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Monday, November 30, 2009


Adoption of HDMI Continues to Climb As DVI Slides into Recession.
[11:41 pm]

DVI Enters Decline Road – Analysts

Smartbook AG Offers Netbooks with Swarovski Crystals. Smartbook  Intel  Atom  Swarovski
[10:14 pm]

Smartbook AG Begins to Sell $3000 Netbook

Sony: 3D TV-Sets May Account for Half of HDTV Sales in Three Years. Sony  Stereo 3D
[2:03 pm]

Sony Expects Stereoscopic 3D Television to Become the Next Big Thing

Sony Commercializes the First TransferJet Chips.
[6:45 am]

Sony Unveils Close-Proximity TransferJet Controllers

 

Sunday, November 29, 2009


Microsoft Expects Project Natal to Be a Giant Leap for TV. Microsoft  Natal  HDTV
[11:51 pm]

Microsoft: Natal to Replace Remote Controls for TVs

 

Saturday, November 28, 2009


Netbooks to Get Larger Screens, Discrete Graphics – Report.
[12:12 pm]

Netbooks with 10” and 12” Panels Set to Become Mainstream in 2010 – Manufacturers

 

Friday, November 27, 2009


Entry-Level Desktops – Huge Opportunity for PC Makers, Says Intel.
[11:52 pm]

Nettops Still Have a Chance, Claims Intel

Microsoft Windows 7 Uplifting PC Sales – Acer.
[2:57 pm]

Acer Group Claims Windows 7 Helps to Sell PCs.

Lenovo to Buy Back Mobile Handsets Business Unit.
[12:28 pm]

Lenovo Group Re-Acquires Lenovo Mobile

Qimonda’s DRAM Test and Assembly Company May Be Saved.
[9:28 am]

Nanium: The New Hope for Qimonda Portugal

 

Thursday, November 26, 2009


European Commission Accuses CRT Makers of Forming Cartels.
[3:53 pm]

Just When CRT Era is Over, European Commission Accuses CRT Makers of Law Violation

ATI Eliminates Multi-GPU Performance Boosting Technology from Latest Chips.
[3:20 pm]

Sideport Not Present in ATI Radeon HD 5000 GPUs – Company

Nintendo: Wii is the Most Popular Game Console Among Women. Nintendo  Wii
[2:35 pm]

Wii Popularity – Result of Deliberate Attempt to Expand the Market, Claims Nintendo

Nvidia Quietly Unveils GeForce 310, GeForce 205 Graphics Cards.
[11:11 am]

Nvidia GeForce 205: Performance of GeForce FX in 2009

 

Wednesday, November 25, 2009


Infineon and Nokia to Jointly Develop LTE Transceiver Solutions.
[10:44 pm]

Infineon and Nokia Collaborate on 4G/LTE Technology

U.S. Patent Office Again Rejects Rambus’ Claims Against Nvidia.
[5:50 pm]

Nvidia Wins Another Round in Patent Dispute with Rambus

EA Montreal to Concentrate on High-Def Games, Lower Focus on Wii.
[2:36 pm]

Large Video Game Developer to Re-Focus on HD Blockbuster Titles

AMD to Describe 32nm x86-64 Processor at Chip Conference [UPDATED]. AMD  Bobcat  32nm  Llano  Deneb  Fusion  Evergreen
[11:58 am]

AMD to Reveal Power Trimming Technologies of Next-Generation Mobile Chip

 

Tuesday, November 24, 2009


Nvidia to Start Shipping Next-Generation Tegra to Developers “Soon”. Nvidia  Tegra
[11:50 pm]

Nvidia Readies Second-Generation Tegra SoC for Handhelds

Despite Netbook Popularity, Consumers Still Want Notebooks – IDC.
[10:37 pm]

Even in Asia, Consumers Still Prefer Notebooks over Netbooks

Imagination Intros Processors for “Internet Everywhere” Consumer Electronics.
[4:04 pm]

Imagination Presents Connected Processors for CE Devices

Sub-$99 Blu-Ray Players Black Friday Deals Available, But Not a Lot.
[3:33 pm]

Walmart to Sell BD Players for $78 on Black Friday

Microsoft Sued for Banning Third-Party Xbox Memory Cards.
[12:27 pm]

Memory Cards Supplier Sues Microsoft

OCZ to Release External USB 3.0 Solid-State Drive.
[11:55 am]

