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Intel X25-M G3 prototypes sold in China | Posted on: 29/10/2010 @ 2:24

Intel will launch the third generation SSD family next year. Intel X25-M G3 has already been covered in reports here at NordicHardware and even though the launch is still long into the future prototypes and belonging benchmarks have appeared on a Chinese auction site.

MeeGo 1.1 Has Arrived For Intel Atom & ARMv7 | Posted on: 29/10/2010 @ 1:12

The developers behind the MeeGo operating system, the Linux-based distribution that married Moblin and Maemo, have just released version 1.1. MeeGo 1.1 is available for Intel Atom and ARMv7 architectures and comes in the netbook, IVI (in-vehicle information/entertainment systems), and handset editions. Besides the core MeeGo OS hitting 1.1, the MeeGo SDK 1.1 has reached beta and will be released ...

AMD's R300 Gallium3D Driver Is Looking Good For 2011 | Posted on: 28/10/2010 @ 21:36

After years of development work by Tungsten Graphics (now VMware) and the open-source community at large, the Gallium3D driver architecture is finally getting ready to really enter the spotlight of the normal Linux desktop user. With the recent Mesa 7.9 release, the open-source ATI developers switched their R300 driver (that supports up through R500 ASICs, the Radeon X1000 series) from the ...

AMD lost graphics shares in Q3 | Posted on: 28/10/2010 @ 3:00

AMD has made great progress in the graphics card market over the last year, but now that the numbers for Q3 has been released by Jon Peddie Research it turns out that it lost a little to both NVIDIA and Intel. Where Intel still dominates with its integrated graphics circuits.

ASUS Sabertooth X58 (Intel X58 Express) Motherboard | Posted on: 28/10/2010 @ 0:00

One of the big issues in high performance motherboards is component life. So let’s take a look at ASUS’ solution to this - The military grade Sabertooth X58 motherboard.

Intel Core i7 970 Gulftown On Linux | Posted on: 27/10/2010 @ 15:12

Intel will be introducing their first Sandy Bridge CPUs in the coming months, which we already know has Linux graphics support well underway, but for now the top-end Intel desktop processors are the Gulftown CPUs that were introduced earlier this year. The Gulftown CPUs boast six physical processing cores with Hyper Threading to put the total thread count per CPU at 12. Besides putting 12 ...

AMD promises 500 GFLOPS in Llano Fusion APU | Posted on: 27/10/2010 @ 4:00

AMD has revealed some more details on its coming desktop processor Llano. During a presentation at AMD Technical Forum and Exhibition in Taipei AMD's Chris Nolan said that the built-in graphics circuit of Llano will be capable of 500 GFLOPS crunching power.

AMD confirms HD 6000 should have been 32nm | Posted on: 27/10/2010 @ 3:00

AMD has been working on two different graphics architectures over the last year and for reason out of the company's control it had to revise its launch calender. As suspected the Radeon HD 6000 series was intended to launch at 32nm, which is now confirmed by AMD.

ASUS X72D/K72DR: Three Cores, No Waiting | Posted on: 25/10/2010 @ 13:12

Up to this point, our experiences with AMD's Phenom II mobile line haven't been very favorable. In the desktop world AMD's chips can compete and succeed based on price, but in notebooks thermal properties get added to the mix. Intel's been very aggressive about controlling the mobile market, but is AMD's "we'll sell you more cores for less" strategy going to translate well? On hand is the ASUS ...

AMD Catalyst 10.10 Windows 7 Driver Analysis | Posted on: 25/10/2010 @ 0:00

AMD has just released a new Catalyst driver for Radeon graphics cards – we check out performance under Windows 7.

AMD Catalyst 10.10 here with HD3D support | Posted on: 24/10/2010 @ 23:48

AMD has rolled out the tenth graphics driver of the year and Catalyst 10.10 appears fittingly for the release of the Radeon HD 6800 series that launched earlier in the week. The new drivers support AMD's new graphics card and technologies like HD3D.

Corsair Hydro Series H50 CPU Cooler Review | Posted on: 24/10/2010 @ 5:24

Here’s an awesome cooler that works like water cooling without having to go through the hassle of it. This review was made possible by Cudo Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd I’ve been overclocking for more than a decade now, and I’ve never gone into water cooling as I find it tedious. I don’t think it’s a problem if [...]

