Rambus' XDR memory going mobile
Lawsuit-loving technology company Rambus has today announced Mobile XDR, its newest, and fastest memory architecture targeting mobile products. Mobile XDR is said to enable SoC platforms to have a memory bandwidth of over 17 GB/s while maintaining a low power consumption suitable for mobile use.
Rambus' offer is made up of three main components - the Mobile XDR DRAM, Mobile XDR memory controller PHY (MIO), and the Mobile XDR memory controller (MXC), and it makes use of multiple innovations like:
- Very Low-Swing Differential Signaling (VLSD) - bi-directional, ground-referenced, differential signaling technology which offers a high-performance, low-power and cost-effective solution for applications requiring extraordinary bandwidth and superior power efficiency.
- FlexClocking Architecture - utilizes asymmetric partitioning and places critical calibration and timing circuitry in the SoC interface, greatly simplifying the design of the DRAM interface.
- Advanced Power State Management (APSM) - educes memory system power and provides ultra-fast transition times between various low-power and active operating modes.
"Future mobile applications demand far higher performance and longer battery life than today's mobile products can achieve," said Sharon Holt, senior vice president of Licensing and Marketing at Rambus. "Mobile XDR memory provides the ideal solution for designers to offer leading-edge mobile content in a dramatically lower power and cost-effective manner. Uniquely, the Mobile XDR architecture delivers these benefits in SoC and DRAM devices that can be built with current manufacturing infrastructure reducing both risk and time-to-market."
The Mobile XDR memory architecture is now available for licensing so let's wait a little and see who's picking it up.
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Sony presents high-speed wireless intra-connect tech
At ISSCC (International Solid State Circuits Conference) 2010 in San Francisco, Sony is showing off a new technology that enables high speed wireless data transfer within electronic devices. Aimed at replacing physical circuitry and minimizing IC use, Sony's solution uses electromagnetic waves with a frequency of 30GHz to 300GHz and 1mm antennas to deliver transfer speeds of up to 11 Gbps over a distance of 14mm. According to the Japanese company, the transfer distance could be extended to about 50mm using directivity antennas.
The adoption of wireless millimeter-wave connection is said to help increase the reliability of the products it is used for (less movable and detachable parts), and decrease the complexity of IC packages and printed circuit boards, thus enabling lower manufacturing costs.
Sony is planning to use this intra-connection technology in various devices, (like TVs, players) and to continue developing it so it can keep up with the data transfer needs of future electronics.
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Samsung and Sharp settle their LCD patent feud
After some three years of lawsuits and finger pointing, South Korean company Samsung and Japanese firm Sharp have managed to bury the hatchet and sign an agreement that will settle all LCD-related patent disputes between them. The two companies have been battling since 2007, accusing each other of infringing LCD panel and module patents, with lawsuits being filed in the US, Europe, South Korea and Japan. The most recent case was kicked off two months ago by Samsung in a Delaware court.
Through their settlement, Samsung and Sharp will drop the cases they are involved in and get mutual access to the patents disputed. Ah, we love a happy ending.
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MSI Big Bang Fuzion motherboard finally introduced
Month after its unveiling, the first consumer motherboard equipped with the Lucid Hydra 200 SoC, MSI's Big Bang Fuzion, has finally been officially introduced. This new board is based on the P55 chipset and features support for LGA 1156 processors, nothing but Hi-c Caps, SFCs (Super Ferrite Chokes), DrMos (8-phase power for the CPU), a SuperPipe-boasting cooling system, and the OC Genie one-button overclocking function.
The Bog Bang Fuzion also packs four DDR3-2133 memory slots, three PCI-Express slots enabling Nvidia, AMD, or Nvidia+AMD multi-GPU configurations, V-check points, APS (Active Phase Switching), ten SATA 3.0 Gbps and two eSATA ports, dual Gigabit Ethernet, and FireWire connectors.
The motherboard comes bundled with the QuantumWave PCIe x1 sound card supporting EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 and the OC Dashboard for easy monitoring/overclocking, and can be bought for $370.
