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NVIDIA Optimus Is Here

Softpedia News (Traian Teglet) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:21:00 GMT

Back in late 2008, Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA surprised everybody with the launch of a new product aimed specifically at the low-end netbook and nettop market. The NVIDIA ION was widely acclaimed as one of the outfit's most interesting products, as it basically enabled OEMs to create low-priced PCs that offered better graphics, compared with what Intel's Atom pl... (read more)

VTX3D Also Intros HD 5570 Graphics

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:45:00 GMT

TUL corporation has already released a rather large number of HD 5500 graphics cards through its PowerColor brand, but it seems that its VERTEX3D brand isn't going to be overlooked. VTX30 revealed that its product lineup had expanded with the addition of its ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card. Predictably, similar to all other releases, the card is described as ... (read more)

PowerColor-Branded HD 5500 Cards Debut

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:28:00 GMT

AMD has only just announced its ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics adapter and already its partners have started launching their respective versions. PowerColor, however, did not limit itself to only the “small” number of four HD 5570 models, but also chose to launch two HD 5550 cards. All devices feature DirectX 11 capabilities and consume less than ... (read more)

Flash-Drive Market Now in Color, Silicon Power Helios 101

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:59:00 GMT

Silicon Power already has an assortment of USB flash drives that end-users can choose from, such as the Touch, LuxMini, Ultima and Unique series. Aiming to complement these existing lines so that the company's offering can cover the complete range of USB flash drives, the Helios 101 comes with an “extraterrestrial aura feel” t... (read more)

ASUS Preps NVIDIA Optimus-Enabled Laptops

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:39:00 GMT

Even though NVIDIA still hasn't managed to launch even one DirectX 11 graphics card, the company aims to score big on the mobile PC market through its introduction of the Optimus Technology. Eager to be among the first to bring out products featuring this functionality, ASUS has proudly announced that, during the following months, its product lineup wil... (read more)

NVIDIA Intros Optimus Technology to Change Notebook Market

Softpedia News (Traian Teglet) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:01:02 GMT

Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA, one of the world's leading vendors of graphics processing units, announced today the launch of its new Optimus technology, a solution designed to provide consumers with a better performance and visual experience out of their notebooks. According to details of the new technology, Optimus-enabled note... (read more)

Seagate Trumpets Availability of Savvio 10K.4 HDD

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:52:00 GMT

While there have been a high number of products touted as the “world' [superlative]” by their creators, some of them actually stand out from the crowd through their genuine set of innovative and advanced features. Seagate seems to aim for such an impression by announcing the availability of its Savvio 10K.4 enterprise hard disk drive... (read more)

AMD Details the Fusion Llano APU

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:23:00 GMT

Advanced Micro Devices delayed the introduction of its Fusion accelerated processing units (APUs) in the past, but it seems that the current ETA set by the Sunnyvale, California-based company is going to be met. Until recently, however, details on the actual capabilities of the processors have been scarce, but AMD took advantage of its participation at the Solid... (read more)

Nook Finally Approaches Stores

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:43:00 GMT

The Nook e-reader from Barnes and Noble has been receiving orders for several months, but the bookstore found its ability to meet those orders severely outmatched by the unexpectedly strong demand. Currently, the device is only available for purchase online, but it seems that it will finally be making it into shops this week, which means that B&N is finally making... (read more)

Sapphire Also Rolls Out HD 5570 Cards

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:07:00 GMT

Now that Advanced Micro Devices launched yet another DirectX 11-capable graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 5570, hardware manufacturers are naturally following suite with their own devices. MSI has already launched its version and Sapphire is once again ready to match that offering with not one but two Radeon HD 5570 adapters. Low profile cards for the mainst... (read more)

Spire Intros HDD/SSD Enclosure, EZvault RFID

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:41:00 GMT

Hard-drive enclosures have been typically used to enable a hard disk or solid state drive to interface with the computer through a USB or eSATA port. Spire, however, has gone beyond offering this simple functionality and has come up with the EZvault RFID, whose RFID lock endows the enclosure with security features. The device can house hard drives or ... (read more)

MSI Launches Custom HD 5570

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Now that Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has released its ATI Radeon HD 5570, hardware manufacturers are already taking turns revealing their own customized versions of the card, as it always occurs when AMD, Intel or NVIDIA launches a new device. One company that already has its HD 5570 on hand is Micro-Star International (MSI). The manufacturer h... (read more)

Micron and Nanya Present 42nm DDR3

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:24:00 GMT

It seems that Samsung isn't the only company developing advanced DRAM technologies. Not long after it launched the 30nm DRAM, Micron and Nanya are presenting their own advancement in this field, namely the 42nm process technology that enables the creation of DRAM modules of up to 16GB. This 42nm process allows for the creation of DDR3 modules with a better per... (read more)

AMD Presents the ATI Radeon HD 5570

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:51:00 GMT

Continuing as the only graphics solution manufacturer with cards capable of DirectX 11 graphics, Advanced Micro Devices has officially introduced the low-profile ATI Radeon HD 5570. Part of the Sunnyvale, California-based company's plan to offer DirectX 11 cards for all market segments, this accelerator is meant as a solution for end-users on a budget that s... (read more)

Kingston Sees a Slight Increase in Revenues in 2009

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:14:00 GMT

2008 was a very bad year for the IT industry as a whole and companies were not exactly optimistic when 2009 came. However, thanks to the excellent marketing performance of netbooks, the advancements in flash memory and, especially, the evolution of green computing helped turn the situation around, so that 2008's situation was not repeated. Wit... (read more)

