Eurocom has just formally introduced its latest mobile powerhouse, the Panther 4.0 which is based on Intel's X79 / Sandy Bridge-E platform with the option of a Core i7 3960X Processor Extreme ticking things over at rapid pace.
In the discussions surrounding the launch of NVIDIA Kepler (GK104 - GTX 680 and GK107 - GT 640M) architecture, we learned a lot of interesting details from NVIDIA engineers and marketing staff. Interested in GPGPU in a smartphone?
There's no doubt that Nvidia's GeForce GTX 680 has proven itself to be a serious performance contender and although we don't know what Nvidia is planning below the GTX 680, the company did also announce its range of mobile GPU's alongside it. The GeForce 600M series will at least initially consist of 10 new GPU's, of which three are high-end GTX models.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) will merge its PC and printer businesses in an effort to cut costs, marking the latest stage in the company's restructuring.
ASUS has just officially released its latest K-Series notebook into the European market boasting an 18.4-inch sized LED-backlit Full HD (1920 x 1080) display. The K93SM can now be found online at various EU e/retailers with stock showing and pricing that ranges from 849 Euro to 1,149 Euro depending on the chosen configuration.
Driver MOSFETs, more commonly known as DrMOS are a key part in the VRM design in modern computers and despite being smaller than traditional MOSFET designs, once you start looking at notebooks and even more so at Ultrabooks, these chips actually take up quite a lot of space. Now Fairchild Semiconductors have managed to shrink the foot print of its Generation II XS DrMOS by 50 percent to make them more suitable for use in Ultrabooks.
Despite not being expected to launch until June after Intel pushed back the date for its upcoming Ivy Bridge processors, HP has revealed three new notebook models featuring the new processors. Two of the models feature the same quad core Core i7-3610QM processor with the third sporting a Core i7-3720QM, suggesting that it's possible that the quad core mobile processors will launch at the same time as the desktop counterparts after all.
At the South East Asia, Oceania and Taiwan Forum, Samsung has unveiled their new line of products for 2012, with the vision of delivering connectivity and content across all their devices - TVs, mobile phones, tablets, laptops, digital cameras and home appliances.
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HP has a new Mosaic design approach, an extension to its MUSE (materials, usability, sensory appeal and experience) design philosophy, which focuses on improved usability and aesthetics to users. The Mosaic design was applied to the new range of Pavilion dv-series and Pavilion g-series of laptops that were announced today.
Unitcom, Japanese operator of small computer chain stores, will be retailing the new LesanceNB S3431/L Ultrabook on 24 March. Measuring 19mm thin, the Ultrabook will be priced at an attractive 59,980 yen (approximately US$730).
More info is out on Alienware's next invasion of gaming notebooks, particularly pertaining to the upcoming M17x R4 this time thanks to a source tied in very closely with Dell.
The other day when we did the Xeon E5 interview with the Intel's David McCloskey (Director of Product Marketing and Business Operations), we took the opportunity to ask him a bit about the Ultrabooks.
A new gaming weapon reminiscing of Alienware's design cues is on the horizon from Toshiba under its Qosmio series, the X870. While now unveiled, all that is waiting for its arrival in store shelves is the availibity of Intel's next-gen Ivy Bridge processors and an NVIDIA (Kepler) GeForce GPU with 3GB of GDDR5 memory on tap.
A report from Digitimes suggests the still quite exxy Ultrabook market is about to see some stiff competition that will attract folks who don't mind a small trade-off in some areas to retain Ultrabook slenderness while pocketing a good chunk of change.
There's no denying that Ultrabooks haven't taken off like Intel hoped they would, but it looks like we looks forward to some much more interesting machines once Intel launches its Ivy Bridge ULV processors and Gigabyte has come up with an interesting take on the Ultrabook theme. The company's first foray into the Ultrabook market space is with the U2442 series which is a 14-inch notebook with a lot of interesting features under the bonnet.
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