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Koolance readies the CPU-360 waterblock
This week Koolance will start shipping the CPU-360, its newest CPU waterblock which is compatible with LGA 775/1156/1366 and AM2/AM2+/AM3 chips. The nickel-plated CPU-360 measures 12.5 x 12.5 x 1.5 cm, weights 411 grams and features a copper cold plate with a brass top, an o-ring sealed impingement plate, and G 1/4" threading.
Koolance's waterblock costs $84.99 and is expected to become available on February 12.
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Club 3D to release custom, overclocked Radeon HD 5850
AMD and Nvidia partner Club 3D is currently putting the finishing touches on a new Cypress-powered graphics card, the Radeon HD 5850 Overclocked Edition. Seen below, the DirectX 11-ready card features a custom, dual-slot quad-heatpipe cooling solution, 1440 Stream Processors, a 256-bit memory interface CrossFireX support, and dual DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs.
Club 3D's creation has a core clock of 760 MHz (725 MHz stock), 1GB of GDDR5 memory @ 4200 MHz (4000 MHz) and is bundled with a Dirt 2 voucher. Unfortunately, there's no confirmation as to the Radeon's pricing or release date.
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Active Media Products debuts the MotKey flash drive
Active Media Products now expanded its storage offer with a new flash drive, the MotKey. Coming in 4 and 8GB capacities, the key-shaped drive measures 73 x 30 x 13 mm, has a rubber body providing shock resistance, is Hot Plug & Play, and features a USB 2.0/1.1 interface.
"The MotKey is shock- and scratch-resistant, and will look cool on any keychain", commented Active Media Products' VP of Sales, Jerry Thomson.
The 4GB MotKey can be found priced at $14.95, while the 8GB model costs $24.95.
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The Pirate Bay to get blocked in Italy, more or less
Highlander torrent hangout The Pirate Bay, is once again having problems in Italy where a copyright infringement lawsuit ended with a ruling that will block access to the site throughout the country. This second case against the Pirate Bay follows a Supreme Court decision which states that ISPs (Internet Service Providers) can be forced to block a site outside Italy if it facilitates copyright violation.
The decision to block TPB is likely to be contested, but it's uncertain if that will happen though an appeal in Italy or a case in the European Court of Justice.
Italian ISPs will have to comply pretty quick to the ban but the move is not expected to do much damage as there are ways to escape the blockade. Well, at least they try.
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Symantec sued over antivirus subscription renewal
Well-known security company Symantec was sued last month by one Kenneth Elan over an unwanted subscription renewal. This case, which was asked to be granted class action status, comes seven months after Symantec and McAfee each agreed to pay $375,000 to settle with the New York attorney general over accusations that they were automatically renewing customers' subscriptions without their consent.
In addition to paying the fine, the two security software companies vowed to provide electronic notification to consumers before and after renewal of the subscription, yet, in Elan's case, that didn't happen. According to Elan's complaint, which was filed in a New York court, he was charged $76.03 for the renewal of his Norton Antivirus subscription although he didn't agree to it. In fact, he says he didn't get notified before the money was taken from his credit card.
With the lawsuit Elan is accusing Symantec of deceptive business practices and is asking for a full refund.
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Samsung preps 500GB external HDD with Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT
Samsung announced its plans to release an S2 Portable hard drive that is pre-loaded with Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT, the latest movie about the King of Pop. The 2.5-inch external HDD with the special bundle has a 500GB capacity, a USB 2.0 interface, a Power Saving Mode, auto backup, and SecretZone, a feature that acts as a virtual drive and secures files and folders with AES-128bit or AES-256bit encryption.
"We are excited to present this movie starring Michael Jackson, the greatest entertainer of all time, pre-loaded on the Samsung S2 Portable," said H.S. Lee, Vice President, Storage Marketing, Samsung Electronics.
Samsung's 'THIS IS IT' S2 Portable drive is set to debut in Europe on February 22nd, together with the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film.
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