AMD Catalyst 10.10 For Linux Officially Released | Posted on: 23/10/2010 @ 0:36

While users of Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" have had access to an early release of the Catalyst 10.10 Linux driver that AMD had sent over to Canonical in advance in order to provide X.Org Server 1.9 support, the rest of the Linux-using public now finally has access to the official Catalyst 10.10 build. Those that have already used Catalyst 10.10 in the Ubuntu Maverick release have been rather ...

CORSAIR Hydro Series H70 High Performance CPU Cooler Review | Posted on: 22/10/2010 @ 16:36

Intel X-Video Sandybridge Support Arrives | Posted on: 22/10/2010 @ 11:36

While Intel has not even rolled out their Sandy Bridge processors yet, their OSTC developers have been working on support for this next-generation micro-architecture with integrated graphics core under Linux for many months. It was back in February when we originally reported on Sandy Bridge GPU support coming to Linux...

ASRock X58 Extreme6 (Intel X58 Express) Motherboard | Posted on: 21/10/2010 @ 12:36

After a quick run recently with the P55 Extreme4, we now take a look at the beefed up X58 Extreme6 with six USB3.0 and SATA 3.0 ports!

Intel builds new and upgrade for 8 billion dollar | Posted on: 21/10/2010 @ 5:36

The world's largest processor maker is very dependent on its innovative manufacturing technology and arsenal of fabs. Intel has now deicded to not only upgrade several fabs but also build a whole new one in the US, all to a cost of between 6-8 billion dollar.

Here's Another Intel Poulsbo Linux Driver... | Posted on: 21/10/2010 @ 1:36

Intel's Poulsbo Linux support is a bloody mess. It has been for nearly two years now and the situation has really not improved at all. While Intel IGPs are generally well supported under Linux with an open-source driver stack (besides being very slow), the Poulsbo hardware on Linux is notorious and does not have a fully open-source driver because the GMA 500 chipset is designed around the PowerVR ...

Intel bygger nytt och uppgraderar för 8 miljarder dollar | Posted on: 20/10/2010 @ 20:36

Världens största processotillverkare har mycket av sina framgångar att tacka sin innovativa tillverkningsteknik och fabriksarsenal. Nu har Intel beslutat sig för att inte bara uppgrader flera fabriker utan även bygga en ny tillverkningsanläggning USA, allt till en kostnad på mellan 6-8 miljarder dollar.

CoolIt ECO A.L.C. Liquid CPU Cooler | Posted on: 20/10/2010 @ 11:24

Liquid cooling use to be for those that were on the cutting edge of tricking out there PC's and was looking to get the best cooling solutions. Then came along the heat pipe coolers with great cooling but huge in size and sometimes rather noisy. Now what would you say if I told you that you get the best of all worlds? Let us take a look at the CoolIT ECO A.L.C. and see if might be for you.

AMD Phenom II X2 560 BE Review | Posted on: 20/10/2010 @ 0:13

Processors with unlocked multipliers are sort of like the Holy Grail of overclocking. AMD's Black Edition (BE) chips, similar to the Intel K series, offer this versatility to enthusiasts. Recently, AMD introduced several new processors and one of these is the Phenom II X2 560 BE. This is just a small increase in stock multiplier above the existing Phenom II X2 555 BE processor (16.5 vs. 16) and ...

AMD Llano shines in Alien vs. Predators | Posted on: 19/10/2010 @ 22:24

AMD has lifted the embargo on the next generation graphics cards, Radeon HD 6800, but it has also released some more details on the coming APU circuit Llano. The company showed a test system earlier this month that was playing the DirectX 11 game Alien vs. Predator.

AMD sees end of "core war" | Posted on: 19/10/2010 @ 21:48

AMD has launched, like Intel, processors sporting six processor cores and with its new Interlagos platform it has increased the number of ocres to 16 per processor for servers, but AMD doesn't believe the "core war" will continue, the focus will instead be on efficiency.

AMD Shows 32nm Fusion Llano APUs Running AvP | Posted on: 19/10/2010 @ 12:24

At a recent press event in Los Angeles, Legit Reviews got a a chance to take a look at an AMD development platform that was running an early revision of AMD's Llano Fusion processor. This is the first time that AMD Llano APU's have been seen outside an AMD test lab, so it looks like they are coming along nicely. We have been told that these processors are being manufactured by GlobalFoundries and ...

iPhone 5 Hits EVT Stage:Verizon iPhone in Scores “AP” Stage | Posted on: 19/10/2010 @ 11:48

So, our rumor mill is working full speed again and this time, it is about possible new iPhone device. According to Boygeniusreport,Apple’s Verizon iPhone has hit the penultimate aka “AP” stage. AP stage is generally followed by the final retail … [visit site to read more] iPhone 5 Hits EVT Stage:Verizon iPhone in Scores “AP” [...]iPhone 5 Hits EVT Stage:Verizon iPhone in Scores ...

Review: AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition | Posted on: 15/10/2010 @ 18:36

AMD has been prolific lately and the next in its line to fall under our spotlight is the dual-core Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition.As a result of its labours, AMD certainly has a lot of flavours of processor on the market these days, but as a gamer on a budget do you really need anything with more than two cores yet? There's still a dearth of multithreaded titles out there really taking advantage ...

NHOC Live: ME4ME overclocking Core i7 980X | Posted on: 15/10/2010 @ 17:48

Henry "ME4ME" de Kruijf has wiped his tears after his record breaking MSI GeForce GTX 480 Lightning gave up on him way too soon and has instead turned his attention to a fresh A0-stepped Core i7 980X CPU. Last night Henry focused entirely on processor overclocking live at NordicHardware.

Intel Core i5-760 Review | Posted on: 15/10/2010 @ 17:48

Intel finally gets around to updating the brilliant i5-750. Let's hope that hasn't broken it.

Phenom II X4 970 and Phenom II X6 1075T CPU Review | Posted on: 15/10/2010 @ 7:24

Today we are reviewing two of the latest CPU offerings from AMD, the Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition (3.5 GHz) and Phenom II X6 1075T (3.0 GHz). Check it out.

BlackBerry Storm 3 Still Coming? Confusion Amongst the Cancellation by RIM | Posted on: 15/10/2010 @ 2:36

It seems we all worried too soon when it came to the news of RIM cancelling the BlackBerry Storm 3, as analysts Jefferies & Co. have pointed out that the multiple SKUs for the Storm 3 has … [visit site to read more] BlackBerry Storm 3 Still Coming? Confusion Amongst the Cancellation by RIM is [...]BlackBerry Storm 3 Still Coming? Confusion Amongst the Cancellation by RIM is a post from: UK ...

Intel moves into tablets with Oak Trail | Posted on: 14/10/2010 @ 16:12

Intel VP Paul Otellini recently revealed some of the processor giants plans for the future tablet market. In a conference call Otellini spoke with respect for Apple iPad and its sales, while he pointed out that Intel's going more aggressive into tablets.

AMD Phenom II X4 970 Review | Posted on: 14/10/2010 @ 15:00

AMD tinkered with its line up of CPUs to see if it can catch up some ground with Intel.

Zalman launches CNPS9900 Max CPU cooler | Posted on: 13/10/2010 @ 16:12

Zalman has launched the new processor cooler CNPS 9900 Max that continues with the sunfeather design coolers. The new model uses Zalman's patented composite heatpipe technology to handle heat outputs up to 300 watt.

Intel bakes in RAID controller into processors | Posted on: 13/10/2010 @ 15:12

Intel has presented what it calls the next generation RAID technology. In the focus we find the business market where Intel in future servers and workstations will bake in a RAID controller into the processors. First is Sandy Bridge-EP that launches in the second half of 2011.

AMD - Supercomputer performance in ultrathin computers soon | Posted on: 13/10/2010 @ 14:36

AMD is before its biggest and most important mobile processor launch in recent history and by the end of 2010 it is expected to present the mobile Ontario family with energy efficient CPU cores and integrated GPU. At the same time the company sees how notebooks can soon be offering supercomputer-like performance.

Intel presents iPhone App for processor search | Posted on: 12/10/2010 @ 21:00

Not even an experienced tech journalist as yours truly can keep track of all of Intel's enormous assortment. It seems like the company has realized this and launched an iPhone app that can be used to search and compared models directly in your phone.

AMD selling quad-core TurboCore processors through OEMs | Posted on: 12/10/2010 @ 21:00

AMD has despite of high hopes from enthusiasts and overclockers not launched any quad-core processors based on the hexa-core Thuban circuit. However, so called  Zosma processors have appeared at OEMs, sporting four cores and TurboCore technology.

EVGA X58 Classified3 embraces LGA1366 processors | Posted on: 12/10/2010 @ 19:36

EVGA has launched a new motherboard based on Intel's enthusiast chipset X58. The motherboard is thus for the LGA 1366 platform and not the least Intel's hexa-core Core i7 processors with Core i7 980X leading them. As usual EVGA focuses on enthusiasts and overclockers.

XFX launches ProSeries power supplies | Posted on: 12/10/2010 @ 19:00

Component maker XFX ventured into power supplis last year. The comany has now launched its second series of PSUs, called ProSeries. XFX' new power supplies uses XFX' EasyRail technology with a single 12V rail and 80 Plus Bronze certification.

Intel To Have Sandybridge 3D In Mesa Done By Q4 | Posted on: 12/10/2010 @ 7:24

Intel's Ian Romanick has just written an e-mail message entitled What I'm working on to the Mesa development list. With Intel's new GLSL compiler being used by Mesa and can be found within the Mesa 7.9 release, Intel's open-source graphics developers have worked onto working on some other areas of their 3D driver stack...

Sony VAIO VPCEA3CFX | Posted on: 12/10/2010 @ 2:36

The Sony VAIO EA series are mid-sized laptops with a huge assortment of colors and configurations. It comes in seven different colors and features either an Intel Core i3 or i5 CPU with up to 8GB of RAM and 640GB of hard drive storage.

A Linux Program To Overclock Your AMD CPUs | Posted on: 07/10/2010 @ 23:36

Besides Linux drivers for gaming peripherals (like mice and other things) being an area where Linux tends to struggle compared to the level of support and functionality offered under Windows, enthusiast-oriented programs for being able to overclock your CPU and RAM is another area where Linux really provides no suitable alternatives to the plethora of Windows utilities. There is though a new ...

Corsair Air Series A70 High-Performance CPU Cooler | Posted on: 07/10/2010 @ 12:00

Corsair unleashes the big brother to the A50 in air cooling. If the A50 is anything to go by, Corsair could well have a real winner on their hands here.

AMD Athlon II X4 645 Review | Posted on: 06/10/2010 @ 17:48

Can four cores running at a mighty 3.1GHz make up for a lack of L3 cache in this budget chip?

Scythe Rasetsu (SCRT-1000) CPU Cooler | Posted on: 05/10/2010 @ 19:12

Scythe takes the Yasya and re-engineers it to bring us the Rasetsu SCRT-1000 CPU cooler. If you're looking for respectable cooling with space constraints in mind, this could be your ticket.

Thermaltake Armor A60 AMD Leo Edition miditower | Posted on: 05/10/2010 @ 2:36

Case maker Thermaltake has been flirting with AMD by launching a new model of the Armor series named A60 AMD Leo Edition. The black and red miditower has the same name as AMD's current Socket AM3 enthusiast platform and there is no doubt gamers are the target buyers.

Jetway Hummer HI06 Intel H55 Motherboard | Posted on: 02/10/2010 @ 6:24

The one item in your PC that make everything work together is the motherboard. It is also one of the items that you look at closely when it is time to upgrade your PC. You want to make sure that you are getting all the features that you want and hopefully a few extras, but at price you are willing to pay. Jetway is not a well known name like MSI, Gigabyte and others but they do offer motherboards ...

Zotac builds micro-ATX motherboard with Intel H67 chipset | Posted on: 02/10/2010 @ 2:36

Zotac has taken a shine to small systems and minimal formfactors. Therefore micro-ATX is almost on the large side from the Asian component maker. Pictures of a new mATX motherboard from Zotac has surfaced, sporting Intel's coming H67 chipset, ready for Sandy Bridge.

Intel X68 motherboards being tested by Intel and partners | Posted on: 02/10/2010 @ 2:00

Intel will launch its first family of Sandy Bridge processors starting next year, but only mid-range models and not until Sandy Bridge E and the Intel X68 chipset we will see the new architecture in the enthusiast and high-end segment.

Biostar shows coming Intel LGA 1155 motherboard | Posted on: 01/10/2010 @ 0:48

Intel will launch a new processor platform when architecture Sandy Bridge is presented early next year and to motherboard manufacturers this means a new and fersh market to make money from. Biostar continues to show its first motherboards with the Intel P67/H67 chipset, now in retail suits.