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Lynnfield overclocks to 5GHz

Lynnfield overclocks to 5GHz

3rd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Sources at Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers say initial overclocking tests have been somewhat surprising. [38]

Microsoft reveals Windows 7 release date

Microsoft reveals Windows 7 release date

3rd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Microsoft has announced Windows 7's release date - it's not too far from earlier reports. [25]

Asus Demos Far Cry 2 at 3,840 x 2,160

Asus Demos Far Cry 2 at 3,840 x 2,160

3rd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: At a demo on its Computex stand, Asus showed Far Cry 2 running at a ludicrously high resolution on dual 4GB GeForce GTX 295 cards [21]

Adobe announces GPU accelerated Flash

Adobe announces GPU accelerated Flash

3rd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Adobe has announced that GPU accelerated Flash is on the way, but sadly it's going to take longer than we had hoped. [16]

TSMC 40nm problems ‘have been solved’ – sources

TSMC 40nm problems ‘have been solved’ – sources

3rd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Sources close to AMD and Nvidia have revealed that TSMC has 'fixed' the horrendous yield issues it has with its 40nm process technology. [11]

Taiwan ships billionth Intel-based motherboard

Taiwan ships billionth Intel-based motherboard

3rd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Intel's Sean Maloney announced that Taiwan has reached an incredible milestone - 1 billion Intel-based motherboards have now been shipped. [6]

Intel demos quad-core Clarksfield laptop

Intel demos quad-core Clarksfield laptop

3rd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Intel demonstrated what we believe is the world's first Nehalem-based laptop this morning. [6]

Intel Answers: The future of Core i7 920

Intel Answers: The future of Core i7 920

3rd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Intel makes the claim that the popular Core i7 920 won't be discontinued and what Lynnfield WON'T be called. [12]

Akasa Nero S CPU Cooler

Akasa Nero S CPU Cooler

2nd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Akasa's new Nero S is bigger, cooler and wavier than the original. [15]

Dell drops Mini 9 range

Dell drops Mini 9 range

2nd Jun 2009 Dell has dropped its popular Mini 9 range of 8.9" netbooks, ostensibly to concentrate on the Mini 10 and Mini 10v 10" models. [13]

Cooler Master TX3 cools on the cheap

Cooler Master TX3 cools on the cheap

2nd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 2009: Cooler Master claims to have a budget winner on its hands with the TX3. [5]

Enermax has mainstream 80Plus Gold PSUs

Enermax has mainstream 80Plus Gold PSUs

2nd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Enermax is lining up with three 80Plus Gold PSUs at a modest 450-650W. [5]

Nvidia's Tegra CPU has a mighty battery life

Nvidia's Tegra CPU has a mighty battery life

2nd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Nvidia shows off hardware using its new Tegra system-on-a-chip, promising astonishing battery life for tiny computers. [26]

Microsoft unveils new controller, Project Natal

Microsoft unveils new controller, Project Natal

2nd Jun 2009 Microsoft has unveiled a brand new control system for the Xbox 360, as well as a new game from Peter Molyneux. [20]

Sharp announces five-colour display

Sharp announces five-colour display

2nd Jun 2009 Sharp has created a prototype full-HD 60.5" display which uses five primary colours to render its palette - allowing for 99 percent of the Pointer colour space to be reproduced. [16]

Microsoft reveals native Win 7 video transcoding

Microsoft reveals native Win 7 video transcoding

2nd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Microsoft's Murray Vince revealed one of Windows 7's hidden features: native GPU accelerated video transcoding. [15]

GPU accelerated Flash video still not here

GPU accelerated Flash video still not here

2nd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: GPU accelerated Flash is coming, but it's not here yet. Both Intel and Nvidia confirmed that Adobe is working on it. [8]

J&W P55 board openly claims SLI support

J&W P55 board openly claims SLI support

2nd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: J&W's P55 board is the first we've seen that openly advertises SLI support. [10]

ECS unveils next-gen 1 litre 'Pineview' Atom box

ECS unveils next-gen 1 litre 'Pineview' Atom box

2nd Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: This teeny tiny passively cooled box from ECS features Intel's next generation Atom platform: Pineview. [5]

AMD launches 6-core Istanbul Opteron processor

AMD launches 6-core Istanbul Opteron processor

1st Jun 2009 AMD launches its new six-core Opteron CPU, based on the Istanbul architecture [0]

Nvidia to provide 3D glasses for all

Nvidia to provide 3D glasses for all

1st Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Nvidia will bundle some cheap 3D glasses with all of its GeForce graphics cards so that gamers can experience 3D gaming. [25]

Nvidia: Ion goes beyond Atom

Nvidia: Ion goes beyond Atom

1st Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Jen-Hsun Huang uses Nvidia Computex keynote to declare wide ambitions for Ion and that the "era of GPU computing is here." [5]

Marvell PCI-E SSD claims stunning 2GB/s speed

Marvell PCI-E SSD claims stunning 2GB/s speed

1st Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Forget the OCZ Z-Drive, Marvell has premiered an SSD of even faster proportions [6]

Core i5 BIOS and Device Manager pictured

Core i5 BIOS and Device Manager pictured

1st Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: We grab a couple of shots of the pre-production Core i5 CPU in BIOS and in-Windows! [12]

Intel's G41 refresh is actually G45 with HDMI

Intel's G41 refresh is actually G45 with HDMI

1st Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Intel's G41 refresh for when it kills P45/G45 later this year, is actually a G45 with native digital out. [4]

The truth about the Radeon HD 4770 reference card

The truth about the Radeon HD 4770 reference card

29th May 2009 COMPUTEX 09: We've got a better explanation as to why AMD’s Radeon HD 4770 reference card was so different to those that hit shelves. [19]

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