OCZ USB 3.0 SSD Incoming for Consumer Electronics Show

Nvidia’s CEO Expects Underpowered Mobile Devices to Gain Popularity.
[7:52 am]

PC of the Future – Web-Based Device with 4G Connectivity, Says Chief Exec of Nvidia

 

Monday, November 23, 2009


Microsoft Windows 8 Due in 2012 – Slides. Microsoft  Windows
[11:52 pm]

Microsoft Server Roadmap Reveals Windows 8 Release Time Frame

IBM Cans Next-Generation Cell Processor, Plans to Change Cell Concept. IBM  PowerPC  Cell  Sony  Toshiba
[11:33 pm]

IBM Halts Development of PowerXCell 32iv Chip

Nvidia: Intel Is Scared, We Will Win in Court Next Year. Nvidia  Nforce  Geforce  Intel  Atom  Business
[10:27 pm]

Nvidia’s Chief Exec Again Promises to Win Legal Battle Against Intel

Apple Reportedly Voids Warranties Due to Smoking Related Damages.
[1:34 pm]

Smoking Near Apple Macintosh Creates Hazards, Voids Warranty

 

Sunday, November 22, 2009


Voice Communications Set to Decline in Two Years – Analysts.
[11:34 am]

Analysts Predict Dramatic Increase of VoIP Popularity

 

Saturday, November 21, 2009


Barnes and Noble: Nook E-Book Readers Are Sold Out.
[11:44 pm]

E-Book Reader from B&N Sold Out Before Release

Cell Network Operators Set to Become Largest Mobile Internet Devices Sellers – Analysts.
[7:53 am]

Mobile Network Operators to Gain Strength in Devices

 

Friday, November 20, 2009


ATI Seeks Its Best to Ensure More Radeon HD 5-Series Supplies – Company. ATI  Radeon  AMD  Cypress  Juniper
[10:11 pm]

Additional Number of DirectX 11 Graphics Boards is Incoming

Fusion-io’s SSD Setup Reaches 1TB/s Aggregate Bandwidth.
[11:56 am]

Fusion-io Gets Contracts from Government, Creates World’s Fastest SSD Setup

Notebook – the Most Desired Christmas Gift, Says CEA.
[10:06 am]

Notebooks, Players and HDTVs Top Christmas Presents Wish List

Ebay Completes Skype Sell Off.
[9:11 am]

Skype No Longer Belongs to Ebay

 

Thursday, November 19, 2009


Sony: PlayStation 3 – Firmware Upgradeable for Stereoscopic 3D.
[11:38 pm]

Sony to Upgrade Existing PlayStation 3 Consoles to Stereo 3D Capability

Elpida Completes Development of 1Gb GDDR5 Chip, Mass Production Scheduled on Q2 2010.
[10:31 pm]

Elpida’s First 1Gb GDDR5 Chips to Work at 6GHz

Galaxy Technology to Release Graphics Card to Rival Asus Mars – Rumour.
[7:32 pm]

Galaxy’s New “Masterpeace” is Dual-GPU GeForce GTX 285

IBM and Infineon Want to Transform Altis into Contract Maker of Semiconductors.
[2:39 pm]

Altis Set to Become Independent Foundry Services Provider

Intel to Explore Hyper Computers in New Research Center.
[12:24 pm]

Intel Creates European Exascale Computing Research Center to Study Exaflop Super Computers

Lenovo Readies World’s First AMD-Based ThinkPad Computer. Lenovo  ThinkPad  AMD  Athlon  Vision
[9:18 am]

Lenovo ThinkPad X100e: AMD Athlon Neo, DirectX 10, 11.6” HD Display

 

Wednesday, November 18, 2009


AMD to Repay One Debt, Secure Another Loan.
[11:03 pm]

AMD to Buy Back Senior Notes Due 2012, Offer New Senior Notes Due in 2012

European Ombudsman Rejects Intel’s Complaints Against European Commission.
[8:04 pm]

Ombudsman Confirms Maladministration in Anti-Trust Case Against Intel, But Says They Were Not Serious

Nvidia Adds Stereo 3D Vision to Notebooks.
[5:34 pm]

Asustek Computer to Add Stereo 3D to Mobile PCs

ATI Launches New Dual-Chip Flagship Graphics Solution. ATI  AMD  Radeon  Cypress  Evergreen  40nm  RV870
[3:07 pm]

ATI Releases Radeon HD 5970 Graphics Card

Chief Executive of Intel Expects Shortages of PC Components Next Year.
[9:03 am]

