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Motherboards not passing EMI tests?

Motherboards not passing EMI tests?

27th Sep 2007 Recent tests performed by the ETC in Taiwan revealed that Gigabyte's GA-P35-DS3 mobo failed EMI testing regulations for the FCC and CE. It doesn't stop there though... [10]

AMD releases Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition

AMD releases Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition

27th Sep 2007 AMD has surprisingly added a new CPU to the Athlon 64 lineup. It's called the X2 5000+ Black Edition and is more than just another 5000+. [10]

Dell to go green in 2008

Dell to go green in 2008

27th Sep 2007 Dell Computers has announced plans to make the company carbon neutral in 2008 - a full year ahead of previous plans to make the company more eco-friendly. [12]

Nvidia MCP73 motherboards launch today

Nvidia MCP73 motherboards launch today

25th Sep 2007 Nvidia's MCP73 series of motherboards are being released out into the wild today with offerings from Biostar and Inno3D being made available. [16]

OLPC announces "Give 1 Get 1" XO

OLPC announces "Give 1 Get 1" XO

24th Sep 2007 Want to get your hands on an XO, the innovative charity laptop? Well, if you really want to have one then you'll have to pay for two in a new OLPC promotion.  [17]

Yorkfield to launch at 3GHz

Yorkfield to launch at 3GHz

20th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Intel's first 45nm desktop part, the Core 2 Extreme QX9650, will launch at 3.00GHz on a 1333MHz front side bus. [14]

Mobility is driving into the mainstream at pace

Mobility is driving into the mainstream at pace

20th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Intel has said that mobility is now mainstream and shipments are on schedule to overtake desktop shipments in 2009. [3]

Intel unveils Montevina – next-gen mobile platform

Intel unveils Montevina – next-gen mobile platform

19th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Intel has disclosed some information on its next-generation mobile platform, codenamed Montevina. [11]

Westmere is Nehalem’s successor

Westmere is Nehalem’s successor

19th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Gelsinger has revealed that Westmere is Nehalem's successor. It's an evolution of the Nehalem design and will include a few refinements.  [3]

Nehalem adds 7 more SSE4 instructions, SMP working

Nehalem adds 7 more SSE4 instructions, SMP working

19th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Pat Gelsinger delivered a few more tidbits of information on Nehalem. SMP is already up and running with QuickPath technology. [14]

USB 3.0 to arrive at superspeed in 2008

USB 3.0 to arrive at superspeed in 2008

19th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Pat Gelsinger announces the formation of the USB 3.0 promoters' group. Specification will be finalised in 1H08. [21]

Larrabee is Intel’s entry into discrete graphics

Larrabee is Intel’s entry into discrete graphics

19th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Otellini talks briefly about Larrabee's capabilities during his keynote. [4]

Yorkfield breaks seven world records

Yorkfield breaks seven world records

18th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: During Otellini's keynote, three world records were broken with an overclocked Yorkfield processor live on stage and another four were broken before the keynote. [21]

Penryn will launch on November 12th

Penryn will launch on November 12th

18th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Intel has revealed that the first of 20 processors that make up the Penryn family will launch on November 12th. [8]

Intel demonstrates first working 32nm chip

Intel demonstrates first working 32nm chip

18th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Otellini showed off the world's first working 32nm chip and says Intel is on track for volume production to start in 2009. [9]

Nehalem is up and running with 8 cores, 16 threads

Nehalem is up and running with 8 cores, 16 threads

18th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Intel CEO Paul Otellini unveiled the company's next generation architecture during his keynote this morning. Say hello to Nehalem. [17]

AMD announces triple-core CPUs

AMD announces triple-core CPUs

18th Sep 2007 Can't afford a new quad-core processor but your current dual-core just isn't enough for you? Well AMD is covering all of your bases with the introduction of triple-core Phenom processors. [17]

Intel has world’s fastest Si-Ge Photo detector

Intel has world’s fastest Si-Ge Photo detector

18th Sep 2007 IDF FALL 07: Intel has developed a silicon- and germanium-based photo detector that can detect laser light signals at over 40Gbit/sec. [3]

MSI overclocks and dissects notebook

MSI overclocks and dissects notebook

13th Sep 2007 MSI's GX600 notebook has got a turbo button and funky case design - but is it what you really wanted? [9]

OCZ intros first Intel Extreme Memory modules

OCZ intros first Intel Extreme Memory modules

12th Sep 2007 OCZ has introduced the world's first memory modules to support Intel's Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) technology. [3]

No more "Designed by Nvidia" mobos

No more "Designed by Nvidia" mobos

12th Sep 2007 Nvidia has decided to scrap it's "Designed by Nvidia" marketing moniker citing confusion among manufacturers as a primary factor. [8]

More information on the X38 delay

More information on the X38 delay

11th Sep 2007 Was it respun into 45nm? or was it just to rejig the internals to make it faster? As to why Intel's X38 is late - we've got some more educated answers. [3]

AMD launches Barcelona

AMD launches Barcelona

10th Sep 2007 AMD's quad core "Barcelona" has arrived - it's finally here! Well, it is for servers at least.  [33]

HP Blackbird 002 - CrossFire on nForce!

HP Blackbird 002 - CrossFire on nForce!

7th Sep 2007 According to an interview with Rahul Sood on CustomPC, the new HP Blackbird 002 runs both CrossFire and SLI on an Nvidia 680i SLI chipset. [24]

BBC iPlayer to no longer be Windows only

BBC iPlayer to no longer be Windows only

7th Sep 2007 After an online petition signed by over 16,000 people demanded that BBC's iPlayer software was open to more systems than just Windows XP and Internet Explorer, it seems something will finally be done! [2]

AGP is back from the dead. Again.

AGP is back from the dead. Again.

4th Sep 2007 Both Nvidia and AMD will continue to support the AGP interface, despite the fact that PCI-Express 2.0 is days away and AGP is over three years out of date. [68]