LaCie is going after Apple's Time Machine with its newest product, the Wireless Space router slash NAS (network-attached storage) solution which not only looks good, but can also share a net connection with several PCs and Macs, and store, stream and backup your data.
Designed by Neil Poulton, LaCie's device includes 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and four Ethernet ports, two USB connectors, supports UPnP/DLNA-compliant hardware, and is bundled with backup software.
The Wireless Space will ship next month in 1TB and 2TB capacities priced at $230 and $350, respectively.
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Zotac introduces GeForce GTX 460 with 2GB of memory :: Posted by THRASHER2
Catching up to Palit and Gainward, Hong Kong-based AIB maker Zotac has today announced its own GeForce GTS 460 card with 2GB of on-board GDDR5 memory - double the 'regular' amount (more than double when considering the 768MB model).
Seen below, Zotac's card has a 40nm GF104 GPU clocked at 710 MHz (675 MHz stock), 336 CUDA Cores @ 1420 MHz, a 256-bit memory interface, a memory frequency of 3600 MHz, a dual-slot cooler, 2-way SLI support, and dual-DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs.
This new 2GB GeForce GTX 460 comes bundled with Ubisoft's action title Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab coming to the US :: Posted by THRASHER2
South Korean CE giant Samsung has managed to strike deals with four US carriers for the launch of its first media tablet, the Galaxy Tab. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless will all be offering the 7-inch Android 2.2-based device 'in the coming month'.
Beside announcing the Galaxy Tab's launch partners, Samsung has also introduced the Media Hub, a proprietary content service which will provide owners of its tablet with access to films and TV programs for rent or purchase. MTV Networks, NBC, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Paramount are said to have signed up, and more are likely to join them.
Unfortunately, no pricing info for the Galaxy Tab was provided.
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Targus releases a trio of notebook coolers :: Posted by THRASHER2
Anaheim's own Targus Inc. has this week added to its product offering no less than three new coolers to help travelers, gamers and casual users provide their notebooks with better working conditions.
The flagship release is the $60 HD3 Gaming Chill Mat which targets gamers with up to 18-inch laptops and features an aluminum alloy grill, non-skid elastomer feet, and three (USB-powered) fans working at up to 3000 RPM.
Next up is the Travel Chill Mat which costs $30 and has a soft neoprene exterior, rubber stops prevent slips, and two fans. As for the Lap Chill Mat (in silver), it costs $40 and packs two fans.
All three notebook coolers can be found @ Targus.com .
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PowerDVD 10 added support for 3D video via HDMI 1.4 :: Posted by THRASHER2
CyberLink has made available a new update for its PowerDVD 10 playback software which enables owners of the latest GeForce cards to enjoy a better 3D experience. The main additions to PowerDVD are that of Full HD 3D video output via a HDMI 1.4 connection, and full-quality Blu-ray audio bitstreaming.
Beside those mentioned, the update brings side by side and over/under 3D video playback, an improved 3D configuration page, as well as support for GeForce GTX 460 HDMI 1.3a bit-stream lossless pass-through, and for the playback of Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W1 recorded 3D video.
"A home theater PC with full Blu-ray 3D video and audio through a single HDMI connection is an audio/video enthusiastÂ’s dream," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "Nvidia has worked closely with CyberLink to help us make this dream a reality, and we are thrilled to support the release of the new Nvidia drivers (260 Series) with an update to PowerDVD that takes full advantage of these incredible capabilities."
The PowerDVD 10 update can be downloaded from this page .
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CTL taking pre-orders for the 2goPad 10-inch slate :: Posted by THRASHER2
Intel Classmate PC partner CTL has now kicked off the pre-order phase for its 2goPad SL10 PC slate based on Pine Trail platform and powered by Microsoft's Windows 7 (32bit). The mobile device costs $499 and is set to ship by October 15th.
The 2goPad features a 10.1-inch (1024 x 600) LED-backlit capacitive touchscreen, a 1.66 GHz Atom N450 CPU, integrated graphics, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, 10/100 LAN, WiFi, Bluetooth, an SD card reader, a 1.3 megapixel camera, and boasts a 4-cell battery good for 5 hours of operation, per charge.
CTL's slate can be ordered via this page .
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PhotoFast to release 430 MB/s SATA 6.0 Gbps SSD next month :: Posted by THRASHER2
Taipei-based PhotoFast has just sent out word that it is on the verge of rolling out the G-Monster3 XV1 series, its first 2.5-inch solid state drives with a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface.
