Jan 25, 2011

Intel is finally getting ready to add native USB 3.0 support

Won’t happen until 2012 though

IT’S HARD TO be spot on when it comes to rumours about new technology coming from the various companies in the business, but nearly a year ago we wrote about Intel working on a USB 3.0 solution of its own, well, it seems like it didn’t quite work out the way we were told by our source back then, but Intel is finally getting ready to add native USB 3.0 support. That said, it won’t arrive until early 2012 alongside Intel’s next generation platform (didn’t that just launch?)
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Jan 25, 2011
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Thermaltake opens its new offices

It’s red, red, red

EARLIER TODAY WE were invited to the grand opening of Thermaltake’s new offices in Taipei, Taiwan and to say that they’re something out of the ordinary in Taiwan would be to put it mildly. It’s much more open space than we’re used to seeing in Taiwan and the offices have plenty of unusual features, most of which you wouldn’t find in any office anywhere in the world.
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Jan 24, 2011

Motherboard prices expected to increase this year

Due to high costs of materials

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to get yourself a new system in the near future, then you might want to consider investing in a motherboard sooner rather than later as the price of motherboards are expected to rise by somewhere between five and 10 percent, or maybe even more in the next few months. The reason for the price hike is the rise in raw material costs, least not copper (no, not that Copper).
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Jan 24, 2011
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What comes after 11nm?

Common Platform 2011: IBM talks future tech

THE FINAL KEYNOTE of the Common Platform conference was given by IBM’s Garry Patton, and he talked collaboration and tech. The list of new things thrown out was pretty dizzying, but what do you expect from someone who is in charge of semiconductor R&D?
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Jan 24, 2011

HP Topaz hardware specs leaks

Quite impressive overall

IT’S VERY POSSIBLE that tablets are finally getting to the stage where they’ll deliver what have been promised for so long and HP looks set to be close to front of the pack if details of its new tablets prove to hold true. Full specs of its 9.7-inch webOS tablet currently codenamed Topaz has leaked and it has just about everything a good tablet should have.
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Jan 21, 2011
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Memory manufacturers are trying to branch out

Not a lot of money in making DRAM modules

IT’S COME TO our attention that several of the big retail brand DIMM manufacturers are struggling, as memory modules just don’t have enough margins these days. Many are now trying to find ways to branch out and create other product categories, something we saw the start of last year, but it’s not easy to find a market with high margins these days.
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Jan 21, 2011

Details of Gigabyte’s motherboard for overclockers emerge

Not for your average user

IF YOU HAVEN’T already noticed, Gigabyte is putting a lot of effort and money into the professional overclocking scene and the company has been working hard on developing a custom motherboard just for this niche of the market. The new board has been developed by Gigabyte’s in-house overclocker HiCookie and if you’re not into extreme overclocking, this product isn’t for you.
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Jan 20, 2011

Global Foundries on the importance of compatibility

Common Platform 2011: Costs, customers, and group hugs

GLOBAL FOUNDRIES HAD the second keynote at the Common Platform alliance conference Tuesday, the topic was manufacturing. Chia Song Hwee, COO of Global Foundries went into more details about what the alliance is doing to make chips, and how they were planning to work together for the benefit of their customers.
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Jan 20, 2011

GeForce GTX 560 Ti set to launch on the 25th

Gets double monikers and is already mostly leaked in detail

NVIDIA IS GETTING ready to take on AMD where it hurts with its upcoming GeForce GTX 560 Ti which should be launching on the 25th of January if the leaks so far prove to be right. The new card is expected to go head to head with AMD’s Radeon HD 6950 which AMD has just decided to offer a cheaper 1GB verion, so it’ll be interesting to see how price competitive the GTX 560 Ti will be.
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Jan 20, 2011

Gigabyte first with B65 chipset motherboard

Calls it P65

INTEL’S B65 CHIPSET is intended for affordable business oriented desktop PCs, but it seems like Gigabyte has figured that it should also be an attractive low cost alternative to Intel’s P67 and H67 chipsets for consumers. As such the company has launched the GA-P65A-UD3 based on the chipset which is a no-frills board, but without being featureless.
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Jan 19, 2011

Samsung talks about future fabs

Common Platform 2011: Fab costs, gate last, and 3D

THE COMMON PLATFORM alliance, Global Foundries, IBM and Samsung had a conference Tuesday to announce their renewed alliance and show off their respective wares. Samsung’s NS Woo, President and GM of the LSI Division kicked it off in the first of three keynotes.
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Jan 19, 2011

CompuLab shows off embedded AMD Brazos system

How small can you go?

TINY COMPUTERS ARE cool, right? Well, in as much as that might be true, most tiny computers don’t perform all that well due to thermal issues and underpowered hardware. However, CompuLab has shown off its latest 0.98-inch (2.4cm) thick desktop system powered by AMD’s new embedded version of Brazos and it should offer not only fantastic performance for something this small, but it’s also packed to the brim with features.
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Jan 19, 2011

Acer not dropping netbooks, for now

Tablets to become more important though

A FEW DAYS ago a story by Computerworld suggested that Acer was about to move away from netbooks in favour of tablets, tablets with Sandy Bridge processors and Android no less. This was meant to have been said by Acer’s Taiwanese sales manager, but now the company has issued a statement to the contrary.
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Jan 18, 2011

HP’s webOS tablets leaks, looks like an iPad

First pictures and details are out

DETAILS OF HP’s upcoming webOS tablets are finally starting to leak out and the first pictures of what is said to be renders of the new tablet have turned up alongside with some initial specs. Alongside the pictures, information about HP’s plans for the new tablet also leaked which makes for some interesting reading.
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