June 2004

by Rafael Hernandez on June 4, 2004 · 0 comments

OCWorkBench has strolled around the Computex show grounds this week and has a large number of product images in their Day 3 coverage. A ton of interesting stuff, but comanies really do need to cut down on all of the…

Read more Computex Day 3 Coverage

by Rafael Hernandez on June 4, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has the story on ServerWorks’ plans to develop a chipset for AMD’s Opteron processors. They design chipsets with features that cater to multiple processor servers and workstations which the Opteron line just happens to be able to function…

Read more ServerWorks AMD Chipset in the Works

by Rafael Hernandez on June 4, 2004 · 0 comments

BBC News has a story on the FTC’s planned proposal to overhaul the U.S. Patent system which has been severely abused over the past few years by people and companies patenting everything and anything, including things that have had blatantly…

Read more Patent Gold Rush Days Over?

by Rafael Hernandez on June 4, 2004 · 0 comments

Digital Photography Review writes of a new memory card from Pretec Electronics that is able to be written to at 18MB/s and read from at 22.5MB/s, generally speaking that’s blazing fast for flash memory. The 2GB card probably won’t come…

Read more New, Faster Flash Memory Card

by Rafael Hernandez on June 3, 2004 · 0 comments

ExplosiveLabs put together a comparative review between three small form factor Pentium 4 based PCs from Epox, Biostar, and FIC, each featuring the Intel i865 chipset. They do a good job of going over each SFF’s features and include a…

Read more SFF Roundup

by Rafael Hernandez on June 3, 2004 · 0 comments

HardwareZoom has a large number of photos from Day 1 at the Computex Trade Show which has been going on this week. There are a ton of innovative products coming out of the show this year but the most interesting…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 3, 2004 · 0 comments

PC Perspective had access to three AMD Athlon 64 (Socket 939) based motherboards from the likes of MSI, Asus, and a reference design by NVIDIA coupled with a beefy Athlon 64 FX-53 they’re sure to chew through tasks. This is…

Read more Socket 939 Motherboards Previewed

by Rafael Hernandez on June 3, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has been busy. This time around they have a review of the Abit KV8 Pro motherboard designed for the AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754-pin configuration. The board sports the latest VIA K8T800 Pro chipset and since it’s…

Read more The Last (Socket 754) Hurrah?

by Rafael Hernandez on June 3, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report managed to grab a few pictures and details of Shuttle’s upcoming “P-series” small form factor barebones PC. Overall it’s an interesting design with many improvements, especially in the cooling department, which could only be accomplished due to…

Read more Shuttle SFF Evolves

by Rafael Hernandez on June 2, 2004 · 0 comments

Clearwire Inc. is planning on rolling out wireless broadband service in medium sized cities across the U.S. and in Canada over the next few months according to CNN. This looks like it’ll be the first major roll-out of the “technology”…

Read more Wireless Broadband Making Some Moves

by Rafael Hernandez on June 2, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a small blurb on the possibility that AMD Athlon 64/Opteron based motherboard manufacturers would not be able to use the BTX form factor for its products. It appears to be due to the unique design of…

Read more No BTX for Athlon 64?