Intel Core i5 750 Gets Unboxed

 

Though the launch of the first high-end Lynnfield processors are due on September 6, the retail edition of Core i5-750 has popped up at Coolaler forum.

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Elpida Acquires GDDR Business from Qimonda

 

Elpida, the Japan-based supplier of DRAM, today announced that it reached an agreement with Qimonda, which is now in insolvency proceedings, to acquire Qimonda technology licenses and a portion of the design assets related to Graphics Double Data Rate (GDDR).

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Samsung N510 Ion Netbook Listed in France

 

The Ion-powered Samsung N510 has been listed at the French etailer Pixmania, with a price tag of €499.

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NVIDIA Recorded A Net Loss of $105.3 Million in Q2 Fiscal Year 2010

 

NVIDIA today reported revenue of $776.5 million for second quarter of fiscal 2010 ended July 26, 2009, down 13% from $892.7 million a year earlier, and up 17% from the previous quarter.

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Toshiba Announces Shipment of 43nm SSDs to OEMs

 

Toshiba has today announced that Toshiba’s latest generation SSD based on 43nm MLC NAND-flash, and the company has started to shipped them to major PC OEMs.

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HIS Radeon HD 4890 iCooler x4 Detailed

 

HIS is preparing for the release of its first custom-cooled Radeon HD 4890, HD 4890 iCooler x4.

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GlobalFoundries’ Fab 3 Plan Revealed

 

GlobalFoundries, who has recently started to construct its Fab 2 in New York, will start to plan its third production factory – Fab 3 – according to Xbitlabs.

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Intel to Release Fix for Faulty NAND Flash Firmware This Week

 

Due to a firmware defect discovered in the first batch of Intel 34nm SSDs, Intel decided to halt the shipments until the problem is fixed. But Intel says the new firmware should be released by the end of this week.

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Exclusive: Get SLI for Your P45 Motherboard!

 

Special thanks to Firewings [CCG]

Intel X58 is the First and only non-NVIDIA chipset to get SLI technology, and the users of Intel X38/X48/P45 motherboards probably hate the fact that their hardware doesn’t support SLI. However, everything has changed now…

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PCI-Express 3.0 Specs Delayed until 2010

 

The PCI-Express 3.0 specification, which was initially expected to be ready by the end of this year, has been delayed to next year, says tcmagazine.

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Patriot Announces Viper II DDR2 Memory Kits with 3DMark Vantage

 

Patriot Memory has now announced the first Viper II series DDR2 memory kits with Futuremark 3DMark Vantage software.

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NZXT Offers Beta EVO Chassis for Budget Users

 

Following the success of Beta chassis, NZXT has announced another mid-tower case for budget users, Beta EVO.

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Kingston to Deliver 2133MHz HyperX DDR3 Memory Kit in September

 

Kingston today announces that it’s preparing mass production of HyperX DDR3 dual-channel 1.65V memory kits, and has successfully achieved 2133MHz speed at CL8 latencies.

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EVGA Intros Two Overclocked GeForce GTX295 CO-OP Models

 

EVGA has unveiled two new single-PCB GeForce GTX 295 graphics cards, which feature higher clocks and not much else.

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NVIDIA Debuts World’s First Interactive Ray Tracing Engine

 

NVIDIA has recently introduced the NVIDIA OptiX ray tracing engine, the world’s first interactive ray tracing engine to leverage the GPU.

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