The upcoming SSDs pack 128MB of DDR3 memory as cache, an unknown controller (Indilinx Jet Stream, Thunderbolt, or maybe a JMicron JMF66x), have a MTBF of 1.5 million hours, a one year warranty and will ship in October. As for performance numbers, the look something like this:
- 64GB G-Monster3 XV1 - 370 MB/s (max. read) / 120 MB/s (max. write)
- 128GB G-Monster3 XV1 - 410 MB/s (max. read) / 190 MB/s (max. write)
- 256GB G-Monster3 XV1 - 430 MB/s (max. read) / 300 MB/s (max. write)
The SSDs' prices were not announced.
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Aerocool unveils the Strike-X touchscreen :: Posted by THRASHER2
Aerocool will next month be expanding its Strike-X product line (which already includes a gaming PC chassis) by introducing a dual-bay 5.25-inch fan controller featuring a touch panel and a wannabe hardcore design.
Coming in red and black, the controller has five fan channels, each one providing 8W, two audio and two USB 2.0 fans, and an overheating alarm. The Strike-X controller has a recommended price tag of €54.90 but it can be found on pre-order for €50.28.
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MSI reveals the CX413 14-inch AMD-powered laptop :: Posted by THRASHER2
MSI today introduced to the world its latest Classic series notebook, the 14-inch CX413 model which is based on AMD's Danube platform, has Microsoft's Windows 7 Home Premium pre-installed, and utilizes the ECO engine power-saving technology.
The new 2.2kg portable machine has a black-matte exterior, metal touchpad buttons, an LED-backlit display, the 2.1 GHz Athlon II P320 processor, a Mobility Radeon HD 5470 512MB graphics card, a 250/320/500GB hard drive, a DVD writer, a 4-in-1 card reader, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, a HDMI output and a 6-cell battery.
Pricing and release info was not provided.
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Always Innovating keeps it hybrid with phone/tablet/netbook :: Posted by THRASHER2
Expanding on its detachable netbook design, Always Innovating has made the Smart Book (that's two words, no need for legal threats) a hybrid device that brings together a VOIP phone, a tablet and a netbook, enabling an all-in-one mobile computing experience.
The tablet 'part' of the Smart Book features an 8.9-inch (1024 x 600) capacitive touchscreen, a Texas Instruments Cortex-A8-based chip, 512MB of RAM, 256MB of NAND Flash, an GB microSD card, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, an accelerometer, and a detachable Bluetooth module. This device is said to be running Ubuntu, Android, Chrome OS and the proprietary AIOS, so the user will have some interesting OS options.
Those willing to play the role of an early adopter can pre-order the Smart Book for $549. Or you can order pieces of it.
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Dell UltraSharp U3011 30-inch IPS monitor goes on sale :: Posted by THRASHER2
Six weeks have passes since we drooled over a few boxes labeled 'U3011' and now Dell has begun to ship those boxes to people able and willing to spend $1,499 on its new 30-inch UltraSharp monitor boasting an IPS panel and a native resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels.
Dell's display also features a 1000:1 contrast ratio (1,000,000:1 DCR), a 7ms GTG response time, a brightness of 370 cd/m2, one D-Sub, two DVI and two HDMI connectors, a 7-in-1 card reader, four USB 2.0 ports, and a stand enabling tilt, swivel and height adjustment.
The UltraSharp U3011 has a base warranty lasting three years and can be found here .
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PhotoFast also preps the Power Drive-LSI PCI-Express SSD :: Posted by THRASHER2
Beside teasing us with the G-Monster3 XV1 SATA 6.0 Gbps drive, PhotoFast today also announced the Power Drive-LSI, a solid state drive with a PCI-Express x8 interface that promises to deliver read and write speeds of up to 1400 MB/s and 1500 MB/s, respectively.
Seen below, PhotoFast's speedy, bootable SSD makes use of MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips, has internal RAID, 512MB of DDR2 cache memory, and is backed by a one-year warranty.
The Power Drive-LSI SSD is set to become available next month in 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities.
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Buffalo coming up with new, two-drive LinkStation NAS :: Posted by THRASHER2
Buffalo will later this month be updating its storage offer through the release of a new LinkStation-branded line, the Ls-Wvl/R1 Series of dual-drive NAS devices which feature Gigabit Ethernet and USB 2.0 connectivity, DLNA support and active cooling.
