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If you are one of those computer enthusiasts that go on tailoring their own desktop or portable computer systems, then you are probably on the look-out for any new technology or product that can make your machines stand from the crowd. Ranging from the latest in computing performance to internal lighting, cooling sy... |
7 October 2008
09:14 GMT |
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Today, ARM announced the ARM PrimeCell low-power DDR2 (LPDDR2) dynamic memory controller, designed to provide a high-performance interface to LPDDR2 memory systems that can deliver twice the bandwidth of previous-generation LPDDR memory systems. The new controller, PL342, has been built to extend ARM's existing ... |
7 October 2008
06:58 GMT |
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Elpida, one of the leading suppliers of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), has announced today that it has developed a shrunken version of its 1GB DDR2 SDRAM. This will deliver 20% more chips from a single 300mm wafer, while volume production is expected to begin before the end of this year. The company has re... |
6 October 2008
06:31 GMT |
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After yesterday's news of Corsair planning to release its first triple-channel DDR3 memory kits, it looks like A-Data stepped ahead of the game in being the first to announce the Core i7-ready triple-channel DDR3 kits, with almost 5-6 weeks before Intel is expected to officially unveil its next-generation deskt... |
3 October 2008
09:03 GMT |
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As we are getting close to the release of Intel's next generation Core i7 processors, more details on the new computing platform are surfacing. By this time, we already know how some of Intel's Core i7 chips will look like, as well as a couple of new designs for the upcoming X58-enabled motherboards. Howeve... |
2 October 2008
10:43 GMT |
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When it comes to choosing your favorite memory modules maker, Buffalo might not turn out to be your first choice. Be that as it may, it does not mean that the company doesn’t deserve credit for having announced the very first DDR3 memory modules to operate at speeds of 2.4GHz. The newly introduced product is st... |
26 September 2008
06:38 GMT |
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As studies point out, alcohol has been with us since late Stone Age (judging by the discovery of beer jugs dated 10.000 BC). It may have even been invented before bread. Still, it is the subject of many disputes and the stated cause of many wrongdoings. Some claim it's a medicine, while others point out its nega... |
10 September 2008
07:18 GMT |
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Human memory has been previously tested, but not to the extent of this experiment developed and performed by people from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). They managed to prove that the 14 people involved in the test were able to remember specific details about almost 3.000 pictures they were presented. &n... |
9 September 2008
10:16 GMT |
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Patriot Memory, a global provider of memory modules and flash memory solutions, has recently announced two new 4GB DDR2 memory kits designed for computer enthusiasts. After introducing its latest DDR3 memory modules for high-end desktop systems, the company has decided to extend its Viper series of products, with th... |
8 September 2008
06:11 GMT |
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Samsung Electronics, one of the largest manufacturers of consumer electronics, is planning to acquire SanDisk, a leading maker of flash memory card products. In an interview with Reuters and cited by the online newspaper eDaily, a representative for the South Korea-based company confirmed that Samsung was considering... |
5 September 2008
08:58 GMT |
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DDR3 is not too far from becoming the next memory standard in the computing market, and from being integrated in upcoming computer systems, especially since both Intel and AMD are expected to release their next-generation processors, coming with native support for DDR3, soon. This is probably why several memory manuf... |
5 September 2008
05:59 GMT |
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Windows Memory Diagnostic is a free utility available for download from Microsoft designed to sniff out flaws in a machine's RAM modules. The fact is that the source of the now ubiquitous blue screen is not always Windows, or any piece of code for that matter. The fault could just as well reside in sys... |
28 August 2008
12:51 GMT |
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As previously mentioned, yesterday was the last day of Intel's Developer Forum event, which has held in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. During the three-day conference, the Santa Clara-based leading chip maker released a number of details on its in-development projects, while also demoing a couple of the so... |
22 August 2008
04:20 GMT |
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Cooling is one of the most significant aspects of any hardware component, which is why countless companies are always ready to provide us with products designed to keep the computer temperatures within optimum range. From time to time, one of these aforementioned companies comes out with a rather interesting and uniq... |
5 August 2008
05:31 GMT |
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It's not easy to concentrate after a long sleepless night, everybody knows that. It has been scientifically proven more than once that sleep deprivation actually decreases the activity of the brain, while after having slept, it reaches its highest levels. Washington University School of Medicine researchers have... |
1 August 2008
10:48 GMT |
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Individuals who have been through a traumatic event often tend to associate certain signals coming from the environment with the occurrence of the bad experience. Such signals are able to trigger fear and even panic attacks, but luckily, the brain has the ability to turn off traumatic feelings related to the memory o... |
31 July 2008
03:37 GMT |
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Most computer enthusiasts have undoubtedly heard of the Fatal1ty-branded computer hardware products, since they are mostly advertised as being exactly what a high-end gamer needs in order to become the best of the best. Well, it looks like the Fatal1ty family has just received a new addition, this time around OCZ bei... |