ASUS Readies Pine Trail All-in-One

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:50:00 GMT

All-in-one personal computers are not as popular as other types of systems, such as netbooks, notebooks or desktops, but there are scenarios where they are more suited than such systems because of their space efficiency. ASUS has been selling Eee Top all-in-ones for about a couple of years, but it has yet to release a model based on Pine Trail. This is set to... (read more)

AMD Aiming to Integrate GPUs in Mainstream Servers

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:49:00 GMT

According to Gina Longoria, director of the product management and workstation division at AMD, the future's mainstream servers may be built on a combination of GPUs and CPUs, considering that applications can benefit greatly from the thousands of GPU cores. Such a combination would permit such servers to run parallel applications. Some servers... (read more)

NEC Launches 70-Inch Commercial Display

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:17:00 GMT

Always paying heed to all the market possibilities, NEC has introduced yet another commercial-grade LCD display form the P Series. Measuring no less than 70 inches, the P701 comes as an addition to a line that already features the 40-inch P401 and the 46-inch P461. This display has a 15-percent larger screen surface than NEC's award-winning, 65-inch Multi... (read more)

Koolance Intros the CPU-360 Water Block

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:50:00 GMT

Most mainstream systems rely on a cooling solution made up of a heatsing, heatpipes and one or more fans to keep the insides of their systems cool. Still, there are configurations that, through their very nature, cannot be kept alive by such means. In overclocking and ultra high-end configurations, the only way to keep the CPU, GPU and overall system heat... (read more)

Intel Aims to Dominate the SSD Market

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:20:00 GMT

While most Intel-related news has been revolving around its future central processing units, the Santa Clara company is already known for more than being the largest maker of CPUs, as it also makes core-logic sets, graphics adapters and Wi-Fi controllers, among other types of processors. Currently, Intel also claims to be the biggest supplier in the US reta... (read more)

Mobile XDR Memory Architecture Unveiled by Rambus

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:52:00 GMT

Rambus has proudly unveiled its Mobile XDR architecture, which promises to yield mobile memory with a higher bandwidth at a lower power consumption. The technology is based on the innovations brought about by the Mobile Memory Initiative introduced last year. This architecture will supposedly enable a memory bandwidth of 4.3Gbps per pin, which m... (read more)

MSI's Big Bang Fuzion Finally Available

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:20:00 GMT

Using multiple graphics cards on the same PC configuration has not been a dream since NVIDIA and ATI introduced their respective multi-GPU technologies, SLI and CrossFire. Still, what has not, until now, been possible is the combination of multiple graphics adapters, regardless of model and manufacturer. Lucid set the stage for such configurations when it... (read more)

Club3D Readies Radeon HD 5850 Overclocked Edition

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:55:00 GMT

As always, the steady stream of new graphics cards is still going. After Advanced Micro Devices and its partners launched the various incarnations of the Radeon HD 5450 graphics adapter, hardware makers are now delivering on their other projects. Club3D, for instance, is putting the finishing touches on a new version of the Radeon HD 5850 graphi... (read more)

Netbook Market Set to Keep Growing

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:19:00 GMT

There is no longer any question that 2009 was a key year for the netbook market. In the wake of the economic recession, the market for these low-cost laptops kept growing because of their long battery life, broadband connectivity and low prices. The netbook vendors' total shipments for 2009 amounted to 30.2 million units worldwide, which shows a 79% annual glo... (read more)

MotKey USB Flash Drive Revealed by Active Media Products

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:50:00 GMT

There can never be too many USB flash-drive offerings, as users continually look for devices that combine functionality with aesthetics and performance. Manufacturers of storage units have been developing and releasing products that combine a powerful and reliable interior with a stylish exterior for quite a... (read more)

iTablet Debuts, Not an Apple Device

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:19:00 GMT

The iTablet was one of the several names that Apple fans believed would be the actual one of the Apple Tablet. Eventually, the device turned out to be called the iPad, but this does not seem to be the end of the iTablet. UK company X2 just announced the iTablet media slate, which aims to provide users with the functionality that ... (read more)

Listing Reveals Unannounced Asus Eee PC 1005PE-H

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:44:00 GMT

While the ASUS Eee PC 1005PE is already known, what has been, until recently, hidden is the fact that the company is planning on releasing an upgraded model of the netbook, with higher storage and memory capabilities while maintaining the same overall design. The netbook is dubbed Eee PC 1005PE-H and is being listed by fnac, a French online retai... (read more)

TDK to Make 2.5TB, 3.5-Inch Hard Drives

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:06:00 GMT

Since they were first invented, hard drives have steadily become faster, more reliable and more capacious, as well as more compact and efficient. This trend is visible in all areas of the IT industry, as all the technology is evolving into forms that are capable of higher performances at reduced costs. Currently, the areal density used in high-end, two-pla... (read more)

ThinkPad X201T Convertible from Lenovo Gets Listed

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:27:00 GMT

Once again ready to tackle the mobile-computing market, Lenovo has been working on a convertible tablet device that, despite not having been officially announced, is already beginning to poke its head out of hiding. The unit is known as the ThinkPad X201T and is set to be just one in the range of mobile products that the company is planning, if... (read more)

IBM Conducts First Graphene-Transistor Demonstration

Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:45:00 GMT

While silicon is the main material used today in computing, because of its high carrier mobility, IBM has been working on an alternative known as graphene. IBM recently announced a breakthrough in the development of graphene field-effect transistors (FETs) and has, even more recently, demonstrated a radio-frequency graphene transistor with a ... (read more)