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Intel Corporation has just reported third-quarter revenue of $9.4 billion. The company reported operating income of $2.6 billion, net income of 1.856 billion and earnings per share of 33 cents. The gross margin reached 58%, up 7 points sequentially. According to the company, Atom processors contributed a revenue of…
There is news that several NVIDIA partners have decided to cancel GeForce GTX285 and GTX275 due to lack of supply. The rumor does not seem to make much sense, as NVIDIA’s next-gen GPU Fermi will not be ready until next year. We’re not sure yet if this is just NVIDIA’s marketing strategy to keep the market hungry for…
AMD has today taken the wraps of the highly anticipated Radeon HD 5700 series, and Unika has also been quick to unveil their own non-reference HD 5750 graphics card. Based on the 40nm Juniper GPU, Unika HD 5750 is powered by 720 stream processors, and equipped with 1GB Hynix GDDR5 memory across 128bit memory…
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Many analysts believe Windows 7 is going to significantly stimulate the PC sales, but Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO just doesn’t think so. “There will be a surge of PCs but it will probably not be huge,” Ballmer said at a press conference in Munich. He also suggested that the tech sector would take some time to…
At the CEATEC Japan 2009 which was held from Oct 6th to Oct 10th, Sony showed off its 3D Full HD TVs. You’ll need to wear special 3D glasses, and you’ll be impressed with the lifelike 3D visual effects. 3D visual experience has become more and more popular. Many manufacturers have seen their opportunities and start to…
NVIDIA’s head of chipset development has recently confirmed that we can expect the Ion 2 chipset this year, but he didn’t lock down a specific month or quarter. Ion 2 will support different Pentium 4 compatible processors including VIA’s Nano, Intel’s Atom and some ultra-low voltage processors. But it lacks support…
We don’t really have many details on hand about the NVIDIA GeForce GT240, but our fellow site IT168 has just published some early benchmarks of the GPU. Based on 40nm GT215, GT240 boasts 96 stream processors like we said. It’s shipping with 1GB SDDR3 or 512MB GDDR5 memory, 128bit memory interface and…
Our fellow site Fudzilla has just posted a picture of Gigabyte’s HD 5770, and the card is said to be listed in an Australian ship for AUD262.9 ($237). The dual-slot card sports a rather sizable fan and packs two DVIs, HDMI and DisplayPort connectivity, as well as an exhaust vent. It seems that Australians usually have…
TUL Corporation has just announced the collaboration with the well-known liquid cooling solution provider EK on the Radeon HD 5870 LCS series. “PowerColor always tries to bring gamers a superior and out-of-box gaming experience,” said Ted Chen, CEO of TUL Corporation. “The partnership with EK sets up another milestone…
Scythe extends its product portfolio by adding a new CPU Cooler for the entry level market. Samurai ZZ (Model No. SCSMZ-2000) is a top-flow CPU Cooler weighing 16.6 oz, respectively 495 g (incl. Fan), and it is equipped with 3 u-shaped Copper-Heatpipes as well as a 92 mm Fan. Supplied fan is supports the PWM-Feature…
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Traditionally, a specialists in aluminum/copper fin 'ring' type CPU coolers, Zalman maintained a performance leadership till aluminum fin tower type CPU coolers took over as the better performing design. Zalman was forced to keep up with the trend, which it did with the introduction of its CNPS-10X series coolers,…
Corsair, a worldwide leader in high performance memory and computer products, today announced the launch of the Corsair TX950W power supply unit (PSU), the latest addition to the award-winning TX-series of high-quality PSUs. The TX950W has been designed to meet the demanding requirements of PC enthusiasts, creative…
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Cooling specialist Xigmatek announced its latest CPU cooler, the Balder SD1283. The Balder maintains a design similar to most other tower coolers. The design consists of a base from which three heat pipes of 8 mm diameter making direct contact with the CPU, convey heat to a dense array of aluminum alloy fins. The CPU…
A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd., the worldwide leader in DRAM memory and Flash application products, unveiled today the industry's first ever waterproof and shock resistant portable HDD SH93, a super strong hard disk drive designed specifically for students, road warriors, and sports enthusiasts. Incorporating…
The Dutch techsite tweakers.net set a new world record for 3Dmark03. While the old record (180,349) was set using four 4890s the new record uses only three 5870s and a Xeon W3540 clocked at 5231 MHz. The 5870s ran at 1200 MHz with only slightly overclocked memory at 4900 MHz. Source: techPowerUp!
