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Earlier news here ======================================= 01/08/03 - Secret of wafers and packaging Two great reports at X86-secret. The first one explains the wafer's making while the second, reveals the secret of chip's packaging. Both are loaded with pictures and draws that make the whole truly fascinating... Read wafer here and packaging here. Both are store here now ======================================= 01/08/03 - AMD, IBM to collaborate for future chips AMD and IBM have entered into an agreement to jointly develop chip-making technologies for use in future high-performance products. The new processes, developed by AMD and IBM, will be aimed at improving processor performance and reducing power consumption, and will be based on advanced structures and materials such as high-speed silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors, copper interconnects and improved "low-k dielectric" insulation. Read that here and visit SOI special here ======================================= 01/08/03 - Via to sample KT400A DigiTimes reports about the tricky dilemma Via is facing with the mass production of KT400A chipset. Spurred by SiS746FX' release Via faces the risk of abruptly shortening KT400's lifespan with successor's annoucement. Read more here and check again for KT400 vs. SiS746FX benchmarks at OCworkbench here ======================================= 01/08/03 - EPoX 8RDA+ nForce2 motherboard review Coming from New Zealand, the 8RDA+ is another good sample of OCNZ's Hans Chang's talent for clear and interesting reviews. Components pictures, BIOS photos, benchmarks versus six other boards, and we are more than informed of the board's little secrets: "We have no hesitation in giving the 8RDA+ our OCNZ Recommended Award, for its performance and overclocking features". So why delay? Read here and check for more 8RDA+ reviews and links at our Special page here ======================================= 01/08/03 - First SiS746FX motherboard review Chinese site Gzeazy has the opportunity to test the SiS reference board with SiS746FX chipset. It's here with a slow translation so be patient... ======================================= 01/08/03 - fußball sponsorship: It pays! We told you a while ago here that AMD was sponsoring Blackburns Rover soccer team and today we have the picture that shows the good sense of such investment. It comes from BBC via Yahoo! AMD board and it's here. More footy pictures are also here and here and... That's enough! ======================================= 01/08/03 - EPoX 8K5A2+ KT333 motherboard review After days of silence, EPoX is back with a modest one page review for the best seller KT333CE motherboard which looks perfectly fit for overclocking manipulations of any kind: "This is a great motherboard, with the v-core and memory voltage adjustments and the FSB adjustments in the bios. I am able to push the XP1600 agoia core processor to over 1800MHz". Read this here and have a quick look to our 8K5A2+ page here ======================================= 01/08/03 - MSI KT4V KT400 motherboard review The Hardware Reviewer has a quick but painful look to the MSI KT4V: "There are certainly other KT400 boards out there with better performance. But the most frustrating thing is not of these bad scores, but the fact that this system is not stable at all". Read the rest here and check for more enthusiastic reviews here ======================================= 01/08/03 - Opteron, Khepri, Newisys, Beachhead... Lots of new worlds we have to get acquainted with and the inquirer has decided to train us with no less than three good morning articles about AMD's Opteron distribution policy. Limited quantities, strict enforcement of the channel law, high price, and operation Beachhead are all there in Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 and if you don't have enough, the Opteron Special here will welcome you! ======================================= Older news here - Comments, suggestions, links here |
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