AMD Board has posted the ULi M1697 Chipset Specification
M1697 is ULi's new generation super K8 PCI Express single chipset designed for high-performance PCI Express based PC systems. The PCI Express can provide higher transmission bandwidth and simplifies PC design at reduced system costs. M1697 supports the AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2 Processors including Socket 754, Socket 939 and Socket 940 CPUs. The speed of HyperTransport Bus to CPU can reach up to 2.0GT/sec. PCI Express for graphics offers 4GB/sec of peak bandwidth per direction for a x16 link and 8GB/sec concurrent bandwidth. It allows for the highest gaming performance and future digital home graphical user interface without increasing the pin cost for x16 connectors. AMDboard.com, the AMD specialist, is first to have the complete ULi chipset specification at
ULi M1697 Chipset Specification
Futurelooks shows you how to make some safer stock bets.
HEXUS posted up-close pictures and details of ATi's CrossFire.
AMD Board has posted news about the new mobile AMD Sempron Stepping
AMD announces a new E6 stepping for Mobile Sempron socket 754 62W and low-power AMD Sempron mobile (25W). The E6 stepping is pin-to-pin compatible with the D revision. With this revision, the processor ID is now changing from 10FC0h to 20FC2h and requires a BIOS update to be properly recognized. AMDboard.com has the news and the latest Mobile AMD Sempron OPN at
New mobile AMD Sempron Stepping
techPowerUp posted some information on ATI's new PCI-Express budget video card, the X550.
ATI X550 Info
Futurelooks takes a "Future Look" at some upcoming modes of cool transportation.
From AMDBoard:
Adding three motherboards to the growing list of dual-core ready AMD Opteron motherboards, Arima is now chasing Iwill and Tyan for the title of most prolific Opteron server motherboard supplier. For all those new mainboards, Arima chose the Broadcom Serverworks chipset duo HT-1000 and HT-2000 and this is the promise of an exciting battle to come against the powerful NVIDIA NFORCE PRO chosen by contenders Iwill and Tyan.To know more about those new boards visit AMDboard at:
Arima SW310 - Dual Core Ready Dual AMD Opteron
http://www.amdboard.com/arima_sw310.html
Arima SW300 - Dual Core Ready Dual AMD Opteron
http://www.amdboard.com/arima_sw300.html
Arima SW500 - Dual Core Ready Quad AMD Opteron
http://www.amdboard.com/arima_sw500.html
And see all AMD Opteron motherboards (including all Arima Designs) at:
http://www.amdboard.com/opteron_boards.html
The company says its new chips, which will sell at a premium price, will provide better performance and lower power consumption.
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Futurelooks send words that Groove Games announces Army Ranger: Mogadishu for PC
Dan's Data published issue 146 of their letters column
HEXUS got some pictures of IWill's remarkably small 4-Way Intel Xeon mainboard
The Tech Zone's final E3 2005 report takes a look at the E3 2005 - Nintendo Revolution & Gameboy Micro.
Futurelooks look at a few magazines
AMD Board reports that the IWILL H8502 8-Way AMD Opteron motherboard is dual-core ready
The Tech Zone takes a look at the Playstation 3 that Sony showed off at E3.
Speaking of controllers, what in the world was the Sony R&D team thinking?! The controller for the PS3 looks like a reject prototype from the Hip Gear collection of crappy videogame accessories. In my opinion, they really dropped the ball in the design department. I'm not declaring a final verdict because I haven't actually held the controller, but it just looks silly. The console isn't very impressive looking either. Why the convex shape? Do I really want my videogame console to look like a futuristic George Foreman grill??
E3 2005 - Sony Playstation 3
Storage company has been granted patent that it says it will use to boost DVD capacity by 40 to 100 times using nanotechnology.
Iomega aiming for 800GB DVDs
Pureoverclock.com reports that the G70, Nvidia next generation card will officially be known as the 7800.
bit-tech.net has posted a news item discussing some details from the recent J.P. Morgan technology conference, where NVIDIA's CFO, Marv Burkett, gave a 15 minute presentation discussing how business matters inside NVIDIA are flowing, including how well certain areas of the business are growing. The larger topics covered included the Playstation 3's GPU, RSX, and upcoming 90 nanometre products.
bit-tech.net has posted a news item from today's press conference held by ATI in London.
Quicken-maker enters crowded market for software that helps companies manage fixes to Microsoft's operating system.
Intuit launches Windows patch tool
Advanced Micro Devices will launch the first dual-core version of its Athlon 64 desktop processor at Taiwan's Computex trade show on May 31.
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Futurelooks gives you some tips for your weekend flying adventures
Everything USB send words that Addlogix has announced what seems to be the first USB SVGA port replicator with a 2-port KVM for notebooks.
bit-tech.net reports that NVIDIA's next-generation G70 GPU will support TurboCache at the high-end in the same manner as the Playstation 3.
OCW reports that Chaintech announced a board that support Dual Core K8 processor
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Everything USB has posted a news story on USB-IF's New USB FlashCard Format
The set of new enterprise patterns is intended to help make developers more productive and promote the reuse of code and other assets; they are integrated with tools to automate the development of enterprise applications.
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MajorGeeks is giving away a Sony PSP
With its first-generation prototypes performing well, the company forges ahead on dual-core designs for late 2006 and beyond.
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Issue 145 of Dan's Data letters column is online
Temporary plan is meant to reassure Hollywood that the current format battle will be resolved and that Blu-ray is the future.
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The words "quiet" and "small" usually aren't associated with desktop PCs, but a new desktop system from AOpen weighs less than many notebook PCs and promises to never drown out a movie or video game.
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Dan's Data has posted issue #44 of their I/O letters column
A France consumer agency has apparently persuaded two studios that digital-rights restrictions on their DVDs violate that country's regulations.
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Advanced Micro Devices CEO Hector Ruiz talks trends in chip technology and about fighting the good fight against Intel.
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Hynix Semiconductor, a South Korean maker of DRAM (dynamic RAM), has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $185 million fine for conspiring to fix prices in the multibillion-dollar DRAM market, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Thursday.
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Release includes three dual-core Opteron processors for servers, with three more server chips and a desktop line expected in the next two months.
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Chipmaker reports a 17 percent jump in revenue over the year-ago period, thanks in large part to sales of mobile chips.
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New version of browser aims to attract more first-time users, but can it match Firefox's pizazz?
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Everything USB has published two news stories about a USB Thumbdrive Flashlight and Sony's new Micro Vaults
Chipmaker inks three-year agreement to supply DreamWorks Animation with processors.
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The purchase of the multimedia software firm fits with Adobe's aim to extend its lead in the digital document market.
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HEXUS.net has posted their second article round-up from the CTS 2005
Thermaltake show off their shiny bits
Intel's first dual-core processor will be available Monday from PC vendors such as Dell, Alienware and a few others, an Intel spokeswoman said Friday.
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Elite Bastards posted the first Athlon64 X2 benchmarks
The Best Case Scenario has a new news article on a TBCS Custom Test Rig
HEXUS.net were at the UK's Computer Trade Show earlier this week and has posted a first round-up of articles from the event.
HEXUS has posted details of AMD's desktop dual core products.
The Tech Zone ask if we take the internet for granted?
Dan's Data has posted issue 144 of their letters column
