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November, 2003
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Friday, November 28, 2003

ATI’s Chipsets for AMD64 with DirectX 9 Graphics Uncovered.

[7:02 pm]

ATI RS480, ATI RX480 to Come

AMD Dual-Core Opteron Processors to Feature 940-pin Packaging?

[3:10 pm]

Socket 940 Forever?

Intel Extreme Graphics 3 to Support Dual-Monitor Capability.

[1:57 pm]

Grantsdale-G Goes Finance Community

4-Way AMD Opteron Mainboard from TYAN Showcased!

[10:52 am]

Thunder K8-S4880 Pictured

Gigabyte to Concentrate on NVIDIA Graphics Cards.

[6:09 am]

But Will Not Totally Forget About ATI...

Thursday, November 27, 2003

ECS Predicts Significant Growth of its Notebooks and Mainboards Shipments in 2004.

[4:41 pm]

ATI Technologies to Introduce AMD64 Chipset in H2 2004?

[1:40 pm]

Leaves the Market for NVIDIA?

TYAN Prepares 4P AMD Opteron Mainboard.

[10:42 am]

4-Way Opteron Systems Soon?

Wednesday, November 26, 2003

OCZ Technology Looking Forward 566MHz DDR SDRAM Modules?

[2:45 pm]

PC4500?

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX is Back!

[10:27 am]

GeForce MX4000

Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Laptop Computers Receive Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Microprocessor.

[4:18 pm]

World’s Fastest and Hottest Notebook

AMD Opteron Based Supercomputers Hit the Top 500.

[1:20 pm]

4 World-Recognized Supercomputers

Gigabyte Mainboards to Take Blood Pressure.

[8:21 am]

Health Centre at Home?

Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Processor Box Pictures Transpired.

[4:19 am]

The Chip Shows Up in the USA!

Intel Showcases 65nm Chip.

[2:51 am]

Mentions New Dielectrics for 65nm Products

New Shuttle XPCs ST61G and SB75G2 - Targeting Gamers and Enterprises?

[2:48 am]

ATI RADEON 9100 IGP, Intel 875P In Cube

Saturday, November 22, 2003

Prescott to Be the Fastest Ramping Processor in Intel’s History?

[7:24 pm]

300mm Wafers and 90nm Process Can Do Wonders!

Leading Notebook Companies Escalate Outsourcing to Asian Makers.

[9:36 am]

All Notebooks to be Made in Taiwan?

Friday, November 21, 2003

The World's Fastest and Quietest Graphics Card – Sapphire RADEON 9800 XT ULTIMATE Edition.

[7:26 pm]

MSI Displays NVIDIA nForce3 Pro 250 Mainboard.

[2:27 pm]

A Not Quite Ready One...

Intel Promises Prescott's Speed to Achieve 4.0GHz Next Year.

[10:23 am]

But Remains Conservative on the Industry's Rebound

Samsung Gets Number One Flash-Memory Spot.

[5:18 am]

FASL Leaves Intel Behind

Thursday, November 20, 2003

AMD Discusses the Fab 36 in Dresden, Germany.

[7:53 pm]

Now Has Options to Make GPUs for NVIDIA?

Intel Centrino-branded Notebooks to Account 42% of the Market in 2003?

[4:14 pm]

Booming 2004 for Centrino

MSI RADEON 9800 XL Benchmarked [UPDATED].

[9:24 am]

Picture of the Second Powered by ATI Card from MSI in 2003 Transpired

AMD Breaks Ground with a New Manufacturing Facility!

[3:29 am]

Next to Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany

Wednesday, November 19, 2003

ATI Technologies Lets TV Sharing via LAN.

[4:52 pm]

But Only for “Built by ATI” Products

Coolers for Intel Prescott Begin to Emerge.

[1:14 pm]

Ready to Dissipate 103W Now

Hynix Semiconductor Files Petition Against DRAM Tariffs.

[8:50 am]

Hopes to Get the Money Back

HP Adopts AMD Athlon 64 CPU for Presario Computers.

[5:33 am]

64-bit for Housewives?

Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Soltek Launches Prescott Supporting Mainboard.

