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Monday, August 31, 2009
AMD Unveils Six-Core Microprocessor with 40W Power Consumption.
AMD Releases Energy-Efficient Six-Core Opteron Chip
Intel Raises Expectations for the Third Quarter
Friday, August 28, 2009
Analysts Predict Solar-, Wind-Power Cell Base Stations.
For Operators, It Pays to Be Green, Claim Analysts
EA Expects PlayStation 3.5, Xbox 560 Before Next-Gen Hits the Scene
Sales of Graphics Cards Hits the Bottom, ASP Decreases, ATI Gains Market Share
Wi-Fi Phone Shipments Double Every Two Years, Analysts Say
Fujitsu and TSMC to Co-Develop High-Performance 28nm Process Technology
Asus and MSI Reportedly Plan to Release E-Book Reader
Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite Now Priced at $299, Xbox 360 Pro Discontinued
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
TSMC Claims 28nm “Yield Breakthrough”.
TSMC Makes 64Mb SRAM Chips at 28nm Nodes
Improved Tech Support Can Trim Return Rates – Market Research Firm
OCZ Agility EX SSD: Extreme Performance, Extreme Reliability, $399 Price-Point
UMC Creates New Technologies Investment Arm
Nvidia’s Head Expects Giant Leap in GPU Performance
Inventec, Foxconn Rumoured to Be Interested in a Stake in Pegatron
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Nokia Booklet 3G May Be Too Expensive for Consumers, Not Suitable for Business Users.
Nokia’s Netbook Rumoured to Cost $799
Lenovo and Samsung Delay Release of New Netbooks Till Windows 7 Launch
TSMC Includes Low-Power HKMG Fabrication Process to Plans
AMD to Adopt Multi-Threading in Next-Generation Processors
Monday, August 24, 2009
AMD Claims Twelve-Core Microprocessors to Retain Similar Thermal Envelope.
Additional Details About AMD Opteron “Magny Cours” Revealed
Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim May Be In the Works, Say Analysts
PNY Technologies Extends Warranties on Graphics Cards
Nokia’s Netbook Boasts with 12 Hours Battery Life
AMD Reportedly in Talks with Rusnano Over Semiconductor Joint-Venture
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Texas Instruments Reportedly Interested in Buying Qimonda’s Manufacturing Equipment.
Texas Instruments Eyes Qimonda’s U.S. Assets
Nvidia Releases First Drivers for DirectX 11 Compute Shaders
Intel to Talk About Westmere at Intel Developer Forum in September
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Electronic Arts: PS3 Price-Cut – Great Move.
Leading Game Developer Glad with PS3 Price Reduce
Sun’s Rock Hits The End
Friday, August 21, 2009
Leading Parallel Computing Software Developer Becomes Part of Intel.
Intel Acquires RapidMind
Cell Processor Transits to 45nm Fabrication Process
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Inspur Acquires Qimonda’s China Operations.
Inspur Gains Qimonda’s R&D Center in China
Nokia Eyes Netbook Market, Confirms Chief Exec
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Nuclear Fusion Research Set to Enable “Nanolitography”.
New Plasma-Based Litography in Development
$299 Pricing – Sweet Spot for the PlayStation 3, Says President
Competition on Smartphone Chip Market Escalates
Intel Pentium E6500K Nearly Hits Overclocking Record
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Asustek Laptops Retain Title of Most Reliable Systems – Tech Support Specialist.
Asus, Apple, Lenovo – Most Reliable PCs, Claims Rescuecom
Netbooks Gain Price, Functionality, Study Finds
Sony Drops the Price of PS3, Intros Slim Version
Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade to Get Price Increase in the UK
Sony Ericsson to Continue Transformation, Focus on More Advanced Handsets
TSMC Increases Investment into Manufacturing Equipment
OCZ Expects SSDs to Get More Popular
Monday, August 17, 2009
Another Asian Chip Designer Licenses ARM Graphics Processor.
Core Logic Inc. Licenses ARM Mali 400 Graphics Technology
Chief Executive of SanDisk Makes Eight Predictions for Flash Memory Marker
Despite the Lack of License, Nvidia Wants to Make Chipsets for Intel Nehalem/Westmere Platforms
IBM Research Claims Breakthrough in Chip Manufacturing
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Lenovo to Replace Defective ThinkPad Laptop Batteries.
Lenovo Finds Faulty Batteries on ThinkPad R-, X-Series Notebooks
Web-Site Publishes First Photos of Rumoured "Apple Tablet"
Friday, August 14, 2009
AMD to Update Business Class Lineup with Athlon II, Phenom II Microprocessors.
