Intel's next generation Sandy Bridge, arriving in Q1 2011, is rumoured to have up to 2 GPUs on die. What is most impressive is that the entire package will be a single monolithic die. Thus, we are talking about a quad core CPU + 2 GPUs on a single die.

It is not clear as to why Intel would use 2 GPUs on one die, however. Though the next generation Intel IGPs are rumoured to be far superior, they will still pale in comparison to mainstream discrete GPUs from ATI or Nvidia.

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Following Gulftown, Intel will be looking to update their Core i7 line-up. One such CPU is rumoured to be the Core i7 970. However, the exact nature of this product is yet unknown. Some sources claim this will be a non-extreme version of the Core i7 975 at a lower price point. Fudzilla believes the Core i7 970 to be a slower clocked, non-Extreme, Gulftown CPU.

A look at Intel's nomenclature policy, however confusing it may be, would suggest the Core i7 970 should indeed be a Bloomfield CPU clocked at 3.33 GHz, replacing the Core i7 975 Extreme. With Gulftown, the Extreme end would move over to the six core Core i7 980X.

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Intel and Micron announced on their world's first 25nm process technology. The new 25nm flash will provide a cost-effective solution for an increase in storage of portable music/media players, smartphones and solid-state drives.

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Following a successful release of the first 32nm Intel CPUs earlier this year, Intel is all set to reveal its next generation CPU, Sandy Bridge, in Q1 2011. Sandy Bridge will build upon Westmere (Nehalem's 32nm shrink). Some of the focus areas of Sandy Bridge are known to be power efficiency and GPU integration.

Next up in Intel's release schedule, however, is the uber extreme Gulftown six-core CPU. Incidentally, Sandy Bridge will only release as dual and/or quad core in Q1 2011, with further core CPUs likely coming in later.

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Today the angels whispered in our ears that MSI is coming out with its third Big Bang mainboard. This time round, it's called the XPower. Gigabyte has their iconic "333," so MSI appears to be competing with an evil bath of sixes; 6 DDR3 slots, 6 Gb/s SATA, on a 7666 PCB.

Intel's X58 chipset has appeared in various guises on a fair few mainboards since its launch. Why would Gigabyte want to bring another X58 mainboard to the already-saturated market? For SuperSpeed USB and SATA 6Gb/s, of course!

This afternoon, Intel Singapore held a media event to announce their new Core processor family as well as the inclusion of their proprietary Turbo Boost Technology for laptops, desktops and embedded devices.

"7" might not be the most oft-used number for naming products this side of the globe, but Gigabyte has chosen to use the "UD7" moniker on it's upcoming feature-packed mainboard. Today we landed our hands on a pre-production sample, so here we are with the photos.

The LG GW990 was featured at Intel's CES keynote and boasts to be incorporating Intel Moorestown platform with Linux-based Moblin 2.1 operating system. The LG is a Mobile Internet Device (MID) with a 4.8-inch full touchscreen display and resolution of 1024x480 pixels.