22 July 2008
04:16 GMT |
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Forget about transistor based flash memories, say researchers working for the flash memory chip maker Numonyx; future ultrahigh-capacity solid state information storage devices are most likely to be made out of the same materials used to manufacture CDs and DVDs. It may be just a matter of time before nonvolatile mem... |
16 July 2008
10:11 GMT |
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Here is a business plan that some might consider twice before putting into practice: create a company that can obtain numerous technology patents and license technologies for which it has no production facilities to work on. Said company will then engage in a number of lawsuits that will be quickly settled through a ... |
11 July 2008
05:16 GMT |
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As most of you already know by now, AMD is the first graphics card manufacturer to introduce a GDDR5-enabled card. However, the one thing that might have gone by unknown in this is that AMD succeeded this by partnering with memory chip maker Qimonda, which, back in May, announced that it had started shipping GDDR5 me... |
10 July 2008
06:36 GMT |
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This Tuesday, Toshiba and SanDisk signed an agreement according to which the companies would be teaming up to develop and manufacture 3D memory. The news was largely overlooked as all eyes in the hardware industry were drawn to NVIDIA's official release of its latest GT200 series of graphics cards. But, thanks t... |
20 June 2008
06:10 GMT |
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Some of the attendants at this year's Computex trade show in Taipei have been able to identify a new product over at OCZ's booth, of whose existence no one had been aware until that moment. The product in question was actually a Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel-branded memory module, and users will be ... |
19 June 2008
10:15 GMT |
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Most of you have probably heard about Kingston, whether you're using their USB Flash Drives or their memory modules. However, there's a lot more to be said about this company, since chances are that the firm's components are the driving force behind your A-brand desktop or notebook PC. And this is not ... |
18 June 2008
10:16 GMT |
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Advanced computer simulations carried out by Colin Lambert of the Lancaster University resulted recently in the design of world's smallest turbine, a device consisting of a 10 nanometer long and 1 nanometer across carbon nanotube housed inside two other wider nanotubes (see image). As electric current is pumped ... |
11 June 2008
09:18 GMT |
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As we all know the microprocessor is the 'brain' of the modern digital computer, but have you ever wondered how a piece of silicon manages to process information so accurately and at such a high speed rate? The answer lies behind the basic building blocks of the processor, the logic gates, and a special typ... |
10 June 2008
09:03 GMT |
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As it turns out it really pays to be stupid. Well, at least for flies it does. A study carried out by a team of researchers from a Swiss university revealed that dumber flies live much longer than their geeky cousins. According to the results of the study revealed today by Tadeusz Kwackei and Joep Burger at the Unive... |
4 June 2008
08:39 GMT |
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The parts of the brain affected by long-term, heavy cannabis use are those where memory and the regulation of emotion functions reside. High resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the brain of 15 men who have been smoking at least five joints per day for periods of time at least 10 years long compared to that of pe... |
3 June 2008
08:35 GMT |
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As opposed to other cephalopods, the Chambered Nautilus has a relatively small brain and according to a new experiment it may have a simple memory as well, just enough to remember a particular event that took place several hours back, such as a flash of light that is associated with food."We were quite surprised to s... |
2 June 2008
11:17 GMT |
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Flash memories are solid state electronic devices with random access memory capabilities used for fast digital information storage. They are used in a wide range of applications, such as storing BIOS routines in typical digital computers, as medium capacity hard drives for digital cameras or as memory cards for lapto... |
31 May 2008
05:55 GMT |
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Super Talent Technology, one of the leading manufacturers of flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, has announced yesterday the immediate availability of DDR3 memory SO-DIMMs. As most of you know, SO-DIMMs are memory modules used for portable computers such as notebooks and laptops. The introduction of DDR3... |
28 May 2008
07:06 GMT |
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As all the hardware fans among you know only very well, GeIL (or Golden Emperor International Limited, as the company's actually called) is one of the world's leading suppliers of various memory modules, designed especially for hardcore gamers, overclocking fans and technology enthusiasts who simply can... |
24 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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If you are wondering what AMD is prepping for its new R700 graphic cards, here's a piece of information you might find interesting. Qimonda, the memory manufacturer, has announced that it started shipping GDDR5 memory to AMD. The memory is supposed to be for the company's next generation graphic processors,... |
21 May 2008
11:03 GMT |
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Elpida, the company which was formally known as NEC Hitachi Memory, Inc. is not that big of a name on the consumer memory market. With all that, despite not being the biggest name in the industry, the company has registered a few considerable achievements over the past years. The latest, which was announced on May 15... |
19 May 2008
09:02 GMT |
