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Nvidia to Ramp Up Production of Fermi Graphics Cards Only in 2010.
Nvidia Admits Delays of Next-Gen Graphics Cards
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Intel Accused of Giving Dell $6 Billion for Exclusivity.
Intel Faces New Lawsuits from New York State
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Nvidia Hires Former Transmeta Engineers to Develop x86 Microprocessor – Analyst.
Nvidia and x86 CPU Rumours Resurrect as Nvidia Begins to Hire Engineers from Transmeta
Hardware News
Friday, November 6, 2009
- Microsoft Windows 7 Appears to Be More Popular in Retail than Vista Back in 2007. First Week Windows 7 Sales Surpass Sales of Windows Vista in First Week – Research Firm
- Elpida and ProMOS Sign “Technology-for-Capacity” Pact. Elpida to Outsource Production of DRAM to ProMOS
Thursday, November 5, 2009
- Nvidia to Ramp Up Production of Fermi Graphics Cards Only in 2010. Nvidia Admits Delays of Next-Gen Graphics Cards
- Dell Unleashes World’s Thinnest Notebook. Dell’s Adamo XPS Is Just 9.99mm Thick
- Nokia Buries N-Gage Completely, Admits Failure to Become a Maker of Game Consoles. Nokia Closes N-Gage Video Game Store, Has High Hopes for Ovi Store
- “Gordon” Supercomputer to Use Solid-State Drives. “Gordon”, “Dash” – First Supercomputers with SSDs Inside
- Kingston Teams Up with Paramount to Distribute Movies on Flash Cards. Kingston and Paramount to Deliver Movies on Flash Cards
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
- Netbook Market On Track for 35 Million Shipped Units in 2009 – Analysts. Netbooks Remain Popular, 35 Million to Be Shipped This Year
- Intel Accused of Giving Dell $6 Billion for Exclusivity. Intel Faces New Lawsuits from New York State
- Marvell and E-Ink Develop Platform for E-Book Readers. Platform for E-Books Incoming Right in Time for E-Book Market to Explode
- Chartered Shareholders Approve Acquisition by ATIC. Shareholders Approve Acquisition of Chartered by Globalfoundries’ Owner
- Super Talent Readies First USB 3.0 Flash Drives. Super Talent Announces December Availability for USB 3.0 RAIDDrives
- Intel Denies Larrabee Negotiations with Add-In-Card Makers. Intel Rejects Claims About Talks with Graphics Cards Makers
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
- Western Digital Unveils Its First Serial Attached SCSI Hard Drive. WD Releases S25 SAS Enterprise Hard Disk Drive
- Intel Initiates Larrabee Negotiations with Graphics Cards Manufacturers – Rumours. Intel Begins to Talk to Graphics Cards Makers About Larrabee
- Via Technologies Announces Nano 3000 Series of Microprocessors. Via Claims Its New Microprocessors Are 20% Faster than Predecessors
- Nvidia Hires Former Transmeta Engineers to Develop x86 Microprocessor – Analyst. Nvidia and x86 CPU Rumours Resurrect as Nvidia Begins to Hire Engineers from Transmeta
- EVGA Launches Dual-Chip Graphics Card with Dedicated GPU for Physics Processing. EVGA Releases GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Graphics Solution
- Ultra High-Definition Television Due in 2017 – 2022 Timeframe, Say Analysts. UHDTV with 7680x4320 Resolution Coming in the Next Decade
- AMD Sees Opportunities to Design, Produce Chips in the United Arab Emirates. AMD Eyes Dubai As a Chip Design Center, Chip Fab in Abu Dhabi – Possible in Future
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News Around the Web
Saturday, November 7, 2009
- Elgato DTT Deluxe world's smallest USB TV tuner. Reg Hardware
Friday, November 6, 2009
- Announcing TR's 10th anniversary giveaway. The Tech Report
- Microsoft preps critical security updates. TG daily
- Intel working on fix for latest SSD firmware issue. The Tech Report
- Apple plans iPhone lockdown. TG daily
- Nvidia lashes out at Intel with cartoons. The Tech Report
- Ashmolean in Oxford re-opens this weekend. TG daily
- Microsoft launches Halo Waypoint . TG daily
- 25 laziest cities in America unveiled. TG daily
- A slew of smartphones is on the way. the INQUIRER
- DFI readies P55 Mini-ITX motherboard. The Tech Report
- Dell Adamo XPS takes anorexic laptop crown. the INQUIRER
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