Sandisk has released a remarkable series of SD cards earlier this week. The WORM (Write Once Read Many) memory can only be written a single time. Like with a CD-R, placed files can no longer be altered or deleted.
According to Sandisk, the memory will be useful for data that requires a great integrity, such as evidence in a lawsuit. The company claims that its physically impossi ...
Several brands such as MSI, Force3D, Gainward, HIS and PowerColor have recently launched their versions of the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series. The dutch manufacturer Club3D has also added the Radeon HD4850 and the Radeon HD 4870 to its line-up.
The Club3D CGAX-4852DD features 512 MB GDDR3 memory, with an effective clockspeed of 1986 MHz. The RV770 Pro GPU of the card runs at 62 ...
We looked behind the curtain of SPEC, the largest benchmarking organization, and visited its 2008 Performance Workshop in Darmstadt, Germany, where server task scheduling and power efficiency benchmarking were hot topics.
Chip manufacturer AMD has booked a loss for the seventh consecutive quarter. The loss of 1.19 billion dollar over the previous quarter was enough reason to replace Hector Ruiz as the company's leading man. His successor will be Dirk Meyer, who has worked for the company since 1995 and has had the supervision over the processor branche in the period of 2001 and 2006.
Zotac has announced a new LAGA775 mini-ITX board for Intel processors. The board is based on nVidia's nForce 610i chipset and is able to handle all processors with an FSB up to 1333 Mhz, which includes the recent 45nm models. This makes it possible to create a compact computer with this board, without having to opt for less speed. Zotac claims that a quadcore requiring some more power will a ...
nVidia has added five new mobile graphics cards to its line-up of the GeForce 9 series. The newly introduced chips are the 9700M (GT and GTS) and the faster 9800M series (GT, GTS and GTX). The chips support hybrid SLI and are fully DX10.0 compatible. These high-end mobile videochips will be soldered onto an MXM 3.0 module.
The biggest difference between the five models is the amount o ...
We put the screws to Koolance's new 1300 watt power supply that takes advantage of being fully immersed in a non-conductive cooling liquid. Yes, we test at 100% load and 8-hour Torture Tests! Then we tear it apart to show you the insides. We almost cried.
Fudzilla reports that Intel's Larrabee architecture will feature modern GDDR5 memory, this to be able to offer enough bandwidth to the multi-core chip of Intel's graphics card. It's still unclear which memory bus the card will have but a 256 or 512-bit is expected. In the first case, the Larrabee could be in between the HD4870 and the GTX280, based on the memory bandwidth. ...
Dailytech has acquired a drawing of AMD's new socket, designed for large 8- and 12-core processor with a DDR3 memorycontroller. The first processor for this socket is the octacore 'Sao Paulo'. based on two linked 45nm Shanghai quadcore chips. Later on, a twelve-core processor will also be introduced, there's nothing known about that CPU yet.
According to an Intel roadmap that recently appeared on Expreview, the midrange Havendale and Lynnfield processors based on the new Nehalem architecture, will not be released before the third quarter of 2009. Until then, Intel wants to server the midrange market with a variety of 45nm dualcore and quadcore processors of the Core 2 architecture. The high-end Bloomfield version of Nehalem is still ...
AMD’s new ATI Radeon HD 4800 series provides shader powered antialiasing features! We examine in-game IQ and AA scaling. We’ve got all the information on using the Edge-detect Custom Filtering AA and what it will do for you in-game. If you are not sure how to best leverage your new 4870 or 4850 video cards, we show you how.
Crucial launches new DDR2 Very Low Profile (VLP) RDIMM memory modules. VLP modules are specifically designed to meet the space and height limitations of blade servers. These 17.9 mm high modules are to be used in datacenter environments. The DDR2-667MHz and DDR2-800MHz ECC RDIMM modules are available in capacities of 1, 2 and 4GB. ...
Shuttle has introduced a new barebone, compatible with AMD's Phenom processors. The renewed 'H7' design for the case will be the base for the upcoming generation of Shuttle's mini-PC's. The XPC Barebone SN78SH7, as the device is called is built on an nVidia chipset with integrated GeForce 8200 graphics card, which supports DX10. This onboard videochip is able to play HD conte ...
OCZ enters the notebook market with its latest OCZ DIY 15" Gaming Notebook, based on Intel's Centrino platform. The laptop has a glossy 15.4" WXGA+ widescreen with a resolution of 1440x900 pixels. The base of the configuration is a modern Intel PM965 chipset and an ICH8M southbridge. This makes the notebook suited for all mobile processors with an FSB up to 800MHz, which includes t ...
