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Posts Tagged ‘Intel’
ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX Wi-Fi
January 12th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineThis is probably the most powerful Mini-ITX platform today; built-in GeForce 9300, Core 2 Quad support, DDR2 800, HybridSLI, PCI Express 2.0 x16, SATA 3.0, 5.1 HD Audio, and Integrated 802.11b/g Wi-Fi.
The AMD Phenom II pwns
January 6th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineThe old AMD Phenom X4 was a bit of a let down because of inferior performance compared to Intel counterparts within the same price range. Thankfully, the Phenom II did it to the Phenom line similar to what Core 2 did to the original Core series. AMD is back in the zone!
The ION Platform from NVIDIA
December 18th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineNetbooks, UMPCs and ITX-based PCs are pretty fascinating because of cost and size. But the main problem with such affordable platforms is the lack of processing and rendering power. Hopefully with NVIDIA’s ION Platform, everything will change for compact followers.
Intel i7’s bug
December 2nd, 2008 - Tech & OnlineRemember the TLB error that flawed the first batches of AMD Phenom CPU’s? Well, it’s back and present in Intel’s latest chip.
We were told that Intel’s Nehalem, the CPU that we know as Core i7 has TLB. TLB, three letters that have destroyed the sales of Phenom and Opterons based on 65nm K10 cores, stands [...]
USB 3.0
November 27th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineIt’s all about speed, baby!
USB 3.0 will support data rates as high as 5.0 Gb/sec—rendering the new standard 10 times faster than USB 2.0. Having already dubbed USB 2.0 as “Hi-Speed USB,” however, the group had to come up with a brand-new superlative for USB 3.0. After much discussion, they finally settled on “SuperSpeed USB” [...]
Jet engine-style cooling for your lappy
October 27th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineSomething to keep it down and cool:
Is your notebook getting too warm for your legs? Intel is actively trying to sooth the burns with its new cooling technology that closely resembles the way real jet engines are kept cool on the outside.
Cheap Machines
September 24th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineAbe just posted something about cheap PCs. With today’s prices, he was able to pack an AMD-based PC for only PHP10,792. This is a good alternative to the Intel Little Valley PC we posted months ago.
5 sci-fi techs that aren’t “sci-fi” anymore
August 25th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineWhen you watch sci-fi stuff, there’s always an “I want that!” or “wow!” reaction when you see something cool or hi-tech. Fortunately, some of these sci-fi techs aren’t that sci-fi anymore and can either be bought or procured or viewed at a museum or research center or something.
General Purpose GPU
July 11th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineBack in the days, I was satisfied with the lowly Intel 810, Nvidia RIVA TNT2, and S3 Savage4. These solutions were perfect for casual gaming and budget-constrained users. But now it seems high-end GeForce or Radeon cards, or even Quadro or FireGL; are common these days. Now, the Q is what if you’d like to [...]
IBM leads top 500 chart
June 19th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineIBM bagged the first three spots with their Roadrunner and BlueGene rigs. Sun Microsystems, Cray Inc., Silicon Graphics Inc. and Hewlett-Packard are also in.
With the publication of the latest edition of the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers today (Wednesday, June 18), the global high performance computing community has officially entered a new [...]
Next wave of machines
June 5th, 2008 - Business & Finance, Tech & OnlineTraditionally, computers become faster and more powerful as time goes by. The latest and greatest are expensive while predecessors get cheaper. Conversely, there’s a budding market for light-weight, low-cost and energy-efficient machines.
Intel Little Valley
May 30th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineIt’s called little, but it sports good performance. I was asked by my brother to build a cheap PC; and when we say cheap, we mean CHEAP. We looked at AMD’s Sempron and Intel’s Pentium Dual Core platforms. With today’s standards, the two can be considered low-end. But long story short, the two was too [...]
