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Earlier news here ____________________________________________ 05/27/04 - First known 64-bit virus threat found It didn't take long before the first 64-bit virus show up and ZD Net has some details about this new threat: "Symantec said it was not expecting widespread copycats of W64.Rugrat.3344, since the affected assembly code requires fairly advanced technical knowledge. Symantec said W64.Rugrat.3344 was created in IA64 (Intel Architecture) assembly code and infects IA64 executable files, excluding .dll files". Read more here ____________________________________________ 05/27/04 - AMD in talks on 'Media Center' PCs Firing on all cylinders, AMD is now in talk with HP, Gateway and others about the possibility of designing media-center style personal computers based on AMD's Athlon 64 chips: "While no products are ready to be announced and there is no guarantee that such products will be produced, AMD wants to see its Athlon 64 chips become the heart a new generation of PCs that can play and distribute audio and video through the home". Read more here ____________________________________________ 05/27/04 - AMD Athlon 64 2600+ announced in India Describing what is considered to be an agressive move in the Indian market, Channel Times is announcing here the release of Athlon 64 rated 2600+ in NextGen-64 Business PC with onboard sound and graphics, 256 MB DDR RAM, 40 GB HDD, 52X CD-ROM, 15" color monitor, modem, mouse, kb & speakers for less than 30.000Rs (670$) ____________________________________________ 05/27/04 - Microsoft: AMD 64 better than INTeL 64!!! Now turn off the music and read the best thing Microsoft senior vice president Bob Muglia, in charge for Windows Servers, could have said in a long interview that tells all we need about Windows strategy for the coming month: Paul: OK, so how do these companies differentiate their 64-bit products? BM: So there are some things that AMD's done that Intel hasn't done, and I'm sure Intel will continue to invest here, and will do a really good job. AMD led the way on this one. There's no doubt they led the way on this one.". Enjoy here ____________________________________________ 05/26/04 - Advanced Micro Devices "market outperform" Another day, another rating. This one comes from analyst Krishna Shankar of JMP Securities who maintains his "market outperform" rating and offers some flattering comments about the company: "Advanced Micro Devices is poised for robust market share gains in the high-end mainframe and server solutions segment in the near term, the analyst believes.". Read the rest here ____________________________________________ 05/26/04 - DDR 2 and Socket 900 for Q2 2005 Some good Asian friends send us words about AMD plans regarding DDR 2 and it could come out much sooner than expected. According to well informed OEM sources, AMD is already testing a 90nm SOI DDR2 version on socket 900 code named Toledo which will be followed, within a month or two, by dual-core DDR2 90nm chips Egypt, Italy and Denmark from the K9 family. Coupled with a massive 90nm ramp, AMD is undoubtedly planning to put a tremendous pressure on Intel during the coming months... ____________________________________________ 05/25/04 - Barebones & motherboards reviews of the day 1 - MSI K8N Neo Platinum nForce3 250Gb - A1 Electronics 2 - VIA K8T800 Pro Socket-940 Chipset at Hexus 3 - SiS 755FX Socket 939 Ref Board at OC Workbench 4 - Asus K8V SE Deluxe VIA K8T800 at Pimp Rig - Price 5 - 6 - Asus K8V-Deluxe K8T800 motherboard at 68$ 7 - Plextor PX-708A DVD Burner Box at 141$ ____________________________________________ 05/25/04 - Opteron leads 64-bit revolution After a year of unbeatable price/perfomance ratio Opteron is leading the 64-bit charge as explained in today Computer World: "It's hard to overestimate the importance of Advanced Micro Devices Opteron x86, 64-bit processor. In just over a year, the three major enterprise hardware vendors have built offerings around it, and AMD's biggest competitor, Intel, is producing its own version of the chip. Opteron is forcing change". Read at Computer World ____________________________________________ 05/24/04 - Barebones & motherboards reviews of the day 1 - Asus A8V Athlon 64 3500+ & 3800+ x86-Secret - Price 2 - Asus A8V Deluxe K8T800 Pro at CDR Info - Price 3 - DFI K8M800-MLV µATX with IGP at Legion Hardware 4 - AOpen AK89 Max nForce3 150 at Hardwareluxx - Price 5 - Foxconn 755A01-6EKRS SiS 755 at HCW - Price 6 - Epox 8HDA5+ VIA K8T800 at neo seeker 7 - Socket 754 Chipset Shootout at Ace's Hardware 8 - Asus K8V-Deluxe K8T800 motherboard at 68$ 9 - Plextor PX-708A DVD Burner Box at 141$ ____________________________________________ 05/24/04 - Microsoft maps future for Windows Server OS Computer has some good news about Windows Servers OS for 64-Bit and it bodes rather well for AMD processors: "Microsoft said 32-bit applications would run faster on the 64-bit Extended Systems edition. It claimed 32-bit SAP would be able to support 10% more users; databases would run up to 17% faster; and the server would be able to support 111% more users for file access.". Read more here ____________________________________________ 05/21/04 - Barebones & motherboards reviews of the day 1 - Iwill ZMAXdp dual-opteron barebone at AMDboard 2 - Shuttle SN85G4V2 nForce3 150 XPC at Sudhian - Price 3 - EPoX EP-8KDA3+ nForce3 250Gb at Hard Tecs 4U 4 - Asus A8V-Deluxe K8T800 Pro at AMD Zone 5 - MSI K8N Neo Platinum nForce 3 250 at Gamer's Depot ____________________________________________ 05/21/04 - Tyan Tiger K8W in Alienware workstations Alienware and Tyan today announced the exclusive use of Tyan's Tiger K8W (S2875) 2-way AMD Opteron 64-bit platform for its 4500-series line of Professional Workstations. Tyan is supporting Alienware with services which include program management and direct FAE support from the US office. The rest is all here ____________________________________________ 05/21/04 - ATI CATALYST Beta 1 for Windows XP 64 Beta version of AMD64 CATALYST Windows 64-Bit drivers for various ATI graphic cards are now available and before loading them you might considere the ATI's warning: "The BETA display drivers provided are offered AS IS, without warranty of any kind, and have NOT been completely qualified by ATI. ATI does NOT recommend installing these drivers in systems used for mission critical operations or where productivity of any kind is a concern. These BETA drivers are NOT SUPPORTED by ATI Technical Support or any other ATI department". Specs and download here ____________________________________________ 05/20/04 - Barebones & motherboards reviews of the day 1 - MSI Mega 180 nForce2 Ultra 400 at r&b Mods - Price 2 - Foxconn 755A01-6EKRS SiS 755 at Tech Report - Price 3 - Abit KV8 MAX-3 K8T800 at Motherboards - Price 4 - MSI K8N Neo-FIS2R NF3-250Gb at PC stats 5 - Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro nForce3 mainboard at 68$ here 6 - Class 1 blueTooth USB adapter starting at 34$ here ____________________________________________ 05/20/04 - Read of the day: The P4 is Dead Another smart read from Van Smith the real processor specialist: "In a nutshell, HyperPipelining is crazy. While some in Intel have sung panegyric love songs about sixty stage pipelines sweeping us tenderly to 10GHz in a few short years, these pundits must have plugged their ears to the head-splitting racket that thermal density and signal integrity were raising.". Don't miss this great read right here ____________________________________________ Older news here - Comments, suggestions, links here |
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