Claimed to be significantly faster than its predecessor, the Ls-Wvl/R1 drives will be available in 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and 4TB capacities, priced at $356, $431, $554 and $679, respectively. All models are backed by a one-year warranty.
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Apple starts shipping its 27-inch LED Cinema Display :: Posted by THRASHER2
Announced back in July, Apple's sexy, mercury-free 27-inch LED Cinema Display has now begun shipping. As a quick remember, this model has an in-plane switching (IPS) panel with a native screen resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, and an LED backlight.
Priced t $999, the widescreen LCD also features a 12ms response time, a contrast ratio of 1000:1, a brightness of 375 cd/m2, a Mini DisplayPort input, three USB 2.0 ports, an ambient light sensor, an iSight webcam, and a built-in 2.1 speaker system (49 watts).
People who order this Cinema Display now will have to wait 1-2 weeks for it to arrive.
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Viking Modular announces the 'Element' enterprise SSD :: Posted by THRASHER2
Viking Modular Solutions has now introduced its latest flashy product, the Element series 2.5-inch solid state drive which features a SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) 6.0 Gbps interface and is aimed towards the enterprise market.
The new drives can use MLC, eMLC or SLC NAND Flash memory chips, have power fail data protection that ensures data integrity, and include 'intelligent' write management techniques for optimized endurance.
"At Viking Modular, our goal is to continue to bring valuable products to market that exceed OEM expectations and that solve real-life problems for data center IT managers," said Adrian Proctor, Vice President of Marketing at Viking Modular. "Comprehensive and exhaustive design verification and production tests have proven that the Element SSD delivers the highest levels of quality, environmental ruggedness and endurance available on the market today, while enabling performance-per-dollar leadership."
The Element SSD line is made up of 50GB, 100GB and 200GB models with SLC NAND, and 100GB, 200GB and 400GB drives with MLC/eMLC.
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Addonics comes up with 5-drive RAID storage appliance :: Posted by THRASHER2
Addonics Technologies has just introduced an new storage solution, the Compact RAID appliance which supports up to five 2.5-inch SATA hard drives and/or solid state drives that can be configured in RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 or JBOD.
Addonics' latest release measures 77 x 138 x 124 mm, has eSATA connectivity, a JMicron JMB393 SATA port multiplier, tool-free drive-swapping capabilities, and a 40mm cooling fan at the back with a sound output of 22.5 dB.
The Compact RAID is backed by a one-year warranty and costs $149 .
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Gmail video chat gets more pixels :: Posted by THRASHER2
Introduced almost two year ago, the video chat feature in Google's email service has received a little update this week which enables a better experience through higher resolution video and a larger chat window.
The widescreen VGA-enabling video chat upgrade is available in the Labs section of Gmail (see Settings) so you need to manually add it in order to take advantage.
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New Bungie project will have a new engine :: Posted by THRASHER2
Favoring a from-scratch solution rather than licensing
Even though the final Bungie chapter has been written with the studioÂ’s contribution to the Halo franchise in its release of Reach, despite all of the acclaim that the studio is receiving many already want to talk about whatÂ’s next.
So far, we do now that the next project from Bungie will not be Halo-related and we know that it will be multiplatform, which means that it will be the studioÂ’s first release for the PlayStation 3. We also know that Activision will be selling the title when it is released. Actually, that isnÂ’t really much to go on.
We are learning now that the new project that the studio is working on will be on a new engine built from the ground up. This means that the company will not be taking advantage of some of the engines that are available through licensing from a number of sources. Apparently, the company didnÂ’t really consider licensing an engine technology, as that just is not what Bungie is about.
The new Bungie engine (which apparently has a name we havenÂ’t found out yet) has been in development for some time and is in a stage where the engine is at the end of pre-production. With the release of Reach, more and more of the studio will be rolling onto the new project and it is expected that the majority will be working on the new project within weeks.
Sources tell us that Bungie is planning to announce their new project at CES next year during the presentations of Microsoft or Sony. At least this is the current plan, according to sources. While a number of theories and supposed leaks have tried to pin down exactly what Bungie is working on for their first release, at least right now no one is talking specifics.
Hot off the release of Reach, BungieÂ’s next project could be one of the biggest announcements that players will be looking forward to next year. It is expected that the actual title could be released in late 2011, but a 2012 release is actually more likely.
