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SSD Testing Standard Published by JEDEC
After some time of research and development, it seems that the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has completed its two standards for solid state drives, which define conditions of use and corresponding endurance verification requirements.
The two standards that JEDEC has completed are... Read More
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NAND Flash Prices Still Falling
It appears that the downward price trend plaguing the NAND flash industry is going to persist for longer than suppliers may like, with recent reports even suggesting that the decline will persist throughout the fourth quarter.
Not too many days ago, it was revealed that the upward trend in N... Read More
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AMD Readies New Six-Core and Quad-Core Phenom CPUs
Apparently, Advanced Micro Devices is on a veritable central processing unit release spree, planning not just new Athlon II CPUs but a whole new collection of quad-core and six-core Phenom II models as well.
As one would expect, with the arrival of the third quarter and, of course, the impen... Read More
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New HP Slate Video Surfaces, Has a Dock with HDMI
As some may remember, the HP Slate, or a prototype of it, was allegedly caught on video not too long ago, and it seems that the same person who released that video has just outed another one, which sheds some light on the multi-touch and overall performance.
The HP Slate was one of the firs... Read More
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Oracle Supposedly Considering Buying AMD, IBM or NVIDIA
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are the companies whose chips are known best among consumers, but Oracle just launched a 16-core processor only to reportedly reveal that it is now looking to acquire major chip companies.
Just a short time ago, Oracle slammed the server processor market with... Read More
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NVIDIA Plans Wireless Display Technology, Focuses on Gaming
Eager to offer an alternative to Intel's Wireless Display Technology, NVIDIA is reportedly planning on developing its own solution that can wirelessly stream video to auxiliary display solutions.
Not long ago, during GTC (GPU technology Conference), the Santa Clara, California-based com... Read More
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Sony Refreshes VAIO Consumer PC Line
Like Acer, which has added new features to some of its notebooks, Sony has come forth and provided the market with updated versions of several computers from the VAIO F, VAIO E and VAIO L families.
Not too long ago, Acer came out and revealed, through a press release, that some of its existi... Read More
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Sharp Shows Off Two E-Readers, Will Arrive in December
Coming to make a contribution of its own to the e-book reader market, Sharp has prepared a pair of electronics that, being tablets with color displays, will possess multiple capabilities besides just e-book reading.
The e-reader market has definitely grown since last year, with the companies... Read More
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Acer Also Improves the Aspire AS8943G With 2GB Radeon
Having already refreshed the hardware options of several other mobile personal computers, Acer has issued a press release meant to also make known that the Aspire AS8943G can now be outfitted with a 2GB video board.
The Acer Aspire AS8943G is among the larger notebooks on the market, with a ... Read More
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Lamptron Fan Controller Uses Touch Input
Though the 5.25-inch external drive bays are usually employed for optical disk drives, they sometime become the home of other PC accessories, such as Lamptron's latest fan controller, which uses touch input to give end-users direct control over their spinners.
Nowadays, most cases have ... Read More
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ECS Motherboard Combines NVIDIA and AMD Video Cards
With the impending arrival of Sandy Bridge CPUs, it makes sense that motherboard makers would announce platforms capable of supporting them, and ECS went a little farther and even added support for NVIDIA-AMD mixed graphics.
Making a motherboard capable of mixing AMD and NVIDIA video cards w... Read More
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Xigmatek LOKI SD963 CPU Cooler Detailed
Coming to offer a new cooler for the existing high-end central processing units, Xigmatek has put together the LOKI SD963, which uses three 6mm copper heatpipes and a fan of up to 2,800 RPM to chill AMD and Intel CPUs.
Even with the approach of the Sandy Bridge CPUs form Intel, as well as AM... Read More
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Sony Blu-Ray Burner BWU-500S Bound for Next Month
Coming to increase its coverage on the optical disk drive market, Sony has put together the BWU-500S, an internal, 5.35-inch Blu-ray burner bundled with the CyberLink software suite or available in bulk form.
Since desktops have to make use of those many 5.35-inch drive bays, Sony has just r... Read More
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Affordable OCZ Onyx 2 SSD Series Released
Since NAND Flash memory is quite a fair bit more expensive to turn into large-capacity storage devices than it would be to make a hard disk drive, 'affordable' SSDs are always a worthy pursuit, one which OCZ seems quite taken with if its Onyx SSD line is anything to go by.
OCZ'... Read More
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LG Preps 3D Laptop with DirectX 11 and a Near-Full HD Display
Coming to say its piece on the 3D market, LG has put together the A510, a mobile PC with a 3D panel of 15.6 inches and powered by an Intel central processing unit, paired with one of NVIDIA's latest discrete graphics cards.
