Intel Ships Pineview Netbook Chips Q4

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Tired of that dusty old Atom processor in your netbook? Well good news; the next generation of ultra-portable computing is on its way. According to PC World Intel has confirmed that they will start shipping out their new Pineview processors for netbooks and nettops during Q4 of 2009. The first devices packing this new processor could be out in stores as early as Q1 of 2010.

Replacing Atom with Pineview will allow manufacturers to reduce the size of their products by a substantial amount. Pineview has integrated graphics and memory controllers built into the CPU, which means it is up to 70% smaller than its Atom predecessor. This means that new Pineview netbooks will be faster, smaller, and use up less power.

Posted on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:40:59 CDT | by Robert Evans

CrestaTech Shows HDTV anywhere Chip at IDF

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CrestaTech has unveiled its new programmable broadband technology at IDF and has announced that its new HDTV Anywhere chip is ready to ship to PC OEMs. The CrestaTV Universal Broadband Receiver technology is a combination of a RF IC and software that allows PCs to tune in live analog or digital TV broadcasts along with radio and GPS signals.

The broadcasts can be picked up and viewed in any city, any region, and any country around the world. The new chip offers unprecedented support for broadband frequencies. The new chip allows PC manufacturers to ship the same TV module anywhere in the world without having to make different chips for each region. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

IBM Unveils DNA Scaffolding; DNA Origami To Make Chips More Powerful

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Today, scientists at IBM Research and the California Institute of Technology announced DNA Scaffolding for building tiny circuit boards on chips.
DNA Scaffolding is a scientific advancement that could be a major breakthrough in enabling the semiconductor industry to pack more power and speed into tiny computer chips, while making them more energy efficient and less expensive to manufacture than what is possible today.

IBM Researchers and collaborator Paul W.K. Rothmund, of the California Institute of Technology, have made an advancement in combining lithographic patterning with self assembly – a method to arrange DNA origami structures on surfaces compatible with today's semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:49:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New ASUS M4A785D Motherboard For AMD 785G Chipset

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ASUS announced the launch of the ASUS M4A785D Series motherboards with the new AMD 785G chipset for enhanced graphics performance through new features such as DX10.1 and UVD 2.0 support, dynamic contrast, and high-quality video scaling.

Additionally, the ASUS M4A785D Series supports up to 16GB of DDR2 memory, CrossFireX, and high-definition, 8-channel audio output. Read more

Posted on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Tablet rumored to have PA Semi Chip

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Yesterday the rumors about an Apple Tablet device made their rounds again. Apparently Apple would release a $800 Apple Tablet already in October.
VentureBeat adds some more rumors that say that the Apple Tablet would have a PA Semi custom chip.
Apple bought the chip design firm PA Semi last year and we are still waiting for the first Apple product that will have a chip no other vendor will have. Read more

Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:31:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Chip Design Plans to unnerve Chip Makers

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The secret Apple chip design plan rumors got some new fuel this week when an ATI Chip Designer moved to Apple. The whole idea of Apple planning on designing their own chips started when the company bought PA Semi last year.
It is totally reasonable for Apple, which is holding its own in the high price segment for computers and on the cutting edge for mobile devices to establish a new very powerful differentiator.
If Apple can offer more powerful chips for graphics and processing, that make their products better in some way than other devices that use the currently available chips from Intel, AMD or others, it would offer a huge advantage. Read more

Posted on Sun, 3 May 2009 13:02:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

OLPC Announces Via chipsets for XO Update

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The OLPC has been working hard to get its cheap notebooks into the hands of kids around the world to help with education in third world countries. The company is always on the lookout for ways to improve the XO notebook and make it more profitable.

Last week OLPC announced that in the upcoming version 1.5 of the XO notebook it will be switching from the AMD chipset currently used in the machines to a Via chipset that uses a C7-M processor. The RAM will also get increased to 1GB. Read more

Posted on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

iPhone 2009: Apple ordering 100m Flash Chips and building 5-6m new iPhones

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The new iPhone 2009 draws closer, which is very exciting. New rumors point towards Apple having started production of the new iPhone, which is expected to be released or announced in June.
Digitimes reports that Apple has supposedly ordered 100 million 8Gb NAND flash chips. Why would Apple order so much flash memory? Exactly. To put them into shiny new iPhones.
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Posted on Thu, 9 Apr 2009 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Now Using 40nm Technology for Fusion Memory Chips

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Samsung has announced that it is now using 40nm technology in the construction of a new 8Gb Flex-OneNAND fusion memory chip. The chip is a Samsung proprietary technology that uses both SLC and MLC in a single chip designed for high speed and high reliability.

The Flex-OneNAND chip will be used in different device types including HDTVs, IPTVs and other high-end applications by the end of the year. Samsung says that the 40nm technology allows it to increase productivity by up to 180% over the first generation modules using 60nm technology. Read more

Posted on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Apple rumored to buy up Flash Chips for iPhone 2009

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Apple is rumored to unveil a new iPhone in 2009 in June. A photo of what is supposed to be the backside of a new 16GB iPhone 2009 has been surfacing last week.
This week a report from research company ThinkEquity Partners is pointing towards Apple having bought up NAND Flash RAM in a big way.
The report claims that Apple has bought all Samsung NAND Flash production until April. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:44:02 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

MWC 2009: Samsung unveils Wireless USB System-On-Chip

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Samsung today announced a new wireless universal serial bus (W-USB) System-On-Chip (SoC) designed specifically for the upcoming ultra-wideband (UWB) market.
Samsung’s new W-USB SoC combines the convenience of wireless connectivity, the security level of wired USB, and the high speed performance of UWB to instantly transfer mass storage data such as digital photos, movie videos or MP3 music files between electronic devices.
For example, the new W-USB SoC can download a 700MB movie in approximately one minute. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:19:57 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sandisk announces X4 Flash Memory and 32nm X3 Flash Chip

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SanDisk announced two new flash chip technology achievements. SanDisk will begin mass-production of the world’s first high performance 4-bits-per-cell (X4) flash memory. Using 43-nanometer (nm) process technology, this breakthrough enables 64-gigabit (Gb) memory in a single die – the highest capacity in the industry and suitable for the most demanding storage applications.

