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IDC has recently released a market study that is reporting on the health of the microprocessor market. No huge surprises for the second quarter and the most pertinent news is that integrated graphics processors now account for 60% of the total. For major manufacturers, Intel maintains its absolute hegemony as producer of CPU, with 79.3% [...]
Did you know that on May 22, 2011 that Intel released the companies first Pentium processors that utilize the Intel 32nm Sandy Bridge architecture? The Intel Pentium processor family is comprised of three new SKUs, called the G620, G840 and G850. We …
Blazingly Fast Data Transfer Combines with HD Display Connectivity to Enable New Usages and Peripheral DevicesNEWS HIGHLIGHTSThunderbolt™ technology is a new high-speed PC connection technology that runs at 10Gbps.Thunderbolt technology supports…
HP’s upcoming 9.7-inch TouchPad tablet will ship with Qualcomm’s new APQ8060 dual-core Snapdragon processor, and according to Qualcomm, this wonder chip will enable the “latest and greatest multimedia experiences in today’s commercial mobile devices.” …
If you subscribe the motto that air is for breathing, not for cooling, then MSI’s new N580GTX HydroGen is exactly the type of videocard that should float your water cooling boat. MSI ditched the reference air cooling solution and replaced it with it…
Do you think it’s too early to talk about Sandy Bridge’s successor? Well, Intel might have you talking about its Ivy Bridge processors as early as Computex Taipei 2011 (May 31 to June 4). According to a Digitimes report, which in turn cites a Chine…
Intel unintentionally put OEM system builders in a bad spot when the chip maker disclosed a design flaw in its 6-series chipset for the Sandy Bridge platform. OEMs were left scrambling to make the situation right with customers, whether it meant extend…
At this point, you’re well aware of the “design flaw” affecting Intel’s 6-series chipsets for Sandy Bridge. And if you’ve been keeping up with our related FAQ, you know that SATA ports 0/1 are unaffected by the bug. On Gigabyte boards, these are the tw…