Paul Otellini Predicts Short Supply of PC Components in 2010

Nvidia Shows Off GeForce “Fermi” Graphics Card Rendering DirectX 11 Benchmark. Nvidia  Fermi  GF100  GT300  NV60  GeForce  40nm
[7:21 am]

Nvidia Shows Image of Working GeForce “Fermi” Graphics Board

 

Tuesday, November 17, 2009


OCZ Technology Begins to Ship 1TB Colossus Solid-State Drive for Desktops.
[11:55 pm]

OCZ Initiates Supplies of Desktop-Exclusive SSD Series

Intel Teams Up with NEC to Develop Supercomputing Technologies.
[10:29 pm]

Intel and NEC Team Up for High-Performance Computing

Nvidia Wants to Protect End-Users from Intel.
[5:52 pm]

Nvidia Criticizes Intel’s Business Practices Again

Intel to Release Version of Nehalem-EX Chip for Super Computers.
[3:16 pm]

Intel to Launch HPC-Optimized Nehalem-EX Processor

Kingston Initiates Shipments of 12GB Memory Kits for Enthusiasts. Kingston  HyperX  DRAM
[2:28 pm]

Kingston Begins to Ship 12GB DDR3 Memory Kits

Nvidia to Begin Shipments of Next-Generation Tesla “Fermi” Cards in Q2 2010. Nvidia  Tesla  Fermi  GT300  GPGPU
[11:50 am]

Nvidia Announces Next-Gen Tesla Solutions for HPC Markets

 

Monday, November 16, 2009


Nintendo: Next-Generation Console Is More Than “Wii HD”.
[10:25 pm]

Nintendo Discloses First Official Details About Next-Gen Console

Nvidia Readies GeForce GT 240 Graphics Card for Desktops.
[5:39 pm]

Nvidia to Unveil GeForce GT 240 This Week

AMD’s Six-Core Opteron Powers the World’s Highest-Performance Supercomputer.
[2:22 pm]

Jaguar Leaps Ahead with AMD Opteron “Istanbul” Chips

 

Sunday, November 15, 2009


E-Book Readers Will Only Get Popular in 2010 – Gartner.
[3:57 pm]

Despite Promotion, 2009 Will Not Be Year of E-Book Readers

AMD’s Partners Welcome New Pact with Intel.
[11:53 am]

Partners Welcome New Intel-AMD Agreement

AMD Bobcat: Sub-1W Chip with 90% of Today’s Performance. AMD  Bobcat  32nm
[9:01 am]

AMD Discloses Details About Bobcat

 

Friday, November 13, 2009


Nvidia’s Chief Exec Praises Apple, Accuses PC Vendors of Lack of Innovation.
[5:42 pm]

Jen-Hsun Huang: I am All Apple

Qualcomm Releases Mobile Internet TV Device.
[3:58 pm]

Qualcomm Unveils Flo TV Gadget

Intel Hires Antitrust and Government Relations Specialist as General Counsel.
[2:11 pm]

Intel Arms Itself for Incoming Antitrust Trials

Nvidia to Demonstrate Fermi Graphics Chip at Super Computing Conference.
[1:27 pm]

Nvidia: Fermi Is the Soul of Supercomputer in the Body of GPU

AMD Phenom II Storms 7GHz Clock-Speed on Video.
[12:02 pm]

AMD’s Phenom II Reaches 7.1GHz Clock-Speed

Lenovo Set to Release Smartbook Next Year.
[11:13 am]

Qualcomm Displays Lenovo’s Snapdragon-Based Smartbook

 

Thursday, November 12, 2009


Taiwan Memory Company Dead on Arrival – Reports.
[6:03 pm]

Taiwanese DRAM Companies Have No Intentions to Merge

Father of PlayStation Launches Network Video Game Service.
[4:51 pm]

Ken Kutaragi Launches New Internet Video Game Business

First Details Regarding AMD Bulldozer Emerge: 8 Cores with Multithreading, 128-Bit FPU. AMD  Bulldozer  Zambezi  Orochi  Sandy Bridge  SSE5  AVX  32nm
[3:44 pm]

AMD Discloses First Details About Next-Generation Bulldozer Processor

Market of Cell Phone Accessories to “Drop” to $55 Billion in 2009 – Analysts.
[1:32 pm]

Accessories for Handsets Retain Demand Despite Slowdown of Economy

Globalfoundries Welcomes New Intel-AMD Pact.
[12:22 pm]

Contract Maker of Semiconductors Can Continue Making x86 Chips

 

