Sep 7, 2010

Taiwanese USB 3.0 chipset makers not getting USB-IF blessing

Intel might still give USB 3.0 a chance

BY NOW WE expected to have seen at least some competition in the USB 3.0 host controller market, but it seems like making a host controller is trickier than many thought. The Taiwanese IC makers aren’t having much luck with getting their solutions approved by the USB-IF which controls the certification of all USB devices to make sure that they’re interoperable as well as meeting the standards of the various specifications.
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Sep 3, 2010

Toshiba launches world’s fastest SDHC cards

Are actually SDXC cards with a twist

THE SD CARD standard has so far been shunned by most professionals as the SD media has been considered too slow to be used in professional DSLR cameras and camcorders. However, it seems like that’s all about to change with Toshiba’s announcement of some “really fast” SDHC cards. In fact, the only reason that these cards are labelled as SDHC appears to be a 32GB capacity cap, where a 64GB version would’ve been an SDXC card.
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Sep 3, 2010

GeForce 400M launches at IFA

Seven new mobile GPUs from Nvidia, plus a desktop card

THE MOBILE GEFORCE 400M series was introduced at the IFA show in Berlin and it seems like Nvidia has ousted most, if not all of its GeForce 400M GPU’s, at least for the time being. So what are we looking at? Well, two high-end models, namely the GTX 470M and 460M, then we have something of a fence sitter with the GTS 445M that seems to end up between the high-end and mid-range models, which is followed by the GTS 435M, 425M and 420M and then there’s the lonely entry level GT 415M.
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Sep 2, 2010

Samsung breathes life into dying wireless USB standard

Announces new high-speed, low-power chipset

AH YES, WIRELESS USB, hands up everyone that’s using it – right, never mind then. Well, it seems like Samsung is trying to breathe new life into what so far has been a mostly useless extension of the USB standard by introducing a new chipset which is set to boost speed and lower power usage. Hopefully it also features a built in microscopic nuclear reactor so the remote device doesn’t need any additional power.
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Sep 2, 2010

GeForce GTS 450 benchmarks slips out early

Full set available for your viewing pleasure

MOST WEBSITES TEND to stick to NDAs they sign, but from time to time people slip up and this seems to be the case of some early Nvidia GTS 450 benchmarks that were posted over at Xtreme Systems. It’s not clear where the details come from, although some of the pictures of the card are watermarked with the word overclock, but we’re fairly certain that Nvidia are none too happy with this leak.
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Sep 1, 2010

IBM launching world’s fastest microprocessor

5.2GHz chip dubbed z196 will drink your milkshake

Big Blue says that the shiny new System z10 you just installed in your basement yesterday is officially obsolete and should be relegated to household media streaming/torrent duty in the wake of its replacement.  Behold the zEnterprise System, and its central compute server the zEnterprise 196, capable of processing more instructions than your puny humanoid mind could ever dream of issuing.  Don’t look now, but your girly-man netbook just peed itself.
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Sep 1, 2010

Your next car security system might include an antivirus app

S|A recommends bicycles and tin-foil hats instead

Back in the good old days paint chips contained healthy quantities of lead, cars ran on leaded gasoline, and a lead foot directly pulled open the throttle of your hot-pink ’59 Cadillac without any pesky computers interfering.  It also meant that ‘hackers’ were limited to methods such as bricks and slim jims to steal your music.  Well, the times, they are changing.
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