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Earlier news here ====================================== 03/25/03 - Mandrake Linux version 9.1 released The new Mandrake Linux is out and the number of new features is trully impressive: new simplified graphical installer, brand-new MandrakeGalaxy ergonomy, anti-aliased fonts in most apps, NTFS partition resizing, Apache 2, ACPI power-management, Zeroconf network support, WiFi support and, of course, full Opteron support as you might see in the features posted here ====================================== 03/25/03 - First Albatron nForce2 specifications It took Albatron a little bit longer than its peers to release a working nForce2 motherboard but, as Confucius would have said, it's better late than never. The board named KM18G-Pro in running on a nForce2-G (IGP+MCP) and has lot of interesting features as you may discover here ====================================== 03/25/03 - Faster chipsets coming The Barton with FSB at 400MHz is going to ignite a chipset war between nVidia, SiS and Via. As we know, chipset makers enjoys fat margins with Socket A chipset which stimulates their appetite as we can read in two reports respectively at DigiTimes here and ZDNet here ====================================== 03/25/03 - Gigabyte GA-7VAXP Ultra board review This is one very impressive board. The 7VAXP Ultra has everything you could ask for from USB and IEEE 1394 to FSB333 and stylish looks. It comes with a great bundle of accessories and utilities as well as Norton Antivirus. The board overclocks very well but is quite limited when it comes to overclocking settings like CPU frequency and voltage. TwistedMods is testing it here ====================================== 03/25/03 - Athlon XP 3000+ processor review The fastest x86 processor on earth is having its 37th and worst review at Active-Hardware here. The reviewer seems to have organized everything to enhance Intel's baby performances much further than anything we ever found in the 36 reviews we have here. The conclusion also, is a true masterpiece of neutrality and deserves the jury's mention: "it looks like AMD will have to content themselfs by eating the dust of Intel processors." ====================================== 03/25/03 - Barton & nForce2 FSB at 400MHz official! HardOCP has the scoop and it comes from official Abit USA forum where the following post leaves no doubt: "Those (NF7-S v2.0) just arrived in the warehouse. AFAIK, the only difference is that it uses the NVIDIA Crush 18D chipset instead of the Crush 18 and the only difference is that the v2.0 has OFFICIAL 400Mhz Barton support". According to the same source, the board crashed at 205GHz and won't overclock as well as the previous versions. Join the thread here ====================================== 03/24/03 - SuperPi benchmark database: Athlon 1st! At Bunny's SuperPi database here, the best PCs are fighting for the first place, now property of an Athlon XP 2800+'s slightly overclocked at 3.4GHz with a FSB at 231GHz. Running at such speed, the animal was able to calculated pi number with ONE MILLION decimals in just 31 seconds! The second is a P4 at 4.6GHz which requested 33 seconds for the same task. ====================================== 03/24/03 - NASA adopts AMD Athlon MP The Mars Space Flight Facility's new BladeRack is a 50-node, dual AMD MP 2000+ processor-powered system, running Red Hat Linux Version 7.3. This powerful BladeRack system will enable the researchers to translate the continuous flow of raw data that is being gathered from instruments on NASA satellites orbiting Mars into clean images that are suitable for study. Read it here ====================================== 03/24/03 - AMD's next move Well, according to NewsFactor, AMD has done some bright moves and might soon harvest the fruits of its garden. Athlon XP-M, low consumption chips for thin and light notebooks, and the specific approach of the 64Bit market with Opteron are among the most inovative assets of the company which leads it to declare: "there is more innovation and deeper strategy in AMD's approach than most appreciate". Read that here ====================================== 03/24/03 - First edible Athlon XP The NDA mentioned 1st of April but we couldn't resist bringing the news before it expired... The first Athlon XP specially made for the emerging countries is fully edible and AMD had changed its motto to: "if you can't run it then... eat it!". See that HardOCP exclusive here ====================================== 03/24/03 - Chaintech 7NJS nForce2 mainboard review For features and extras the Chaintech 7NJS Socket A nForce2 Zenith is practically untouchable! Chaintech went all out when it came to extras inside the box. There is no other motherboard bundle on the market today that can match it. Icrontic has a jumbo review of this motherboard and it's right here. ====================================== 03/24/03 - The art of overclocking Athlon XP 1700+ Japanese Akiba2Go! teaches us the art of overclocking an Athlon XP 1700+ when playing on multipliers and FSB to reach a cool 2.2GHz (rating 2600+). The benchmarks are all there to attest the superiority of the overclocked chips as you may see if you dare clicking here ====================================== 03/24/03 - Gigabyte 7VAXP-A KT400A board review Why bother about reference boards when the retail boards are out. The first review of a retail KT400A board is at OCworkbench and it includes benchmarks comparison with SiS746FX, nForce2 and photos of the motherboard and BIOS screen shots. Check OCW here ====================================== 03/24/03 - Soltek SL75FRN-L nForce2 board review The Soltek SL57FRN-L is the light version of the SL75FRN and AthlonXP is testing the board against the Abit KD7. One more time the nForce2 chipset reveals its performance superiority as you may discover here ====================================== 03/24/03 - 301 hardware links of happiness The AMDboard links section has inflated from 291 to 301 links with the addition of 2 new categories. The first one is all about barebones and lists three dedicated sites, Sudhian, Barbones.fr and Barebone.de while the second is collecting chip collections and virtual museums where CPUs, from Z80 to Athlon XP, are all pictured and stored for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy all these links here ====================================== 03/24/03 - Solectron to shed 13000 jobs Solectron, known as top-tier manufacturer making products for names like IBM of HP, said it plans to cut 12,000 jobs, or 16 percent of its work force, in a $300 million restructuring to better compete in a low-margin industry known for its ruthless price competition. Read the news here and thank John for sending it to us ! ====================================== Older news here - Comments, suggestions, links here |
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