SanDisk announced together with Toshiba also the co-development of multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory using 32-nanometer (nm) process technology to produce a 32-gigabit (Gb) 3-bits-per-cell (X3) memory chip. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2009: DLP showcases all tiny Projectors based on the Pico Chipset

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TI's DLP Technology will showcase most of the tiny projector's its partners built based on their ultra-tiny DLP Pico Chipset at the CES 2009. DLP needs to be careful though and move their technology forward as 3M unveiled a new tiny projection platform as well that seems to allow the building of smaller projector gadgets.
The tiny DLP Pico based projectors on display include the Samsung MBP200, Optoma Pico and also the new WowWee Cinemin. DLP Technology divides the products based on their miniature projection technology in Pico Projection media player, modular Pico Projectors, and Notebook companions. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:40:10 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Your Apple MacBook Pro might be affected by faulty NVIDIA Chips

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Apple issued a support message for Apple MacBook Pro regarding potential distorted video issues related to faulty NVIDIA graphics chips.
Apparently NVIDIA told Apple in Summer that MacBook Pro notebooks are not affected by the faulty chips they reportored. Apple's investigation shows now that there are some MacBook Pro notebooks out there that have issues stemming from faulty GeForce 8600M GT graphics processors. Read more

Posted on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:45:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA MCP79 Chipset at the Center of new Apple MacBooks rumored

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The rumor that NVIDIA chips will be used in the new Apple MacBoooks Apple will announce next Tuesday has been hinted at since July. Last week the NVIDIA MacBook rumor has been renewed and now got more specific. PC Perspective claims that Apple is using the NVIDIA MCP79 Chipset.
The integrated graphics chipset would deliver new levels of power savings and outperform the integrated Intel graphics solution. Read more

Posted on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:50:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple MacBook with NVIDIA Chips Rumor renewed

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The rumor that the new MacBooks Apple is supposed to announce on October 14th will have NVIDIA chipsets has been renewed by TUAW. Back in July we reported already about the NVIDIA MacBook rumor.
According to TUAW new MacBooks have been shown around at the NVIDIA offices.
It is still unclear what NVIDIA chips Apple would be using in the new MacBooks. Read more

Posted on Sun, 5 Oct 2008 10:38:52 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Qualcomm Dual-core Chipset Powers T-Mobile G1

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Qualcomm has announced that its dual-core MSM7201A chipset is powering the G1 from T-Mobile; the first Google Android powered mobile phone. The chipset features built-in 3D graphics, multi mode 3G support and more.

The phones 3MP camera sensor can scan barcodes for applications that support barcode reading. The chipset also supports GPS for location-based services and more. Qualcomm says it is also working with other OEMs to build other Android powered devices. Read more

Posted on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:54:23 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Wavecom Announces WMP120 ATEX GSM/GPRS Chip

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Wavecom announced today the first ATEX approved GSM/GPRS wireless microprocessor. The CPU is intended to enable wireless machine-to-machine communication. ATEX (Atmosphere Explosive) is a European Directive for products that will be used in environments where there is a risk of explosion from gas or volatile chemicals.

The processor is intended to be used in gas meters and metering gateways. The device can work with ZigBee, RF, PLC, and GSM/GPRS communication protocols. The processor is certified for use in ATEX equipment category 1 and 3 in zones 0,1, and 2. Read more

Posted on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:42:45 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

AMD 790GX Chipset announced

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AMD today announced the availability of their new performance desktop platform, the AMD 790GX. The AMD 790GX integrates advanced performance tuning for AMD Phenom processors, plus the ATI Radeon HD 3300 graphics, which AMD calls the world’s fastest motherboard graphics processor (mGPU).
AMD 790GX chipset shows significant increases in AMD Phenom processor performance via the introduction of Advanced Clock Calibration technology. Versatile graphics options include ATI Hybrid CrossFireX technology, which pairs the on-board ATI Radeon HD 3300 graphics with a discrete graphics card from either of the ATI Radeon HD 3400 series or ATI Radeon HD 2400 series graphics cards; or ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU technology, to enable multiple discrete graphics cards to work together to satisfy gamers demanding the best in 3D performance at maximum display resolution. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:37:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA not quitting Chipset Business

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NVIDIA has reacted to a report from Digitimes about the company getting out of the chipset business. Today Digitimes reports that NVIDIA issued a statement saying that they are not stopping to make chipsets.

NIVIDIA says that their motherboard chipset business is healthy and the are planning new chipsets for the AMD and Intel based motherboards. Read more

Posted on Mon, 4 Aug 2008 06:07:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA to get out of Chipset Business?

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Digitimes reports that NVIDIA has supposedly decided to stop making chipsets.

Update:
NVIDIA not quitting Chipset Business.

Apparently the nForce chipsets do not get enough demand from motherboard makers.
If NVIDIA is not making the chipsets for the SLI functionality needed on motherboards for their high-end cards needs to be enabled through chipsets made by other manufacturers. Read more

Posted on Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:02:15 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr