Aug 2, 2010

Atom tablets are anything but popular

No-one wants to make ’em

AS MUCH AS Intel wants to get into tablets and smartphones it seem to be an uphill struggle for the company. The problem is that Intel is anything but the only manufacturer of chips that go into these types of devices.  ARM and its partners have something of a lead here. As such it looks like Intel is going to have to come up with something extraordinary to convince partners to move away from ARM and onto its x86 platform for these types of devices.
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Aug 2, 2010

Kingston unleashes water cooled HyperX H2O memory modules

Any takers?

WATERCOOLING, THE CHOICE of, well at least some overclockers, but it seems to be mostly used as a marketing tool these days without any real market penetration. Kingston has just announced three sets of HyperX H2O memory modules (which we spied back at CES), all of which feature support for water cooling. We just can’t quite figure out who is going to buy these new modules.
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Jul 30, 2010

Gigabyte launches two new Atom mini-ITX boards

The GA-D425TUD and GA-D525TUD

ATOM MOTHERBOARDS MIGHT not be the most exciting products around, mostly because they don’t tend to differ all that much from each other. Gigabyte’s latest Atom board, the GA-D425TUD and HA-D525TUD are some of the first Atom D425 and D525 boards we’ve seen with DDR3 memory support, with more likely to follow.
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Jul 30, 2010

Gigabyte adds UASP support to its USB 3.0 motherboards

USB Attached SCSI Protocol

IF YOU THINK USB 3.0 is fast, think again, Gigabyte has announced that it’s delivering support for UASP or USB Attached SCSI Protocol which is set to boost the data transfer rate for compatible UASP devices by as much as 20 percent over the current USB Mass Storage specification that has been the standard so far.
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Jul 29, 2010

HomePlug Powerline Alliance announces next gen specs

HomePlug Powerline Alliance announces next gen specs

NETWORKING OVER POWERLINES has yet to become a huge hit and it suffers from the same theoretical maximum speeds as Wi-Fi, but that hasn’t stopped the HomePlug Powerline Alliance from moving forward with further improvements to HomePlug AV. The continuation of the standard is of course called HomePlug AV2 and we can’t quite figure out why it’s not called HomePlug HD or 3D, as everything these days seems to include one of those terms or it’s just not hip enough.
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Jul 29, 2010

Early AMD Llano and Ontario performance numbers tip up

From a rather unlikely source

WE’RE STILL AT least a couple of months away from AMD’s Ontario announcement and even longer from Llano, but some very early performance figures have tipped up online courtesy of, well, distributed computing. To be more precise details of various distributed computing apps being tested on AMD Llano and Ontario systems have appeared on BOINC or the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing if you prefer.
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Jul 29, 2010

Nvidia’s mistakes catch up to the bottom line

Huge self-inflicted financial hole for Q2

NVIDIA HAS A curious take on the causes of their latest financial meltdown, one that doesn’t seem to mirror what is happening in the rest of the industry. The almost 20% drop in expected revenue announced at the last minute seems to be a largely self-inflicted wound.
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Jul 28, 2010

Super Talent outs new SSD drives

480GB of SSD loveliness

IS THAT 32GB SSD getting a bit on the small side? Not to worry, Super Talent has announced that it’s getting ready to ship its new UltraDrive MX range which tops out at no less than 480GB. That should be enough space to compete with most notebook hard drives at least, but the real question is, can you afford one?
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Jul 27, 2010

AMD considering its own USB 3.0 implementation

Licensing from Renesas

ACCORDING TO Digitimes, AMD is getting ready to sign a deal with Renesas that will give AMD access to Renesas USB 3.0 implementation. This would allow AMD to quickly implement a stable USB 3.0 solution into its chipsets without having to spend time and money on developing its own solution and more importantly, software stack.
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Jul 27, 2010

Intel talks lasers on silicon again

50Gbps and a new connector

INTEL IS TALKING about Silicon Photonics again, the real advances are masked behind a breathless press release about lasers replacing electronics. The advances announced today are nothing nearly as spectacular nor as breathless, it is simply a speed bump and a connector.
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Jul 27, 2010

Apple’s Mac refresh disappoints

Magic Trackpad arrives alongside Apple Battery Charger

THE RUMOURS OF Apple’s new products proved to be mostly right, at least up to a point. We’ve got new CPUs and graphics cards in most of Apple’s line-up and the new 27-inch monitor materialised alongside with the Magic Trackpad. What we didn’t expect was the Apple Battery Charger, a product that has clearly been missing in Apple’s product range.
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Jul 26, 2010

Apple rumoured to launch updated systems tomorrow

Alongside new displays and other potential goodies

IF YOU’VE BEEN putting off buying a new shiny iMac or Mac Pro you might just have done yourself a favour, at least if the rumour that Apple is set to unleash a wealth of updated products tomorrow are true. So what are Apple’s fanboys and fangirls hoping will be unveiled tomorrow? Well, a lot of new kit with shiny new features, that’s what.
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Jul 26, 2010

Dell quietly launches the Inspiron M101z

AMD Athlon II Neo powered

AMD SEEMS TO be having a bit more luck with notebook manufacturers these days as its most recent mobile processors are turning up here, there and everywhere. The latest sighting is in the latest 11.6-inch notebook from Dell, the Inspiron M101z that have quietly made an appearance on Dell’s UK website.
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