NVidia Fermi to be known as GeForce GTX 470 & GTX 480
NVidia has revealed that its first consumer graphics cards to use the long-awaited Fermi architecture - codenamed GF100 - will be known as the GeForce GTX 470 and GeForce GTX 480. Knowing that the cards - or, presumably, the GeForce GTX 480 at least - are likely to usurp AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5000-series as the fastest single-GPU solution around, it may come as no surprise to notice that the company has taken a giant leap in terms of model numbers.
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Core i7 970 will be a six-core CPU running on 3.2GHz
Intel plans another six-core processor as the part of Core i7 family: new model 970 is not an extreme version, but will run at 3.2GHz. Naturally, it has 12 hyperthreading cores and its QPI delivers 6.4GB/s. With the help of Turbo overclocking this CPU will be able to reach the 3.46 GHz mark and supports 1600 DDR3 memory.
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Apple working on Mac OS X-based tablet
Although the iPad has yet to ship, a potentially significant rumor (http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/01/apple-tablet-os-x-ipad/) Monday night has Apple already developing a more advanced model. Supposedly corroborated between sources, the new model would be much larger and more likely run software much more like Mac OS X, not iPhone OS. If true, the system would be ready within a year.
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PS3 & Xbox 360 to see price cuts again in 2010
Video game industry analyst Michael Pachter has said that he expects the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to receive price cuts again this year, which will lead to the Wii being forced into a price cut as well, in order to keep the remaining price advantage it has over its rivals. The Wii enjoyed a $350 price advantage over the PS3 at launch, and a $150 advantage until September. Now, the gap has narrowed to $100, with the feature-laden PS3 a tempting purchase for prospective console households , says Pachter.
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Intel and Micron announced 25nm technology
Intel and Micron are starting the week by announcing their 25nm NAND manufacturing technology. Developed by IM Flash Technologies, Intel and Micron's NAND flash joint venture, the 25nm tech enables the making of higher-capacity, lower-cost NAND Flash memory chips for use in everything from solid state drives and flash drives, to media players, phones, and other types of devices. Using its 25nm tech, IMFT has been able to make a 64Gb (8GB) 2-bit multi-level cell NAND chip that's just 167mm2, slightly smaller, than the company's 34nm-made 4GB Flash.
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Apple makes at least $200 on each iPad
According to BroadPoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall, Apple will make upwards of $200 on each iPad sold to cult members. The bill of materials for the cheapest $499 unit with 16GB of memory and WiFi connectivity is $270.50. Even when service costs are added, the cost ends up at $290.50. It gets worse with pricier models. The $629 unit with 16GB and 3G costs $306.50 to build. The 32GB model with 3G costs $322 to make, but it will sell for $729. This is a 55.1 percent margin, something you rarely see in drug trafficking, let alone the tech industry.
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Samsung produces 30nm DDR3 RAM
Samsung today unveiled a potential breakthrough in its Green DDR3 memory by developing its first examples built on a 30 nanometer process. The size shrink allows 2 gigabit (256MB) chips that use 30 percent less power than 50nm DDR3. In a typical notebook, Samsung estimates that a 4GB RAM stick with the new memory would consume just 3W of energy each hour and extend battery life that much further.
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Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Keyboard with Anti-Ghosting Technology
Microsoft announced their newest gaming keyboard, the SideWinder X4. This keyboard is designed to give gamers more control such as macro recording, mode and profile switching, and adjustable backlighting. There is also anti-ghosting technology which allows gamers to press up to 26 keys at once.
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Core i3: The Most Affordable Nehalem
Intel continues the tradition of releasing of weaker models of their current CPU generation right after a serie of the most representative models, so now we finally have Core i3, the weakest but the most attractive CPU of the Nehalem architecture. As before, when after a serie of expensive Core 2 processors, we got a serie of weakened models for the masses, now we have the latest derivatives which differ significantly from the strongest i7 series, but are perfect for most needs of an average customer.
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