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AT&T to offer 9800 in Red & White :: Posted by THRASHER2
Late November release expected
It seems that despite all of the negative press that has been following the BlackBerry Torch 9800 around, AT&T and RIM are not ready to throw in the towel just yet. In fact, AT&T has been turning up the advertising machine in conjunction with RIM in a series of ads showing off the 9800. Apparently it is working, as our sources tell us that sales are not as flat as they had been, although still far from what RIM was expecting.
In addition to the sales of the Torch 9800 picking up, AT&T will apparently be the first carrier to offer the Torch 9800 in colors. A red and white version of the 9800 is expected for a late November release, but some are suggesting that it could arrive as soon as mid-November. Sources tell us that the configuration of the 9800 will be the same; the only difference is the color. The red version looks closest to the current black released version, while the white version is a bit more adventurous with white almost everywhere except the screen, and this includes a white keyboard.
There is no word yet if other carriers will be lucky enough to get some colors for their 9800s, but we suspect that will be on the agenda for RIM after the AT&T release in November.
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Black Ops servers will cost PC players :: Posted by THRASHER2
Dedicated server program run by GameServers.com
Call of Duty: Black Ops players on the PC will have dedicated servers to play on, but apparently Activision has ripped a page out of the Electronic Arts playbook and has moved to a server provider model, which will see GameServers.com as the exclusive provider of servers (both ranked and unranked) for Black Ops.
The news hit today that GameServers.com is already starting to take pre-orders for servers both ranked and unranked. In the U.S. players will be able to get a ranked Black Ops server for $14.95 per month or an unranked Black Ops server for .99 cents per slot with a 24-slot max.
The company is offering locations in Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia, so it would appear that they have a number of locations from which to serve up the Black Ops action for PC players. The announcement of the dedicated server provider program for Black Ops now could cast into doubt the possibility of public release of the server files to the general public.
Currently, no additional details have been released, but our sources tell us that with the prices that GameServers.com is charging, no one is getting rich on this offering. As another competing provider that we spoke with told us, “The cost of the servers and the bandwidth is, of course, high to run these types of FPS gaming servers; and at the pricing they are charging it is difficult to see how they are going to make much money offering it.”
Treyarch has claimed that the decision to go with an exclusive provider gives the company better control to deal with cheaters and offers better security. The rental servers will all offer those that purchase them the ability to kick, ban and configure a number of the settings. Ranked servers will have a set configuration that customers will be unable to modify.
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OCZ shows its new RevoDrive at IDF 2010 :: Posted by THRASHER2
IDF 2010: Maximum write at 730 MB/s
During the IDF 2010, guys from HotHardware managed to get a first look at OCZ's RevoDrive X2 that is based on four Sandforce controllers and Intel NAND flash memory.
This PCI-Express based SSD is basically a 4-way RAID configuration running with Intel NAND flash chips and speeds that peak at 730MB/S for write and 740MB/s for read with a 4K random write set at 120,000IOPS. The Sandforce test system at IDF had a running IOMeter test with 107124.50IOPS which is always nice to see.
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Corsair rolls out new PSU line :: Posted by THRASHER2
Gaming series
Making the day a bit more interesting, Corsair has decided to roll out its new power supply line, the Gaming series. The new Gaming series have 80Plus certification and will be avialable as a 600, 700 and 800W version.
All three PSUs are non-modular, support ATX12V 2.3 standard, have sleeved cables and are cooled by a 140mm double ball-bearing temperature set fan. The blades of fan are transparent and can be illuminated at the request by three-color LEDs, so you can end up with either blue, red or white color. The entire Gaming series PSU has a single +12V rail peaking at 65Amps for the 800W version.
The MTBF is rated at 100,000 hours and all three are backed by three years of warranty. The MSRP for the Gaming series starts at US $99.99 for the 600W model, US $109.99 for the 700W and ends up at US $119.99 for the 800W model.
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Google fires internal engineer for accessing private data :: Posted by THRASHER2
Elite technical member harasses minors, violates privacy
In the web economy of 2010, the amount of Google accessing personal data amounts to just over 180 million people per month. As the second most trusted brand in the United States in 2010 next to Walmart, Google has garnered the trust of hundreds of millions of users to safeguard personal data and to keep private communications under high-grade security mechanisms.
Earlier today, Gawker Media published an alarming report regarding an inside breach from company headquarters, where former 27-year old Google engineer David Barksdale allegedly used his internal clearances to access private Gmail data and Gtalk communication logs so that "he could spy on and harass people." Nevertheless, Barksdale's contraventions included violating the privacy of four minors during his employment, whom he met through a technology group in the Seattle area while working as a Site Reliability Engineer at Google's Kirkland, Washington office.
