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1. Nokia phone chargers could fall to bits

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   ... could separate, exposing the charger's internal components and potentially posing a shock hazard if the internal gubbins were touched while the charger was plugged into a live socket. Nokia says it is ...

2. AMD culls Phenoms

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 03 November 2009

   ... has socket AM3 packaging.  It also has six 512KB L2 cache, 6MB L3 cache, and a core frequency of 2.8GHz. Meanwhile, Intel's CEO Paul Otellini has been seen wining and dining several China-based graphics ...

3. Universal phone chargers won't save the planet

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Monday, 26 October 2009

   ... some 13.6 million tonnes of greenhouse gases to be emitted. The new universal chargers will come with a mini USB connector, suitable for any phone equipped with the new socket. The GSMA argues that chargers ...

4. Dell plays coy with anorexic notebook

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 13 October 2009

   ... You can just about make out a USB slot and display port socket, in the pictures, but that's about it. Expect to get details one little factette at a time between now and the end of the end of the year. ...

5. SGI introduces Octane III 'personal' supercomputer

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 21 September 2009

   ... analytics, rendering, visualization and CAD. The Octane III has a base price of $8,000 and is available in the following configurations: Ten dual-socket, Quad-Core Xeon 5500 One dual-socket, Quad-Core ...

6. Sensia radio thinks it's a PC

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 17 September 2009

   ... technology for 30W RMS of stereo sound;  iPod/MP3 player inputand headphone socket. Sensia will be available in time for Christmas at £250 in the UK.    ...

7. Asetek liquid cooling chills Intel Core i5 chips

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 09 September 2009

   Asetek has launched a liquid cooling system for Intel's Core i5 line of processors. According to Asetek spokesperson Gary Baum, support for the recently unveiled CPUs and their LGA1156 socket motherboard ...

8. IBM uncloaks eight core Power7 processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 26 August 2009

   ... of resources and an "extreme" increase in socket throughput. In addition, the Power7 provides scalability up to 32 sockets, 32MB on chip eDRAM shared L3, dual DDR3 memory controllers, 100GB/s memory bandwidth ...

9. 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 ...

10. UK pledges massive marine power investment

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 15 July 2009

    ... a giant, grid-connected socket on the seabed off the coast of Cornwall for wave energy devices to be tested on a huge scale - will be commissioned next summer. Renewable energy company Ocean Power ...

11. HP announces AMD 6- and 12-core workstations

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    ... has been available for some time with AMD’s 2200- and 2300-series Opteron quad-core CPUs. The system is designed as a dual-socket workstation, which can house one or two Opteron 2400 processors. Despite ...

12. Intel to retire Skulltrail QX9775 processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 05 June 2009

    ... QX9775 was launched in February 2008 as part of Intel’s dual-socket Skulltrail enthusiast PC platform. Typically equipped with two (Xeon) LGA771-based 45 nm processors, Skulltrail PCs are priced north ...

13. Intel previews advanced Nehalem processor, eyes demise of RISC-based platforms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    ... Nehalem-EX is also expected to double memory capacity by providing up to 16 slots per processor socket along with four high-bandwidth QuickPath Interconnect links. In addition, the new chip will include ...

14. Stereo, hi-fi redefined by Taiwanese outfit

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 01 May 2009

    ... of interest to trading standards officials. The Podio is aimed at cyclists and gym enthusiasts concerned with the potential hearing damage caused by using earbuds - although a headphone socket is thoughtfully ...

15. AMD pulls in six-core CPU, announces 16-core for 2011

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 22 April 2009

    ... will debut on the G34 socket and the Maranello platform. A new “4000” series will address the entry-level 1P and 2P server segment and will launch with the C32 socket and “San Marino” platform with the ...

16. Intel and AMD fail to resolve x86 cross-license dispute

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 01 April 2009

    ... ability to scale in multi-socket server environments. And AMD must stop using the exclusionary cache architecture, which was originally developed by Intel but later abandoned in favor of an inclusionary ...

17. Intel unleashes Nehalem-EP server CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 30 March 2009

    ... 2-socket server performance benchmark and even some 4-socket benchmarks with a 2-socket Nehalem system. And despite all those new technologies that, according to Intel, will guide the way into the server ...

18. Surfboard: VIA releases new platform for mini-notebooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 20 March 2009

    ... 10.8 volts DC Jack AC 110-240V, DC 24V @ 40 watts Audio Jack Mic-in, HP-out VGA D-SUB VGA Output Mini-PCIE 2 sockets, USB interface only SIM Card Reader  ...

