Samsung S5830 Android 2.2 smartphone detailed :: Posted by THRASHER2
Beside showing off the successors of the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab, Samsung is claimed to be revealing at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (February 14-17) a mid-range smartphone codenamed S5830 which runs Android 2.2 and packs a TFT touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels.
The alleged 'Galaxy S mini' measures 123.9 x 59.8 x 11.85 mm, and features a 5 megapixel fear-facing camera with LED flash, a microSD slot, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a micro USB port. The processor powerinfg the phone is yet unknown.
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Intel reportedly planning to acquire wafer supplier IQE :: Posted by THRASHER2
Big money maker Intel is said to be planning to bid £487 million (about $771 million) for UK-based IQE Plc, a supplier of semiconductor wafer products for wireless and optoelectronic components, photovoltaics and silicon based epitaxy.
IQE has already collaborated with Intel on paper on the development of InGaAs Quantum Well Field Effect Transistors (QWFETs) for low power logic applications. If the acquisition goes through then IQE's technology and innovations are expected to be used for Intel's next-gen semiconductor offerings.
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Smartbook AG debuts the Surfer 360 MN10U Tegra 2 tablet :: Posted by THRASHER2
German company Smartbook AG (you know, the guys with the fuss over the 'smartbook' word) has now introduced a new, no, not a smartbook, a new tablet, one called Surfer 360 MN10U which is powered by Nvidia's Tegra 2 SoC and runs Android 2.2.
Smartbook's device measures 27.5 cm x 17.8 cm x 1.36 cm, weights about 750 grams, and features a 10.1-inch (1024 x 600) touchscreen, 512MB of DDR2 memory, 512MB of flash storage, a microSD slot, 802.11 b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3G, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, a mini USB port, and a 3300 mAh battery.
The Surfer 360 MN10U has a recommended retail price tag of €499.
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MSI WindPad 100W Windows slate hitting Europe at €599 :: Posted by THRASHER2
MSI has announced that its WindPad 100W 10-inch slate will become available in Europe (Germany will get it first) at the end of this month priced at €599. The tablet PC runs Windows 7 and is powered by Intel's 1.6 GHz Atom Z530 processor.
Seen below, the incoming WindPad has a 1024 x 600 touchscreen, 2GB of RAM, a 32GB solid state drive, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, a G-sensor, front and rear cameras, and USB, mini HDMI connectors. The 100W is pre-loaded with MSI Wind Touch Pack software and comes backed by a two-year warranty.
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Antec rolling out the Sonata IV low-noise PC case :: Posted by THRASHER2
Just as the madness of CES week ensued, Antec introduced its fourth-generation Sonata PC case which, like its predecessors, is all about low-noise computing. Named Sonata IV, the new mid-tower case is equipped with a whisper-quiet 620W power supply and supports mini-ITX, micro ATX and ATX boards.
Seen below, Antec's quiet chassis measures 478 (H) x 208 (W) x 440 (D) mm, weights 9.3kg, and has a front I/O panel (2 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0, audio in & out), three external 5.25-inch bays, one 2.5-inch and four 3.5-inch internal bays, plus one 120mm TriCool 3-speed fan installed at the rear.
The Sonata IV is backed by a three-year warranty and has a recommended price tag of $199.95.
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GeForce GTX 580 getting WindForce cooling - Gigabyte :: Posted by THRASHER2
The WindForce is surely strong with Gigabyte as the company has developed another GF110-powered card equipped with a WindForce 3X three-fan cooler, the GV-N580UD-15I (GeForce GTX 580).
Seen below, the yet undated and unpriced card has 512 CUDA Cores, slightly overclocked GPU (795 MHz) and shaders (1590 MHz), a 384-bit memory interface, 1536MB of GDDR5 memory set to 4008 MHz, an Ultra Durable design (2oz copper PCB, solid capacitors), 3-way SLI support, and dual-DVI + mini HDMI outputs. Thoughts? Cravings? Or are you waiting for the GeForce GTX 560 too?
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MSI also reveals two GeForce GTX 580 Twin Frozr II graphics :: Posted by THRASHER2
Today, beside the two GTX 570s detailed earlier, MSI introduced two GeForce GTX 580 cards that both utilize the Twin Frozr II cooler, the N580GTX Twin Frozr II and N580GTX Twin Frozr II/OC. Both models are cooler and quieter than reference models and are powered by the GF110 40nm GPU.