[3:56 pm]

With New Set of "Pro" Features

Shuttle Projects Further Growth of XPC Shipments in 2004.

[11:39 am]

But Will the Barebone Market Expand?

ATI Anticipates Higher Revenues for the Quarter.

[7:27 am]

Unprecedented Growth in PC Components Sales

Monday, November 17, 2003

NVIDIA Unveils GeForce FX Go5700.

[7:44 pm]

Wins 2 Designs Immediately

Diamond Multimedia Ships Stealth Graphics Cards.

[3:21 pm]

Entry-Level Products Powered by GPUs from NVIDIA and ATI

AMD and Sun Form Strategic Alliance.

[3:19 pm]

Sun Announces Plans to Use Opteron Processors in its Servers

Intel Prepares Alderwood, Grantsdale Powered Mainboards for 2004 Launch.

[11:41 am]

Intel Desktop Boards Trends 2004

AMD Introduces Opteron Processors at 2.20GHz.

[5:13 am]

Models 148, 248 and 848 All Available Before Year End

Sunday, November 16, 2003

Sony Unveils the World's Thinnest and Lightest Notebook.

[3:05 pm]

Simple Perfection

X-bit Watch: First Intel Prescott Benchmarks Available!

[1:24 pm]

Saturday, November 15, 2003

AMD May Establish a New Foundry Next Week.

[5:24 pm]

Shortlists Dresden as the Location

ATI Technologies Leads Mobile DirectX 9 Revolution.

[2:04 am]

Claims 37 Design Wins

Friday, November 14, 2003

MSI to Showcase nForce2, MCP-2S Powered Mainboards at Comdex Fall 2003.

[6:24 pm]

Finally?

Intel Revamps Montecito to Integrate 24MB of Cache.

[12:37 pm]

The Monster to Become Bigger

NVIDIA Denies Unified Compiler Turn Off by 3DMark03.

[4:18 am]

Correction

Thursday, November 13, 2003

Elpida Establishes Digital Consumer Division.

[7:12 pm]

Unleashes PC133 128Mb Memory for Consumer Devices

ATI Rolls-Out Professional Direct X 9 VPU for Mobile Computers.

[6:43 pm]

Intel Launches the Last Mobile Celeron with NetBurst Architecture.

[5:36 pm]

2.50GHz is the Limit

AMD Athlon 64 FX to Receive Faster Bus Next Year.

[3:31 pm]

Confirmations from SiS

Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition to Reach Retail in Early December?

[5:33 am]

CPUs Beyond $1000

Wednesday, November 12, 2003

NVIDIA and Futuremark Corporation Comment on 3DMark03 build 340.

[6:24 pm]

Futuremark Vs. NVIDIA Round 2?

Micron Builds Module Facility in Puerto Rico.

[4:34 pm]

Yet Another One

Intel Revises Centrino Plans: Adjust CPU Schedules, Postpones New Chipsets.

[3:58 pm]

Revolution Delayed

Microsoft to Become Chip Company with XBOX 2.

[11:24 am]

Takes Nintendo's Approach

Gainward Claims New 3DMark03 Patch Disables NVIDIA GPU Compiler.

[3:23 am]

More Accusations in Futuremark Direction?

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Agere Systems and Maxtor Unveil Serial ATA-150, Serial ATA Controller.

[6:04 pm]

Intel Lindenhurst, Tumwater Chipsets Pricing Revealed.

[4:00 pm]

E7710, E7510, E7515, E7210 Uncovered

AMD to Speed Up Opteron Processors Next Week.

[12:47 pm]

2.20GHz, PC3200

Infineon Returns to Profitability in Q4 of Fiscal 2003.

[9:52 am]

But Hard Times are Not Over

Monday, November 10, 2003

Intel Itanium 2 "Fanwood" to Have Faster Processor's Bus.

[7:18 pm]

IA64 2004 Roadmap Modified

ATI to Supply DTV Chips to Samsung.

[6:35 pm]

And Also to Sony?

AMD Confirms Plans for Yet Another Semiconductor Fab.

