chipsets
Hardware
Nvidia Confirms Intel’s Senseless USB 3.0 Delay Until 2011
3:19AM Mark Wilson | Bad news: Nvidia has confirmed Intel’s stance on USB 3.0 — no Intel chipsets will support the new standard until 2011. Short of Intel stating something different, USB 3.0 probably won’t hit mass consumption until then. Is there any hope? More »
Hardware
Nvidia’s Nforce Chipset Is Dead In The Water
12:29AM Matt Buchanan | I used an Nvidia Nforce-based motherboard in the first computer I ever built, so I’m a little sad to see that Nvidia’s freezing all development on their Nforce chipset because of licensing issues with Intel, primarily over whether or not Nvidia’s licence covers chipsets for Nehalem-based processors. Nvidia’s not developing new chipsets for AMD’s processors, either. Lame-o. [PC Mag]
Phones
Samsung Pushes Mobile Devices Forward With Processors, Cameras
3:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Samsung introduced a mess of new components for mobile devices that we’re likely to start seeing in early 2010, including a 5MP camera capable of taking 1080p video and a couple powerful yet efficient chipsets. More »
Music
Confirmed: Zune HD Rocks The Nvidia Tegra
7:15AM Dan Nosowitz | We were pretty confident before, but now we’ve got it straight from the horse’s podcast: The Zune HD will indeed pack the Nvidia Tegra chip, which should give it better battery life and enviable video acceleration. [ZuneInsider]
Music
Zune HD Packs Nvidia Tegra: Better Video and Better Battery Life
3:30PM Dan Nosowitz | If you were wondering how the Zune HD could pack in such iPod touch-beating smoothness into such a small size, we might have an answer for you: It’s packing Nvidia’s teeny, high-performance Tegra processor. More »
Hardware
Athlon II CPU Echoes the Glory Days as AMD’s First Cheap 45nm Chip
11:00AM Matt Buchanan | It’s not surprising right after its 40th birthday, AMD’s trying to recall the better days: The Athlon II X2 makes an official sequel out of the Athlon name for its cheap 45nm chip, starting at $US87. More »
Hardware
Apple Assembles Chip Design Team, Plans Custom iPhone Guts
7:02PM John Herrman | The WSJ reports that Apple is putting together an all-star chip design team, starting with the former CTO of AMD, to work on in-house units for mobile devices. Old habits die hard, I guess. More »
Hardware
NVidia’s Ion Netbook Platform First Appearing in a…Desktop
8:00AM Brian Lam | Although Ion was pitched as a fast netbook platform, its poor battery life makes it a better mini desktop. And that’s what it will first appear in. This confirms the suspicions of many. [electronista] More »
Hardware
Intel Big on 32nm Westmere Processors for Consumers in 2010
7:59AM Adrian Covert | At today’s San Francisco event, Intel mostly discussed what we know about the upcoming Westmere processor, but revealed they’re scrapping the next dual-core 45nm processors, in favour of 32nm Westmere chips in early 2010. More »
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