Hardware & Peripherals
Pricing for Radeon HD 5970 Leaks
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
Pricing for the upcoming AMD 5970 video card has been leaked online early, thanks to a posting from ZipZoomfly. The video card brings back the very expensive high-end video card range with a price of $599.99.
Some specs leaked a while back on the card. We know it will have 1GB of RAM for each of the GPUs on the board. We also know that the early samples were huge at 13.5-inches long. The card also requires an 8-pin and a 6-pin power connector. Read more
Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun
NXP Unveils Cheap Cortex-MO MCU for 8/16-bit Apps
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
NXP has unveiled its latest ARM Cortex-MO based LPC1100 micro controller family. NXP claims that the new microcontroller is the cheapest solution on the market for a 32-bit MCU. The MCI promises 45 DMIPS of performance compared to the sub-DMIP performance of typical 8-bit MCUs and 3-5 DMIPS for 16-bit MCUs.
The device also uses less energy with the promised performance delivered at 50MHz and the MCU needs under 10mA of power to operate. NXP also claims that the new MCU needs 40 to 50% less code for most common microcontroller tasks. Read more
Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun
AMD Opteron Powers Most Powerful Supercomputer in the World
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
AMD has announced that their powerful six-core Opteron processors are now being used inside the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Jaguar supercomputer. Jaguar has recently been upgraded with the new six-core Opteron CPUs.
The newly updated supercomputer is capable of 2.3 petaflops/s theoretical peak performance and 1.75 petaflops/s performance on the Linpack benchmark. AMD Opteron CPUs are used inside four of the top five supercomputers. Read more
Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun
PhotoFast Unveils G-Monster 1.8'' PATA V4 SSD
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
A company called PhotoFast has unveiled a new line of PATA SSDs that claim to be the first SSD in 1.8" size that has a built-in garbage collection function. The new line of SSDs are aimed at netbooks and other PATA using electronic devices.
The Garbage collection function is built-in at the hardware level inside the drive. The feature allows the drive to rearrange itself during idle time. This lets the drive prevent files from being fragmented and slowing the performance. Read more
Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:33:55 CST | by Shane McGlaun
AMD Teases 2010 and 2011 CPU Line
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
AMD is well down the heap from Intel in a distant second place when it comes to CPU sales globally. AMD is looking to grow its market share and to do that the company needs some powerful and exciting CPUs. The company has teased its 2010 and 2011 CPU line ups and the most interesting of the new parts is codenamed Bulldozer.
Bulldozer is said to be a major revision for desktops and notebooks that makes the machines much more multithread efficient and will be optimized for pairing with graphics chipsets. A Bobcat variant will be tailored to ultraportables. The first Bobcat part expected is called Zambezi and will sport 8-cores for high-end desktops. Read more
Posted on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun
SkyCross Unveils iMAT Antennas for Bluetooth and WiFi on Netbooks
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
Netbooks are hot right now and sales of the machines and hardware that drive them like CPUs are booming. The thing about netbooks is that they are small and lightweight and many of them offer very long battery life. The downside is that the smaller form factor makes it hard to get all the features users might want into the devices.
Convergence in the notebook and netbook market is very important as each time we can combine multiple functions into one device it reduces weight and allows new features to be added. SkyCross has done just that with the announcement of a new antenna called the iMAT antenna that allows simultaneous Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in one antenna rather than two. Read more
Posted on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun
Cypress West Bridge Offers Turbo-MTP 2.0 Sideloading Solution
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
Many computer designs have used North and South bridge chips on the mainboards for a long time. Cypress has announced a new West Bridge that promises to allow faster movies transfers to external devices like PMPs.
Cypress claims that its West Bridge solution can transfer a 1GB movie in under 45 seconds. That is a ten times speed improvement compared to traditional MTP implementations. The new module also includes drivers for the popular Android OS making it compatible with many different hand held devices. Read more
Posted on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:31:08 CST | by Shane McGlaun
ZyXEL Offers Smart Home Gateway for Health Monitoring
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
ZyXEL has introduced a new home gateway that is aimed at monitoring health sensors to keep doctors informed on the status of patients with serious health issues. The new Smart Home Gateway is a rugged device sized to fit in a pocket and featuring a battery powered router. The device can provide connectivity via DLS and 3G/4G wireless Internet connections.
The device has a pair of USB ports that can connect to IEEE11073 USB, Bluetooth, and Zigbee medical sensors and send data in real time. The sensors can be used for things like real time blood sugar monitoring and to send heart rate readings. Read more
Posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun
Blue Microphones Unveils Yeti THX Certified USB Mic
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
Blue Microphones has announced the world's first THX Certified microphone called the Yeti USB Condenser mic. The Yeti offers Blue's premium condenser capsules in a proprietary triple capsule array. The THX certification affirms that the mic has the ultimate recording and playback fidelity.
Yeti offers four patterns including omni, cardioid, stereo, and bidirectional for versatility. Blue Microphones claims the mic has zero latency and offers amplified headphone monitoring with no latency, mic mute, and hardware gain adjustment. Read more
Posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun
OCZ Technology and SandForce Team Up for New SSDs
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
OCZ has announced that it will be working on some new SSDs in conjunction with SandForce for consumer and enterprise users. The new line of SSDs will use the SandForce SSD Processor. OCZ will use the SF-1500 and the SF-1200 processors in the new SSDs.
Along with the processors, the SSDs will also use SLC and MLC flash memory and utilize the 3Gbps SATA and 6Gbps SAS interfaces. Capacities for the new line of SSDs will run from 50GB to 400GB. Read more
Posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun
NitroAV Fusion PCIe/eSATA Host Adapter Available
Topic: Hardware & Peripherals
NitroAV has unveiled a new combination PCI Express x4 slot host adapter that works with Mac, Windows, and Linux computers. The card adds FireWire 800 and 3Gbps eSATA ports to a computer. The adapter is described as a professional grade eSATA.1394b card that will work with just about any connected device.
The card uses native PCIe chips from silicon image and Texas instruments. The card has two FireWire 800 ports externally and a single internal FireWire 800 port. The device also has two external eSATA ports and has an optional power connecter that can offer power over FireWire 800. Read more
Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun
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