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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Nintendo to Release “Wii 2” in 2010, New Rumour Claims.
Nintendo’s Next-Generation Console Rumoured to Arrive Next Year
Asus Installs SATA-600, USB 3.0 on New Motherboards Using Add-In Card
Nvidia Claims Its Chipsets Are Better than Intel’s Own
Friday, October 30, 2009
PowerColor Installs Liquid Cooling System onto ATI Radeon HD 5870.
PowerColor Uses Liquid to Cool Down ATI Radeon HD 5870
Asus Aims to Become the Third Largest Notebook Brand
Thursday, October 29, 2009
ARM Expects Mobile Phones with Dual-Core Processors Next Year.
Dual-Core Chips to Land into Smartphones in 2010
TSMC’s 40nm Yield May Be Lower Than Expected
Sony to Replace Faulty Adapters Due to Shock Hazard
Tech Service Specialist Offers Five Reasons Not to Upgrade to Windows 7
Apple’s Response to Nokia “Not Yet Due”
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
TSMC’s 40nm Revenues Quadruple in the Third Quarter.
TSMC’s Customers Intensify Transition to Newer Process Technologies
ATI Officially Does Not Support DirectX 9 Graphics Cards Under Windows 7
Intel, Numonyx Announce Phase Change Memory Breakthrough
Nvidia’s New Mobile Graphics Processors Incoming
Asustek Plans to Equip E-Book Reader with 3G, Wi-Fi, WiMAX
Intel Has to Pull Latest Firmware Due to Data Corruption Again
Toshiba to Build Second SCiB Factory in Japan
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
PC Manufacturers Interested in Making Smartphones – Gartner.
Smartphones Set to Make Up 37% of Overall Handset Sales in 2012
Microsoft Doubts Services Like Gaikai or OnLive Are Competitors for Xbox 360 in Foreseeable Future
Toshiba Releases Limited Edition Fuel Cell Charger for Mobile Devices
Gigabyte Unveils “333” Onboard Acceleration
U.S. DOJ Subpoenas Sony in Regards of ODD Price-Fixing Probe
Intelligent Design Attracts Attention with Ђ800 Mouse
Monday, October 26, 2009
Blu-Ray Players for $49 Viable on Black Friday – Analyst.
As Blu-Ray Players Get More Affordable, Deals May Be Even More Attractive
Popularity of Players, Netbooks, UMPCs and MIDs Expected to Grow
Intel May Only Implement USB 3.0 in 2011
Kingston’s SSD for $115 Improves Windows 7 Performance
Lenovo Expects Windows 7 to Boost PC Sales
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Consumers Plan to Spend More on Electronics This Holiday Season – Consumer Electronics Association.
CEA Optimistic About Incoming Holiday Season
Universal Charger for Cell Phones Approved by ITU
Friday, October 23, 2009
Western Digital Increases Investments into SSD Tech.
WD Boosts SSD Investments
Nintendo Looks to Make Next-Gen More Affordable
Thursday, October 22, 2009
AMD, Nvidia Expect Windows 7 to Improve Visual Experience, Boost GPU Performance.
Microsoft Windows 7 Expected to Improve Performance of PCs
Asus Needs More Workers
SanDisk Takes Reliability of Solid-State Drives Seriously
Microsoft Promises Simplicity with Windows 7
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Rambus Makes Mobile Memory More Efficient.
Rambus Boasts with Achievements of MMI Test Vehicle
Steve Ballmer Mulls Blu-Ray Drive Accessory for Xbox 360
Seagate Has Strong Plans for SSDs
Consumers Want Software Applications in Addition to Hardware
Barnes & Noble to Compete Against Amazon Kindle
Leading Flash Vendor Doubts Short-Term Success of SSDs
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
AMD’s OpenCL SDK Now Supports Both CPUs and GPUs.
AMD Unifies OpenCL for CPUs and GPUs
Digital Distribution and Rental Revenues Increase As Packaged Media Loses Popularity
Microsoft to Prohibit Use of Third-Party Storage on Xbox 360
AMD Launches New Athlon II Chips
Samsung Makes Strategic Investment into SSD Manufacturer
Intel Begins to Ship Core i7-960 Chip
Monday, October 19, 2009
TSMC Expects Global Chip Market to Recover Completely in 2011.
