Release roundup: Cases, power, cooling, and SO-DIMMs
We've got a packed roundup this week. No fewer than three announcements from NZXT have hit our inbox, and we have news from Cooler Master, Corsair, Scythe, and Thermaltake, as well.
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AMD corrects muffed Bulldozer transistor count
In our review of AMD's "Bulldozer" desktop processors, we relayed a bit of information from AMD that wasn't quite right. The company initially told us, along with virtually everyone else in the press, that Bulldozer/Zambezi chips were made up of two billion transistors. That is a very big number, and honestly, it took us some time to process. I'll even admit to spending the better part of a day talking to people about how extensively AMD used logic synthesis in Bulldozer, trying to figure out where all of those transistors came from.
Turns out the answer to our question was relatively simple: the transistor count number AMD supplied to the press was incorrect, as an article at AnandTech pointed out today. After reading that, we spoke with AMD PR rep Phil Hughes, ...
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WD resumes production at one Thailand facility
Although the Thailand flooding continues to wreak havoc on hard drive prices, progress is being made at Western Digital's facilities in the country. One building in the company's Bang Pa-in factory, which had been under six feet of water until the middle of November, resumed production earlier this week. It's unclear what that particular building produces, but WD has indicated the production of head sliders won't resume at the facility until March. The equipment needed to produce head sliders was submerged and needs to be decontaminated and refurbished.
Around the time slider production resumes in Bang Pa-in, Western Digital expects to be cranking out the same parts at a new facility in Malaysia. ...
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Skyrim developer tools due out in January
User-created mods used to be a staple of the PC gaming industry. They're not as popular these days, probably because the tools required to create them aren't readily available for a lot of titles. Skyrim is different, though. There are already numerous mods out for the game, and Bethesda is set to unleash a full suite of developer tools in the new year.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun has been told that this so-called creation kit will be made up of the very same tools used by Bethesda to create the game. To get folks started, the creation kit will ...
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Windows 8 on ARM may not support desktop apps
The ARM incarnation of Windows 8 is sounding more and more like a raw deal. Remember back in September, when Microsoft said the ARM build won't run legacy x86 apps and the firm will "focus on Metro apps as the opportunity" for cross-compatibility between ARM and x86? Well, rumor now has it the ARM version of Windows 8 may not support non-Metro apps, period.
Paul Thurrott of SuperSite For Windows dropped the bombshell ...
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