According to sources close to TechCrunch, one privacy breach involved a 15-year old boy who he had befriended. Barksdale tapped into call logs from Google Voice after the boy refused to state the name of his new girlfriend. After accessing the boy's account to retrieve her name and phone number, Barksdale taunted the boy and threatened to call her.
In other cases involving minors of both genders, Barksdale accessed Google account contact lists and chat transcripts, and in one case had even quoted from a girl's IM chatlog that he had accessed behind her back. According to Gawker, he had also unblocked himself from a Gtalk contact list even though the minor in question had taken steps to end communications with the Google engineer.
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Best Buy to sell iPad at all stores :: Posted by THRASHER2
Could be in response to adding Kindle
Best Buy has confirmed that they will be adding the Apple iPad to their inventory in all U.S. stores. The news isnÂ’t really surprising, considering that the company has been a partner with Apple for some time; and Best Buy recently announced that it would be offering the Amazon Kindle for sale this holiday season.
The iPads will be available in all U.S. stores starting on September 26th. The company has decided to stock both the Wi-Fi and 3G configuration, which is perhaps a bit of a surprise considering the additional cost that the 3G models tack on to the price tag of the iPad.
The news is good for Apple, as it hopes to move more iPads heading into this holiday season. Surprisingly, the electronic book craze seems to have started to blossom and many analysts seem to agree that the iPad has had an impact on the growth in this market space.
In addition to the iPad and other eBook readers, a number of other tablet options are in the pipeline from a several other sources. Apple might be feeling the need to grab as much of this market share as quickly as it can before more competitors move into this space; and there is no better way to do this than to get the iPad into more mass market locations such as Best Buy.
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StarCraft II cheaters to be dealt with :: Posted by THRASHER2
Blizzard to use the ban hammer soon
Are you one of those accounts that have been identified by Blizzard as using unauthorized hacks or mods to cheat at StarCraft II? Well, Blizzard takes cheating seriously, and they have issued a warning to cheaters that they are going to deal with the behavior. ‘Dealing with it’ likely means (at the very least) account suspensions for those tagged for bending the rules.
Blizzard has reminded players of StarCraft II that, as with Warcraft, they are not kidding and will use the ban hammer to make their point; this means that banned players will not be able to log into their battle.net accounts and thus they will not be able to play the game.
Of course, using hacks or modifications of any type is a violation of the battle.net agreement and violates Blizzard policy. Playing StarCraft II means you need to be playing the game with a vanilla install of the gaming client; doing otherwise will bring the wrath of Blizzard upon you.
Sources suggest that Blizzard will be moving quickly in the next couple of days to deal with cheaters. If you donÂ’t want to get banned, you had best turn over a new leaf and stop cheating; or face the ban hammer. It is your choice.
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Powercolor shows its new PSU line :: Posted by THRASHER2
Extreme and Gaming series
Adding a bit more flare to its graphics card business, Powercolor has rolled out two new lines of power supply units, the Extreme and Gaming series.
Featuring models that range from 500W to 1000W, the new Powercolor power supplies are complient with ATX 12V v2.2 and EPS12V v2.91 standards and feature either 80Plus and 80Plus Bronze certifications. The Gaming series include a 500W and 600W models while Extreme will be available in 850W and 1000W models.
The Extreme series is modular, features a red 140mm ultra-quiet double ball bearing fan while the yellow Gaming series comes with a, you guessed right, yellow ultra-quiet 120mm double ball bearing fan. The Extreme series is rated at up to 85% efficiency, thus the 80Plus Bronze, while the Gaming series sticks to up to 80% with 80Plus certification.
Both the Extreme and Gaming series have been designed for multi-GPU systems so you can expect PCI-Express power connectors if you are into CrossfireX or SLI configurations.
The price is still unknown but we guess that Powercolor will keep these in line with the competition.
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OCZ shows new DDR3 modules :: Posted by THRASHER2
ULV and ELV memory
After quite some time, OCZ has released a new additions to its memory lineup, the new Ultra-Low Voltage and Extreme-Low Voltage memory modules for Intel platforms. The new memory modules will be a parto of Reaper, HPC, Gold and Platinum series kits and as the name suggests, will need either 1.5V for the ULV and 1.35V for the ELV based kits.
