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1. LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 28 September 2009

   ... support for Windows Vista, Windows 7, DirectX 9c, 10.1 standard APIs and DirectX11." Deployment The Hydra 200 chip has already been integrated into MSI's Big Bang Gaming Motherboard. The recently introduced ...

2. AMD takes lead in discrete mobile graphics

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 17 August 2009

   ... Pavilion dv6T, Alienware M17, Acer Aspire 5739G, Toshiba Satellite M500, Sony VAIO FW Series, Samsung R522, Asus W90Vp-X1, MSI GX623 and Dell Studio 15. "As consumers increasingly demand greater visual ...

3. World + Dog licenses Nvidia SLI

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 10 August 2009

   ... for inclusion in its P55 Express motherboards designed for the Core i7 and the upcoming Core i5 chips. Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI, have also licensed SLI for their LGA1156 socket mobos, enabling users ...

4. ATI releases new 40nm 4800-series Mobile GPUs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 03 March 2009

   ... ASUS N81Vp, N51Tp and W90, which use 4600-series or desktop 4870-series today. MSI's GT727 will upgrade from 4850. And Toshiba's Satellite 300 up from 4570 or 4650. AMD also has additional partners that ...

5. GTX 200 prices crashing, Nvidia said to be shifting strategy

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Sunday, 13 July 2008

   ... we even found a $20 rebate, bringing the cost of the card down to just $79.99. Nvidia's competitor is MSI's passively-cooled GeForce 8600 GTS 512 MB, which costs $70.93. However, we have to note that a ...

6. New Radeon 4800 twice as fast as 3800, AMD says

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 25 June 2008

   ... by are VisionTek, Asus, PowerColor, MSI, Gigabyte, GeCube, Force3D, Sapphire, Diamond, Club 3D, HIS and Palit. Systems integrators launching ATI Radeon HD 4800 series include ABS, Alienware, AMAX, Canada ...

7. A $5300 PC challenges $4.6 million supercomputer

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 30 May 2008

   ... that runs CUDA-optimized tomography applications. The specifications include a MSI K9A2 Platinum motherboard, an AMD Phenom 9850 CPU, 4 x 2 GB Corsair TWINX DDR2 PC6400 memory, a Samsung Spinpoint F1 750 ...

8. Via launches Nano processor, carves out CPU niche

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 29 May 2008

   ... Internet devices and the performance capability may be not enough to run Windows Vista on notebooks. What is left in the middle are entry-level and low cost notebooks such as the Asus Eee PC or the MSI ...

9. OLPC teams up with Microsoft: Cost of Windows XP only $3

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 16 May 2008

   ... the XO currently sells for $188, the Windows version should check in for about $200 – which means that it is about 50% cheaper than other potential competitors such as the Asus EeePC and the MSI Wind. ...

10. Windows XP SP3 wreaking havoc on HP and AMD machines

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Monday, 12 May 2008

    ... experiencing unrelenting rebooting of their machines. Jesper Johansson, a Microsoft MVP and blogger at MSinfulentials.com, says the problem can be traced to HP’s installation practices.  He says ...

11. MSI launches AMD 780-based motherboards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 16 April 2008

    Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched its latest high-efficiency motherboard series – K9A2GM/VM, which utilize AMD's 780G/V chipsets to provide full HD playback, 3D graphics performance, and ...

12. Unreal creator Tim Sweeney: "PCs are good for anything, just not games”

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 09 March 2008

    ... the PCI-SIG certified the PCI External standard, which enabled the conventional PCI slot to extend through several different cables. There were several Taiwanese companies such as Asus and MSI that demonstrated ...

13. Can Singularity heal Microsoft’s Windows Vista wounds?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 04 March 2008

    ... programs in the abstract MSIL format, which can be converted to any I/O processor’s instruction set. “Our hypothesis is that Singularity binaries can target legacy-free cores on many-core CPUs as easily ...

14. First-tier makers unveil latest ATI Radeon 3000 series graphics cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 31 January 2008

    First-tier motherboard makers, including Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI), have revealed their latest graphics cards adopting AMD's Radeon HD 3000 series GPUs. Among the offerings ...

15. The CPU that Intel built just for Apple

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 25 January 2008

    ... years ago (Intel celebrates its 40th birthday this month). Intel has a long and varied history in the areas of the transistor, MSI (medium-scale integration), and LSI (large-scale integration) designs. ...

16. Motherboard shipments dropping slightly due to weak demand

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 17 December 2007

    ... is being reported solely as the result of low demand. Declines in November motherboard shipments were reported earlier this month by makers Asustek, MSI and Gigabyte.  The trend toward declining ...

