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Tuesday, November 30, 2004


Future Graphics Cards May Consume More than 150W of Power.
[5:12 pm]

PCI-SIG Rises the VPU Power Consumption Bar to 150W in New Standard

NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Mainboards in Mass Production Now – NVIDIA.
[4:01 pm]

First PCI Express Mainboards for AMD64 May Emerge in Days, Contrary to Reports

Industry Group Claims Processing Revolution with Cell Chip.
[3:06 pm]

IBM, Sony, Toshiba Take the Wraps of Cell

 

Monday, November 29, 2004


X-bit Watch: Does 'Half-Life 2' Cause Headaches?
[2:14 pm]

Also: XGI's Low-End DirectX 9 GPU Reviewed, Logitech's Latest Mouse Tried-Out, Silicon Graphics Today: Analysys

NVIDIA’s PCI Express nForce4 SLI Platforms in Two – Four Weeks, Say Reports [UPDATED].
[8:54 am]

Reports Claim Commercial Availability of nForce4 SLI Products Delayed by PCB Issue

Notebook Maker Shows Off Next-Generation Centrino ‘Sonoma’ Laptop.
[6:21 am]

AOpen Demos Alviso, DDR2, SATA-Based Notebook

AMD Confirms 90nm Products Online, Promises More 90nm Chips Shortly.
[3:28 am]

AMD's New Roadmap Cautious, but Still Forward Looking

MSI Plans to Sell ATI-Based PCI Express Mainboards in Two Weeks.
[12:47 am]

Mainboard Maker Showcases RADEON XPRESS 200 Platform

 

Friday, November 26, 2004


950W Power Supply Units Sneak into Market.
[10:13 am]

Japanese Company Sells World's Top PSU

 

Thursday, November 25, 2004


ATI Technologies Cranks Up Performance of Mobile Graphics Chips.
[11:23 pm]

ATI Expands Lineup of PCI Express VPUs for Notebooks

OCZ Wants Additional Voltage for Memory.
[6:19 pm]

OCZ Unveils Memory Modules with Extreme Voltages

VIA Enters License Agreement with 3Com.
[6:16 pm]

3Com Allows VIA to Use Networking Tech

 

Wednesday, November 24, 2004


Alienware Bids on Small Form-Factor Systems.
[11:11 pm]

Alienware Enters Cube-Like Gaming PCs

X-bit Watch: Choose the Best CPU for Half-Life 2.
[10:54 pm]

Also: Digital TV Trends Discussed, HGST's Ultrastar 10K300 Reviewed, etc

Intel Quietly Adds Another 'Dothan' Chip into Lineup.
[4:14 pm]

Chipmaker Intel Offers Pentium M 710, 1.40GHz with 2MB Cache SKU

 

Friday, November 19, 2004


X-bit Watch: Intel Pentium 4 3.80GHz Reviewed.
[11:16 pm]

Also: Half-Life 2 Benchmarked, Corsair's High-Speed DDR Memory Modules Tested

Intel Discontinues Top 130nm Microprocessors.
[6:05 pm]

Intel’s 0.13 Micron Pentium 4 Products Face End-of-Life

NVIDIA Aims Chipsets for Intel Processors.
[8:39 am]

Intel, NVIDIA Sign Cross-License Agreement

 

Tuesday, November 16, 2004


First Half-Life 2 Benchmarks Revealed!
[1:44 pm]

Graphics Chips Developer Shows Its Solutions’ Advantages in a New Highly-Anticipated Game

 

Monday, November 15, 2004


X-bit Watch: 1000MHz HT Bus on Socket 754 Explored.
[11:41 pm]

Also: Laptop Roundup, Low-Latency DDR2 Memory, Latest DVD Burners Reviewed

Intel Aims to Make PCs Cooler, Quieter, Sleeker with BTX Form-Factor.
[5:51 pm]

New Form-Factor for PCs Gets Promoted by Intel Corp.

Dell CEO: "My Guess is We Are Going to Want to Add that AMD Product Line…".
[2:30 pm]

Dell Says "Yes" to AMD Once Again, but Speaks No Details

Intel Close to Release Pentium 4 570J Chip.
[3:42 am]

Intel’s Pentium 4 to Reach 3.80GHz Shortly

 

Friday, November 12, 2004


NVIDIA Begins to Certify Hardware for Multi-GPU Deployments.
[11:07 pm]

NVIDIA Launches SLI Certification and Logo Program

Taiwanese Chipset Designers' Sales Continue to Slide.
[1:00 pm]

Revenues of VIA Down, SiS' Sales Flat in October

Seagate Ships Serial Attached SCSI to Customers.
[11:04 am]

HDD Maker Unveils New Class of Enterprise HDDs

 

Thursday, November 11, 2004


HyperTransport Brings HTX Slot for Add-In Cards.
[11:35 pm]

HyperTransport Consortium Unveils Daugtercard’s Specs

Intel East Fork: Centrino-like Desktop Platform.
[1:35 pm]

Intel Reportedly Preps Desktop Platform Branding Initiative

 

Wednesday, November 10, 2004


X-bit Watch: ABIT AA8XE 'Fatal1ty' Reviewed.
[10:06 pm]

Also: S3 OmniChrome S4 Reviewed, Fanless PSU from ThermalTake, etc.

