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Intel’s consumer Patsburg chipset revealed as the X79

New chipset model names all around

Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) much expected consumer version of its Patsburg chipset appears to have been christened and rather than going with the logical move of calling it X68, Intel decided to call its new baby X79.
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TAITRA expects yet another record breaking Computex

Bigger and better, but not big enough

Earlier today we attended the official pre-Computex press conference hosted by TAITRA and the organizers of the show are optimistic about another record year for the show with both more exhibitors and visitors expecting to be attending this year.
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Sunix first with USB 3.0 DisplayLink adapters

With D-Sub, DVI and HDMI connectivity

The first USB 3.0 display adapters have finally cropped up, although the products in question are from a Taiwanese company called Sunix which is a maker of all kinds of computer peripherals and add-on cards alongside a range of industrial networking and communications devices and specialized I/O solutions.
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Latest Intel roadmap confirms PCI Express 3.0 for Ivy Bridge

Did you expect anything less?

Up until now Intel (INTC) hasn’t unveiled which PCI Express spec its upcoming LGA-1155 Ivy Bridge processors will support, but their latest roadmaps includes an update which reveals support for PCI Express 3.0, even though it’s a feature that’s not even highlighted on the slide.
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Asus P8B WS C206 LGA-1155 unveiled ahead of launch

A feature rich workstation board

Intel (INTC) might not have launched its new chipsets with support for the Sandy Bridge Xeon E3-series of processors yet, nor the processors in question, but details of upcoming motherboards keep trickling out and today we can give you the full specifications of Asus’ upcoming P8B WS boards.
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