Friday, October 7, 2011

IT News Head Lines (InsideHW) 07/10/2011

InsideHW



Samsung's Series 7 11.6-inch slate available for pre-order
Just over a month has passed since its unveiling and the Series 7 slate from Samsung Electronics has been put up for pre-order in all three previously-announced versions - 64GB with Windows 7 Home Premium, 64GB with Windows 7 Professional, and 128GB with Windows 7 Pro.
All three models feature a 11.6-inch (1366 x 768) capacitive touchscreen, a 1.6GHz Core i5-2467M processor, 4GB of RAM, a rear-facing 3-megapixel camera, a front-facing 2MP camera, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, a SIM card slot, a mini HDMI output, and a USB 2.0 port.










The 64GB/Win7HP costs $1,099 , while the 64GB/Win7Pro and 128GB/Win7Pro are priced at $1,199 and %1,349 , respectively. A shipping date is still not available but Samsung's slate should arrive this month.

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AMD Opteron 4200 lineup revealed
AMD has been pretty quiet until now when it comes to talking about the Opteron 4200 series of server processors based on the Bulldozer architecture, but a recent leak has managed to reveal the names as well as the specifications of these upcoming CPUs.

Like Opteron 4100 family, 4200 family is a mix of standard, mid and low-power microprocessors. The only known at this time low-power Valencia model is Opteron 4256 EE. This eight-core part runs at 2.5 GHz, and has 32 Watt Average CPU Power, which, we believe, corresponds to 35W TDP.

Two mid-power Opterons are six-core 4228 HE and eight-core 4274 HE. These processors come with 2.8 GHz and 2.5 GHz clock speeds, and they both boast 50W ACP (65W TDP).

All remaining models have 75 Watt ACP, or 95 Watt TDP. Opteron 4226, 4234 and 4238 have 6 CPU cores, and operate at 2.7 GHz, 3.1 GHz and 3.3 GHz. Opteron 4280 and 4284 have 8 cores, although their clock frequencies are lower, only 2.8 GHz and 3 GHz.

No information regarding the release date of these Opteron 4200-series server CPUs is available at this time, but they should arrive in Q4 of 2011.

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Nexus Prime teased in new Samsung video
Less than 24 hours after Apple revealed its next big thing here we are on the threshold of the next, next big thing. This time it’s Samsung telling us to get ready because “something BIG is coming” at its October 11th event in San Diego.

Reportedly called Nexus Prime, the Samsung's phone seems to have a curved design somewhat similar to that of the Nexus S, and that 'bump' at the back like the Galaxy S II. Spec wise, the device is said to feature a dual-core processor, a 1280 x 720 touchscreen, 1GB of RAM, LTE support, and a rear-facing camera that can record 1080p video.

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Fujitsu launches new LifeBook ultra-thin laptops
Fujitsu Japan has this week unveiled two slim 13.3-inch mobile offerings which make use of Intel's Huron River platform and include a built-in optical drive, the LifeBook SH54/E and SH76/E.

These two laptops are up to 24mm thick (the SH76/E is 23.2mm) and have an LED-backlit (1366 x 768) display, a 2nd-gen Core processor, Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics, 4GB of RAM, a DVD writer, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, an ExpressCard slot, a 0.3-megapixel webcam, an SD card slot, one USB 3.0 port, a ScrollWheel (that little round touchpad), and a battery enabling over 13 hours of operation.


The LifeBook SH54/E packs a 2.2 GHz Core i3-2330M CPU and a 640GB hard drive, while the SH76/E boasts a 2.5 GHz Core i5-2520M processor and a 128GB solid state drive. Both laptops will ship this month.

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PowerColor's Devil
PowerColor has just announced the release of a new high-performance graphics card based on the AMD Radeon HD 6970 design, which uses a custom design in order to deliver higher gaming performance as well as silent operation.

Unlike AMD's design, the new cooler uses a pair of 92mm fans, which PowerColor says provide 60% better air flow than a regular 80mm fan, as well as four large copper heatpipes with a 8mm diameter to draw the heat away from the GPU and into an aluminum heatsink.

TUL's devilish card comes with a 12-phase power design, direct FET, a proadlizer capacitor, voltage read points, and makes use of a LED lights for a more flashy look. Moreover, it has 1536 Stream Processors, a GPU clock of 880 MHz (960 MHz with the OC BIOS activated), a 256-bit memory interface, 2GB of GDDR5 VRAM @ 5500 Mhz (5700 MHz OC), CrossFireX support, and five display outputs - dual DVI, dual mini DisplayPort and one HDMI.




The graphic card should arrive into retail at the end of October. Outside of the video card itself, the Devil 13 HD6970 is also bundled together with a matching tool set.

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