Keeping up closely with its recent release of the Balder SD1213 CPU cooler, Xigmatek also introduced the Bifrost VD1065 VGA cooler. The Bifrost is a twin-fan aluminum fins based GPU cooler, that makes use of the company's popular Heat-pipe Direct Touch feature. The fairly-simple construction of this cooler includes a…
Nexus released a new version of its NX-5000 500W power supply. The new non-modular NX-5000 R3 offers 530W of continuous power, with newer sleeved cables. With a rated efficiency of 82 percent, the PSU qualifies for the 80 Plus Bronze rating. The 12V circuit comprises of a single 41A +12V rail, and active PFC is…
We’ll certainly have an interesting fall, as DirectX 11 GPU war is heating up between the two chip giants - AMD and NVIDIA. AMD announced the Radeon HD 5800 series (Cypress) graphics cards on Sep 23rd, and is now busy planning for HD 5700 series (Juniper) aiming at sub $200 mainstream market for October launch. Though…
Here is what four AMD Cypress GPUs can achieve with some careful overclocking, without needing any third-party cooling. Renowned overclocker Kinc sent us details of his latest achievement using four ASUS Radeon HD 5870 1 GB cards installed in a 4-way CrossFireX setup, all overclocked, and cooled by AMD's reference…
Unveiled at the footnote of the GPU Technology Conference 2009, by none other than NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA's Fermi architecture looks promising, at least in the field of GPGPU, which was extensively discussed upon in his address. The first reference board based on NVIDIA's newest 'GT300' GPU is a Tesla HPC…
The SilverStone Grandia GD04 which was pictured at ComputeX Taipei 2009 has already reached stores for sale. Available in colors of black and silver, GD04 measures 440×150x323mm, weighs 5.45kg, has one exposed 5.25″ bay, front-placed USB and audio ports, three 120mm fans working at 1200RPM, and supports Micro ATX…
Microsoft has already allowed some small system builders to start selling the new Windows 7 PCs more than a week before the official launch date of October 22, according to PCWorld. According to Jon Bach, the president of Puget Systems, the company is going to start selling Windows 7 PCs on October 13. “We have a long…
Rumors had it that Intel’s next-generation Atom CPUs had been delayed to Q1 2010, but the company is now saying that it will be launch them in Q4 this year. Intel will ship the new chips to PC makers in late Q4, though the real products will not be ready until 2010. The new-gen Pine Trail-M platform will employ NM10…
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Tuniq introduced its newest CPU cooler, the Tuniq Propeller 120. This release follows the launch of the Tower 120 Extreme. Measuring 128(L) × 127.5(W) × 145(H) mm, and weighing at 590 g without the 120 mm fan, The cooler sports an unconventional design. From the CPU base pass four 8 mm nickel-plated copper heat-pipes…
Constantly innovating new graphics cards designs, Galaxy pushed the limits of engineering by coming up with the first GeForce GTX 260 with a single-slot air cooler. To achieve this, the company designed its own long cooler based on the Vapor Chamber (VC) technology. A VC plate sits on top of the GPU and the aluminum…
Slovenian water-cooling components specialist EK Water Blocks is readying one of the first water blocks for the AMD Radeon HD 5870 accelerator. Called EK FCS5870, it is a full-coverage water block from the looks of it, cooling all essential components on the PCB, including the GPU, memory, and VRM. The first picture…