TSMC Projects Its 2010 Revenue to Be on 2008 Level
Micron Initiates Production of Improved Flash on 34nm Node
Mobile Phone Users Unwilling to Pay Premium for “Green” Handsets
AMD Admits: Supply of ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series Not Sufficient
Friday, October 16, 2009
Xbox 360 Set to Win in the Long Term – Microsoft.
Microsoft Expects PlayStation 3 to Outsell Xbox 360, Wii
Acer Initiates Safety Recall of Aspire Timeline Notebooks
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Sony Confirms Plans to Release PlayStation 3 250GB.
Sony Intends to Launch PS3 250GB in Two Weeks
Dirk Meyer Discloses Process Tech Details About Fusion "Llano" CPU-GPU Chips
Future Remotes May Gain Touch-Screen Input
AMD and Intel File Sanction Motions Against Each Other
Dell CEO Condemns Netbooks
TDK Shows Off 320GB BD
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Graphics Chips Must Be Capable of Physics Effects Processing – Chief Exec of Nvidia.
Nvidia Equates Physics Processing with Programmable Shading
PC Market Up 2.3%, Acer Leaves Dell Behind
Mobile Processors Leading PC Market Recovery, Claims Intel
ATI Mentions Radeon HD 5900 in Beta Drivers
Wi-Fi Direct to Enable Device-to-Device Interconnection
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Solid-State Drives Will Not Replace Hard Disk Drives – Apple Co-Founder.
SSD Developer Fusion-io Admits: HDDs Have Long Lifespan Ahead
Intel to Have Four 32nm Production Facilities Next Year
ATI Radeon HD 5700-Series Brings DirectX 11 to $119 Price-Point
Microsoft Does Not Have Plans for E-Book Reader
SanDisk Begins Shipments of "X4" MLC Flash
Monday, October 12, 2009
ARM: SOI Process Technology Provides 40% Reduction in Power Consumption.
ARM’s Test Chip Confirms Reductions Because Of SOI Usage
Nvidia Brings GeForce 210, GeForce GT 220 to Retail
Qimonda to Sell Portfolio of Its Patents
The Great Battle Between Smartphone OSs About to Begin
Friday, October 9, 2009
AMD’s Next-Generation High-End “Leo” Platform Due in Q2 2010.
AMD’s Next-Gen High-End Desktop Platform to Feature Six-Core Chips, Due in Q2 2010
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Amazon Finally Makes Kindle International.
Amazon’s E-Book Reader Now Available Globally
50GB Should Be Enough for Movies, Claims Blu-Ray Disc Association
Elpida Develops 40nm 1600MHz DDR3 DRAM
Microsoft Windows 7 Not Expected to Catalyze Sales of PCs
AMD Recruits CFO from Insolvent Memory Manufacturer
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Users of Macintosh Computers Also Own Windows PCs – Report.
Owners of Macintosh Systems Tend to Use More Electronics In General, Study Finds
GPU Security Is a Thing to Keep an Eye on, Says Intel
Ubisoft Will Use Havok’s Middleware for AI, Physics, Destruction, etc
Nvidia to Stop Investing into Future Chipsets
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Only Three Contract Makers of Semiconductors Set to Remain on the Market – Analysts.
Massive Consolidation Expected on Foundry Market
WD Installs E-Ink Screen on External Hard Drives
Despite Economic Slump TSMC Still Interested in 450mm Wafers
ARM and Globalfoundries Form Strategic Alliance
Monday, October 5, 2009
Graphics Cards Suppliers Accuse ATI, Nvidia of Creating Shortage on the GPU Market.
Graphics Cards Vendors Complain About Tight Supply of GPUs
Nvidia to Offer Cut-Down Versions of Its Fermi-G300
Nokia Joins Wireless Power Consortium
Independent Programmer Creates Patch to Re-Enable PhysX Support on Systems with ATI Radeon
Friday, October 2, 2009
Specification of Serial Port Memory Technology Gets Finalized.
SPMT Consortium Releases Serial Memory Specification
Nvidia: We Have Working GeForce Fermi Graphics Cards
Thursday, October 1, 2009
ARM Looks at Globalfoundries While Planning Expansion Beyond Mobile Phones.
ARM Interested in Globalfoundries’ Manufacturing Capacities
Nvidia’s Fermi Graphics Cards Expected to Emerge in Q1 2010
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