Aug 19, 2010
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Intel’s P67, H67 and H61 chipsets will lack native PCI support

Bridge chips to the rescue

INTEL’S NEXT GENERATION of consumer desktop chipsets will lack native support for the good old PCI bus which dates back to 1993. However, most of the motherboards, if not all, that we saw at Computex back in June still featured PCI slots and it only just dawned how this can be. It turns out that the bridge chip makers are going to be making some bucks here by selling PCI Express to PCI bridge chips.
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Aug 19, 2010

First PS3 “modchip” arrives

Allows for disc backup to hard drive

SONY’S PS3 WAS long deemed unhackable, at least until today when videos appeared on YouTube of a solution that allows you to back up the Blu-ray media that the PS3 games come on, onto either the internal hard drive of the PS3 or an external USB hard drive while remaining playable. The solution is called PS JailBreak and unlike previous solutions for older consoles, it doesn’t require the console to be opened, nor does any soldering have to be performed.
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Aug 18, 2010

Toshiba quadruples hard disk aerial density

BT junkies finding it hard to contain their excitement

The Association of People who Stockpile Digital Recordings of the Tasteful Expression of the Human Form, or APSDRTEHF (they are rumored to be voting on a new name in the near future), received word of an amazing feat of storage engineering today.  Toshiba is presenting a paper at the 2010 Magnetic Recording Conference in San Diego today outlining their research and successful implementation of a new technology that can cram a staggering 2.5 terabits of information into a single square inch of platter real estate.  For the layman, that’s about 300GB of information stored on a surface the size of a postage stamp.
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Aug 18, 2010

MSI kicks off Princess Leia cosplay competition

As it prepares to kick off the Master Overclocking Arena 2010 finals

COMPANIES TEND HOLD all sorts of events and competitions to draw attention to either its products or events. MSI has just kicked off what it calls the Princess Leia cosplay contest on Facebook which gives you the chance to vote for one of five Taiwanese girls that will run around MSI’s Master Overclocking Arena finals dressed up as Princess Leia.
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Aug 18, 2010
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MSI is readying 870A Fuzion Power Edition

Sets the world right

MANY WERE DISAPPOINTED with MSI’s 870A Fuzion board, as it wasn’t the Hydra board many had expected from MSI. However, it appears that MSI is about to make amends as it’s getting ready to unleash the 870A Fuzion Power Edition. This is the board everyone expected MSI to release and it looks much closer to the early board pictures that appeared on the net.
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Aug 18, 2010

SanDisk launches SSD on a chip

Prefers to call it an integrated SSD

MEASURING A MERE 16x20x1.85mm SanDisk’s new iSSD or integrated SSD as it’s also known as, is very possibly the world’s smallest SSD. It’s intended to be embedded in devices that support the standard SATA interface, such as tablets, smartphones and other portable computing devices.
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Aug 17, 2010
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Micron and Intel announces 25nm TLC NAND Flash

Not suitable for SSDs

MICRON AND INTEL has announced that they’re the first to sample 25nm three bits per cell NAND Flash memory today, also known as TLC NAND Flash. The companies are getting ready to enter mass production later this year, for what the two are claiming is the industries smallest and highest capacity NAND Flash memory.
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Aug 17, 2010

AMD quietly drops CPU prices

No huge discounts

YESTERDAY AMD QUIETLY dropped the prices for many of its Phenom II and Athlon II processors, although the biggest price drop is a mere 18.9 percent. Some models had their price dropped by as little as 99 cents and one model even went up in price by $4. We’ve compiled the numbers to make life easier for you to see the price changes, although there really isn’t much to get excited about.
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Aug 17, 2010

Details emerge about Nvidia’s x86 CPU

Details, lawyers, and execution

IT LOOKS LIKE some people are finally starting to catch on to what we have been saying for almost four years now, Nvidia is building an x86 chip. The story is long, complex, and it is SemiAccurate’s opinion that the CPU will never make it to market for technical and legal reasons.
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Aug 17, 2010

Nvidia announces x86 chip

We told you so…

Editors Note: From time to time, SemiAccurate will be republishing some older articles by its authors, some with additional commentary, updates and information.  We are mainly reprinting some of the oft referenced articles that originally appeared on the Inquirer. Some will have added content, but all will be re-edited from the originals as per contractual obligations. You may see some slight differences between the two versions.
This article has had some of the original links removed, and was published on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 7:58 AM.
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Aug 17, 2010

Nvidia is trying to make an x86 chip

With no licence, this is going to be fun to watch

Editors Note: From time to time, SemiAccurate will be republishing some older articles by its authors, some with additional commentary, updates and information.  We are mainly reprinting some of the oft referenced articles that originally appeared on the Inquirer. Some will have added content, but all will be re-edited from the originals as per contractual obligations. You may see some slight differences between the two versions.
This article has had some of the original links removed, and was published on Friday, February 06, 2009 at 6:21 PM.
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Aug 17, 2010

Nvidia to announce x86 chip next week

Not IDF San Francicsco: So say the whispers

Editors Note: From time to time, SemiAccurate will be republishing some older articles by its authors, some with additional commentary, updates and information.  We are mainly reprinting some of the oft referenced articles that originally appeared on the Inquirer. Some will have added content, but all will be re-edited from the originals as per contractual obligations. You may see some slight differences between the two versions.
This article has had some of the original links removed, and was published on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 10:07 AM.
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Aug 17, 2010

Nvidia has balls and may circumvent X86 licences

Part 2: The game is open

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This article has had some of the original links removed, and was published on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 12:52 AM.
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Aug 17, 2010

Nvidia Stexar move turns gun turrets on AMD, Intel

Part 1: The firm Intel, AMD let slip

Editors Note: From time to time, SemiAccurate will be republishing some older articles by its authors, some with additional commentary, updates and information.  We are mainly reprinting some of the oft referenced articles that originally appeared on the Inquirer. Some will have added content, but all will be re-edited from the originals as per contractual obligations. You may see some slight differences between the two versions.
This article has had some of the original links removed, and was published on Monday, October 23, 2006 at 2:42PM.
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Aug 16, 2010
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Asus mulls its future

Apple is killing netbook sales

LAST FRIDAY, ASUS held an investors conference at its headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan and the CEO Jerry Shen shared some details of what Asus is working on. It’s clear that Asus considers Apple to be one of its major competitors, especially with regards to the iPad, a device that has caused no end of headaches for Asus, especially as it’s stealing netbook sales from Asus.
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