ONE OF THE steps that any manufacturer of USB compliant devices has to pass is getting certified by the USB-IF so that the USB device is proven to be compatible with the USB standard. This has been one of the big hindrances for USB 3.0 solutions and it seems to be holding back Taiwanese manufacturers of USB 3.0 ICs to the degree that we won’t see any significant shipments of USB 3.0 compliant chips from Taiwan this year.
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ATOM MOTHERBOARDS MIGHT not be the most exciting products around, mostly because they don’t tend to differ all that much from each other. Gigabyte’s latest Atom board, the GA-D425TUD and HA-D525TUD are some of the first Atom D425 and D525 boards we’ve seen with DDR3 memory support, with more likely to follow.
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THE RUMOURS OF Apple’s new products proved to be mostly right, at least up to a point. We’ve got new CPUs and graphics cards in most of Apple’s line-up and the new 27-inch monitor materialised alongside with the Magic Trackpad. What we didn’t expect was the Apple Battery Charger, a product that has clearly been missing in Apple’s product range.
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IF YOU’VE BEEN putting off buying a new shiny iMac or Mac Pro you might just have done yourself a favour, at least if the rumour that Apple is set to unleash a wealth of updated products tomorrow are true. So what are Apple’s fanboys and fangirls hoping will be unveiled tomorrow? Well, a lot of new kit with shiny new features, that’s what.
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