21st December 2006 Archive

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• Intel to drive down Core 2 Quad price in Q2 07?

  Anti-AMD action

  Intel may be set to drive down the price of its Core 2 Quad Q6600 four-core processor in Q2 2007, reducing what it charges volume buyers for the chip by up to 37.7 per cent, industry moles have claimed. Intel has yet to announce the Q6600's launch price, but leaked information points to an entry price of $851, above the top- …

  Bits 'n' Chips 21 Dec 2006, 10:45

• AMD reportedly revising CPU performance ratings

  New numbering scheme for 'star' processors?

  Is AMD about to ditch or radically revise its relative-performance related processor number schemes? That's what some sources cited by a Far Eastern website claim, stating the chip maker will move to an alternative approach when it ships its 65nm quad-core chips mid-2007. As yet there's nothing whatsoever to corroborate the …

  Bits 'n' Chips 21 Dec 2006, 11:06

• Sapphire preps 'quad-CrossFire capable' dual-GPU board

  Two ATI Radeon X1950 Pros on a single card, anyone?

  Graphics card maker Sapphire is preparing to launch a board built around two CrossFire-connected AMD ATI Radeon X1950 Pro graphics chips. Called The Godfather, the board needs two power feeds and, as you'd expect, takes up two PCI Express slots but only one connector. Sapphire demo'd Godfather in the Far East today, according …

  Bits 'n' Chips 21 Dec 2006, 12:03

• HTC UMPC revealed on web

  Athena in all her glory

  HTC's eagerly anticipated entry into the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) market has made an early, unscheduled appearance on the web, adding weight to the company's own admission that it could release a UMPC-like product as early as 2007. The pictures shown here come courtesy of Polish-language website PDAclub, which presented them …

  Phones 21 Dec 2006, 12:07

• Creative ships stylish wireless earphones

  From iPod to you, by Bluetooth

  Already bought the one you love an iPod, Zune, Zen or somesuch? Want to know what to get 'em next? Ask Creative, and it'll suggest a pair of its new Bluetooth 'phones, among the least bulky wireless cans we've seen. The SE2300 set comprises the usual transmitter dongle, which plugs into any player's 3.5mm earphone socket, …

  Gadgets and Gizmos 21 Dec 2006, 12:33