The chipset recall caused a delay for Intel when it comes to getting Sandy Bridge processors into the market, although with most of that already behind us it’s time to look forward and see what’s coming.
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Not only were the motherboard manufacturers affected by Intel’s little SATA 3Gbps snafu on the Cougar Point chipsets, but the notebook manufacturers were hit equally bad, if not worse.
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So far AMD has been very tight lipped about its upcoming Llano APU, but now the company has released both specifications and a performance comparison in a video the company posted on YouTube.
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Apple has just announced its new iPad 2 and we’re looking at some pretty decent improvements overall with a new dual core processors, nine times faster graphics and a 33 percent slimmer design that even weighs less than the original iPad.
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WE CAN’T HELP but to be amused by Bigfoot Networks and all of its attempts at selling its various “gaming” NICs into every little niche possible.
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WE DON’T WANT this one to come across as a bunch of conspiracy theorist mumbo jumbo, but the USB-IF is starting to look like a seriously dodgy organization at this point in time.
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WE GOT SOME hands on time with Gigabyte’s new X58A-OC motherboard that the company has designed specifically for overclockers and most of the features that go beyond the normal motherboard bits…
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RECENT RUMOURS HAVE suggested that Intel will launch its first SATA 6Gbps SSD’s on Tuesday, at least in some countries, although so far there has been no official word on the matter from Intel.
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EARLIER TODAY APPLE announced its new MacBook Pro notebooks featuring Thunderbolt I/O , a newly developed interface by Intel and Apple which was previously known as Light Peak. Now things didn’t quite develop as what was said when Intel previewed the technology during IDF, as instead of using optical cables and a USB port like interface, Thunderbolt in Apple’s implementation uses copper wires and a mini DisplayPort interface.
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AFTER MUCH SPECULATION and a lot of last minute leaks, Apple’s new MacBook Pros are here and although they don’t bring with them any great surprises, we have to say that this is Apple’s strongest line-up of notebooks ever.
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WE’RE FAIRLY CERTAIN that Intel couldn’t possibly be any more confusing when it comes to its CPU line-ups these days and that’s just the standard desktop parts, but today we’re going to take a closer look at Intel’s Westmere-EX line of Xeon E7 processors. The E7 series of Xeon processors are those that are above the Sandy Bridge-EP socket 2011 parts and they use the older socket 1567, confused yet?
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APPLE IS EXPECTED to unveil its next generation iPad as well as several new MacBook SKUs next week at an event the company is hosting on the 2nd of March. However, for those more interested in technology than the actual devices there’s something far more interesting being announced, namely something Apple calls Thunderbolt and what is thought to be Intel’s Light Peak.
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WE’VE SEEN MOST, if not all, of Intel’s consumer chipsets for the LGA-1155 platform for this year, but Intel is planning three additional versions of Cougar Point for its E3-series of Xeon processors which shares the same socket. What we’re looking at is the Intel C202, C204 and C206 chipsets, all of which are similar, but quite different to what Intel is offering for its desktop consumer platform.
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LUCIDLOGIX HAS STARTED to ship its Virtu GPU virtualization software to motherboard partners that will enable automatic switching between the onboard graphics in Intel’s Sandy Bridge sorry, second generation Core processors and a discrete graphics card. Despite it having been nearly two months since the initial announcements, thanks to a little SATA bug, it seems like LucidLogix didn’t need to rush out its software, as currently there’s something of a shortage on suitable motherboards in the shops.
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ANYONE INTERESTED IN getting an SSD have been looking forward to more affordable 2Xnm Flash memory as it’s been promising lower prices for consumers for the same size drives, but now it seems like things might not be as rosy as first thought, at least not if Corsair is right. The company has posted a long statement on its blog explaining the difference between 34nm Flash and 25nm Flash and it suggests that the newer 25nm ICs aren’t as reliable as the older 34nm ICs.
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