[3:12 pm]

But Issues No Details

Intel to Lower Chipset Pricing on the 28th of December.

[10:21 am]

Prepares Way for New Products?

Intel Updates Plans Again: Adds Pentium 4 Extreme Edition at 3.40GHz and Pentium 4 at 3.40GHz into the Roadmap.

[9:35 am]

Prescott and Northwood to be Priced Equally in Q1 2004

Memory Prices Begin to Plummet.

[7:56 am]

But Outlook for Memory Makers is Still Positive

Gartner Raises its PC Market Projections.

[3:21 am]

But Still Warns Against Optimism

Sunday, November 9, 2003

NVIDIA's CEO Talks About NV4x Ramp Schedules.

[6:45 pm]

Company Delivers Stronger than Expected Financial Results

A New Revision of AMD Socket 754 Athlon 64 Enroute.

[6:41 pm]

Memory Performance to Increase?

X-bit Watch: "Each NV30 Chip Cost NVIDIA Around $60 Instead of $10-$20...".

[11:36 am]

Friday, November 7, 2003

NVIDIA, Xilinx Disappointed with IBM Microelectronics’ Foundry.

[11:26 pm]

GeForce FX 5700 Goes Taiwan

SiS Reported October Sales Results.

[3:04 pm]

Another Year-on-Year Decline

AMD Postpones 90nm Microprocessors till 2H 2004.

[12:48 pm]

Releases New Roadmap

VIA Removes QBM DRAM Support from its PT880.

[7:48 am]

QBM Future Uncertain

Thursday, November 6, 2003

IBM Ships 20 Millionth ThinkPad.

[5:37 pm]

Most Recognized Notebook Brand Ever

ASUS Prepares to Attack Mainboard, Notebook Markets Next Year.

[3:07 pm]

Ultimate Growth Expected

AMD Said to Add "Newcastle" and "Winchester" Processors into K8 Family.

[2:35 pm]

Intel Celeron Fighters 2004?

Intel Alderwood to Succeed Intel 875P "Canterwood".

[12:51 pm]

History Repeating?

Wednesday, November 5, 2003

ASUS' SiS R659 Mainboard to Emerge in 4 Weeks.

[6:55 pm]

Up to 12% Faster than i875P

AMD Opteron 250 to Show Up In “Early 2004”?

[6:14 pm]

Nearly Officially About 2.40GHz AMD64

NVIDIA nForce3 250 to Ship in December?

[2:50 pm]

Finally?

Intel Debuts Celeron 2.80GHz.

[12:39 pm]

The Last Value Chip of 2003?

x86 CPU Market: Intel Leads Again.

[10:21 am]

AMD, VIA, Under Attack

Intel Develops High-K Metal Gate Transistors.

[7:47 am]

Yet Another Semiconductor Breakthrough?

Tuesday, November 4, 2003

ABIT Denies MCP-S on its nForce2 Based AN7.

[5:56 pm]

No Native Serial ATA-150 for nForce2?

VIA Reported October Sales Results.

[4:54 pm]

Back on Track...

Dell Delays Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Shipments.

[2:38 pm]

Vooodoo PC and AlienWare Ready to Supply

Elpida Unveils 2GB DDR-II Memory Modules for Servers.

[11:35 am]

SiS Receives XBOX 2 Contract from Microsoft.

[7:19 am]

Major Win for Taiwanese Company

Monday, November 3, 2003

AMD Athlon FX-53 to Emerge Before Year End?

[6:58 pm]

Yet Another Extreme Chip?

DirectX 8 Graphics Fitting into the Palm of Your Hand...

[6:34 pm]

Dreams Become Reality

SiS Returns to Profitability.

[4:49 pm]

Thanks to UMC?

Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Processor Available Out Now.

[2:58 pm]

NetBurst Milestone

Microsoft Confirms IBM CPU Technology in XBOX 2.

[10:31 am]

XBOX Goes 64-bit

ASUS Rolls Out Limited Edition RADEON 9800 XT Graphics Cards.

[8:00 am]

Only 2000 Available!

Sunday, November 2, 2003

AMD Athlon 64 3400+ to Come in December?