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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Intel 975X Chipset Supports Quad-Core Processors – Report.

[11:55 pm]

Intel Preps New Intel 975X Mainboard for Kentsfield

AMD Intros Entertainment Platform Live!

[8:42 am]

AMD Responds Intel Viiv with AMD Live!

Hynix to Improve Its Graphics Memory Business.

[7:21 am]

Hynix Forms Group to Concentrate on GDDR Memory

Intel Preps Dual-Core Chips with 9W Power Consumption.

[6:29 am]

Ultra Low-Voltage Core Duo Processors to Come

Asus to Release Laptops with Second Display.

[4:59 am]

Microsoft Touts New Notebooks from Asus

PNY to Buy 3Dlabs Graphics Cards from End Users.

[4:57 am]

PNY Offers 3Dlabs Product Owners Upgrade Options

Intel Readies Value Core 2 Solo Processors – Web-Site.

[4:44 am]

Intel Reportedly Preps Single-Core Conroe-L

First Notebook with Interchangeable Components Launched.

[4:40 am]

Compal, Micro Express, Support Intel’s Latest Mobile Initiative

Gigabyte’s Mainboards Recover Operating Systems.

[4:39 am]

Gigabyte Touts Xpress Recovery Software

Intel’s Dual-Core Itanium to Launch at Computex - Web-Site.

[4:38 am]

Intel’s Montecito to Be Introduced at Computex

AMD to Upgrade Fab 30, Build New Clean Room.

[4:34 am]

AMD Boosts Manufacturing Capacities

HIS to Demonstrate Dual-Chip Graphics Card at Computex.

[4:32 am]

Dual-GPU Radeon X1600 XT from HIS on the Way

Intel Next-Generation Xeon Processors Set the World’s Records – Intel.

[4:31 am]

Intel Demos Relative Woodcrest Performance

Sunday, May 28, 2006

UMC to Make 65nm X-Architecture Chips.

[2:25 pm]

Cadence, UMC Validate X-Architecture for 65nm

Matrox Ships External Adapter for Three Displays.

[9:59 am]

One Becomes Three: TripleHead2Go Goes to Market

Friday, May 26, 2006

Pre-Overlocked Graphics Cards May Have Problems – Graphics Cards Makers.

[4:52 pm]

BFG, EVGA, XFX Comment on Pre-Overclocked GeForce 7900-Series Failures

Nintendo Wii to Cost Less than $225 – Official.

[4:35 pm]

Nintendo Officially Declares Price Levels of Wii

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Graphics Processors May Compute Sound – ATI.

[4:06 pm]

ATI Demonstrates Radeon X1300-Based Equalizer

Intel Launches Conroe in Two Months, Dual-Core Chips to Cost from $93 - Report.

[3:52 pm]

Intel Core 2 Launch Will Make Dual-Core Chips to Cost under $100

ATI Promotes Forthcoming DirectX 10 Graphics Chip.

[10:43 am]

ATI’s R600 to Be the Fastest DirectX 9 Chip in History – ATI

Microsoft Will Not Release DirectX 10 for Windows XP – ATI.

[10:40 am]

DirectX 10 Hardware Will Fully Utilize Itself Only Under Windows Vista

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

AMD Confirms the Existence of Athlon 64 3200+ and 3000+ for Socket AM2 Platform.

[5:48 pm]

No Broad Availability Yet.

Intel Preps Low-Voltage, Extreme Versions of Quad-Core Server Chips.

[3:31 pm]

Intel Discloses Clovertown Peculiarities

Nike’s Footwear Connects to Apple’s iPod Players.

[2:40 pm]

Apple, Nike Collaborate

Nvidia Confirms GeForce 7600 for AGP Systems.

[1:26 pm]

Nvidia’s GeForce 7600 GS for AGP on the Way

AMD Wants to Capture 15% of Notebook Market – Report.

[8:27 am]

AMD Wants its Laptop Market Share to Rise

Intel Finally Unveils 65nm Intel Xeon Chips.

