TSMC Sees Revenue Drop in August |
TSMC has just announced its August sales report which shows the company’s sequiential revenue increase over the last five months has come to an end.
Say Goodbye to Foxconn-branded Graphics Cards |
Will you miss Foxconn-branded graphics cards?
Almost three years after introducing its first branded graphics cards back in 2006, Foxconn has now decided to give up own-brand graphics card business.
NVIDIA Provides First OpenCL Visual Profiler for GPUs |
NVIDIA has just announced its first OpenCL Visual Profiler which provides developers precious info regarding performance bottlenecks in their OpenCL software.
The new profiler includes:
Sapphire Radeon HD 4750 Spotted for Sale in Mainland China |
AMD launched its first 40nm desktop GPU – Radeon HD 4770 back in April, but we’ve never seen the card available on the market here in mainland China due to TSMC’s 40nm yield issue. Interestingly, the shrinked version HD 4750 has recently hit stores.
XFX Enters Power Supply Market with 850W Black Edition |
XFX has now officially introduced its first power supply – 850W Black Edition, which was revealed back in May.
Asetek Rolls out LGA 1156 Ready Liquid Cooling System |
Asetek has just unveiled its LCLC liquid cooling system for Intel’s new Core i5 processor family, which consists of a single Intel mounting ring and back plate.
Motherboard Makers Pessimistic about New CPU Force from Japan |
We’ve already learned that seven Japanese chipmakers including Hitachi, Toshiba and Fujitsu are planning to develop a new CPU to challenge Intel’s domination, but the motherboard manufacturers are rather pessimistic about the future and opportunities.
Digitimes reports that Taiwanese motherboard makers hold uncertainties in terms of the total costs of R&D manpower and funding. The claim makes little sense as the aforementioned companies are doing quite well financially, and they’re backed by Japanese goverment. The project will have an initial capital of US$32-43 million.
ATI Radeon HD 5870 Caught on Camera |
The first images of ATI Radeon HD 5870 codenamed Cypress graphics cards have recently been posted at the Dutch site Tweakers. Cooled by a black turbo cooler, the card looks very plain, and unusually long, which means it might not fit into mainstream desktop systems.
Intel Delivers Lynnfield-based Xeons |
In addition to three Lynnfield processors for desktops, Intel has also unveiled six Lynnfield-based Xeon 3400 series processors.
TSMC to Produce Microprocessors for Sun Microsystems |
Though Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has suffered a bad reputation because of the 40nm yield issue, the Sun Microsystems will still contact the chipmaker to produce its upcoming processor codenamed Rainbow Falls.
EVGA Unleashes the Power of its P55 Motherboard Lineup |
EVGA has officially unveiled its all-line P55 motherboard, including P55 Classified 200, P55 FTW 200, P55 FTW, P55, P55LE, P55 Micro and P55 Micro LE.
EVGA P55 lineup specs (click to enlarge)
AMD Plans Three Mobile DirectX 11 GPUs |
AMD is reportedly preparing a mobile DirectX 11 GPU codenamed Broadway which should be the fastest mobile gamer and workstation card in DirectX 11 camp with a TDP of 30W to 60W.
Fujitsu Esprimo Q1500 Mini PC Packs Blu-ray and Core 2 Duo |
Fujitsu has recently shown off its latest addition to the Esprimo Q series, Q1500 at IFA trade show, which is expected to hit retail later this month.
GlacialTech Launches LGA 1156-compatible F101 CPU Cooler |
Showcased at ComputeX 2009, GlacialTech’s LGA1156-compatible F101 CPU Cooler has been made official today.
Intel G31 Chipset Shortage Getting Worse as Intel Cuts Shipment |
Supplies of Intel’s G31 IGP chipset are said to become tighter in the fourth quarter of 2009, as Intel plans to reduce the proportion of the chipsets in its total shipments from 50% to 25%, according to Digitimes.