17. Top card makers launch Radeon HD 3800 series graphics cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 20 November 2007

    Gigabyte United, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Asustek Computer have announced new product lines based on AMD's latest ATI Radeon HD 3800 series GPUs. Gigabyte United's GV-RX38 series includes ...

18. MSI announces AMD Barcelona motherboard and server barebone

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 04 October 2007

    Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced the K9NU Speedster motherboard and P1-106 server barebone, which support the recently launched AMD Quad-Core Opteron processors (Barcelona). Paired with the ...

19. Nvidia targets Intel with new integrated graphics chipsets

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 25 September 2007

    ... EVGA, Foxconn, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Hassee, Inno3D, Jetway, J&W, Maxsun, MSI, Onda, Palit, PC Partner, PNY, Supox, Unika and XFX.  Nvidia has integrated GeForce graphics solutions in the 6-Series and ...

20. AMD announces it has begun shipping Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 GPUs to customers

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 11 June 2007

    ... (MSI), Palit, PowerColor, Sapphire and VisionTek, said AMD. More here at Digitimes.  ...

21. Computex 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Sunday, 03 June 2007

    ...  Corsair takes DDR3 memory to 2 GHz MSI shows external graphics, passively cooled graphics card A 5000 watt power converter SlientFlux melds radiators and CPU cooler ...

22. AMD develops open specification for small form factor PCs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 10 January 2007

    ... parameters" to allow "vendors to innovate." Many SFF PCs offered today are built using the micro-ATX standard, which uses a 9.6" x 9.6" motherboard design. Asus and MSI are among ...

23. CES 2007: MSI rings in second wave of AMD Live! entertainment PCs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 06 January 2007

    AMD briefly discussed a new and upcoming AMD Live! platform its analyst briefing last month and MSI appears to be the first company to have announced the first product built on this second generation ...

24. CES 2007: MSI to release second notebook with crystal inlays

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 06 January 2007

    ... then there's another option at MSI: The S300 joins the recently introduced the M677 and features a sparkling crystal ring, consisting of 120 Swarowski crystals, that is integrated into the otherwise rather ...

25. CES 2007: A preview of what you can expect to see on the showfloor

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 05 January 2007

    ... stories we have published so far: Products: A floating iPod sound system for your swimming pool LG to unveil combo Blu-ray - HD DVD player Logitech integrates computer speakers with iPod dock MSI to showcase ...

26. CES 2007: MSI to showcase AMD Live! systems

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Thursday, 04 January 2007

      Micro-Star International (MSI) will display a series of its Media Live audio/video PC systems based on the AMD Live! platform at the 2007 International CES in Las Vegas, according to company sources. ...

27. Consumer Electronics Show 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Sunday, 31 December 2006

    ... the consumer NAS game Want wireless Internet access at CES? Then pay $400. Growing pains at the Consumer Electronics Show First live demo of mobile Wimax LG more serious about 1080p MSI ...

28. A closer look at ATI's current price/performance lead over Nvidia

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 24 August 2006

    ... TG Daily then averaged the prices for multiple models of graphics cards using these same GPUs, from manufacturers including Asus, BFG, XFX, PNY, and MSI. Click the miniature below for the complete chart. ...

29. Driver update enables DIY quad-SLI systems

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 09 August 2006

    ... to Pricegrabber.com, 950 GX2 graphics cards currently sell for an average of about $580 from manufacturers such as Evga, MSI or XFX. SLI X16 motherboards can be ordered for between $160 and $220 and if ...

30. MSI expects AMD-based mobos to play major role in H2

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 15 June 2006

      Although aggressive price reductions of Intel CPUs should spur growth for the Intel platform, Micro-Star International (MSI) does not plan to neglect AMD-supported motherboards in the second half ...

31. Nvidia announces SLI for Intel's Core 2 Duo processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 June 2006

    ... as well as major system builders such as Asus, BFG, Biostar, DFI, ECS, EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI and XFX.  ...

32. Can Taiwan overcome the component rigor?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 07 June 2006

    ... real value to the customer. Both AMD and Intel and the hardware followers in Taiwan selected the digital home to become their main business objective. Companies such as Asus, Foxconn, ECS, MSI, Gigabyte ...

33. Need To Access Your Data At Crush Depth? Talk To Patriot!

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 June 2006

    ... 4-4-4-12 timings at 1 GHz, and you can get kits in 1 GB (2x 512 MB) or 2 GB (2x 1 GB). Meanwhile MSI is showcasing their new AMD AM2 motherboards using the new Patriot memory. There is more! Check ...

