ASUS unveils first TUF series motherboard
If you value stability when you're building a new system above all else, then this news could be music to your ears, with ASUS launching the first in their new "TUF" series of motherboards via the Intel P55 chipset-based SABERTOOTH 55i.آ What does it have to offer potential buyers?آ We'll let the official press release do the talking.
ASUS, the leader in innovative motherboard solutions, today unveiled the first motherboard in its newly-developed “TUF†(The Ultimate Force) Series, the SABERTOOTH 55i. The TUF Series is specially developed to meet the heavy computing demands of power users and perform well even under extreme conditions. Such computer enthusiasts often demand high-quality motherboard components and the most stable computing platforms. To achieve uncompromising stability, TUF Series motherboards have undergone a more stringent testing program than what most motherboard producers currently undertake. Solidly constructed and equipped with resilient components that have passed demanding military-style testing, the TUF Series triumphs over the harshest operating conditions to deliver robust performance. The debut SABERTOOTH 55i model, designed around a “Marine Cool†concept, incorporates the Intelآ® P55 chipset and “tough†features to give users a supremely solid and stable computing platform.
You can find ASUS' press release in full here.
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NVIDIA says GT300 on schedule for Q4 2009
There's been a lot of concern and doom-mongering surrounding NVIDIA's first DirectX 11 GT300 core in recent weeks, with talk of delays and major yield issues floating around.آ NVIDIA have now responded to these stories (an unusual event in itself given that companies tend never to talk about unannounced products until they're good and ready), denying that there are any issues with GT300 at present.
We are happy to report that we were correct in our earlier predictions that the GT300 is farther along than many other sites were predicting. We hear that NVIDIA has made an official statement on the state of the GT300 yields.
It seems that the GT300 has been taped out long ago and that yields are fine. This statement comes from a senior product manager for the GT300, but we also have this from our own sources [who have been saying this all along].
So where did the rumors of sub 2% yields come from? Well according to the unnamed source it looks like AMD's Competitive Analysis team mistranslated some information that stated only 9 chips per wafer worked. This information quickly spread around the internet and became what we like to call "the repeated truth". Bear in mind that this was the same team in charge of spreading rumors that Larrabee is now in its third or fourth generation of silicon, which is direly incorrect.
Bright Side of News has the latest from the rumour mill in full.آ Thanks to Agarath in our forum for the link.
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