Archive for May 16, 2007

Samsung builds a better, smaller 4GB DIMM

Samsung seems to have found room to do a little boasting of its own, trotting out its first 4GB DDR2 DIMM RAM.

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IBM’s 10 Chip Breakthroughs in 10 Years

Since then, IBM scientists have continued to drive performance improvements to continue the path of Moore
’s Law. Ten of IBM’s biggest chip breakthroughs chosen from the dozens of innovations coming from IBM’s labs in the past ten years include

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AMD Barcelona Quad-Core in Action

These pictures were taken only a few minutes ago. AMD showed off their Barcelona quad-core processors in action today in Monterrey, California. What you see in the pictures below are single processor and dual processor configurations, so a true “4×4″ is now realized by AMD that looks very comfortable on an enthusiast desktop.

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Hitachi announces 1000GB Blu-ray Recorder

Hitachi has revealed a 1 Terrabyte Blu-ray recorder at the Harvey Norman retail conference being held at the Melbourne Convention Centre.

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“Racetrack” Memory Could Replace The Hard Disk

An experimental breakthrough that could dramatically increase the capacity, speed and reliability of computer hard drives has been announced by an international team of physicists.

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ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Gaming Comparison

ATI’s DirectX 10 capable GPU is finally here in the form of the Radeon HD 2900 XT. Does this $399 video card have what it takes to compete with NVIDIA
’s 8800 series? We explore the architecture, image quality, and real world gaming that shows a different experience than canned benchmarks.

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First Paper-Thin, Bendable LCD Viewing Panel

The world’s first A4-sized colour electronic-paper - a paper-thin and bendable viewing panel, produced LCD.

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AMD’s new chip a Phenom

Why is AMD changing the name of its high-end desktop processor line from Athlon to Phenom? It
’s a metaphor for the company’s expectations for the chips, due out later this year. AMD is aiming for its Phenom to be just that; a marvel of performance and unit sales, representing a turn-around for the company.

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