The Ultra-Low Voltage lineup will be available in Reaper HPC and Gold series kits and in 4, 8 and 12GB configurations while the Extreme-Low Voltage modules will came as a Platinum series kit in 4 and 6GB configurations. Both the ULV and ELV modules will be clocked at 1333MHz and 1600MHz.
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HTC officially launches its new Desire smartphones :: Posted by THRASHER2
Desire HD and Desire Z
During its London event, HTC has officially announced its two latest Android Desire series phones, the Desire HD and Desire Z. The Desire HD is company's new 4.3-inch flagship packed inside an aluminum casing while the so called "business monster" QWERTY slider, the Desire Z, features HTC's new Z-hinge, and a 3.7-inch screen.
The full specs for the Desire HD include a 4.3-inch WVGA resolution Capacitive Touch screen with multi-touch, is powered by Qualcomm's 8255 1GHz processor, 8MP camera with dual LED flash and 720p HD video recording, 768MB of RAM, 1.5GB of internal storage and microSD card slot, Motion G-sensor, Proximity and Ambient Light sensors, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11 bgn WiFi, standard 3.5mm audio jack and standard micro-USB port.
The dimensions of the Desire HD are 123 x 68 x 11.8 mm and it weighs 164 grams with a 1230mAh battery. As noted, it runs on Android 2.2 Froyo with HTC Sense.
The Desire Z on the other hand has a smaller 3.7-inch Super LCD WVGA resolution, capacitive touch screen, powered by 800MHz Qualcomm 7230 chip, 5MP camera with single LED flash and 720p video recording, 512MB of RAM, 1.5GB of internal storage, while the rest of the specs are pretty much identical to the Desire HD.
This one has 119 x 60.4 x 14.16 mm dimensions and weighs 180 grams with the 1300mAh battery. Unlike the Desire HD, this one features a rather good and decent slide out QWERTY keyboard and can be considered as the direct competiton to the recently announced Nokia E7.
You can check out the hands-on video for both devices over at Engadget.com. Both smartphones should be available in Europe as of next month with a price tag set at €579 for the Desire HD and €499 for the Desire Z.
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Zacate Fusion works at 1.6GHz :: Posted by THRASHER2
500MHz DirectX 11 graphics inside
We were lucky to find out that the demo unit that AMD showed to various journalists at a hotel near the Moscone center works at 1.6GHz.
This is a dual core Bobcat based CPU with Radeon 5500 equivalent graphics, 18W TPD and at least the prototype shown at the hotel here, runs at 1.6GHz.
Interestingly enough this is the exact same clock as the most prolific Atom models and Zacate actually should perform better than an Atom, ending up closer to Pentium and Core i3 notebooks. The graphics part works at 500MHz which is a much more modest speed than the one that we expect from Sandy Bridge, but then again, Sandy Bridge should be a higher performance part, something that is out of ZacateÂ’s league.
These might not be the final clocks but since the CPU should ship to partners in Q4 2010, this should be very close to the final clock, although it is currently impossible to confirm whether 1.6GHz is the final clock. At least now you have an idea about ZacateÂ’s clock speeds. Naturally Ontario will have to get a lower clock to maintain its 9W TDP.
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Sandy Bridge GPU gets disabled with discrete GPU :: Posted by THRASHER2
One or the other
WeÂ’ve learned one more about IntelÂ’s Sandy Bridge CPU and its more interesting graphics part. Sandy Bridge graphics support dual displays, but once you plug in a discrete graphics card in PCIe slot, the Sandy Bridge magic will simply shut down.
At this time, we are not aware of any chance that Intel gets some kind of hybrid mode and use its own Sandy Bridge graphics for non-graphics intensive tasks and then use the discrete graphics for the graphics intensive ones. So, graphics lovers who need more performance than what integrated graphics deliver will be safe, new six series chipsets do have support for external graphics, and some companies might even have dual slots for SLI / Crossfire system.
GigabyteÂ’s GA P67A-UD7 board will be the one to support both Crossfire and SLI. We wish Intel could come up with hybrid graphics and simply shuts down discrete graphics cards when we donÂ’t need them, Nvidia and AMD already offer such technologies.
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Gigabyte shows Sandy Bridge P67 motherboard :: Posted by THRASHER2
4 PCIe slots for lot of SLI/CF
We managed to score some pictures of GigabyteÂ’s latest P67-based Sandy Bridge motherboard dubbed Gigabyte GA P67A-UD7.
The board is black, made with enthusiasts in mind and it comes with 24-phase power VRMs designed for dual power switching. It supports only Socket 1155 Sandy Bridge based CPUs and the board is based on the P67 chipset, IntelÂ’s high end chipset for these CPUs.
