Shanghai United Optical Disc, with the support of the Chinese government, is set to launch its China High Definition DVD (CH-DVD or CBHD) disc format on 8th August 2008 in conjunction with the Beijing Olympics. This Chinese owned intellectual property ...
Intel Corporation will be unveiling a paper detailing the first ever “many-core” blueprint named “Larrabee.” Larrabee is a new approach to the software rendering 3-D pipeline, a ”many-core” programming model and performance analysis tool for several applications. Larrabee would be ...
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is developing processors with 12 cores which are targeted for release in the first half of 2010. This new plan has deviated from the original product vision of 8-core chips. The 12-core processor is code-named Magny-Cours. ...
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a low-power microchip which uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in active mode than similar chips now on the market. Named the Phoenix Processor, it is ...
Scientists at the University of Sydney have developed a switch that would allow the internet to become 60 times faster than current networks. Taking four years to complete, the switch is created using a small scratch on a piece of ...
VIA Technologies recently unveiled the EPIA PX5000EG Pico-ITX board, which features a 1-watt Eden ultra low power processor for embedded systems. According to VIA, the new board promises to improve power efficiency and could be suited for several applications, including ...
VIA recently launched a new Mini-ITX motherboard, named EPIA M700, which is based on an innovative VX800 chipset that enables the usage of dual-digital displays. The new board was designed to address the increasing demand for enhanced media playback across ...
Notebook PCs have become an almost must-have item for many people who prefer using them both indoors and outdoors instead of having both a desktop PC at home and a laptop PC. Many state-of-the-art notebook models were showcased by the ...
The gaming industry was very dominant at this year’s CeBIT exhibition. As this market continues to expand, companies are delivering new products at an unprecedented pace. Hardcore gamers demand extreme overclocking capabilities and the manufacturers are focusing on delivering “rock ...
A new kind of electronic-book reader has been making its way into the market. Based on the most recent electronic-paper technology from E Ink, it boasts an extremely fast page-flip speed and several unique features. But how does it compare ...