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Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

By Mike Magee Thursday, 05 November 2009 08:47

Lone Star Briefings Death to SysMark, terminate 3Dmark

USB 3 turns into handbag fight between Intel and Nvidia

By Nigel Constantine Wednesday, 04 November 2009 06:52

alt Intel and Nvidia might not be the best of chums at the moment, but it seems that the USB3 standard is turning into a handbags at dawn fight between them.

AMD: The netbook category is all a bit of a blur

By Mike Magee Tuesday, 03 November 2009 13:01

Lone Star Briefings While AMD rolled out its future strategy for notebooks, the conversation turned to categories of PCs.

AMD culls Phenoms

By Nigel Constantine Tuesday, 03 November 2009 08:06

Chipmaker AMD has dragged out several of its Phenom II X4 900 series CPUs for a long walk in a Berlin forest after which they will never be seen again.

ATI HD 5900 spotted in the wild

By Nigel Constantine Monday, 02 November 2009 10:20

alt Rumors that the new HD 5900 series could be just another chip refresh have been knocked on the head.

Unidentified bug causes massive CPU spike on 27-inch iMacs

By Aharon Etengoff Friday, 30 October 2009 13:06

Unidentified bug causes massive CPU spike on 27-inch iMacs

Owners of the recently introduced 27-inch iMac have encountered an unidentified bug that reportedly causes massive spikes in CPU usage.

Asus introduces Superspeed USB 3.0 mobo

By a staff writer Friday, 30 October 2009 02:17

Taiwanese manufacturer Asustek said it has introduced a mobo for PCs that incorporates two USB 3.0 ports.

Intel, Numonyx trumpet phase change memory breakthrough

By Andrew Thomas Thursday, 29 October 2009 00:19

Hello mom

Intel and Numonyx say they've achieved a breakthrough in the research of phase change memory (PCM), a non-volatile memory technology bringing together the benefits of a range of different memory types.

Graphics market shows signs of recovery

By Mike Magee Wednesday, 28 October 2009 23:57

There are clear signs of recovery in the graphics chip market although there remains some time before sales return to the pre-credit crunch days.

Control your enthusiasm

By Jon Peddie Wednesday, 28 October 2009 05:01

Column We were delighted to have reported the fantastic growth of Q3 (21.4% over Q2, 7.3% year-to-year.) That clearly indicated the recession was over for graphics chips, and since they are a predictor of PCs, it forecasts a great holiday season for our desktop and portable companions. It’s also a bellwether of consumer confidence and the improvement in the economy in general - and take note – it’s the consumer, not IT, that’s leading the recovery.

PC makers muscle in on smartphone market

By Emma Woollacott Wednesday, 28 October 2009 00:16

PC vendors are setting their sights on the booming smartphone market to offset a slump in computer sales.

Aussies reckon Apple's got a tablet e-reader

By C Shanti Tuesday, 27 October 2009 04:41

Everyone who doesn't work for Apple is hoping against hope that the Cupertino company puts us out of our misery soon and tells us whether or not it's going to introduce a tablet computer.

MSI plans Tegra e-book, talks up notebook shipments

By Andrew Thomas Tuesday, 27 October 2009 00:04

More Kindle rivals on the way

MSI chairman Joseph Hsu let slip that the company is currently working on an Nvidia Tegra-based e-book reader, but details won't be released until sometime in the first half of next year.

Kingston accelerates Windows with 40GB SSD

By Aharon Etengoff Monday, 26 October 2009 03:08

Kingston accelerates Windows boot sequence with 40GB SSD

Kingston has introduced a bootable 40GB SSD drive. According to company spokesperson David Leong, the SSDNow V drive is "aimed primarily" at desktop users as a "performance upgrade" for existing systems.

Fuel cells fail to fulfil their promise

By Mike Magee Thursday, 22 October 2009 23:37

Japanese giant Toshiba, long at the forefront of developing fuel cells, said it will sell its first direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) product for mobile products in a limited edition on the 29th of October.

Nvidia may be moving into X86 market

By Andrew Thomas Wednesday, 04 November 2009 08:32

It looks like graphics chip maker Nvidia is building its own x86 development program using staff from Transmeta.

AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

By Mike Magee in Austin, Texas Tuesday, 03 November 2009 17:07

Lone Star Briefings Rick Bergman, general manager of AMD’s product group waxed long about the Fusion family of products today.

AMD calls for more realistic notebook benchmarks

By Mike Magee in Austin, Texas Tuesday, 03 November 2009 11:17

Lone Star Briefings Chip firm AMD said here in Austin today that the current model of benchmarks for notebooks, on both speed and battery performance are fatally flawed.

Maingear Shifts into overdrive with hard-core gaming machine

By Aharon Etengoff Monday, 02 November 2009 15:02

Maingear Shifts into overdrive with hard-core gaming machine Maingear has unveiled a personal "supercomputer" for PC gamers and enthusiasts.

Gamer hardware to turn war into a game

By Nigel Constantine Monday, 02 November 2009 10:12

alt An outfit that makes 3-D touch controllers for video and computer games has just been recruited by the US Army to make controls for its war droids.

Nvidia: Our nForce chipsets are "better" than Intel's

By Aharon Etengoff Friday, 30 October 2009 09:15

Nvidia has claimed that its nForce chipsets are "better" than Intel's. A company spokesperson also criticized the chip manufacturer for allegedly postponing USB 3 introduction until 2011.

TSMC yield problem to affect Nvidia, ATI

By a staff writer Friday, 30 October 2009 00:14

The Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) said it had problems with making chips using its 40 nanometer process and yields are not up to scratch.

Sony Vaio AC adapters recalled in shock scare

By Andrew Thomas Thursday, 29 October 2009 00:01

Sony has issued a safety recall for AC adapters for its Vaio desktops and docking stations. Around 69,000 of the faulty units are believed to be in use.

Intel: Windows 7 offers "improved" performance and stability

By Aharon Etengoff Wednesday, 28 October 2009 06:24

An Intel spokesperson recently told TG Daily that Microsoft Windows 7 offers "improved performance and stability" compared to Vista and the veteran, yet aging XP operating system.

Army robot does callisthenics

By Emma Woollacott Wednesday, 28 October 2009 02:24

The US Army is ordering bipedal robots that can walk and crawl like a human, in order to test chemical protection clothing.

Shortage of chips threatens LED supplies

By a staff writer Tuesday, 27 October 2009 23:59

Strong demand for LEDs for backlit applications and lighting has created a shortage in the supply chain that will last until the first quarter of 2010.

World's largest supercomputer starts work

By Emma Woollacott Tuesday, 27 October 2009 01:16

The world's largest supercomputer, dubbed Roadrunner, has gone online, and is starting with a terribly simple little task - modelling the composition of the universe.

Large area TFT-LCDs continue to grow

By Mike Magee Monday, 26 October 2009 06:28

The September shipments of large area TFT-LCD panels hit 52 million units, an augury of better times ahead.

Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

By Aharon Etengoff Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:43

Tilera has launched an advanced line of TILE-Gx processors that reportedly offer "ten times better" compute efficiency than Intel's next-generation Westmere chip. The processors - fabricated in TSMC's 40 nanometer process - operate at up to 1.50 GHz with power consumption ranging from 10 to 55 watts.

AMD joins Windows 7 launch party

By Aharon Etengoff Thursday, 22 October 2009 06:57

AMD has congratulated Microsoft on the official launch of its long-awaited Windows 7 operating system. According to AMD spokesperson Margaret Lewis, the two industry heavyweights "closely collaborated" on the optimization of both hardware and software for the new OS.