26th September 2006 Archive

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Micron samples 1Gb DDR 3 chip

2Gb part coming early next year

US memory maker Micron today took the wraps of what it claimed is the world's first 1Gb DDR 3 chip well ahead of full-scale production of the part, which the company said will begin "early next year". In the same timeframe, Micron will sample a 2Gb chip, it added. The chip maker said the 78nm part will clock between 400MHz …

Bits 'n' Chips 26 Sep 2006, 00:08
Nokia dials up Express Music phone family?

Yoof-friendly design

Nokia is gearing up to launch a pair of music-centric mobile phones, according to a Russian handset retailer's website. The site's pictures of the products certainly tally with blurry photos of the devices that popped up on the web last month. According to Russian-language retail site Dixis, the Nokia 5300 Express Music …

Phones 26 Sep 2006, 00:50
Apple equips iMac with next-gen Wi-Fi?

Even more extreme AirPort Extreme

Do Apple's latest iMacs ship with an 802.11n Wi-Fi card? Photos of the Core 2 Duo-based all-in-one consumer computer certainly imply as much, but users will have to install and run Windows Vista to see it for themselves. That's what a MacRumors.com forum-poster did, and sent the site a photo of Vista's Device Manager showing …

Mac 26 Sep 2006, 01:18
Mobile gaming initiative gains OMA backing

Yet another attempt to standardise mobile gaming

The Mobile Gaming Initiative has gained backing from the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and formed a Game Services Working Group within the OMA to look at standards in mobile gaming. Nokia, Samsung, SK Telecom, Square-Enix, Symbian, Tao Group, and Texas Instruments have all signed up to the working group which will "define and …

Phones 26 Sep 2006, 11:42
Nokia to ship 8GB hard drive music phone by year's end

Updated Revamps N series handsets as Music Editions

Nokia today unveiled a version of its N91 mobile phone fitted with an 8GB hard drive. The handset was joined by Music Edition versions of a number of other N series devices, part of Nokia's plan to pitch the phone family as a viable alternative to Apple's iPod. All three Music Edition handsets - the N91, N73, N70 - all sync …

Phones 26 Sep 2006, 14:18
Nokia unwraps feature-filled N95 smart phone

Everything on board but the kitchen sink

Nokia has taken the wraps off its new top-of-the-range N series handset, attempting to wow buyers with the gadget's two-way slider mechanism, five megapixel camera, integrated GPS receiver and support for HSDPA-enabled 3G networks. The Finnish phone giant stressed the N95's role as the multi-blade knife of mobile phones: " …

Phones 26 Sep 2006, 14:36
Nokia opens up on N75 multimedia flipper

Music and video clamshell

In addition to the phones announced earlier today, Nokia also unveiled the N75 in New York. This S60 phone has front mounted music controls and an external 1.36 in (160 x 128 pixel) display which allows you to control your music playback without having to open the flip. The N75 will play back MP3, M4A, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA files …

Phones 26 Sep 2006, 16:01
Greenpeace wants Apple to clean up

What, they're not made of organic hemp?

Apple is a grubby polluter and isn't doing enough to change that, according to environmental pressure group Greenpeace. A new campaign comes on the back of a Greenpeace investigation into the contents and destination of hardware which ranked Apple below less hippyish brands like Dell and HP for environmental responsibility. …

Mac 26 Sep 2006, 16:38
Intel's Otellini accelerates performance-per-Watt plan

IDF First 45nm CPU designs to tape out next quarter

Intel will tape out its first 45nm microprocessor designs during Q4, company CEO Paul Otellini revealed today. That's the first step on the road to delivering a CPU that consumes a tenth of the power today's chips do. Otellini promised such a part a year ago. Today, he said it will arrive in 2008, two years earlier than forecast …

Bits 'n' Chips 26 Sep 2006, 17:42
Intel offers $1m for a Viiv-based Mac Mini killer

IDF Someone else can make sexy systems, surely?

Intel will pay whoever designs what it reckons is the world's coolest living room computer $1m. Apple's Mac Mini might be a candidate, but despite the appearance of VP Phil Schiller during CEO Paul Otellini's Intel Developer Forum - a first for the Mac maker - the contest is only open to Viiv-branded machines. They also have …

PCs 26 Sep 2006, 18:10
Intel goes public with quad-core roadmap

IDF Too hot for mobiles just yet

Intel's first mainstream quad-core processor will be branded Core 2 Quad, the company confirmed at its bi-annual developer forum today. The chip family will ship in Q1 2007 - at least two months after the first Intel quadie, a new Core 2 Extreme, debuts in November 2006. Quad-core Xeons - codenamed 'Clovertown' - will also …

Bits 'n' Chips 26 Sep 2006, 18:57
Intel fabs 80-core teraflop processor

IDF Proof of concept

Quad-core? Pah! Intel has produced an 80-core chip, the world's first programmable microprocessor with teraflop performance capabilities, the chip giant claimed today. It's not compatible with the x86 instruction set - it's a proof of concept part designed to show how a production processor might operate. The monster part …

Bits 'n' Chips 26 Sep 2006, 20:44
Intel names new chips after failed Israeli political party

IDF Bridge to controversy

Intel's tradition of issuing confusing and innocuous processor code-names has been derailed. Oh, the code-names are still confusing because of their quantity, but they've shifted from innocuous to loaded. Up to now, Intel has largely relied on small cities, rivers and mountains on the West Coast for its code-names. Customers …

Bits 'n' Chips 26 Sep 2006, 21:32
Sony ships first EV-DO Rev A equipped laptop

WAN, WLAN? Thank you, ma'am

Sony has begun pitching the first EV-DO Revision A-enabled notebook to Sprint customers, touting the machine's readiness for the carrier's soon-to-be-upgraded PowerVision network. The Vaio VGN-TXN10 sports a carbon-fibre chassis into which Sony has fitted an 11.1in XBrite display, an ultra-low voltage Core Solo single-core …

PCs 26 Sep 2006, 21:41