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Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep processors cool

Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep processors coolCustomer use patterns...Translated, "We didn't plan for customers to actually turn their notebooks on."What a crock!I think this article......uses "impacted" far too many times. The correct word is "affected".RE: Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Notebooks, Processors, processor, NVidia Corp., chip, notebook, defective notebook chip, Offers driver, notebook chip

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep processors cool

Updated: Nvidia said its fiscal second quarter revenue will fall well short of targets because of weak demand, pricing pressure from AMD's ATI and a faulty graphics processors on older notebook systems. In an SEC filing, the company said it is offering a driver that keeps fans running to relieve...

Tags: Processor, Notebook, NVidia Corp., Notebook Chip, Chip, GPU, MCP, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Intel launches 45 nanometer notebook chips

Intel on Monday launched its first Centrino chips based on its 45 nanometer manufacturing process. The lineup, unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show, features 16 processors. Intel has touted its 45 nm chips as a way to cut power consumption by increasing speed. Of...

Tags: Notebook, Notebook Chip, Intel Corp., Chip, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-07

AMD to deliver new notebook chip

AMD to deliver new notebook chipMost ANALyst and IT hacks ain't got a clueRe:"AMD's chips have found their biggest success in server and desktop computers, but many analysts say its mobile offerings lag those of Intel. "AMD has been stealing market share from Intel in ALL market segments including laptop....

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, Notebooks, notebook, notebook chip, Cell system, Apple Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2006-06-01

Intel spills beans on Yonah, the next notebook chip

Intel spills beans on Yonah, the next notebook chipWasn't Yonah swalloed by the whale in that old story?Intel's next chip is likely going to be based from the Pentium-M, a a quaint adapter made for older P4 boards (865/875 chipsets) can use the Pentium-M and run at speeds much more...

Tags: Processors, Network technology, Semiconductors, notebook chip, notebook, Intel Corp., Intel Pentium, Yonah, Intel Pentium M, 64-bit, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Pentium 4, chip

Discussion threads 2005-06-02

AMD pops out two notebook chips

AMD pops out two notebook chipsAMD continues to move forward...While the Satan has fallen and can't get up, AMD marches on with superior products that are and have been available now for better than a year. Unlike InHell, AMD doesn't have to "buy sales" to fool Wall Street. As has...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Semiconductors, Processors, Network technology, chip, notebook, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., notebook chip

Discussion threads 2004-07-18

Alviso advisory: Intel delays new notebook chip

Alviso advisory: Intel delays new notebook chipDanger Will Robinson!It is absolutely critical for Intel to execute well at this juncture. With IT spending on the rise, their revenue was flat from Q2 2003 to Q2 2004 -- meanwhile, AMD revenue doubled, indicating they are getting more of the economic...

Tags: Sales strategy, Semiconductors, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., new notebook chip, Intels, notebook chip, chip, notebook

Discussion threads 2004-07-16

Additional Resources

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Broadcom goes open source and hell freezes over

Does this mean...that Broadcom hardware drivers are going to be open source? Great. Just great. If you thought Broadcom network drivers suck bad now, just wait until they get released to the community...Fail to seewhat mechanism would make them "suck more"?If all that changes is that Broadcom...

Tags: Telephony, Linux Mint, Broadcom Corp., wireless card, open source

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

NVIDIA Inside?

When you think about it, it doesn't."When you think about it, it makes a lot of sense."Not really."ATI has the backing of chipmaker AMD"Frankly, I think it's safer to say that AMD has the backing of ATI, considering how much they were hurt by the Core 2 and never recovered."and...

Tags: Processors, NVidia Corp., CPU, Intel Corp., GPU

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Intel's third quarter powered by inventory builds, back-to-school demand; Outlook bright

Updated: Intel's third quarter earnings and revenue handily topped estimates and the company said it was "confident about our business prospects going forward." Intel added that its fourth quarter revenue would come in ahead of projections. Specifically, Intel on Tuesday reported net income of $1.9 billion, or...

Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Outlook, Intel Corp., Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-13

First Clarksfield reviews: Core i7 laptops look impressive

Since Intel unveiled its Core i7 quad-core mobile processors at IDF a couple weeks ago, several PC companies have announced mainstream and desktop replacement laptops using these Clarksfield chips. Many sites have reviewed the new platform--known as Calpella--in whitebox notebooks, but so far I haven't seen many reviews of real...

Tags: Game, Alienware, Nvidia GeForce, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Toshiba Qosmio, Clarksfield, Alienware M15x, Envy 15, Asus M60J, Studio 17, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?

The option you forgotMotherboard.The motherboard and sometimes specifically the chipset dictates what kind of each of the other components you can use. It also dictates options like onboard graphics.Each situation calls for a different answerAt least that's how it has been in my experience. For myself personally, however, storage...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, motherboard, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

DRAM error rates: Nightmare on DIMM street

A two-and-a-half year study of DRAM on 10s of thousands Google servers found DIMM error rates are hundreds to thousands of times higher than thought -- a mean of 3,751 correctable errors per DIMM per year. This is the world's first large-scale study of RAM errors in...

Tags: DRAM, Error, DIMM, Hardware Failure, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-10-04

SIA: Global chip sales showing sequential growth, hints of recovery

The latest efforts to "Go Green," along with the rise of netbook computers, helped boost global chip sales in August by 5 percent, compared to the previous month - a common way for companies to gauge their recession-recovery efforts. On a year-over-year basis, sales were down 16...

Tags: Recovery, Semiconductor Industry Association, Computer, Chip, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-02

Samsung Go netbook: Balanced, for a big bounty [review]

Samsung Go To NotebookIf the Management samsung meet to me ...I Want to ask .No ..No ..to go to notebook ,because the market of Notebook is full , Samsung must go to Peripheral or Gadget Notebook.That Big Market .http://www.business-news.co.tv/http://www.business-news.co.tv/http://www.business-news.co.tv/Too much praise for too littleWhy is the display be referred to...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, exterior, Samsung Go, netbook, notebook, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., big bounty

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Netbooks changing the PC game

The only one not getting it is AppleApple is the only one not seeing the market of Netbook form factor... I'll tell you this, many people with Macbooks (4.5 lbs) envy people with netbooks.Wait until Apple releases a "net tablet"no one will want a netbook after that. :)(The "iPad"?)I told...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, computer game, PC, game, netbook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Report: 1 in 5 portable computers shipped are netbooks

No choiceThe hardware to run PC and smartphone functionality just will inevitably get cheaper and cheaper. Makers of smart phone chips like Qualcomm and all the ARM mfgrs are also going to join the party and put further pressure on the Wintel heavy pc industry. Displays will continue to get...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Desktops, portable computer, netbook, ASUS, computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Your next PC .. next year and the year after!

Atom FutureIn the comming years, hardware will provide the means to have a real PC/entertainment system convergence.Today Home theater PC are not creadible because they are too expensive, and too voluminous. With the possibility to build system capable of Hi-Def video in the size of a 2.5" HDD, we...

Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, graphics, Cuda, NVidia Corp., Larrabee, notebook, PC

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Apricorn's 4 TB hard card: PCI RAID array pt. 1

The folks over at Apricorn - a 26 year old company in SoCal - sent me their new PCIe Drive Array to review. A new video capture card requires higher bandwidth storage - over 100 MB/s sustained - so the timing was good. You may recall the...

Tags: Card, Bandwidth, Disk, Apricorn, Video, PCI Express, Video Capture Card, MB/sec, PeDA, WD, Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro Video Capture Card, RAID, Corporate Communications, Storage, PCI, Hardware, Marketing, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-08-27