Wednesday, November 11, 2009


Microsoft Windows 7 Tests 4% Market Share After Two Weeks of Usage.
[11:21 pm]

Microsoft Windows 7 Becomes Rather Popular – Net Applications

Elpida and Winbond Explore Manufacturing Partnership.
[6:22 pm]

Elpida and Winbond to Sign Technology-for-Capacity Agreement

HP to Acquire Communication Tech Giant 3Com.
[3:33 pm]

HP Enters into Agreement to Buy 3Com

AMD Displays Llano Die: 4 x86 Cores, 480 Stream Processors. AMD  ATI  Llano  Sabine  Fusion  Evergreen  Phenom  Athlon  Propus
[2:35 pm]

The First Fusion Processor for Desktops to Feature 4 x86 Cores, 480 Stream Processors

Microsoft Natal Controller Expected to Cost Less than $79. Microsoft  Natal  Xbox
[8:12 am]

Microsoft Natal Due on Xbox 360’s Fifth Anniversary

 

Tuesday, November 10, 2009


Matrox Debuts Graphics Card with Eight Displays Support.
[11:31 pm]

Matrox Graphics Unveils First Single-Slot Octal Graphics Card

Intel Updates Latest P55 Core-Logic Set [UPDATED].
[7:54 pm]

Intel Initiates Stepping Conversion for Intel P55 Core-Logic

Mobile Phones with Faster 802.11n Wi-Fi Incoming – Research Firm.
[6:28 pm]

Chip Vendors Ready with 802.11n Solutions for Handsets

OCZ to Use New Controllers for Solid-State Drives.
[5:18 pm]

OCZ to Migrate to SandForce “SSD Processors”

VESA Standardizes Mini DisplayPort Connector.
[2:37 pm]

Mini DisplayPort Enables Full DisplayPort Feature Set

Intel Launches Device that Can Read Printed Text Aloud.
[12:24 pm]

Intel Reader to Bring Texts to People with Disabilities

 

Monday, November 9, 2009


TSMC Denies Huge 40nm Yield Drop.
[11:25 pm]

TSMC: Yield of 40nm Chips Is 60%

Managed Copy Incoming to Blu-Ray Disc Standard.
[10:35 pm]

Blu-Ray’s Managed Copy to Get Compulsory in December ‘09

Intel to Launch “Clarkdale” Chips on January 7, 2010.
[5:15 pm]

Intel to Begin Shipments of Clarkdale Chips in a Month

Microprocessor Unit Shipments Grow 23% in Q3 2009 – Market Tracking Firm. AMD  Intel  Via Technologies  x86  Business
[3:54 pm]

AMD Continues to Lose Share to Intel As Market Shows Gains

Globalfoundries Set to Become World’s Second Largest Foundry in Two Years – ATIC. ATIC  Mubadala  Globalfoundries  AMD  Semiconductor  Business
[6:56 am]

ATIC: The First Chip Foundry in Abu Dhabi to Emerge in Four Years

 

Sunday, November 8, 2009


Nokia to Replace Faulty Chargers.
[11:56 pm]

Nokia Initiates Charger Exchange Program

Nvidia’s Chief Executive Says “No” to Globalfoundries, Microprocessors.
[10:51 pm]

Nvidia Denies Intentions to Use Globalfoundries, Develop Own Central Processing Units

 

Saturday, November 7, 2009


Electronic Book Industry Set to Explode in 2010 – Analysts.
[3:28 pm]

E-Book Industry Set to Raise – MIC

Intel Plans “Fast” Transition to Next-Generation Atom Platform.
[1:31 pm]

Intel to Reveal More Details About Pine Trail Platform on December 21

Prices of SSDs Will Get Closer to Hard Drives in Three to Five Years – Chief Executive of OCZ. OCZ  SSD  Flash
[11:27 am]

SSDs Set to Become Much More Affordable in the Future

 

Friday, November 6, 2009


Microsoft Windows 7 Appears to Be More Popular in Retail than Vista Back in 2007.
[11:56 am]

First Week Windows 7 Sales Surpass Sales of Windows Vista in First Week – Research Firm

Elpida and ProMOS Sign “Technology-for-Capacity” Pact.
[9:30 am]

Elpida to Outsource Production of DRAM to ProMOS

 

Thursday, November 5, 2009


Nvidia to Ramp Up Production of Fermi Graphics Cards Only in 2010. Nvidia  GeForce  Fermi  GT300  NV60
[11:44 pm]

