Intel cruises towards Core i7 launch
The first of Intel's Nehalem microarchitecure derived, Bloomfield CPUs, are to hit shores in September or October, according to this article from DIGITIMES.
Three Intel Core i7 SKUs, being a 3.2 GHz 'Extreme' part, a 2.93 GHz 'Performance' part and a 2.66 GHz 'Mainstream' part, priced in 1000-unit tray quantities at $999, $562 and $284, respectively, will usher in Intel's new Core i7 vision.
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PowerColor aims to impress with enhanced HD 4870
PowerColor's SuperRV770-esque Radeon HD 4870 SKU, has been pixellated courtesy of, Expreview.
The part, which appears to be heading into Super RV770 domain, features a rather intricate and elaborate cooling solution, evidently to keep the factory overclocked GPU, running at a sprightly 800 MHz, with the GDDR5 memory modules, running at 950 MHz (QDR).
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NVIDIA unleashes PhysX Power Pack for GeForce8+
NVIDIA has officially enabled PhysX support on all GeForce 8 and beyond graphics cards today by means of its first Power Pack.
By making your way over to NVIDIA's Force Within web portal, you are given a full selection of free demos and applications with which to make use of PhysX processing via your card. Of course, you'll first need to download and install the new PhysX enabled 177.83 driver, also made available at the above location.
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Are NVIDIA's troubles set to become more serious?
We recently reported on NVIDIA's ongoing defective mobile GPU woes, yet this report from The Inquirer, alleges that the state of play is markedly more serious than is being let on.
Unnamed sources are indicating that four NVIDIA AIBs are experiencing high failure rates on G92 and G94 chips. The G92 GPU powers such solutions as the NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT, 8800GTS, and 8800GS members of the GeForce 8 family, including a number of mobile variants. Alarmingly, the G92 also powers many GeForce 9800 family SKUs, plus a few GeForce 9600 parts too. Not of any less importance, the G94 powers GeForce 9600GT solutions.
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Dell E-Series makes room for 10" Eee PC challenger
Dell is making a concerted effort to attack ASUS' Eee Portfolio, according to this report from Engadget.
Citing this article from DIGITIMES, it is claimed that Compal Electronics, the beneficiary of Dell outsourcing the production of over two million notebooks in Q3, will also be working with a 10" netbook, expected to launch in October.
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WD VelociRaptor comes in reach of 3.5" drive bays
Western Digital bringing its fierce VelociRaptor hard drives, backplane and all, to a 3.5" drive bay near you, is the subject of this report from TechConnect Magazine.
Breaking speed limits at 10,000 RPM, the VelociRaptor utilises a SATA 3.0 GBps interface and boasts capacities of either 150 or 300 GB.
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VIA pulls plug on making motherboard chipsets
Not sure how many of you saw this coming, but word's come in that VIA have pulled the plug on making motherboard chipsets for third-party CPUs, at least for the foreseeable future.
VIA's vice president of marketing Richard Brown says 'Intel provides the vast majority of chipsets for its processors and, following its purchase of ATI, AMD is also moving very quickly in the same direction.
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AMD HD 4870 X2 can't help but share its excitement
AMD's R700 Spartan, the Radeon HD 4870 X2, is all set for launch tomorrow. In midst of all the excitement, some SKUs based on the dual-RV770XT powered behemoth, just couldn't resist letting slip a day early for some mouth-watering shots.
Firstly, courtesy of TechConnect Magazine, we have some images of one of MSI's R700 SKUs.
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AMD sets sights high with 40nm RV870?
Last month, we briefly reported on information pertaining to AMD's RV770 successor, the RV870, which is expected to debut sometime in 2009.
Fudzilla has, today, shared some more information pertaining to the RV870 GPU itself.
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Intel confirms Core i7 branding for upcoming CPUs
Further to this recent story, Intel has subsequently confirmed, that it will be ushering in desktop Nehalem microarchitecure derived CPUs, using its 'Core i7' branding.
Santa Clara, CA based Intel, declares that the first products in its Nehalem family, including Extreme Edition SKUs, will be branded using the 'i7' identifier, yet that we should also expect several new identifiers to be established, as different derivatives launch over the next year.
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