[6:38 am]

Intel Releases Xeon “Dempsey” Processors

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

AMD Unveils Socket AM2 Processors.

[11:17 pm]

AMD Cranks Up Performance of Desktop Chips

Seagate to Remain Maxtor's Brand-Names – Firm.

[6:31 pm]

Seagate Devours Maxtor, Brand Remains

Acer Gives Users A Choice: Blu-Ray, HD DVD Notebooks on the Way – Report.

[12:57 pm]

Acer May Intro Laptop with Blu-Ray or HD DVD

Monday, May 22, 2006

Blu-Ray, HD DVD Will Playback without HDMI, HDCP – Report.

[11:52 pm]

Hollywood Studios Abandon Main HDCP Capability

Chartered Has Started Production for AMD – Industrial Source.

[2:51 pm]

Chartered to Boost AMD Production Capacities in July

Art Lebedev Cancels Optimus Mini Three 1.0, Plans New Version.

[12:19 pm]

Optimus Mini Three Gets New Dates, Version

ATI Predicts Further Chipset Market Consolidation.

[11:04 am]

ATI’s Chief Executive Sees Two Third Party Chipset Developers

AMD-Dell Deal Will Have Huge Impact on the Industry – Analyst.

[8:45 am]

Analyst Claims AMD-Dell Deal Set to Change the World

Microsoft Enables Pay-per-Hour Personal Computers.

[7:53 am]

Microsoft FlexGo Tech to Enable PCs for Emerging Markets

Nvidia Expands Desktop Market Share, ATI Sustains Growth.

[7:50 am]

First Quarter PC Graphics Shipments Increase 25% Year-over-Year – JPR

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Intel to Offer “Special Edition” Chips for Servers.

[11:30 pm]

“Higher Speed” Intel Chips on the Way

Microsoft Unveils Windows Vista Hardware Requirements.

[11:29 pm]

Microsoft’s Vista Will Require DirectX 9.0 GPU, 1GHz CPU

Sun Welcomes Dell into AMD64 Camp.

[11:26 pm]

“Hello Dell, Welcome to the Party,” Says Sun

Blu-Ray Does Not Come Cheaply: $1000.

[8:59 am]

Sony’s Blu-Ray Player to Cost $1000 – Amazon

Apple Sues Creative Technology – Report.

[8:58 am]

Apple Counter-Attacks Creative

Dell to Introduce AMD Opteron Servers – Official.

[8:55 am]

Dell Set to Sell AMD-Based Computers

Blu-Ray Discs Available for Pre-Order.

[8:54 am]

Blu-Ray Movies Can Be Bought

Thursday, May 18, 2006

First Computers with DisplayPort to Emerge in Early 2007 – ATI.

[10:15 am]

ATI Sees First DisplayPort PCs Early Next Year

Intel to Speed Up New Core 2-Based Xeon Introduction.

[7:06 am]

Intel May Unveil Woodcrest Processors on June 19

Samsung’s “Hybrid” Hard Drives Set to Come in Early 2007.

[6:11 am]

Samsung’s HDDs with Flash Cache to Emerge Along with Windows Vista

Pioneer Claims Availability of World’s First Blu-Ray Burner.

[4:30 am]

Pioneer’s BDR-101A Finally Available

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Power/Performance Metric on The Way – SPEC.

[2:06 pm]

SPEC to Develop Energy Metrics for Servers

Sony's Dominance in Game Consoles at Risk – Research Firm.

[8:35 am]

Firm Believes Nintendo’s Wii – Best Positioned for Casual Gamers

AMD Unveils Dual-Core Chips for Mobile Computers.

[6:44 am]

AMD Unleashes Turion 64 X2 Processors

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Sony’s Vaio Notebooks with Blu-Ray Will Cost $3500.

[11:00 pm]

Sony Formally Unveils Vaio Laptops with Blu-Ray

Apple Intros New MacBook Laptops.

