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AMD Unveils Strategy to 'Bulldoze' the Competition "Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are pursuing a new strategy to combine CPUs and graphics processors into one unit and put them into everything from workstations to HDTVs to wireless phones." "AMD calls it the "Bulldozer and Bobcat" strategy... ...The Bulldozer line represents the server, workstation and PC market, while Bobcat, a reference to a smaller type of construction vehicle that is about the size of a fork-lift represents smaller handheld devices and consumer electronics."
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Sony releases SSD laptop with 11.5hr life "SOLID STATE DRIVES (SSDs) will probably be the main selling point for top end notebooks this autumn, and Sony will join the battle with the release of the TZ18GN, the first Vaio computer with one inside."
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Intel Sets "Penryn" Launch Date "Intel has set the launch date for its Penryn based quad-core Xeon processor family. The company intends to launch seven new Harpertown based models ranging from 2.0-to-3.16 GHz on November 11, according to a posting on Intel’s reseller webpage. Standard “E” bin and performance “X” bin processors launch on November 11."
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Microsoft introduces customizable LCD gaming mouse "the new Sidewinder has a built-in LCD screen. Claiming it is the first to do so, Microsoft says the screen can be used for programming macros and viewing mouse settings."
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Ultra X3 1600w Power Supply "Now interestingly enough, the packaging for the X3 1600w does not carry any multi-graphics card certifications, and none are mentioned in the manual or on Ultra’s product page. So a quick check of the SLIZone page and ATI CrossFire page were in order, but they too yielded nothing. As this product is relatively new and is not being launched with lots of press it could be that it hasn’t been submitted for certification yet. With hat all said the X3 1600w is billed as a single 12v rail 1600w power supply and if it can do all it is billed to, it will run any SLI or Crossfire setup going. Period."
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Ageia Tests Next-Generation PhysX Accelerators "A web-site has published photos of what it claims to be a next-generation Ageia PhysX physics processing add-in-card. The board seems to be rather huge, while the revamped physics processing unit (PPU) also seems to be large, which implies that the new board will be rather powerful. The new Ageia PhysX card is designed for PCI Express x8/x16 slots and is much longer compared to the first incarnation of physics accelerator for personal computers and also has much more complex print-circuit board design. The new board also has external power connector, which indicates that the card has pretty high power consumption. Be…
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AMD announces Barcelona quad-core processor "AMD today announced what the company calls the "most advanced x86 processor) as well as the first "native quad-core processor". Code-named Barcelona, the quad-core Opteron will be shipping in server systems this month. The core technology of the new CPU will also surface in AMD's Phenom processor for desktop systems in December. The new quad-core processor carries AMD's promise of the return of the firm's competitiveness in CPU performance. Like the original Opteron CPU in 2003, AMD introduces the core of the technology in the higher-margin server segment first with plans to extend it to the desktop within a few months.…
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Display port pictured "This year will be the year of Display port, the new VESA digital display interface. It is a licence free audio and video connection and will be used mainly as a connection between the display and the computer or the computer and a home entertainment system. It wont be natively compatible with HDMI or DVI, but there will be a workaround to make it work, much like DVI can be connected to an HDMI or D-Sub display. This is what it looks like and everyone including Nvidia, ATI and Intel will go down the Display port road in 2008."
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Like Mother Nature, AMD has a dark side — and on September 25, 2007 it will be revealed to the world. Hmmm, any guesses?!? (Although that was the original date for the Crysis demo that got delayed a month.)
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Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition "On the following page you will find information and pictures of the TripleHead2Go Digital Edition module. We will then explore the drivers and gaming utility software. We want to know if the built in profiles work and if we can use newer games with the module where a profile is not yet present in the software. The software allows customization of new game titles so we will explore this. We then intend to test many games in a triple-display configuration with plenty of screenshots. We will also figure out what the best video card is for the job running at 3840x1024 and if SLI really works or not with triple displays. Read on." …
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Phenom FX and X4 line-up unveiled "The Agena will launch in a few iterations and it will be known as Phenom X4 9xxx. The slowest one works at 2.2GHz, the mid-range one is a 2.4GHz part and the top of the range model will tick at 2.6GHz. Again, faster parts are planned for 2008." K10 to be cheaper than Core 2 Quad "Our well informed sources have suggested that clock to clock AMD CPU will be cheaper than Intel’s 45 nanometre quad core parts. This is AMDs only chance to get the face back and we can only hope that AMD will be better in clock per clock battle, of course for fallen AMD’s sake."
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High-Tech Vest Lets Gamers Take a Hit "Sure it sucks to get killed while playing a shoot-'em-up, but you know you can just get up and start over again. But what if you actually felt all that carnage? Would it make you think twice before charging in?"
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Intel's 45 nm Penryn CPU: 4 GHz Air Cooled "The revision of the Conroe architecture - in order to boost its performance, incorporate new instructions, and, most importantly, reduce power consumption - is right on schedule. Until now, Intel's Core 2 processors always played second fiddle to AMD's Athlon 64 X2 processors when it came to power consumption, at least in idle operation. That was also the reason why we built our Solar-Powered PC around an AMD platform. However, this situation has changed with the Penryn core of Intel's Core 2 Extreme QX9650. Simultaneously, Intel has also made radical changes to its production process, breaking with the conventional meth…
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AMD's Phenom Unveiled: A Somber Farewell to K8 "Two more quad-core Phenoms will come out in Q1: the 9900 and 9700, clocked at 2.6GHz and 2.4GHz respectively. The Phenom 9900 will be priced below $350 while the 9700 will be a sub-$300 part. As you can probably guess, the introduction of those two will push down the pricing of the 9600 and 9500, which will help Phenom be a bit more competitive. It's worth mentioning that in the 11th hour AMD decided to introduce a multiplier-unlocked version of the Phenom 9600 sometime this year that will be priced at the same $283 mark. Whether or not it's called a Black Edition is yet to be determined." Phenom 9700, AMD's 1st Qu…
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AMD's ATI Hybrid CrossFire Sneak Peek Exclusive "Hybrid CrossFire is not meant for the enthusiast, but we do think the technology will indirectly benefit enthusiasts in the future, hence our reason for talking about it. That and Hybrid CrossFire is just pretty darn cool technology. Hybrid CrossFire is achieved by utilizing one of AMD’s new integrated chipset GPUs (IGP) and one of their new video cards. That’s right; Hybrid CrossFire utilizes one video card plugged into your PCI-Express slot and is able to join forces with the GPU built into the motherboard chipset. The setup we got to game and benchmark on is seen below."
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