Archive for September 12, 2006

New High-Capacity Flash Memory

You knew it was comming. Samsung is making it happen. 64 Gig flash drives. We will be tossing that spinning thing in our laptops in the next few years.

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Acer Ferrari 1005WTMi Notebook is Fast and Furious

The laptops are super portable models which are very light and come with a 12.1 inch screen. The carbon fiber looking cover is pretty slick.

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Samsung Announces Phase-change RAM

Samsung today announced that it has introduced a new type of nonvolatile memory called PRAM or Phase-change Random Access Memory. The new memory technology is currently under heavy research from Samsung, but the company has finally demonstrated a working 512 megabit sample.

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The Future of Graphics

A nice article explaining the possible future of graphics in games, and how we can relate to existing things around us to gain an idea of the possible level of graphical detail in games in 10 or so years time.

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Samsung announces 40 NM Flash, predicts 20 NM devices

Seoul (Korea) - There’s still room left for NAND Flash to scale. According to Samsung, the technology may shrink into 20 nm structures, down from the common 70 and 60 nm today. Samsung also presented the memory it will position to replace NOR Flash: Phase-change Random Access Memory (PRAM) promises a 30x increases in speed and 10 times the life spa

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High End Power Supply Roundup - Summer 2006

Today’s computers desire more and more power, and that power has to be clean and stable. For those that want to push their computers a little above their specifications, these devices have become a deciding factor for reaching maximum performance. 3 High end models are tested on a power hungry testbed in this roundup

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Corsair Dominator Twin2X2048-8888C4DF

“At the end of August, Corsair announced its Dominator line of memory modules with a new breed of heatspreader design that had the potential to breathe a new interest in to performance memory products.”

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Flash cards to hold 1,340 hours of MP3s

Samsung announced a new 32 gigabit NAND flash chip that’s expected to be used in memory cards with capacities of up to 64 gigabytes — large enough to hold over 64 hours of DVD movies, or roughly 1,340 hours of MP3 audio.

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Hot new Acer Ferrai

All the bells and whistles in one sleek package

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8 Power Supplies Reviewed and Explained

Better than most basic PSU reviews because it details what each rail does along with explanations for Active PSU, ATX Revision, EPS12V and the Wattage Myth

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