AMD ships 8- and 12-core Magny-Cours Opterons
AMD has begun delivering OEMs the new Opteron 6100 series processors (codename Magny-Cours), whose production began last month and OEM partners have been receiving production parts this month. Manufactured on 45nm technology, the 8-core and 12-core server CPUs make use of the new G34 socket (1974 pins), feature four HyperTransport 3.0 links, a 4-channel integrated DDR3 memory controller, and up to 12MB of L3 cache.
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ION 2 not as good as expected
As if Nvidia was not in enough trouble as it is, it turns out that the new ION 2 might not be brightest GPU in the bunch. According to a review on netbooknews.de (http://www.netbooknews.de/13698/benchmark-acer-aspire-one-532g-mit-ion2-zusatzgrafik-enttauscht-noch/) , ION 2 fails to outperform the original ION. The reviewers pitted the Samsung N510 with ION graphics against the ION2 packing Acer Aspire one 532G. The ION-based Samsung scored 3513 in 3D Mark003, while the Acer managed just 3049.
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Belkin launches its first USB 3.0 devices
Belkin has expanded its product lineup with several peripherals that support the new USB 3.0 standard. Two are expansion cards, the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCIe Add-In Card for desktops, and the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ExpressCard adapter for laptops. Belkin has also unveiled two USB 3.0-compliant cables, the SuperSpeed A-B Cable and the SuperSpeed Premium Micro-B Cable.
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MSI adds GT660 game notebook in its offer
MSI launched a handful of new systems ahead of its CeBIT appearance, including a new GT series gaming notebook. The GT660 is intended as a desktop replacement and pays unusual attention to sound: MSI claims to have worked with a leader in sound system design to tune the enclosure and speakers to provide better than usual notebook audio. Performance is accordingly high with a quad Core i7 and a GeForce GTX 285M for graphics, and the GT660 is one of MSI's first notebooks with USB 3.0 ports.
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2010: The Catalyst Year
Ever since they were first presented, what may now seem as the long gone 2002, ATI Catalyst have been the most frequently updated graphics drivers. When the company first came out with the Catalyst bundle, which consisted of four components, ATI officially left its troublesome driver history behind. Of course, there have been ups and downs, but the overall quality of ATI graphics card support rose dramatically since. The largest problem for ATI at the time was the fact that NVIDIA Detonator and later ForceWare drivers were much less buggy, whereas the current situation is somewhat reversed. Anyhow, the fact that the Catalyst drivers are refreshed on a monthly basis has produced, according to our calculations, some 95 driver revisions up to now. As the Catalyst 10.1 revision was already completed before the end of 2009, ATI left major developments to be integrated in 10.2 and 10.3 revisions, thus starting the year in a revolutionary manner.
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