19. NEC achieves world record in x86-based JVM performance

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    Yesterday, NEC reported a world record Java Virtual Machine (JVM) benchmark score of 2,150,260 SPECjbb2005 bops, which equates to a value of 134,391 per JVM -- beating the previous 16-socket server score ...

20. Lies, damn lies, and energy benchmarks

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    ... that a consumer might actually use it for watching DVDs when it's not plugged-in to the wall socket. But most systems simply don't have enough battery life to watch a full-length DVD movie, let alone do ...

21. Apple tweaks MacBooks, Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme and keyboards

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 04 March 2009

    ... to an external speaker via AirTunes feature found on their wall socket adapter-sized AirPort Express counterpart. TIME CAPSULE PORTSUpdated Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme wireless base stations both ...

22. AMD’s six-core CPU gets first public demo

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 25 February 2009

    ... it may be the first monolithic six-core processor that will be available for dual- and quad-socket server configurations. Intel’s Dunnington (Xeon 74xx) series is targeted at MP server systems with more ...

23. Apple absent from MWC, but iPhone still on everyone's lips

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    ... charger plugs into the wall socket and has the USB port which plus into iPhone's cord, designed with USB connector on one end and dock connector on the other. Since most computer products, some cellphones, and ...

24. AMD's motherboard channel market expected above 30% in June

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Thursday, 12 February 2009

    ... should return above 30% by the end of June, 2009. Socket AM3-based motherboard growth remains low, primarily due to the high price of DDR3. However, Socket AM2+ motherboards, along with their built-in ...

25. UPDATED: AMD postpones special stockholder meeting until Feb 18

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 10 February 2009

    ... appearance. As example of the possible current confusion going on at AMD, yesterday they announced three new Socket AM3 CPUs. Websites carried that story prior to AMD's official press release which ...

26. UPDATED: Intel's 8-core CPUs will have 2.3 billion transistors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 09 February 2009

    ... a monolithic 45 nm 6-core Xeon processor with 1.9 billion transistors, 9 MB L2 and 16 MB L3 cache, which Intel claims is able to exceed a 1 million transactions per minute TPCC in a 8-socket configuration.  ...

27. UPDATED: AMD: Three new Socket AM3 chips, two are Phenom II X3

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 09 February 2009

    ... for $175, while the X3 720 lists for $145 and the X3 710 can be found for $125 - which are compatible upgrades for Socket AM2+ motherboards. Chicago (IL) - Today, AMD released the first of its Phenom II ...

28. Overclock: Asus motherboard takes Intel Core i7 to 5.6 GHz!

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

      Hot Hardware has posted a screenshot showing how an ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution workstation motherboard took an Intel Core i7 CPU 3.2 GHz Extreme 965 45nm Socket 1366 LGA CPU to 5,611.22 MHz (5.61 GHz). ...

29. AMD targets consumer apps with new lidless BGA Sempron packaging

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... footprint and expense over the traditional AMD socket. Sunnyvale (CA) - AMD announced today the immediate availability of AMD Sempron 200U and 210U processors for embedded systems. The new CPUs come ...

30. DDR3 product roadmaps adjust for channel and economy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... to achieve stability with the integrated DDR3 memory controller in Socket AM3-based CPUs. According to DigiTimes' sources, AMD will likely not make the transition to DDR3 until they are "able to come out ...

31. CES 2009: AMD releases Phenom II X4 and Dragon desktop platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 January 2009

    ... million transistors, is Socket AM2 compatible. It has proven easily overclockable so far. HotHardware.com has gotten the 940 model to 3.73 GHz (a 24.3% overclock). A 920 model was also released at 2.8 ...

32. Opinion: Modularity needed in all electronics devices

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 17 December 2008

    ... with sockets in them to which individual components are attached. And for game consoles, suppose you want to add more memory for greater detail on games. Or if you want more parallel processors for more ...

33. 2.93 GHz Core i7 Dual-socket Xeon X5570 breaks SAP records

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Tuesday, 16 December 2008

    ... products from AMD. Compared to a quad-socket Xeon X7460 (24 cores) at 2.66 GHz, the dual-socket X5570 at 2.93 GHz with HT enabled (two fewer physical CPUs, but 16 virtual cores and 8 physical cores) ...

34. Intel retires more CPUs, quad-core Q6700 and dual-core E4700

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Tuesday, 02 December 2008

    ... released on July 22, 2007. E4700At 2.60 GHz, it contains a single 2MB L2 cache, a 64KB L1 cache, has a die size of 111 mm^2 and operates at 65 watts on 0.9 volts. It is also a LGA775 socket using a ...