Both custom-cooled GTX 580s feature 512 CUDA Cores, a 384-bit memory interface, 1536MB of GDDR5 VRAM, 3-way SLI support, and dual-DVI and mini HDMI outputs. In terms of clocks, the N580GTX Twin Frozr II has its GPU/shaders/memory at 772/1544/4008 MHz (reference frequencies, while the N580GTX Twin Frozr II/OC is set to 823/1645/4276 MHz.
We found the N580GTX Twin Frozr II/OC listed on pre-order @ €466.22.
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Oracle sued for theft of source code :: Posted by THRASHER2
Isn't that what it sued SAP for
Oracle is finding itself on the receiving end of some of the accusations it levelled against SAP.
A Texan security software company 2FA claims that Oracle has been nicking its source code. In a 31-page legal document, 2FA claimed Passlogix, which is now an Oracle subsidiary, stole source code for authentication and credential management software to use in its own v-GO UAM product line.
To be fair to Oracle the 2FA claimed the source code theft had been going on before the US$42 million Oracle acquisition. But now it was using the Passlogix software with pilfered 2FA code on account of Oracle's purchase of the company. Passlogix had a 2FA licencing agreement back in 2006, but the agreement provided licence to 2FA software under very restrictive terms. To make matters worse a Passlogix product manager sent an email containing 2FA source code to other members of staff who "had no requirement to access" such information.
2FA claimed Oracle knew, or should have known, that some of the intellectual property it was acquiring in the Passlogix deal was illicitly taken. The case is very similar to won which Oracle won against SAP. Ellison's outfit was awarded $1.3 billion from SAP whose subsidiary TomorrowNow illegally downloaded millions of Oracle's files before and after it was bought out.
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Toshiba Folio 100 Tegra 2 tab shipping :: Posted by THRASHER2
399 euro, shipping today
We saw Toshiba Folio 100 10.1 inch tablet in the USA and it works really nice. Imagine our surprise to see that you can buy one as of this week in Austria. The Folio 100 tablet is a 10.1-inch, 1024x600 tablet currently running Android 2.2 and there's a good chance it will get Honeycomb Android 3.0 update as soon as it's out.
The tablet weights 760 grams or 1.67 lbs has 16GB internal memory expandable further with SDHC slot to additional 32GB. It also comes with two USB 2.0 slot and HDMI that supports 1080p playback. LetÂ’s not forget the 1.3M pixel camera and 2x0.5W stereo speakers.
Based on the assumption that you will use Folio 100 for web surfing 65 percent or the time, 10 percent for video playback and 25 percent for standby, your battery life should come close to 7 hours. The battery included has 2040mAh, 11.1V, 22.6Whr.
You can also buy Toshiba FOLIO 100 TV Kit Dockingstation that comes with HDMI out and 3X USB 2.0 and a remote, priced at quite steep € 69.55 and an equally pricey leather pouch for €30.85.
We definitely think that with a €399 price tag this might be the first reasonably priced tabelts, but still we miss 3G support. PoV's 10-inch Mobii also ships with Tegra 2 and costs between €350 and €400 depending on the market.
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Early GTX 560 Ti benches tip up in China :: Posted by THRASHER2
Looks quite promising
Several early benchmarks of NvidiaÂ’s upcoming GTX 560 Ti board were posted at the chiphell.com discussion board and the results look quite promising.
According to the figures, the 560 managed to outperform the old 460 by about 25 percent and the same goes for AMDÂ’s HD 6870. Surprisingly, the 560 is very close to the Cayman based HD 6950, at least in 3Dmark.
The card scores P4118 in 3Dmark 11, while the Vantage score stands at P20644. As expected, the GTX 560 Ti ended up with 384 shaders, 32 ROPs, 1024MB of GDDR5 memory and a 256-bit bus with a total memory bandwidth of 128.3GB/s. The default GPU clock appears to be 823MHz, while the shaders and memory ended up at 1645MHz and 1002MHz respectively. This is quite a bit faster than the GTX 460, although some factory overclocked GTX 460 boards ended up at 850MHz.