Nvidia Admits Delays of Next-Gen Graphics Cards

Dell Unleashes World’s Thinnest Notebook.
[11:18 pm]

Dell’s Adamo XPS Is Just 9.99mm Thick

Nokia Buries N-Gage Completely, Admits Failure to Become a Maker of Game Consoles.
[7:09 pm]

Nokia Closes N-Gage Video Game Store, Has High Hopes for Ovi Store

“Gordon” Supercomputer to Use Solid-State Drives.
[3:21 pm]

“Gordon”, “Dash” – First Supercomputers with SSDs Inside

Kingston Teams Up with Paramount to Distribute Movies on Flash Cards.
[12:23 pm]

Kingston and Paramount to Deliver Movies on Flash Cards

 

Wednesday, November 4, 2009


Netbook Market On Track for 35 Million Shipped Units in 2009 – Analysts.
[11:02 pm]

Netbooks Remain Popular, 35 Million to Be Shipped This Year

Intel Accused of Giving Dell $6 Billion for Exclusivity. Intel  AMD  Business  Dell  HP  IBM
[8:03 pm]

Intel Faces New Lawsuits from New York State

Marvell and E-Ink Develop Platform for E-Book Readers.
[6:25 pm]

Platform for E-Books Incoming Right in Time for E-Book Market to Explode

Chartered Shareholders Approve Acquisition by ATIC.
[2:53 pm]

Shareholders Approve Acquisition of Chartered by Globalfoundries’ Owner

Super Talent Readies First USB 3.0 Flash Drives.
[11:55 am]

Super Talent Announces December Availability for USB 3.0 RAIDDrives

Intel Denies Larrabee Negotiations with Add-In-Card Makers.
[9:13 am]

Intel Rejects Claims About Talks with Graphics Cards Makers

 

Tuesday, November 3, 2009


Western Digital Unveils Its First Serial Attached SCSI Hard Drive.
[11:32 pm]

WD Releases S25 SAS Enterprise Hard Disk Drive

Intel Initiates Larrabee Negotiations with Graphics Cards Manufacturers – Rumours.
[7:02 pm]

Intel Begins to Talk to Graphics Cards Makers About Larrabee

Via Technologies Announces Nano 3000 Series of Microprocessors.
[6:40 pm]

Via Claims Its New Microprocessors Are 20% Faster than Predecessors

Nvidia Hires Former Transmeta Engineers to Develop x86 Microprocessor – Analyst. Nvidia  x86  Transmeta  Intel  AMD  Via Technologies  Nforce  Geforce
[3:23 pm]

Nvidia and x86 CPU Rumours Resurrect as Nvidia Begins to Hire Engineers from Transmeta

EVGA Launches Dual-Chip Graphics Card with Dedicated GPU for Physics Processing.
[2:28 pm]

EVGA Releases GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Graphics Solution

Ultra High-Definition Television Due in 2017 – 2022 Timeframe, Say Analysts. UHD  UHDTV  HDTV  Blu-ray
[11:28 am]

UHDTV with 7680x4320 Resolution Coming in the Next Decade

AMD Sees Opportunities to Design, Produce Chips in the United Arab Emirates.
[9:15 am]

AMD Eyes Dubai As a Chip Design Center, Chip Fab in Abu Dhabi – Possible in Future

 

Monday, November 2, 2009


Nvidia “Doing Its Best” to Have Working Fermi at Consumer Electronics Show – Reports. Nvidia  Geforce  Fermi  GT300  40nm
[10:48 pm]

Working Nvidia Fermi to Be Showcased in January, 2010

AMD’s Former Chief Executive Officer to Leave Globalfoundries. AMD  Globalfoundries  TFC  Business  Galleon  New Castle Partners
[4:43 pm]

Globalfoundries’ Chairman to Step Down After Scandal with Hedge Funds

HighPoint Unveils Serial ATA-600 Controller for PCI Express 2.0 Interface.
[12:10 pm]

HighPoint Starts Shipping of SATA-600 PCIe 2.0 Host Controller

Price War Reversed: ATI Increases Pricing of New High-End Graphics Card. ATI  AMD  Radeon  Evergreen  Cypress  40nm
[10:24 am]

ATI Radeon HD 5850 Gains Price Due to “Overwhelming Demand”

Asustek Interested in Making ARM-Based Smartbooks. ASUS  Eee  ARM  Cortex
[7:39 am]

Asustek Eyes Smartbooks to Boost Market Share