[9:06 am]

Apple’s MacBooks Replace iBooks

Nvidia’s GeForce 7900 GS – OEM Only Part So Far.

[5:13 am]

Nvidia Says GeForce 7900 GS Not for Retail for Now

AMD Unveils Energy Efficient Desktop Chips Initiative.

[4:35 am]

AMD Sets Dates for Energy Efficient Processors

Monday, May 15, 2006

Topower Set to Make Additional 900W Power Supplies for Gaming PCs.

[11:59 pm]

German Distributor Aims to Sell 1500 "Quad SLI Class" Systems – Report

Sony: Nintendo Wii – A Console to Get.

[11:36 pm]

Sony Recommends Wii as Second Console

Creative Technology to Ban Apple’s iPod from the U.S. in Court.

[3:27 pm]

Creative Technology Sues Apple Computer for Patent Infringement

Intel Set to Boost Performance of Celeron D Chips – Web-Site.

[9:03 am]

Intel to Start Shipping 65nm Celeron D Chips in Late May

Dell Touts GeForce 7900 GS Graphics Card.

[7:24 am]

Dell Uncovers New GeForce 7900 Incarnation

AMD Set to Ship 65nm Chips for Revenue in Late 2006 – Web-Site.

[5:33 am]

AMD Has No Plans to Use 65nm Process for Single-Core Athlon 64 Chips – Rumour

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Nokia’s New Internet Tablet to Feature Google’s Services.

[2:09 pm]

Google Goes Mobile with Nokia - News Agency

PlayStation 3 – Not Optimal, Says John Carmack.

[11:40 am]

John Carmack Talks PlayStation 3

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Sony PlayStation 3 – Not Expensive, But Powerful, Says Sony.

[7:37 am]

Sony Defends High PlayStation 3 Price Point

Friday, May 12, 2006

Dell’s XPS Renegade 700 Features Core Duo 2, Quad SLI.

[4:28 pm]

Dell’s Next-Gen Gaming System Sports New-Gen Hardware

Microsoft Recommends Xbox 360, Wii, Condemns PlayStation 3.

[3:38 pm]

Microsoft, Nintendo Team Up Against Sony

Panasonic’s Blu-Ray Drive for Desktops to Cost $900 – Report.

[8:06 am]

Second Blu-Ray Burner for PCs Approaches the Market

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Leadtek’s GeForce 7800 GS Uses 90nm Nvidia Chip.

[11:55 pm]

Nvidia’s GeForce 7900 Sold as 7800 GS

Intel’s Mainstream ’08 Chips – Still Dual-Core.

[11:41 pm]

Quad-Core Chips Market Conquer Will Be Slow

Nintendo’s Wii Will Cost Less Than $200 – Sega Exec.

[2:40 pm]

Nintendo Wii Gets “Unofficial” Price

Dell to Update XPS Lineup with New Design.

[1:10 pm]

Dell Goes Style with New XPS Desktop

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Top Gamer to Advice, Promote XFX Graphics Cards Maker [UPDATED].

[11:32 pm]

XFX Signs Agreement with Fatal1ty

Intel, Allies Push Standard Flash Memory Interface.

[2:51 pm]

ONFI to Simplify NAND Flash Integration - Developers

Alienware Intros Luxurious Mobile Computers – mALX.

[12:29 pm]

Alienware Puts Two GeForce Go 7900 GPUs into Laptops

JEDEC Adopts FB-DIMM Final Specifications.

[7:48 am]

FB-DIMM Specification Finalized

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Nintendo Details Wii Game Console Hardware.

[11:58 pm]

Nintendo Removes Covers from Wii Specs

Microsoft to Release HD DVD Drive for Xbox 360 by Christmas.

[11:48 pm]

Xbox 360 to Get HD DVD Player by Year End

Toshiba Begins Shipments of Qosmio HD DVD Laptop.

[2:32 pm]

Toshiba’s HD DVD Laptop to Cost $3000

Ageia’s PhysX Accelerators Available in Retail, E-Tail.