Mind you, the results should be taken with a grain of salt, but nonetheless the GTX 560 appears to deliver impressive performance. It should be able to match AMDÂ’s HD 6950, so at this point it all comes down to the price. The GTX 560 should launch later this month and January 25 is being tossed around as the launch date.
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Tesla MotorsÂ’ new sedan to feature Nvidia chips :: Posted by THRASHER2
Call Tegra for infotainment
NvidiaÂ’s Tegra chips have managed to find their way to a somewhat unlikely customer, California-based car maker Tesla Motors.
TeslaÂ’s new Model S, the companyÂ’s first sedan, will feature an infotainment system based on NvidiaÂ’s SoC. The system will feature a 17-inch touchscreen in the center console and it will incorporate infotainment, navigation. It appears that a secondary 12.3-inch screen will serve as an-all digital instrument cluster and it will deliver vehicle info. The smug will love it.
Nikola Tesla would have probably been proud to see his name on such a geeky car, but we are guessing Jeremy Clarkson will hate it for a number of reasons.
ItÂ’s also worth noting that Nvidia struck a deal with Audi to use Nvidia GPUs and other chips in AudiÂ’s next generation MMI system.
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Qualcomm 1.2GHz dual core ARM demonstrated :: Posted by THRASHER2
Big GHz fight in 2011
Qualcomm has decided to show its dual Scorpion based MSM8x60 mobile CPU and it also told the world that this CPU can hit 1.2GHz, per core that is.
The chip has an Adreno 220 GPU that we know little about and of course its a 45nm chip since 28nm should be only ready in the latter part of 2011. The chip should be able to do high definition stereoscopic 3D video, and multi-party video conferencing as well as some nice gaming.
It is intended for tablets and phones and you can bet that you will find this core in one of the future HTC phones, simply as Qualcomm has quite a few shares in HTC, or so we heard.
With its 1.2GHz core clock MSM8x60 looks to be faster than Tegra 2, but Tegra 2 is available today and Qualcomm is still to ship its first tablet or phone based on this chip. Browsing with two cores should be significantly faster than with one core, which kind of makes sence, but again, lets see it shipping in real designs first.
LetÂ’s not forget Texas instruments who is about to ship its 1GHz OMAP 4430 chip and with hope to see 1.5GHz version later this year.
You can read more about the MSM8x60 and see Anand Lal Shimpi's fancy shoes here.
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TI OMAP 4440 1.5GHz in 2H 2011 :: Posted by THRASHER2
Heating up clock wars
Whether you like it or not, the ARM revolution is happening today and these small chips are starting to matter to the world just as much as Intel and AMD chips do. They will get to many tablets and mobile phones in 2011 and onward and most of the 2011 models are dual-core.
We just mentioned the 1.5GHz OMAP 4440 chip yesterday and we got confirmation from a source close to Texas Instruments that this fancy fast chip can ship in the second half of 2011.
Texas (non-chainsaw) chaps do believe that that have a good case against Tegra 2 and that they can outperform it in certain cases with both 1GHz OMAP 4430 and OMAP 4440 at 1.5GHz.
TI will also fight well against Qualcomm MSM8x60 clocked at 1.2GHz dual-core and one thing that differentiates these three chips is the graphics. Nvidia has its own Geforce stuff, Qualcomm has Adreno renamed from ATIÂ’s Imagion mobile graphics while Texas instruments relies on PowerVR for its graphics. Graphics and content will definitely play a big role in the future of mobile computing graphics.
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Intel posts record quarter, again :: Posted by THRASHER2
Announces optimistic Q1 forecast
Chipmaker Intel has reported a record quarter once again and the outfit believes it will do even better in Q1 2011.
The company reported a profit of $3.39 billion for Q4 2010, up from $2.3 billion a year earlier. Revenue was $11.46 billion, up 8.4 percent sequentially. Intel believes that its Q1 revenue could reach $11.9 billion
CEO Paul Otellini told investors that 2011 will be even better, thanks to the economic recovery and IntelÂ’s plans to refresh its product lineup.
Intel believes that the first quarter of 2011 will be a bit above seasonal, thanks to the introduction of Sandy Bridge processors. CFO Stay Smith believes IntelÂ’s revenue will go up by about 10 percent in 2011.
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