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Bluetooth SIG Forms Sports and Fitness Working Group

Looks like the Bluetooth Special Interest Group is taking a special interest in the physical fitness of all the people around the world, or at least those who own Bluetooth devices. Right to the point, Bluetooth SIG has formed a new group that will be tasked with finding means to enhance interoperability of wearable...

10 February 2012
10:57 GMT

PCI Express 4.0 Runs at 16 GT/s, Twice as Good as PCI Express 3.0

There is a certain phrase roaming the web called “awesome but impractical” and this may very well be the epithet best suited for the newly announced PCI Express 4.0 specification. Normally, any leap in a certain technology would be welcomed with open arms but, in the case of PCI Express 4.0, it might be...

30 November 2011
16:31 GMT

HDMI Founders Step Up Development of the Specification

The HDMI interface is basically a default element of PCs and displays nowadays, so HDMI Licensing, LLC decided to create the HDMI Forum, Inc. organization, to broaden industry participation. The purpose of HDMI Forum, Inc. is to take up the task of developing the HDMI specification further. It is also meant to get...

26 October 2011
20:11 GMT

New DDR3 Specification Released

The DDR4 memory specification may be the favorite pet project of JEDEC right now, but the standard-setting organization is, naturally, working on other things as well, such as updates to the existing DDR3 standard, one of which has just been completed. With the diversifications of consumer electronics, and the wi...

6 September 2011
02:31 GMT

Digital Signage Specification Finalized by Intel

Though digital signage products have existed for a while, it seems that only now has the actual specification for them been completed, developed by Intel and dubbed The Open Pluggable Specification (OPS). Digital signage refers to a form of communication that relies on pluggable media players and digital display scr...

9 October 2010
05:07 GMT

PCI Express 3.0 Specification Bound for November

Apparently, the current PCI Express specification is no longer enough for the PCI special interest group (PCI SIG), who have been diligently working on the new specification, version 3.0 to be exact, set to debut two months from now.Earlier this year, the organization said it would start testing prototypes of PCI Ex...

17 September 2010
10:58 GMT

Khronos Group Releases OpenGL 4.1 Specification

Advanced Micro Devices only yesterday finalized the OpenGL ES 2.0 driver and already the Khronos Group has announced that it completed the new update to the OpenGL specification. The Architecture Review Board (ARB) implemented the GSLS 4.10 update to the OpenGL Shading language and a number of extensions that add cut...

27 July 2010
03:26 GMT

CompactFlash CF5.1 Specification Detailed

Though SDHC and SDXC cards are prominent on the market for small form factor storage devices, CompactFlash cards have actually become quite popular, and even preferred in some instances. Such cards are well thought of because they actually read and write data at very high speeds compared to competing solutions. The ...

13 July 2010
04:40 GMT

PCI Express 3.0 to Be Announced on June 23

When it was first implemented, the PCI Express 2.0 specifications allowed for newer and much more powerful motherboards and graphics cards to be made. Still, as time moves on, technologies become outdated and unable to handle next-generation products. The PCI Express 2.0 can't really be said to have reached thi...

31 May 2010
05:23 GMT

W3C Releases Important Documents Related to HTML5

Taking baby steps, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has constantly kept web developers very excited regarding the cutting edge new standards for HTML 5 and CSS 3. While drafts have been constantly pouring from the organization, they were never more than bite-size pieces of the standard. A few days ago, the W3C rel...

9 March 2010
10:53 GMT

HDMI 1.4a Specification Official

It was only a matter of time before the 3D video format picked up speed and, now that it has, the industry is already putting effort into making it more and more accessible to all types of end-users. One of the latest developments in this area is the official introduction of the HDMI 1.4a specification, which adds a ...

5 March 2010
09:27 GMT

Blu-ray 3D Specification Completed by the Blu-ray Disk Association

The Blu-ray Disk Association is made up of the leading Hollywood studios, such as 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney and Warner Bros., and the great players in the consumer electronics industry, like Apple, Dell, HP, Intel, Samsung, Sony and others. The association has finally completed the “Blu-ray 3D” specif...

17 December 2009
09:07 GMT

WiGig Alliance Completes Wireless Specification, WiFi Accelerates to 7Gbps

The unified wireless specification announced today by the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) will allow WiFi connections to operate at speeds of 7Gbps, even while supporting backwards compatibility with existing WiFi devices. This development will enable the widespread use of the 60GHz wireless technology and will sup...

10 December 2009
10:54 GMT

Intel and The Low-Cost Blade Servers

Intel is known in the computer hardware business as a company that doesn't let any opportunity slip away. So, as the blade servers are gaining more popularity on the small business market, Intel is paying close attention to the trend and even plans to develop and launch a new line of server products. Until now, ...

30 July 2007
08:38 GMT


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