsung Germany, will serve seven months; and Yeongho...

  • Elpida Samples XDR Memory Produced at 90nm Technology

    By on March 23, 2006 4:20 pm

    Elpida Memory, a maker of dynamic random access memory (XDR) from Japan and also one of a few supporters of Rambus-developed XDR memory, said Wednesday that it had begun sampling of 512Mb XDR memory chips produced using 90nm process technology. The company said the demand for XDR was great...

  • Intel launches Pentium Extreme Edition 965

    By on March 23, 2006 2:50 pm

    Intel has quietly rolled out the dual-core Pentium Extreme Edition 965, its anticipated upgrade to the gaming-oriented CPU family that ups the clock speed to 3.73GHz. Due in Q2, the part is already making appearances on the chip giant’s website.

  • Samsung pre-announces 2.33GHz Intel Core Duo T2700

    By on March 23, 2006 2:47 pm

    Samsung has announced Intel’s Core Duo T2700 mobile processor before the chip giant has even said it will offer such a part. The as-yet-unlaunched 65nm dual-core CPU is set to appear in the notebook maker’s upcoming Q35 laptop.

  • AMD confirms Athlon 64 X2 5000+, dual core Turion 64 releasing soon

    By on March 23, 2006 2:47 pm

    AMD will release its first batch of dual-core Turion 64 mobile processors on 9 May, lining up seven chips clocked between 1.6GHz and 2.2GHz, and accompanied by low-voltage variants, according to online claims. Separately, the vendor has itself confirmed the existence of the upcoming Athlon 64 X2 5000+.

  • Intel readies nine varieties of Merom microprocessor

    By on March 23, 2006 2:33 pm

    Chip firm Intel will have a total of nine different Merom CPUs available with some released in the fourth quarter, while others will shuffle onto their mortal Core during the first half of 2007. According to recent roadmaps posted all over the Porcupine pub near Leicester Square in the...

  • Too many LCD panels mean TV, monitor prices will tumble

    By on March 23, 2006 2:31 pm

    Further comfirmation that prices of LCD TVs and monitors will fall over the next few months has come from a Merrill Lynch analyst. Speaking to the Taipei Times, the analyst said overcapacity of LCD panels used in monitors and TVs is the problem. It’s not demand that’s the problem,...