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Aeneon by Qimonda Introduces High-Performance DDR3-1600 Triple Channel Kit for latest Intel High-End Desktop Platform

Aeneon, the channel and retail brand of Qimonda, announced availability of its DDR3-1600 Triple Channel Kits (CL9) with 3GB and 6GB for the new Intel Core i7 processor and Intel X58 Express chipset.  >>  

SAMSUNG Now Producing 256GB Solid State Drive; Substantial Performance Gains Make it Best Overall Performing SSD for PCs

Samsung announced that it has begun mass producing 256 gigabyte (GB) solid state drives for use in notebooks and desktop PCs.  >>  

Spansion Helps to Reduce Energy Consumption in Internet Data Center Servers by up to 75 Percent and Expand Memory Capacity

Spansion unveiled plans for a new class of memory, called Spansion EcoRAM, designed to solve the growing energy consumption crisis in Internet data centers by replacing power-hungry DRAM in data...  >>  

Gennum Extends DisplayPort Cable Lengths by up to 15x

  Gennum Corporation has announced a new connectivity solution for DisplayPort cable products. Rapidly emerging in a variety of electronic devices including laptops, PCs, media servers,...  >>  

NVIDIA And CRAY To Deliver Tesla-Enabled CRAY CX1 Desk Side Super Computer

NVIDIA and Cray announced the availability of NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPU Computing processors in the new Cray CX1 line of supercomputers. The Cray CX1 product reflects NVIDIA and Cray's goal to...  >>  

Spansion EcoRAM Architecture Unveiled, Projecting Breakthroughs in Main Memory Capacity

Spansion released further details surrounding the architecture and performance of its EcoRAM solution, a new class of memory for read-intensive applications.  >>  

Winbond Launches its New Series of Temperature Monitoring IC –W83L771AWG / 773G / 775G

Winbond is introducing a new, high precision, energy saving hardware monitoring IC series- W83L771AWG/773G/775G.  >>  

Nanya Rolls Out 800MHz RDIMM to Support Incredibly Reliable Systems Powered by the Enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor Based on 45nm Process Technology

Nanya announced it is shipping 800MHz DDR2 registered dual in-line memory module (RDIMM) designed specifically for the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, to help optimize performance of high-end...  >>  

AMD Announces Widespread Availability and Broad Global OEM Support for New Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor

AMD announces availability of its 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor, delivering more performance and decrease in power consumption at idle.  >>  

Introducing SiSM671-Based chipset in DELL FX160 Thin-Client PC for Business DT Computer best choice

SiS announced the SiSM671/968/307DV chipset supporting the latest Intel Atom230 and series CPU has been adopted by Dell to develop the Thin-Client PC OptiPlex FX160 project.   >>  

CONEXANT AND XCEIVE DELIVER PCTV REFERENCE DESIGNS FOR WORLDWIDE MARKETS

Conexant and Xceive announced the availability of four jointly developed “PCTV” reference designs for worldwide markets. PCTV applications enable consumers to watch broadcast television...  >>  

Oxford Semiconductor Releases Encryption Solutions for Direct Attached Storage Solution-on-a-chip Platform

Oxford Semiconductor has unveiled its AES 128-bit security encryption solutions for the growing family of Oxford's direct-attached storage (DAS) platform solutions. Aimed at the increasing need...  >>  

Industry's First Six-Phase Controllers from ON Semiconductor Comply with Intel's Latest VR11.1 Requirements

ON Semiconductor has introduced the industry’s first six-phase Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) controllers.  >>  

AMD Delivers World's First TeraFLOPS Graphics Chip

AMD has achieved two world firsts in visual computing: the launch of the first teraFLOPS graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 4850, and the launch of the first graphics card featuring ultra high...  >>  

HPC Platform Selects Altera Stratix II FPGA Family for New HMPE System

Altera Corporation has announced that HPC Platform of Paris, France, has selected two members of the Stratix II FPGA family for use in their ultra-low latency system for market data processing,...  >>  

AMD Introduces the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series Graphics Cards for the Masses, Delivering Up To Double the Game Performance of the Competition at the Same Price

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IDT Announces New Series of Fully Integrated, High Definition Single-chip PC Audio Systems

IDT has announced a new series of high-definition audio codecs that provide improved audio performance and fidelity, and design flexibility for multimedia notebooks and enterprise desktops.  >>  

LSI Tarari T2000 10G Content Processor Breaks One Watt Per Gigabit Per Second Barrier

LSI announced the LSI Tarari T2000 series of silicon-based content processing solutions for high-speed networking applications.  >>  

The Best Gets Better: AMD Extends Its Desktop Platform Advantage for Performance PCs

AMD has announced the availability of the AMD 790GX. Packing a host of innovations, the AMD 790GX integrates advanced performance tuning for AMD PhenomTM processors, plus ATI RadeonTM HD 3300...  >>  

Graphics Evolves Beyond Gaming With New NVIDIA Geforce GTX 200 GPUs

NVIDIA has introduced GeForce GTX 200 graphics processors taking graphics beyond gaming and gaming beyond anything that’s ever been possible before on a consumer computing platform.  >>  

Winbond launches its next generation Super I/O Controller W83667HG supporting Intel Eaglelake platform and AMD AM3 platform

Following the success of the W83627EHG and W83627DHG family of devices which have been highly regarded and widely adopted by the major motherboard and desktop PC manufacturers worldwide, Winbond...  >>  

Marvell Enters Solid State Storage Controller Market

Marvell announced the ultra-slim Marvell 88NV8120 PCI Express (PCIe)-based NAND flash controller, the first Marvell product in a planned range of solid state storage controllers.  >>  

AMD Launches a Comprehensive Portfolio of Multi-Core Desktop CPUs

AMD has announced the availability of the industry’s most complete and compelling line-up of multi-core desktop processing solutions. AMD’s updated desktop processor offerings include...  >>  

VIA Unveils Next-Generation Isaiah x86 Processor Architecture

VIA Technologies, Inc, has announced details of the VIA Isaiah Architecture, a new x86 processor architecture that will deliver significant boosts to the functionality and performance of desktop,...  >>