Microsoft Rejects Itanium Chips from Operating Systems for Clusters.
[5:59 pm]

Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition Will Not Sport IA64

Mainboard Makers Offer Advanced Overclockability Options.
[2:29 pm]

Mainboards Propose to Alter CPU Multiplier

Intel Advances Itanium 2 Processors Family.
[6:51 am]

New Madison 9M, Fanwood Chips Enter the Scene

 

Tuesday, November 9, 2004


NVIDIA’s New Driver Tips 512MB Graphics Cards.
[11:08 pm]

Graphics Cards with Large Frame-Buffers May be Around the Corner

Bluetooth Boosts Its Transfer Rates.
[12:04 pm]

Bluetooth Gets Higher Speeds

Chartered Aims to Make AMD64 Microprocessors.
[8:07 am]

AMD Gives Tech to Chartered for AMD64 Chips

NVIDIA Unveils GeForce Go 6800, the NV41M.
[3:50 am]

NVIDIA Packs GeForce 6 into Notebooks

 

Sunday, November 7, 2004


X-bit Watch: Turn Your Single-Layer DVD Burner into Dual-Layer DVD Writer.
[3:07 pm]

Also: Month's Top Desktop's, Servers Roudup and Music Players' Reviews

Intel and Microsoft Drive PC Technologies into Living Room.
[7:28 am]

Industry Giants Propagandize "Digital Lifestyle"

ABIT Advances RADEON X700 XT Graphics Cards.
[4:51 am]

ABIT Delivers More 'Fatal1ty' Hardware

 

Friday, November 5, 2004


Tremendous Demand Exists in the High-End Graphics Segment, Says NVIDIA.
[9:56 am]

GeForce 6800 Drove NVIDIA's Revenues Up in Q4 FY2005

ATI Preps Multi-VPU Technology.
[7:18 am]

Sources Say ATI's Multi-VPU More Advanced Than NVIDIA's SLI

 

Thursday, November 4, 2004


Microsoft’s Certification Puts Graphics Innovations Under Fire.
[5:37 pm]

NVIDIA’s Pixel Shaders 3.0, ATI’s Geometry Instancing Don’t Pass DCT

AMD to Follow Intel Corp. with SSE3 in 2005.
[2:29 pm]

Athlon 64 to Acquire SSE3 Beginning of 2005

ATI Certifies All PCI Express VPUs at PCI-SIG.
[10:35 am]

ATI's Unannounced R430, R480 VPUs Certified

 

Wednesday, November 3, 2004


X-bit Watch: Processor Fabrication Tech Explored.
[11:46 pm]

Also: Creative Offers iPod Alternative, 8 DVD Burners Compared,

Intel Plans to Return Wi-Fi Support into Desktop Chipsets.
[1:32 pm]

Intel's Lakeport to Bring WLAN 802.11a/b/g

OCZ Technology Pushes DDR to the Limits.
[9:31 am]

Memory Maker Adds More Powerful 533MHz Products

Mainstream Graphics Parts Considered as High-End, Says Mercury Analyst.
[7:31 am]

ATI's, NVIDIA's High-End Market Shares Unclear

Hitachi Aims to Make HDDs in China.
[6:37 am]

Hitachi Breaks Ground for Multi-Million Dollar China Fab

ATI’s Next-Generation Product ‘R520’ Taped Out.
[3:58 am]

ATI's 90nm Chip Design Reportedly Sent to Fab

 

Monday, November 1, 2004


X-bit Watch: Intel's 1066MHz Quad Pumped Bus Examined.
[10:46 pm]

Also: Choosing the Best Value Memory, Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook and Samsung MP3 Player Reviewed,

Intel Reportedly Plans to Release New Itanium 2 in Days.
[9:52 pm]

Madison 9M Scheduled for November 8 Launch

Intel Targets Gamers with New “Extreme Edition” Chip.
[3:57 pm]

Intel's Processors Acquire 1066MHz Processor System Bus

ATI Has 17-Points Lead Over NVIDIA – X-bit Poll.
[12:23 pm]

Hardware Enthusiasts Prefer ATI to NVIDIA, Says X-bit Poll