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Galleries - E3 Expo 2006 (Los Angeles) - Intel showcase

SONY VAIO VGN-F#550G with Intel GMA 950: Intel integrated graphics for gaming
Dell Inspirion E1705 with Intel Core Duo T2500 and Nvidia GeForce Go 7800 GTX running Dungeon Siege II. Features wireless signal strength meter in the lower right corner of the screen. Allows to automatically adjust the gaming settings for maximum performance when running on battery and reports how many minutes of unplugged gameplay remain.
Two Toshiba laptops with Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GS: Intel Core Duo (left) against Intel Core 2 Duo (right). In Quake 4 the results differ by up to 20%: 140.5fps vs. 168.4fps. The new Intel Core 2 Duo laptop from Toshiba will start shipping in August.
Acer Aspire 5672WMLi with Intel Core Duo T2300 , Mobile Intel 945PM Express and Nvidia GeForce Go 7800 GTX . 40-45% improvement in performance in applications with multi-threading.
XBlade system with Intel Core 2, Intel 975X Express and ATI X1900 XTX CrossFire. Shows 20% performance growth over the previous generation Intel platform.
Temperature and system status monitoring in real time.
Full dual-core PC designed as Intel concept PC. Features hi-def TV and wireless data streaming.
Very small: for a better copmparison next is the regular cell phone.
Full dual-core quiet PC positioned for living room environment. Streams content to the entire digital home network.
Intel Core 2 Duo system with Nvidia Quad SLI graphics running Quake 4. There are at least six fans inside this box. The system is built on Nvidia C19 motherboard.
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Hardware News

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

5:42 pm | Multimedia Game Developers Unlikely to Take Advantage of Improved Nintendo Wii Controller Soon. Nintendo Wii MotionPlus – A Surprise for Game Developers

3:35 pm | CPU AMD to Discuss Rival for Intel Atom Towards Year End. AMD’s Competitor for Intel Atom in the Works, Says Company

12:29 pm | Storage SanDisk Blames Windows Vista for Low Performance of Solid State Drives. SanDisk: Vista Is Not Optimized for Flash Memory Solid State Disk

 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

11:55 pm | Other Tens of Companies Support Sony’s TransferJet Close Proximity Wireless Transfer Tech. Consortium Formed to Develop TransferJet Technology

11:23 pm | Mobile Sony, Toshiba, Fujitsu, NEC Seem to Get Interested in Low-Cost Notebooks. Foxconn May Manufacture Low-End Laptops for Sony – Rumours

10:55 pm | Multimedia Art Lebedev Announces Optimus Pultius Keypad. Optimus Pultius to Fight Optimus Mini Three

10:24 pm | Other AMD Chief Executive: Major Restructuring Will Spin Off Manufacturing in Months. AMD Prepares to Spin Off Manufacturing Operations

 

Monday, July 21, 2008

9:59 pm | Multimedia Sony Plans to Sell 150 Million PlayStation 3 Game Consoles. Sony Wants to Outsell PlayStation 2 with PlayStation 3

2:13 pm | Memory OCZ Technology Unveils First “Fatal1ty” Memory Modules. OCZ Announces Breed of “Fatal1ty” Memory Modules

8:46 am | CPU AMD Initiates Pilot Production of 45nm Chips. AMD to Bring 45nm Products in Early Q4 2008

 

Friday, July 18, 2008

8:21 pm | Multimedia Nintendo Wii on Top Again Despite of PlayStation 3 Sales Skyrocket – NPD. Market of Video Games and Consoles Continues to Grow in the USA

12:13 pm | Multimedia Sony Has No Plans to Cut PlayStation 3 Pricing – Company. Sony Aims at Profitability, Not Unit Sales with PlayStation 3, Says Chief Financial Officer

6:49 am | Other Intel Denies Accusations of Illegal Business Practices. Intel: CPU Market Is Highly Competitive, AMD’s EC’s Allegations are Unfounded

6:03 am | Storage Micron and Seagate to Lead Solid State Drive Standardization Efforts at JEDEC. JEDEC Announces Dedicated Subcommittee to Set Standards for SSDs

 

Thursday, July 17, 2008

11:12 pm | Other European Commission Accuses Intel of More Elements of Anti-Competitive Behaviour. European Commission Finds More Examples of Intel’s Illegal Business Practices

8:00 pm | Memory Samsung and Sun Claim that Newly Developed Flash Memory for Servers Will Live Longer than Data Processing Servers. Samsung and Sun Develop Ultra Durable Memory for Server Solid State Drives

2:36 pm | CPU AMD’s Chief Executive Officer Hector Ruiz Steps Down. Dirk Meyer Becomes New Chief Exec of AMD

12:15 pm | CPU Intel: Atom Will Not Substitute Celeron Processors. Intel Denies Possibility to Change Celeron for Atom

10:07 am | Multimedia Sony Cuts Price on PlayStation 3, Axes Backwards Compatibility Too. Sony PlayStation 3 80GB to Cost $399, Backwards Compatibility Lost

5:48 am | Video Microsoft Preps to Unveil DirectX 11 Features in Several Days. ATI, Nvidia, Microsoft to Discuss DirectX 11 Techniques at XNA, Siggraph

 
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