[9:38 am]

Asus, BFG Start Shipments of Physics Accelerators

ATI Lets Radeon X1900 GT to Reach Retail.

[3:17 am]

Numerous Board Makers Launch X1900 GT

Notebook Supplier Overclocks Processors in Laptops.

[2:09 am]

Rockdirect Ships Pre-Overclocked Notebooks

Monday, May 8, 2006

Sony’s PlayStation 3 to Cost up to $599 – Official.

[11:57 pm]

Sony’s PlayStation 3 to Emerge in Mid-November

Intel Develops Low-Cost Computers for Developing Countries.

[11:27 pm]

Intel Demos $300 Notebooks for Education

Apple Set to Unveil Intel-Based iBook Substitutes – Web-Sites.

[5:03 pm]

Apple to Offer MacBook Notebooks

ATI Sued for Lack of HDCP Support by Graphics Cards.

[12:04 pm]

Customers Complain About Lack of Copy Protection Tech

Intel’s Conroe, Merom Chips to Be Called Core 2 Duo.

[5:24 am]

Intel’s New Chips Will Carry Core 2 Duo Trademark

Sunday, May 7, 2006

EVGA Unveils Premium-Class GeForce 7900 GT Graphics Cards.

[11:56 pm]

EVGA Launches Signature Series Graphics Cards

Sony Set to Ship Blank Blu-Ray Media.

[11:23 pm]

Sony Begins Blank Blu-Ray Media Supplies

Friday, May 5, 2006

PowerColor Plans to Sell Radeon X1900 GT.

[9:49 am]

Add-In Card Maker Set to Sell OEM Only Part to End-Users

Software Maker Releases Suite to Burn Blu-Ray, HD DVD.

[6:58 am]

Blu-Ray, HD DVD Burning Retail Software Available

Thursday, May 4, 2006

Dual-GPU GeForce 7950 GX2 Graphics Cards to Cost €649 – Web-Site.

[3:25 pm]

Nvidia May Prep Quad SLI for Masses

Intel Slashes Prices on Dual-Core Chips by up to 50%.

[2:41 pm]

Intel’s Pentium D, Celeron D Products Become More Affordable

Leading PC Makers Reaffirm Support of DisplayPort.

[11:50 am]

Top PC Companies to Support New VESA DisplayPort Standard

ATI Inks Contract with Nokia Following Bitboys Deal.

[7:43 am]

ATI Set to Provide Mobile Chips to Nokia

Nanya Showcases DDR3 Modules, Sets Up Ramp Plans.

[2:43 am]

Taiwanese Memory Maker Shows DDR3 Products

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

AMD Quad-Core Opteron, Athlon 64 Processors Details Leak.

[3:11 pm]

AMD’s Deerhound, Greyhound, Zamora and Cadiz Processors Surface

TDK Details 200GB Blu-Ray Disc.

[11:49 am]

TDK Increases Per-Layer Capacity of Blu-Ray

MP3 Player Market to Expand to 286 Million Units in 4 Years.

[6:31 am]

Digital Music Player Market to Nearly Double by 2010

Nvidia May Redesign Graphics Cards for Quad SLI Setups.

[4:06 am]

Nvidia Reportedly Readies GeForce 7950 GX2

Nintendo’s Revolution Officially Called “Wii”.

[4:03 am]

Nintendo Revolution Gets Final Brand-Name

Rambus Continues to Pursue PC Graphics Market with XDR2 – Chief Executive.

[12:39 am]

Rambus Seeks Graphics Card Business

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

Intel Quietly Begins to Sell Intel Pentium D 960 Processor.

[1:45 pm]

Intel Pentium D 960 Processor – Available Today

Would You Like to Buy a Core E6600 (Conroe 2.4GHz)?

[1:06 pm]

Go to eBay!

ATI Acquires Mobile Graphics Processors Developer.

[5:47 am]

Bitboys Becomes Part of ATI Technologies

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