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17th April 2007 Archive

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  • IDF Intel intros top-gun gaming PC platform

    Chip colossus Intel looks set to create a Centrino-like platform for desktop gaming later this year when it brings 'Skulltrail' - a high-end gaming PC design - to market. Skulltrail is based around two of Intel's four-core Core 2 Extreme processor and connects them to up to four PCI Express graphics cards, some used for …

    PCs 17 Apr 2007, 06:24

  • Intel pulls up SoCs for TV appearance

    IDF Inside your (next) telly

    Chip giant Intel wants to get inside your TV. Today, it launched its first system-on-a-chip product - its first since the ill-fated 'Timna' - but this one aimed at tellies and set-top boxes. The product's called the CE2110 and it combines a 1GHz ARM processor, chipset and a basic graphics engine. By combining the three on a …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Apr 2007, 06:36

  • Future PCs to integrate powerline Ethernet

    IDF HomePlug AV on board

    How is a home computer going to connect to the internet in 2008? Intel has been keen to tout the as-yet-non-standard 802.11n as the future of wireless connectivity, but it's now factoring in powerline Ethernet too. It plans to integrated the HomePlug AV 200Mbps powerline standard into next year's desktop designs. The feature …

    Networking and Wireless 17 Apr 2007, 08:01

  • Intel pushes next-gen Centrino at compact desktops

    IDF Not just a mobile product, you know

    Intel formally offered up its upcoming 'Santa Rosa' Centrino laptop platform as the basis for future small form-factor systems. Intel has been pitching Santa Rosa as a foundation for SFF PCs for over a year now, touting the platform's key mobile-friendly feature - low power consumption - as an enabler for compact, fixed- …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Apr 2007, 08:28

  • Those 'Penryn' details in full

    IDF What Intel said (again) at IDF

    'Penryn', Intel's upcoming die-shrink-plus Core 2 processor architecture, may have been high on the chip maker's agenda at its Developer Forum this week, but it said nothing new about the technology. Need a refresher? Here's what Register Hardware knows about the 45nm CPU... Intel 45nm CPUs to clock above 3GHz Upcoming Core …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Apr 2007, 08:46

  • Intel picks VIA's Mini ITX for cut-price PC mobo

    IDF Target is emerging markets, not case-modders

    Intel has indeed thrown its weight behind rival chip maker VIA's Mini ITX motherboard form-factor, as reported back in January, though the bigger company wasn't exactly going out of its way to reveal its new compact mobo's origins. Intel's entry into the Mini ITX arena is the Desktop Board D201GLY, which it's pitching at …

    PCs 17 Apr 2007, 10:53

  • Intel confirms programmable, multi-core chip

    IDF Larrabee vs GPGPUs: it's war

    Intel claims to have ended the GPGPU era before it even started with the revelation of a new multi-core processor design called Larrabee. At the Intel Developer Forum today, Intel server chip chief Pat Gelsinger confirmed the long rumored processor. He described Larrabee as a multi-core, programmable part that will use a …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Apr 2007, 11:22

  • Intel gives up on super-charged 'Gesher'

    IDF Call me 'Sandy Bridge'

    El Reg has forced Intel into another awkward chip name change, the company confirmed today. 'Gesher', its next-gen 32nm microarchitecture, is no more. Intel first talked up Gesher during last September's IDF (Intel Developer Forum), using the name to describe an upcoming 32nm processor that will use a fresh microarchitecture …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Apr 2007, 11:52

  • DXG dishes out 5Mp camcorder with games

    Computer games on your camcorder? That's just crazy

    California-based DXG has launched a new ultra-compact digital camera/camcorder that doubles as a portable entertainment centre. The DXG-589V features a 3in LCD Screen that rotates to a Gameboy-style shape for playing 20 built-in video games. The DXG-589V features a digital camera (up to 10 megapixels) and VGA camcorder ( …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 17 Apr 2007, 13:07

  • MSI NX8600GTS graphics card

    Review Surname T2D256E-HD-OC, in case you were wondering

    Nvidia stole a march on ATi when it launched the DirectX 10 GeForce 8800 GTS and GTX chips back in October 2006. Even though the G80/8800 was a powerhouse of a chip we wondered who exactly would spend the thick end of £400 on a single graphics card or £800 on a pair of the things in SLI. While the performance of 8800 was …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Apr 2007, 13:13

  • Pentax Optio E30 compact digital camera

    Review 7-megapixel camera for less than £100. Yes, less...

    With the release of the Optio E30 camera, Pentax has provided consumers with high resolution at a small cost. It might be packing the ability to capture seven-megapixel images, but you can snap up this snapper for less than £100. Even though Pentax has packed in the extra resolution, the company hasn’t felt the need to go …

    Cameras 17 Apr 2007, 16:18