35. Intel unleashes Core i7, beats itself

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 17 November 2008

    ... would be a new micro-architecture. […] And as for today, mainstream users will hardly feel the benefits of all these innovations. Mostly the users of multi-socket server platforms will really enjoy the ...

36. Intel mulls extended life-cycle for socket 775-based processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 17 November 2008

    Intel is considering extending the life-cycle of its socket 775-based processors to 2011 and is expected to let these CPUs cover the entry-level segment, according to sources at motherboard makers.Currently, ...

37. AMD to release Phenom II in January with a refocus away from enterprise segment

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 14 November 2008

    ... GHz. See Intel's pricing page. AMD's Shanghai launched yesterday (slideshow) as a server chip with nine different offerings, five Opterons at 2.3 GHz to 2.7 GHz with dual-socket support, four at 2.4 ...

38. AMD unleashes 45 nm Opteron processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 12 November 2008

    ... – 2.7 GHz) dual-socket and four (2.4 – 2.7 GHz) quad-socket versions.      In direct comparisons, Shanghai is priced much more aggressively than Barcelona as the 45 nm 2.5 GHz chip ...

39. Intel phases out first 45 nm processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 05 November 2008

    ... (2.16 GHz 667 MT/s, mobile dual-core, 34 watt, Socket-M, Merom 65nm) Celeron-M 530 (1.73 GHz mobile, 533 MT/s, single-core, 30 watt, Socket-M, Merom-1024 65nm) 1GB Turbo Memory and solid state ...

40. More details of AMD 45nm CPU lineup revealed

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 04 November 2008

    AMD is planning to launch two 45nm quad-core desktop CPUs (Deneb) – the Phenom X4 20550 and 20350 for socket AM2+ systems with core frequencies of 3GHz and 2.8GHz, respectively in November this year, ...

41. Nehalem - Intel's new Core i7 gives them a big new lead

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 03 November 2008

    ... released the CPU in three forms, all requiring a new socket and expensive X58 chipset to support it. These are the 920 (2.66 GHz), 940 (2.93 GHz) and 965 Extreme (3.20 GHz), for $284, $562 and $999. X58 ...

42. Last minute rumor round-up: New Apple notebooks

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 14 October 2008

    ... the MacBook Pro will come with two Nvidia GPUs, one for normal battery and another for extra performance when the notebook is plugged into a power socket. The two chips will also combine to support Hybrid ...

43. Rumor round-up: New Apple laptops

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 10 October 2008

    ... changes are expected to focus on Intel’s Montevina platform with a new "Socket B" logic-board to accommodate second-gen Penryn processors with a 1066 MHz front-side bus and clock speeds between 2.26 GHz ...

44. Albatron announces mini-ITX motherboard supporting AM2+ CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 06 October 2008

    Albatron Technology has announced the KI780G mini-ITX motherboard featuring the AMD 780G chipset. The mini-ITX board's most distinguishing feature is its AM2+ socket and support for quad-core and ...

45. VIDEO – Hands on with ThermalTake’s Xpressar refrigerator case

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 23 September 2008

    ... a DC power connection from the computer PSU and Koay told us the unit draws approximately 50 to 60 watts. Inside the system was an Asus motherboard with an Intel Wolfdale processor (Socket 775) overclocked ...

46. Tilera goes pro with TilePro64

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 21 September 2008

    ...  processing. The new offset load/store instructions increase video encoding by 50% and the unaligned loads are now 60% faster. Fully compatible TilePro is both binary and socket compatible with ...

47. AMD rips Intel’s Dunnington

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 18 September 2008

    ... 130 watt thermal design power (TDP) rating of the chip won’t make much sense for most consumers and high-performance multi-socket processors anyway represent only 5% of the market. And even Intel’s Tigerton ...

48. SiCortex claims to have the most energy-efficient supercomputers

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 18 September 2008

    ... by increasing the clock speed and reducing power consumption in the same physical footprint (socket/system).   SiCortex develops their high productivity computing (HPC) platforms from the silicon ...

49. High-end coprocessors: An overview

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 September 2008

    ... much cheaper prices.  An overclocked QX9775 Skulltrail dual-socket motherboard, the fastest platform currently offered by Intel, achieves a maximum sustainable performance of around 100 GFlops, and ...

50. Taking Core to the Edge: Intel unveils 6-core Xeon CPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 15 September 2008

    ... processors right behind the Itanium mainframe CPUs and a 32-socket system can cost you $87,000 just in Xeon processors (but will give you 128 processing cores and a whopping 512 MB in L3 cache in exchange, ...