Dec 18, 2009

Intel announces that it’ll announce new processors

8:02 am January 7th

CHARLIE IS GOING to have an early start on the first day of CES, at least if he’s planning on attending Intel’s press briefing for its new Core processors that currently go under the code names of Clarkdale and Arrandale. Intel has posted its CES plans and it looks like the most anticipated part is set to start at 8:02 am, which seems a little bit early, at least for most of the journalists we know in the business.
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Dec 18, 2009
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$99 Linux PC in a keyboard launches

Borrows a few design cues from Amiga

THE ASUS EEE KEYBOARD might be the most desirable computer in a keyboard design, but it’s unlikely to be cheap once it launches considering all the little tweaks Asus had done to it since it was announced. Enter the NorhTec Gecko Surfboard, the $99 PC in a keyboard that runs Linux on a 1GHz x86 SoC. If you found the Eee Keyboard to be way too powerful for your needs, then look no further as the Gecko Surfboard won’t break any performance records.
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Dec 17, 2009

Taiwan researchers make 16nm chip

Using maskless photoresist-free nano-injection lithography

INTEL IS ABOUT to launch its first 32nm processors in early January, with 22nm next on its roadmaps, but it seems like Intel has been beaten to 16nm by the Taiwan National Nano Device Laboratories (NDL). However, NDL is a research and development outfit rather than a profit seeking enterprise and as such is looking for partners in Taiwan to take its research forward.
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Dec 17, 2009

The Asus Pegatron saga continues

ECS to make Asus motherboards?

CONTINUING ON where we left off a couple of days ago, more details about Asus’ plans for the future has appeared. It’s not looking pretty and if the rumours and speculations are true, then we can see a lot of users abandoning Asus as the brand to go to for motherboards in favour for its competitors. However, it’s not all doom and gloom, as at least Asus’ share price has started to level out after a sharp drop over the past few days, but it’ll take some time before it gets back to its previous level.
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Dec 16, 2009

YouTube to start charging for content?

Google takes a leaf from Rupert Murdoch’s book

IT’S REALLY SAD that it has come to this, but YouTube is considering charging for certain content. It appears that Google isn’t happy with the way things are going with its purchase, as despite being the most popular video site on the interweb, YouTube isn’t making Google any money. In fact, YouTube is losing money, a lot of money and Google has started to look at other ways of getting content onto its video site.
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Dec 15, 2009

Asus loses $1.12 billion in value due to Pegatron spinoff

Stock market traders in Taiwan dump Asus stock

ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE REPORTS, it looks like Asus might be getting ready to pull the plug on its motherboard business unit. This might sound like a very drastic move by Asus, but with the Pegatron spinoff as a separate business entity, it might just make long term sense. It’s hardly news that Asus is aspiring to become something more and has long had its sights on becoming the next Acer. This might seem to be an odd goal, but Acer has been a phenomenally successful company.
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Dec 14, 2009

Model names and pricing revealed on upcoming Intel CPUs

Gulftown turns into the Core i7 980X Extreme Edition

CHINA SEEMS TO BE LEAKING all sorts of Intel roadmaps these days and details of Intel’s upcoming 6-core high-end consumer CPU based on the Gulftown core, alongside details of several other new CPUs, have made their way online. As expected, the first consumer version of the Gulftown core will be an Extreme Edition CPU and it looks like it will be called the Core i7 980X Extreme Edition.
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Dec 14, 2009

Telia Sonera launches its LTE 4G network

Sweden and Norway’s capital cities first to get it

SOMEWHAT EARLIER than expected, Telia Sonera has launched its 4G network today in Stockholm, Sweden and Olso, Norway. It’s questionable if this is the first operational 4G network in the world, as some refer to WiMAX as 4G as well. However, Telia Sonera is the first company in the world to launch a consumer ready LTE service and it looks like Finland will follow shortly.
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Dec 11, 2009
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Acer lets slip its first Atom N450 netbook

GMA3150 confirmed

DON’T YOU JUST LOVE IT when technology companies leak their upcoming products unintentionally? Well, Acer has come through and given us a better insight into Intel’s upcoming Atom N450 processor as well as its own netbook based on the new platform. There are a couple of surprises such as a 10.1-inch 720p display and of course Intel’s new GMA3150 integrated graphics processor (IGP).
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Dec 10, 2009

Hell freezes over, VIA launches DX10.1 IGP chipset

With DDR3 and DisplayPort support

IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, but VIA has finally gotten around to releasing a new chipset with a serious boost to the feature set. This might be just the shove VIA’s Nano processor has been waiting for to make it a serious Intel Atom competitor. In saying that, we’re less than a month away from Intel’s new Atom processors with integrated graphics, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
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