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1st December 2006 Archive

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  • AMD demos four-core Opteron

    Going native in Barcelona

    AMD has demo'd its upcoming quad-core Opteron server processor, a few days after launching the gamer-oriented Quad FX, which despite its name is a dual-core part. The CPU, codenamed 'Barcelona', was announced in October this year at the Fall Processor Forum. Then, AMD said the chip would incorporate a doubling of the width of …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Dec 2006, 10:31

  • Nvidia warned off releasing integrated Intel chipsets early

    Wait a couple of quarters, analyst suggests

    Nvidia is near to launching low-end integrated chipsets for systems based on Intel processors, a US analyst has alleged. However, the company was warned that a near-term release would be "premature" - if Nvidia wants to avoid degrading its gross margins. The claim comes from Pacific Growth Equities analyst Satya Chillara in a …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Dec 2006, 10:55

  • US DoJ probes GPU biz antitrust allegations

    AMD subpoenaed

    The US Department of Justice is investigating claims of anti-trust activity in the graphics chip and add-in card markets, it has emerged. AMD yesterday said it had been subpoena'd by the DoJ as a result of its acquisition of ATI. The chip maker stressed the DoJ has not made any specific allegations against it or against ATI. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Dec 2006, 11:17

  • Quanta preps Apollo PDA phone for O2

    US regulator spills beans

    Mobile phone network O2 is preparing what appears to be a mid-range Windows Mobile 5.0-based PDA phone, made not by its new XDA partner, Asus, but by Quanta. Apollo's specification, revealed in documents submitted to the US Federal Communications Commission, centres on a 2.7in, 240 x 320, 262,144-colour display - though it' …

    Phones 1 Dec 2006, 11:50

  • Sony management shuffle dooms PlayStation 4?

    Hirai promotion signals shift to software, analyst claims

    Sony's move to promote Kaz Hirai, yesterday head of the US wing of the company's Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) division but now President and COO of the global SCE operation, means the consumer electronics giant may never produce a PlayStation 4 console. So claimed Nomura analyst Yuta Sakurai in a Financial Times report …

    Consoles 1 Dec 2006, 12:21

  • Apple: the Conservative Party of tech

    Big print computing

    Despite its carefully spun marketing conceit that it's the tech brand of choice of the young and groovy, Apple's strongest market is among pensioners according to research. Almost half of Apple's base is 55 and over, said analysts at MetaFacts. That's almost double the proportion of older users who bat for the IBM-compatible …

    Mac 1 Dec 2006, 15:23

  • SanDisk 4GB SDHC memory card

    Review High capacity, low speed?

    The organisation that oversees the SD memory card standard announced the SD High Capacity (SDHC) format back in January, but it's taken the best part of eleven months for cards based on the specification to make it to market. There have been a fair few announcements of SDHC products, particularly in Japan, but the first to …

    Storage 1 Dec 2006, 16:50