It supports dual channel memory DDR3 of course as well as SATA 3.0. It does support USB 3.0 but via an external chip, as USB 3.0 is not supported in 6-series chipsets. LetÂ’s not forget about the four PCIe slots for three-way SLI and three-way Crossfire that will come in handy to many graphics users.
The board also has two LAN ports, SPDIF, four external USBs that can power your devices, Optical out, and 5.1 analog connectors. This is what the board looks like.
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Extreme Engineering reveals new military board :: Posted by THRASHER2
Now you know what the big guns want
Extreme Engineering is releasing the XPedite553 conduction-cooled or air-cooled 3U CompactPCI single board computer based on Freescale Semiconductor's dual-core QorIQ P2020 processor. The computer is being designed for the space, weight, and power-constrained military.
Basically it is an embedded computing board which has two 1.2 GHz PowerPC e500 cores; as much as four gigabytes of DDR3-800 ECC SDRAM, 16 gigabytes of NAND flash, and 256 megabytes of redundant NOR flash.
There is also an XMC/PrPMC site; two Gigabit Ethernet ports, two serial ports, and one USB port; and software support that includes Green Hills INTEGRITY Board Support Package (BSP), Wind River VxWorks, and Linux.
They will be available in air-cooled, commercial version and a rugged, conduction-cooled versions. They are tested for shock, but apparently not awe, which is supposed to be a big thing in the US military.
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Intel investigating mind reading phones :: Posted by THRASHER2
Context aware
Chipzilla's top boffin Justin Rattner, has been showing off a new form of "context-aware computing" which he thinks is becoming more of a reality with the rise of mobile gear. The idea is that the devices could be doing things with that data such as predicting what you might do next and offering suggestions.
According to AP, he showed off a prototype application Intel worked on with Fodor's Travel. It learns what types of foods you like to eat and what types of attractions you like to visit, based on searches you type into the phone or locations identified using GPS.
He said that the challenge is to training computers to analyse data from "hard sensors" which measure location, motion, voice patterns, and temperature and the like. You then combine these with data from "soft sensors" such as calendar appointments and web browsing history and divide by your shoe size.
This will give your mobile the appearance that it knows what you will want for dinner or watch on TV. Of course this would be a brilliant thing for a hacker to target.
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AMD outs Catalyst 10.9 :: Posted by THRASHER2
Available through Steam
AMD has released Catalyst 10.9 drivers packed with several performance tweaks, but few new features.
Stalker: Call of Pripyat will see a performance boost of up to 20 percent for HD 5800 users, while HD 5700 users will get a performance increase of up to 12 percent.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena should also run a bit smoother, both on 5000-series boards and the venerable HD 4800 series. Several fixes and catalyst application profiles have also been included in the new driver.
AMD has also announced a partnership with Valve, so the new drivers should be available through Steam as well.
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AMD Barts specs leaked :: Posted by THRASHER2
256-bit bus, 960 shaders
Chinese tech site Chiphell has leaked an interesting slide featuring full AMD Barts specs and the numbers look impressive.
The new Barts series should succeed Juniper-based HD 5770 and HD 5750 boards, but it will deliver a significant performance boost. The biggest difference is the transition to a 256-bit memory bus, which will provide quite a bit more bandwidth than the 128-bit Juniper series. Both boards should feature 1GB of memory, but weÂ’re still not sure about memory clocks, as weÂ’re getting some mixed information.
Barts XT will feature 12 SIMDs, 960 shaders, 48 texture units and 32 ROPs. For comparison, Juniper XT packs 800 shaders and 40 texture units, so Barts will have 20 percent more of everything. The core should end up clocked at 850MHz and the TDP is rated at over 150W, which is quite a bit more than the HD 5770.
Barts PRO packs 800 shaders, 40 texture units and 32 ROPs, much like the current Juniper XT, but it will also have a wider 256-bus. It will be clocked between 700MHz and 725MHz and its TDP should end up below 150W.
AMD is pitting both boards against NvidiaÂ’s GTX 460: Barts PRO will take on the 768MB version of NvidiaÂ’s GTX 460, while Barts XT should fight the 1GB version. Judging by the spec, Barts boards should be able to outperform the GTX 460 and we wouldn't be surprised if they match HD 5830 or even 5850 performance in some scenarios, thanks to higher clocks and the 256-bit bus.
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Intel overclocks Sandy to 4.9GHz :: Posted by THRASHER2
Using a stock cooler
Intel has shown off the overclocking potential of its upcoming Sandy Bridge processor to a group of journalists at the IDF.
The sample in question was a K-series part, with an unlocked multiplier and Intel managed to push it all the way to 4.9GHz on air cooling. However, Intel did not disclose the stock clock of the processor used in the demo.
An Intel rep told journalists that the OCed sample managed to outperform a 12-core Opteron in Cinebench, which bodes quite well for Intel, although it sounds a bit overly optimistic.
VR-Zone believes that Intel used a Core i7 2600K, with a stock clock of 3.4GHz, so it turns out that the CPU was overclocked by 45 percent with a box cooler. With aftermarket coolers, the processor should be able to go over 5GHz.
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PicoChip releases PC3333 chip :: Posted by THRASHER2
New baseband for public-access femtocells
A UK outfit PicoChip has released a chip designed to form the baseband for public-access femtocells. The PC333 supports 32 channels of simultaneous voice and HSPA+ data, MIMO antenna scheme, soft handover and the Local Area Basestation (LABS) standard.
So far PicoChip's chips, the PC302 and PC312 are suited to residential systems, the PC333 has been designed for small basestations at urban hot-spots, city-centers or public access. It can manage 120-kph mobility and +24-dBm output power for greater than 2-km range.
The PC333 can support 32 channels and more than 400 smart phone users at the same time. Two of the devices can also be cascaded to support 64 active channels.
It uses a 65-nm process technology is due to sample to some customers in the next quarter. No word on price yet.
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Abu Dhabi spends $7 billion on chip plant :: Posted by THRASHER2
Begins production in 2015
The Abu Dhabi Government-owned Advanced Technology Investment Company is spending a whopping $7bn building its first microchip manufacturing plant. The company selected a site for the plant near Abu Dhabi International Airport and it claims it will be the first microchip factory in the Middle East when it begins production in 2015.
ATICÂ’s is behind the Globalfoundries microchip business which was an AMD spin off. It has already invested $3.6bn expanding that business improving chip-making plants in Germany and the US.
In March, ATIC paid AMD $2.1bn for a 65.8 per cent stake in Globalfoundries. While ATICÂ’s stake has since grown to 73 per cent since March, the spokesman said it did not intend to take 100 per cent ownership of Globalfoundaries.
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Point of View / TGT GTX 480 Ultra Charged tested :: Posted by THRASHER2
ItÂ’s been a few months since weÂ’ve heard about Point of View and TGT Tuning teamÂ’s joint efforts on overclocking graphics cards. So far, the work has paid off and the offspring, GTX 460 BEAST, already has the title of the fastest factory overclocked GTX 460. Now that the dust has settled around the aforementioned card, weÂ’re ready to talk about other cards in the offer. Today, weÂ’re talking about GTX 480, so far the fastest Nvidia DirectX 11 card which, with a little help from TGT team, runs like the wind.
Unlike the reference card where the GPU runs at 700MHz, shaders at 1400MHz and the memory at 3700MHz, Point of View/TGT Ultra Charged card runs at 763MHz for the GPU, 1536MHz for the shaders and 3800MHz for the memory.
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Reach launch numbers are impressive :: Posted by THRASHER2
$200 million in sales the first 24 hours
Microsoft has to be happy to know that Halo still has it with Xbox 360 gamers, and it delivered on launch day. While all of the numbers are not in, it is known that Halo: Reach generated over $200 million in sales within the first 24 hours of launch. This number makes Reach the largest single entertainment release this year that surpasses all games released so far this year. It also surpassed the day one sales of Halo 3, which only were able to rack up $170 million in the first 24 hours of release.
The $200 million in first-day sales puts Microsoft well on track to beat the first-week sales of Halo 3, which was $300 million. While sales estimates of actual numbers sold are still sketchy at this point, analysts that we have spoken with expect Reach to continue to have significant sales momentum for the month of September, with sales estimates for this month alone expected to be between 3.5 and 4 million copies sold.
In addition to the sales of the game itself, Microsoft is also expected to get a significant surge in console sales of Sony for this period. It is expected that the new Limited Edition Halo Reach console could, in fact, sell out. In addition, the Reach wireless controller and headset are also expected to enjoy significant sales.
Microsoft will continue to celebrate Halo during the month of September with massive advertising to ensure maximum visibility to continue to stimulate sales.
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