34. MSI exhibits Turion 64 X2 notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 06 June 2006

    MSI uses Computex to show off its latest notebooks, including the S271, a system that is based on AMD's Turion 64 X2 processor. MSI uses Computex to show off its latest notebooks, including the S271, ...

35. MSI AMD-powered dual-core notebook hits the market

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 24 May 2006

      Micro-Star International (MSI) on 23 May announced the worldwide availability of its S271, a dual-core notebook based on the AMD Turion 64 X2 CPU and an ATI chipset. Micro-Star International (MSI) ...

36. Gigabyte and MSI launch motherboards for AM2 platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 24 May 2006

      Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology today introduced motherboards that support AMD's AM2 platform and the Nvidia nForce 500 series chipsets, while Biostar announced its TForce ...

37. ATI releases two chipsets for AMD AM2 processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 23 May 2006

    ... chipset, ATI is relying on motherboard manufacturers to take care of the network connectivity. Nvidia's 590 SLI has dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. Several motherboard vendors including ASUS, ECS and MSI ...

38. Motherboard makers suffer inventory pile-up and limited growth in profits

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 13 April 2006

    ... Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte and Micro-Star International (MSI) - will see inventory pile-up from the beginning of this year, although low-margin OEM orders are set to increase due to price-cutting ...

39. MSI to showcase Living Room PC at CeBit

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Monday, 27 February 2006

      Micro-Star International (MSI) will showcase its latest desktop PC, Living Room PC, its newly launched Napa-based notebook the S262, NX6600 Ares-series graphics cards and its K8N Diamond Plus motherboards ...

40. Microsoft driver bug saps Core Duo power

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 27 January 2006

    ... drive, Tom's engineers ran the same battery of tests as with the Asus notebooks, on a pre-production sample of MSI's Megabook S270. This is an ultra-portable notebook system with an AMD Sempron 3000+ CPU, ...

41. Aeneon: Cheap memory or an alternative for white boxes and retail?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 08 December 2005

    ... To ensure 100 percent compatibility, we are partnering with popular chipset and motherboard manufacturers in validation tests. Among others, these include SIS, Via, AMD, ATI, Asus, Gigabyte, ECS, MSI and ...

42. New MSI CrossFire motherboard to hit market in mid-November

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 02 November 2005

      Micro-Star International (MSI) today introduced the RD480 Neo2, an AMD Socket-939 motherboard that supports ATI Technologies' CrossFire dual-graphics technology, with volume shipments slated for ...

43. MSI readies three new NVIDIA 6100-integrated boards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 22 September 2005

      DigiTimes is reporting this morning that manufacturer MSI has introduced three new motherboards based on NVIDIA's newly-unveiled 6100-series integrated chipsets. DigiTimes is reporting this morning ...

44. MSI launches SLI mobo for Intel P4 platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 19 July 2005

      Micro-Star International (MSI) announced on July 15 the availability of the P4N SLI motherboard for the Intel LGA-775 Pentium 4 CPUs, with a price tag of NT$9,500 (US$298). Micro-Star International ...

45. MSI launches 64-bit AMD Turion Mega Book S270

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Friday, 15 July 2005

      Micro-Star International (MSI) yesterday announced the availability of the Mega Book S270, a wide-screen notebook that supports 64-bit AMD Turion 64 mobile technology. Micro-Star International ...

46. MSI launches nForce 4-based K8N motherboards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 29 October 2004

      Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched two Nvidia nForce4-based motherboards, the K8N Diamond and K8N Neo 4 Platinum, for the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 processor platform, according ...

47. Nvidia launches Nforce3 chipset at Computex

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 01 June 2004

    ... Corp., AOpen, ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp., Chaintech Computer Co. Ltd., DFI, EPoX International Inc., Giga-Byte Technology, Jetway Information Co. Ltd., Leadtek, MSI, Shuttle Computer ...

48. VIA Announces KT880 Dual Channel Chipset for the AMD Athlon XP Processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 12 February 2004

      VIA today announced that the new VIA KT880 dual channel chipset has been selected by the world's leading mainboard vendors including Asus, Gigabyte and MSI to power their flagship AMD Athlon XP ...

49. MSI to sell AMD-platform Mega PC mini-barebone in January

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 05 December 2003

      Micro-Star International (MSI) will begin selling the Mega 180, a mini-barebone system supporting the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon XP processor, in January. Micro-Star International (MSI) ...

50. The THG Conference

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 06 October 2003

    ... 2004, THG's inaugral conference organized in conjunction with CMP XChange. The event has already attracted participation from AMD, MSI, ExaByte, 3Ware, FIC, and a number of other companies that will be ...