• AOpen vK8T800a-LF Value Board

    By on April 27, 2005 12:46 am

    For those who prefer good price/performance ratio and AMD Athlon 64-bit processors, AOpen will introduce a motherboard mid May just for that purpose – the vK8T800a-LF. The new motherboard is designed to be installed with CPUs which are built with 754 pins such as Athlon 64-bit or Sempron processors....

  • Microsoft Adds Black Box For Windows

    By on April 27, 2005 12:39 am

    Microsoft is adding the PC equivalent of a flight data recorder to the next version of Windows, in an effort to better understand and prevent computer crashes. The tool will build on the existing Watson error-reporting tool in Windows but will provide Microsoft with much deeper information, including what...

  • Microsoft Disclosed Some IE 7 Features

    By on April 27, 2005 12:36 am

    Microsoft finally told Web developers what they’ve wanted to hear for years, promising support for graphics and style sheet standards. Microsoft plans to support key elements of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommendations Portable Network Graphics (PNG), an image format, and Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), a Web page styling...

  • eDRAM GPU For XBox 360

    By on April 27, 2005 12:33 am

    NEC announced that Microsoft has adopted its embedded DRAM for the next generation XBox to be announced at E3 in Los Angeles next month. The embedded DRAM will be used as a key piece of the graphics subsystem of the game console. The device will be fabricated on NEC’s...

  • Samsung Sponsors Chelsea Football Club

    By on April 27, 2005 12:25 am

    Samsung has signed a five year deal to be the Official Club Sponsor of Chelsea Football Club. The deal which starts on June 1, 2005, is the biggest ever sponsorship deal signed by Chelsea and the second largest by Samsung after its sponsorship of the Olympic Games. ‘Samsung Mobile’...

  • Elpida 4GB DDR2 Registered DIMM

    By on April 27, 2005 12:22 am

    Elpida today announced the availability of 4 Gigabyte DDR2 Registered DIMMs that offer high-density and high-performance benefits for server applications. Elpida’s new modules can deliver up to 32 Gigabytes of memory in an eight slot server platform, with system data transfer rates up to 8.4 GB/sec. They also utilize...

  • AMD K8 processors might support DDR500

    By on April 26, 2005 8:27 pm

    According to a certain major memory manufacturer, AMD is considering upgrading their on-die memory manufacturer for DDR500 support. With that, they are seeking support from the many memory manufacturers. if everything goes well, Venice will be the first K8 processor to officially support DDR 500. AMD’s main motive: to...

  • Gigabyte announces i945P & i945G boards

    By on April 26, 2005 8:15 pm

    Gigabyte will push out boards based on the i945P & i945G chipsets after Intel officially release their i945/i955 chipsets on the 28th of May. the 945G is touted to have a 30% increase in performance compared to it’s predecessor, i915G. The Gigabyte GA-8I945P-Pro’s engineering sample is based on the...

  • Exclusive : Corsair 512MB DDR400 CL2.5 @ S$82!

    By on April 26, 2005 5:52 pm

    Some great news for Corsair fans! Cybermind is giving an exclusive rock bottom price for their CORSAIR 512MB DDR400 CL2.5 (VS512MB400) memories to VR-Zone members! The usual price is S$ 95 and now is available for S$ 82. Promo starting from 23rd April ’05 Saturday. It is limited to...

  • Microsoft will end Mainstream Support for Windows 2000 this coming 30th June

    By on April 26, 2005 2:06 pm

    Microsoft will be ending Mainstream support for Windows 2000 on the 30th of June this year, with security hotfixes and patches. Users will have to pay for all non-security related patches and hotfixes after the stipulated date. Microsoft will still continue to offer security-related hotfixes and patches till the...

  • DRAM eTT prices rise 20%

    By on April 26, 2005 2:02 pm

    The spot price for effectively tested (eTT) DRAM chips recently jumped 22% from US$ 1.80 to US$ 2.20, mainly due to stronger demand from China, according to DRAM distributors. Demand for the segment recently started to pick up significantly, as buyers in China are purchasing more eTT chips for...

  • AMD Hints Quad-Core & Heterogenous Cores

    By on April 26, 2005 10:33 am

    In an interview by IDGNS, Hector Ruiz CEO of AMD mentioned that the probability of having a four-core product is very high. There’s a lot of work going on with their engineering teams and with their customers to try to figure out where do they go beyond that. There...

  • AMD May Build Own Chipsets Next Year

    By on April 26, 2005 10:31 am

    AMD may get into the business of manufacturing chipsets after it opens a new chip factory in 2006. For the most part, chipsets for AMD’s processors are currently designed by partners such as Nvidia, ATI, and Via. AMD has previously said that it is not interested in building its...

  • Samsung Hybrid Hard Drive w/ Flash Buffer

    By on April 26, 2005 1:52 am

    A 1-Gbit flash memory from Samsung has been used as a buffer within a prototype rotating disk drive developed with Microsoft. The Hybrid Hard Drive is the first fully functional disk drive to combine NAND-based flash memory with rotating storage media. The hybrid disk drives are expected to cost...

  • 64-bit Windows Server 2003 & XP Pro Finally

    By on April 25, 2005 10:01 pm

    Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the long-awaited product later on Monday. The company will start selling 64-bit editions of both Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional. The new Windows won’t be showing up on retail shelves, though. Customers who buy a desktop or server with a...

  • XGI Supports AMD64 Technology

    By on April 25, 2005 9:58 pm

    XGI today announced that 64-bit AMD Athlon™ and AMD Opteron™ processors are fully supported in its new ultra high-performance, DirectX® 9.0 graphics Volari™ processors for desktop, notebook and server applications. “The XGI Volari product family brings affordability to DirectX 9.0 graphics in PCI, AGP and PCIe solutions. In addition...

  • ABIT Introduces Silent OTES

    By on April 25, 2005 9:55 pm

    Today ABIT is proud to announce its latest innovation, the Silent OTES™ (Silent Outside Thermal Exhaust System), a device specifically designed to silently cool the motherboard’s North Bridge chipset. Silent OTES uses ABIT-designed heatpipe technology to transfer unwanted heat from the North Bridge to the fins of the Collection...

  • Inno3D introduces NV41 based 6800LE PCI-E

    By on April 25, 2005 1:03 am

    Inno3D introduces the 6800LE PCI-E 128MB Graphics card, featuring the new NV41 core and SLI capabilities, DDR BGA RAMS at 2.8ns & 8 pixel pipes like the AGP version. The card does not require a power connector, unlike its more powerful GT and Ultra brothers. The copper heatsink found...

  • Galaxy introduces 6600GT Ultra AGP with dual BIOS

    By on April 25, 2005 12:25 am

    Galaxy Inc, in their latest attempt to prove their R&D capabilities, introduces the Galaxy 6600GT Ultra. It featuring Dual BIOS and overvoltage capabiities, along with 256MB of memory.

  • Hynix pleads guilty to DRAM price fixing

    By on April 24, 2005 3:28 pm

    The US Department of Justice has settled its case with memory maker Hynix. Hynix plead guilty to DRAM price fixing between 1999 and 2002 and was assessed a fine of $ 185 million. Executives from Infineon have also pleaded guilty to DRAM price fixing, and both Micron and Samsung...