AMD to Introduce Athlon II, Phenom II B-Series Chips
Samsung Aims PC Gaming Market with SSDs
Authorities Confirm Talks Regarding Russian Investments into Infineon, Qimonda
Sony Ceases to Supply PlayStation 3, Claim Retailers
ATI’s New Evergreen Graphics Chips Hit Quakecon, Set to Hit the Market by Windows 7 Launch
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Tim Sweeney: GPGPU Software Uneconomical to Develop, GPUs Set to Disappear.
GPGPU Programming Models Are Limited, Claims Developer of Popular Games
Sistema Corp. Interested in Buying into Infineon
Nvidia and Freescale Have Potential on MID Market, Says ABI Research
Intel Arrandale, Clarkdale, Pineview Processors May Be Revealed at CES 2010 in Early January
AMD Starts to Ship Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Corsair Unveils High-Performance 128GB Voyager GT Flash Drive
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Panasonic’s Toughbook Mobile Computers First to Pass New Military Certification.
Panasonic Toughbook 30, 19 and U1 Pass MIL-STD-810G Tests
Winbond Becomes Fourth Maker of GDDR in the World
Intel Clarksfield Extreme: 4 Cores, 2GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, Due on September 23
Microsoft and Nokia Team Up for Smartphone Productivity Software
MSI to Install Lucid Hydra Chip on Upcoming Intel P55 Mainboard
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Intel Discontinues First-Generation Quad-Core Chips for Multi-Processor Servers.
Intel Discontinues “Tigerton” Microprocessors for High-End Servers
Microsoft Zune HD Due Out on September 15 at $220
Intel’s Second-Generation X25-M SSDs Available Again
One of the Next-Generation Game Consoles Will Be Without Optical Media – John Carmack
Sony to Repair Notebooks with Defective Nvidia Chips Inside for Free
Intel and Micron Enable Higher Density Flash Memory Devices
Mobile Phones Crucial for Google’s Future, Says Eric Schmidt
Monday, August 10, 2009
Hitachi Launches Enterprise-Class 2TB Hard Drive.
Hitachi Ships World’s Highest Capacity Enterprise HDD
Nvidia Spends Another $119.1 Million on Repairs of Faulty Chips
Toshiba Finally Adopts Blu-Ray Disc Format
Nvidia to Allow SLI Support by Next-Generation Intel Platform
Novafora Ceases to Exist Months After Acquisition of Transmeta
Friday, August 7, 2009
Nvidia: We Do Not Expect Loss in Our Chipset Business Next Year.
Wait for the Big Surprise in Chipset Dispute with Intel, Says Nvidia Chief Exec
Intel Quietly Begins Selling Pentium E6500K Processors with Unlocked Multiplier
Kingston Preps 2133MHz DDR3Memory Modules for Intel’s Next-Gen Chip
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Nvidia: We Are the Largest Producer of 40nm Chips.
Nvidia Expects 40nm Chips to Account for Substantial Portion of Revenue
ATI Stream SDK 2.0 Supports OpenCL for CPUs, GPUs
Apple iPhone 3GS 8GB May Hit the Market at $99 Price-Point
Elpida Inks Deal with Qimonda, Set to Outsource Production to Winbond
AMD Losses Market Share to Intel Amid Market Recover
Despite of Vague Blu-Ray Prospects in China, Lite-On Has No Plans for CBHD
Hitachi Ships Industry’s First 2TB 7200RPM HDD
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
PCI Express 3.0 Delayed Till 2011.
PCI SIG to Ensure Backwards Compatibility of PCIe 3.0
Intel Will Start Distributing Firmware Fix for Latest SSDs by the End of the Week
Globalfoundries to Initiate Preparations for Fab 3 Shortly, Claims Hector Ruiz
Foxconn to Construct Notebook Factory in China – Report
Khronos Details WebGL Initiative
Motion-Sensing Technologies Quietly Become De-Facto Standard for Video Games
Qimonda Set to Vanish Into Oblivion by 2010
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
DirectX Compute Shaders Less Advanced than OpenCL – Head of Khronos Group.
OpenCL Easier to Use Than DirectX Compute Shaders, Claims Neil Trevett
Elpida Also Interested in Taking Over GDDR Technologies from Qimonda
Toshiba Releases Details About SD Cards to Be Made in 2010
Nvidia Taps Ray-Tracing Technology for Professional Applications
Winbond Wants to Acquire Qimonda’s Technologies to Make GDDR
Sony PS3 Slim Due on August, 18, Rumours Say
Monday, August 3, 2009
Intel Denies Discontinuance of Atom Z-Series Products.
Intel to Continue Shipping Atom Z Microprocessors
Khronos Group Launches OpenGL 3.2




