BBC News writes of a survey carried out by Jupiter Research that finds the majority of digital music users, such as MP3, store 1,000 or fewer songs on their PCs. So small 4GB players could make sense to a large…
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Infineon Technologies is spending $1 billion to expand its Richmond, Virginia memory manufacturing plant according to CNET News. The expansion will give it the capability to handle 300mm wafers which will increase output. Good thing as current memory trends, ie….
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AMD CEO Hector Ruiz believes Dell will begin selling AMD based machines due to market demands according to eWeek. Many companies are embracing AMD’s 64-bit CPUs but it might be wishful thinking on Hector’s part unless Dell’s competitors see huge…
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MegaGames makes some interesting observations when it comes to Pixel Shader 3.0 support in ATI and NVIDIA’s upcoming high end video chips. PS3 is a part of the DirectX which enables developers to add a bit more realism to textured…
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X-bit labs has the news of Intel’s short-term closure of its “Fab 12” chip manufacturing plant located in Chandler, Arizona in order to upgrade equipment. The plant will move up to handling 300mm wafers and will be able to create…
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Sun is receiving quite a bit of OEM attention for its Java Desktop System OS, which is built around Linux, according to PC World. It’s doubtful that it will hit any large market share numbers but its low pricing compared…
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Researchers at the Ventana Research Corporation have come up with a compound used in polishing the read-write heads of hard drives according to e4. What’s so special about this compound? Well the compound is biodegradeable and there may be uses…
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Toshiba has created a 2.5″ 100GB hard drive that’s capable of fitting into notebook computers according to InfoWorld. They’re building small batches for OEM customers initially with full production coming up later this year. ETA: Q3 2004…
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Researchers and colleagues at Stanford University think they’ve found the limit at which data can be written to magnetic disks according to Yahoo News. Fancy mathematics and particle accelerators, doesn’t get much better than this. Of course there isn’t much…
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Neoseeker attempts to explain what PCI Express is and just what to expect out of the new peripheral connection. One thing is for sure, it will mean a complete system upgrade for most people, although it shouldn’t be as tough…
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GamePC comes to the rescue with tips on how to setup your very own home theater PC, with suggestions on hardware and software combinations that should guide you on your purchases. An informative writeup with helpful tidbits on building a…
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