Saturday, September 25, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InsideHW) 25/09/2010


InsideHW
KFA2 announces GTX 480 Anarchy graphics card
European KFA2 is readying the release of a new GeForce GTX 480 model which is not only factory overclocked, but comes equipped with Arctic's Accelero Extreme Plus VGA cooler that packs three 92mm fans and five copper heatpipes.
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Intel lowers processor prices
According to an analyst with Canaccord Genuity, Intel is sharply cutting prices on their Atom and Core processors, due to unexpectedly low sales in Europe and China. The analyst says the slow sales were thanks to unexpected overall economic weakness in Asia and Europe.
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AMD warns of lower revenue for this quarter
Citing weaker than expected demand for notebooks in both North America and Western Europe, AMD has lowered its revenue prediction for the current quarter which ends next week. According to AMD, sales for Q3 should end up 1% to 4% lower than those reported in Q2 - $1.65 billion. Initially, AMD was expecting revenue to remain flat in Q3.
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Marvell makes triple-core 1.5GHz mobile CPU
Marvell has unveiled their latest mobile SoC (system-on-a-chip), the ARMADA 628, which promises to be a game changer , running three-cores and clocking in at 1.5GHz. Marvell says the SoC will run on an ARM v7 infrastructure, likely the Cortex A9 MPCore, and with that computing power, a phone running the chip could playback two simultaneous 1080p 3D video-streams.
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Acer Aspier 5820T: Timeline X
Acer has been on a steady upward spiral since the first model from the Timeline series, as far as the quality of this notebook family is concerned. Whether ultraportable notebooks or full-fledged business machines, the advancement is evident. The Timeline series was envisioned as a step further from the conventional models, mostly due to a few advantages these models offer. This time around, we’ve had the opportunity to meet Aspire TimelineX 5820TG.
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