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German memory specialist Qimonda has announced that it was ready to ramp up production of the next generation of memory chips in the GDDR5 family. The advent of the new solution is likely to spark another battle between AMD's graphics division and its arch-rival Nvidia, given the fact that GDDR5 memory will deli... |
12 May 2008
06:33 GMT |
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If you're planning to go on a diet and are contemplating cutting back on most of the delicious yet calorific dishes which delighted you at lunch time almost every day, wait until you hear what the latest studies in the effect of the mind on weight loss tell us. Apparently, thinking about food is not as bad as we... |
10 May 2008
07:00 GMT |
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Memory specialist Mushkin has just announced its latest memory offerings in the DDR2 and DDR3 families of products. The new memory modules are branded as Ascent XP and have been developed in collaboration with Celsia Technologies. The XP memory line-up is comprised of stand-alone modules and dual-channel kits. Accord... |
8 May 2008
08:48 GMT |
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Few people are in any way like Napoleon and that happens because on average our conscious mind, based on working memory, can juggle with a maximum of 3 to 4 items at a time, informs the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. Working memory is a temporary storage place for information, the data that ... |
30 April 2008
04:37 GMT |
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DRAM specialist Super Talent has just released another memory offering in the overclocking-class ProjectX family. The new DDR3 memory modules have been launched as DDR3-1800 4GB dual-channel kits, commercially known as W1800UX4GP.The ProjectX memory family is touted as being the most advanced DDR3 offering in the wor... |
24 April 2008
10:34 GMT |
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Teens may become hooked on cocaine and, once rehabilitated, relapse more rapidly than adults because their developing brains are more sensitive to drug-related cues. At least in the case of rats, this holds true. A new study carried out at McLean Hospital, the largest psychiatric facility at Harvard Medical School, a... |
22 April 2008
05:24 GMT |
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Overclocking specialist OCZ has just introduced its DDR3-based PC3-16000 Flex II Series of memory modules with enhanced cooling system for smooth and safe overclocking. According to the manufacturer, the premium memory modules run at blazing speeds of 2000 MHz and sport CL8-8-8 timings.Just like their DDR2-based sibl... |
18 April 2008
10:28 GMT |
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Have you ever noticed how as soon as you enter a computer shop the seller starts talking in some alien language, mentioning words such as 'L2 cache', '16 megabytes buffer' or 'virtual memory', but never has time to explain what those words really mean? If you have, then you're in th... |
18 April 2008
09:49 GMT |
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Corsair, well known for producing high performance computer and flash memory products, such as the memory stick you carry around in your pocket all day, has rolled out its new high-density Memory Line for Mac Pros. Huge demand from owners of Apple's desktop system for higher performance memory kits has prompted ... |
18 April 2008
03:55 GMT |
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Kingston Technology, who specializes in memory products, has recently released its 800MHz DDR2 fully-buffered dual-inline memory (FB-DIMM) "specifically designed and validated" for Apple's Mac Pro and Xserve servers. Kingston's 800MHz FB-DIMM memory kits are available immediately in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacit... |
14 April 2008
08:10 GMT |
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Memory manufacturer Super Talent has just released its 2GB DDR3-2000 Project X memory modules, touted as being the fastest products of this kind on the market. Although the new offering is delivered by one of the most important memory manufacturers on the market, pricing is surprisingly lower than compared to a no-n... |
14 April 2008
03:05 GMT |
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OCZ has just announced its Flex 2 series of memory modules, especially targeted at high-performance and enthusiast markets. The new products allow the company to surpass the speed barriers of the DDR2 memory and take gaming to a new level. The Flex 2 memory runs at a dazzling speed of 1150 MHz, a clock frequency that... |
11 April 2008
08:35 GMT |
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Typical computers today have two main components interacting with each other dynamically in order to process data: the central processing unit and the memory core. The memory core of the computer relies mostly on magnetic components, while the central processing unit uses electrical signals to operate. Nonetheless, U... |
8 April 2008
06:44 GMT |
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Memory manufacturer Hynix Semiconductor has just revealed another memory chip targeted at mobile applications, with lower power requirements and faster data transfer rates. The company is currently placed second on the memory market, right after Samsung Electronics, and the new chips could bring Hynix increased marke... |
7 April 2008
17:06 GMT |
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The single-GPU graphics cards market has been progressing at a small pace during the last years, as the more and more intricate graphics chips are hard to design and manufacture. The advent of the dual-GPU solutions did nothing but take another approach at the existing problem, however they are more expensive and com... |
5 April 2008
04:47 GMT |
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He revived just in time. The man had been declared brain-dead four months ago, and his organs were on the verge of finding other users. Zach Dunlap, 21, of Frederick, was pronounced dead Nov. 19 at United Regional Healthcare System in Wichita Falls, Texas, after suffering an accident in an all-terrain vehicle. His fa... |
2 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Intel today announced that it has closed the transaction with memory specialist ST Microelectronics and investment firm Francisco Partners on the Numonyx flash memory joint venture. Numonyx is touted as a combination between ST Micro's NAND flash division and Intel's NOR flash business.According to memory m... |
31 March 2008
08:24 GMT |
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