The Calpella CPU that lies at the heart of the configuration is... Read More
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ThinkPad Edge 11 Ultraportable from Lenovo Debuts
The world can rejoice now that the mobile PC market has seen the rise of a new ultraportable, namely the so-called ThinkPad Edge 11 that Lenovo has put together and essentially a machine that can use either an AMD or Intel platform.
Even though the various laptops on the market can usually b... Read More
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NEC Delivers 23-Inch MultiSync PA231W LCD
Deciding to, for now, set aside the consumer front, NEC has come forth and unveiled its latest MultiSync PA series professional monitor, a 23-inch liquid crystal display that uses an IPS panel and supports Full HD video quality.
NEC's MultiSync line of displays was already large enough ... Read More
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Logitech Presents The F540 Wireless Gaming Headset
Though headsets of any kind are usually aimed at personal computers, Logitech stepped out of the norm in this one case and, instead of bringing out a new headset for PCs, made one that is optimized for consoles, TVs and DVD players, among other things.
Logitech has already released a fair nu... Read More
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Origin PC EON17 Gaming Laptop Streams 3D and Uses a Six-Core CPU
Origin PC decided it was time to cause some large ripples on the gaming front, so it prepared the EON17, the third EON laptop and one which combines several major assets, such as high-end CPUs, DirectX 11 graphics and 3D streaming via HDMI.
Origin's EON series of mobile computers is mad... Read More
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Panasonic Let'snote J9 Is a 10-Inch Core i5 Notebook
Though the size of a laptop often stands as an identifier of what its type is, whether netbook, ultraportable or higher-end notebook, such conventions are not always followed, as is made plain by Panasonic's Let'snote J9.
At first glance, one may think that the Panasonic Let's... Read More
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Oracle Claims Micron Sold Overpriced Memory to Sun
Lawsuits in the IT industry are about as common as they are in any other field, and is seems that a new one has just sprouted between Oracle and Micron over alleged sales of overpriced memory to Sun Microsystems.
It seems that releasing multi-core processors and planning on buying major chip... Read More
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OCZ IBIS SSD Boasts HSDL and Works at 740 MB/s
Coming with the express intention of inaugurating its HSDL interface, OCZ is preparing the IBIS, a solid state drive that, despite not plugging into the PCI Express slot, still goes well over 700 MB/s both when reading data as well as writing it.
As far as consumer-oriented SSDs go, most of ... Read More
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Kingston Ultimate 600x Memory Card Writes at 90 MB/s
Of the multiple types of memory cards on the market, CompactFlash cards are among the most capacious and speedy, so Kingston just went ahead and created one that actually supports UDMA mode 6, the CompactFlash Ultimate 600x.
Though they can be used in a whole variety of electronics, CompactF... Read More
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Pioneer Shows Off High-End Speakers for Professionals
After various companies revealed their respective speakers and headphones for consumers, Pioneer is now catering to the needs of the professional market, bringing out two sets of high-end speakers known as S-DJ08 and S-DJ05.
Though speakers come in many shapes, sizes and performance capabili... Read More
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Kobo Wireless eReader Enters the Stage
Coming to offer existing devices some competition, the new e-reader made by Kobo has finally reared its head and taken its first steps into the world, along with its wireless connectivity capabilities and access to the Kobo store.
As end-users may know, e-readers grew very quickly as a marke... Read More
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Cirago Joins the USB 3.0 Movement, Reveals the CST6000
Even without native chipset support, the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed standard has grown in popularity enough for a new device compatible with it, and Cirago has just made its own contribution in the form of the CST6000.
For those interested in a reminder, the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard is the latest... Read More
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NVIDIA Not Especially Set on Optimizing CUDA for x86 Chips
It seems that, even despite a certain recent announcement, the NVIDIA CUDA technology is never truly going to run perfectly on x86 chips, developers being, at least for now, limited to just testing the reliability of the CUDA-based software approach.
Some end-users may be aware of the fact t... Read More
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Panasonic Toughbook Line Welcomes New 12.1-Inch Rugged Laptop
Since performance is just part of what makes a PC suitable for a certain market segment, Panasonic prepared a new member for its Toughbook series of rugged laptops, one that sports a magnesium alloy enclosure.
Rugged laptops are designed to be sturdy enough, and shielded from such things as ... Read More
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Wireless USB Promoter Group Completes 1.1 Specification
Though WiFi and Bluetooth are, for now, the main two wireless connectivity capabilities among PCs and consumer electronics, the crowd has just gotten a bit larger with the addition of the Wireless USB 1.1 specification.
Though the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard will likely remain the main I/O s... Read More
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Survivor PC Case from Bitfenix Made Public
Though gaming systems usually get housed inside a high-end full-tower enclosure, there are still such things as smaller cases aimed for LAN parties, such as the one that BitFenix has just announced, the Survivor.
BitFenix may be a relatively new presence on the market for computer cases but ... Read More
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