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Earlier news here ____________________________________________ 07/18/03 - Motherboard & Barebone: reviews of the day 1 - Gigabyte 7VT600-L VIA KT600 at Techseekers 2 - FIC AU13 nForce2 Ultra 400 at AMD zone ____________________________________________ 07/18/03 - Oracle database 9i Linux Opteron ready Oracle9i Database Release 2 is the latest release to the award-winning Oracle9i DB. In addition to numerous quality and performance enhancements, Oracle9i DB Release 2 features full XML database functionality with the new Oracle XML DB feature, enhancements to the groundbreaking Oracle9i Real Application Clusters, and additional self-tuning and self-management capabilities to help improve DBA productivity and efficiency. The Linux-Opteron 9.2.0.3.0 version can be downloaded here (thanks David!) ____________________________________________ 07/18/03 - nForce2 guide updated Planet 3DNow! hosts a very well done, and thus, very popular nForce2 installation and troubleshooting guide which was just updated with a fresh truckload of answers to users' most anguished questions... It's here ____________________________________________ 07/18/03 - Sanmina and Newisys is Good for Opteron "The combination of Newisys' technology and Sanmina's manufacturing capabilities will encourage more server vendors to consider selling a Newisys Opteron server, said Phil Hester, chief executive officer and co-founder of Newisys. Many vendors liked Newisys' designs, but were wary about working with a startup company, he said. ". Read more at InfoWorld here ____________________________________________ 07/18/03 - Asus SK8N Opteron board selling in Japan Japanese site Akiba PC Hotline confirms here the arrival in Tokyo's stores of the single Opteron motherboard from Asus. The nForce3 Pro 150 powered motherboard is selling already for a price of 27500Yens (230US$) which is quite good for a brand new design and should help to boost the Opteron sales. ____________________________________________ 07/18/03 - OCZ DDR500 PC4000 Gold ready to ship OCZ PC4000 EL DDR memory will be available in 256MB and 512MB modules, as well as 512MB and 1GB matched kits. Each OCZ PC4000 EL DDR module features a copper heatspreader and is rated for CL 3-4-4-8 operation at 2.7 volts. OCZ PC4000 EL DDR is backed by OCZ industry-renowned lifetime warranty. ____________________________________________ 07/17/03 - Motherboard & Barebone: reviews of the day 1 - Shuttle AN35 nForce2 400 at CyberOnion 2 - Shuttle SN45G nForce2 Ultra 400 at HWUpgrade 3 - DFI LANParty NFII Ultra nForce2 Ultra 400 at Bit-Tech 4 - DFI LANParty KT400A VIA KT400A at Noticias3D 5 - Gigabyte 7NNXP nForce2 Ultra 400 at HardCoreWare ____________________________________________ 07/17/03 - Texas University goes for Opteron Solution "Texas A&M University has purchased two Appro HyperBlade Clusters consisting of 130 nodes with a total of 260 AMD Opteron processors. This High-Performance Computing (HPC) Solution includes Appro BladeDome Remote Management Software and InfiniCon’s InfinIO 7000 Shared I/O and Clustering System.". Read X-bit labs ____________________________________________ 07/17/03 - AMD's CPU Handling bible for resellers Thanks to OCAU for finding this valuable document simply called "Visual/Mechanical, Packing, Shipping, Storage & Handling Guidelines for AMD Distributors & Resellers". Even though the document in intended to be used by resellers, we advise you to have a look at it right here ____________________________________________ 07/16/03 - Motherboard & Barebone: reviews of the day 1 - Soltek SL-KT400A-L VIA KT400A at OCNZ 2 - EPoX 8KRA2+ VIA KT600 at Computerbase 3 - Shuttle SN45G nForce2 Ultra 400 barebone at Clubic 4 - Albatron KX400-8XV Pro VIA KT400 at AMD Zone 5 - Soltek Qbic EQ3701M nForce2 SFF at Hardware Zone ____________________________________________ 07/16/03 - Athlon 64 official launch date AMD today announced the worldwide launch of the AMD Athlon 64 processors for desktop and notebook PCs will be in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2003. The upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor will be the world's first and only 64-bit desktop and notebook PC processor featuring the compatibility and performance offered by the AMD64 architecture. The AMD Athlon 64 processor is expected to provide world-class 32-bit performance, while offering PC users a seamless transition to the next generation of computing. Because the AMD Athlon 64 processor is built on the AMD64 platform, it is designed to be compatible with today's 32-bit software and hardware applications pervasive in desktop and notebook computing. ____________________________________________ 07/16/03 - AMD reduces loss and improves gross margin AMD today reported sales of $645 million and a net loss of $140 million for the quarter ended June 29, 2003. The net loss amounted to $0.40 per share. Second quarter sales increased by seven percent from the second quarter of 2002 and decreased by 10 percent from the first quarter of 2003. In the second quarter of 2002, AMD reported total sales of $600 million and a net loss of $185 million, or $0.54 per share. In the first quarter of 2003, AMD reported sales of $715 million and a net loss of $146 million, or $0.42 per share. Read the rest here ____________________________________________ 07/16/03 - NVIDIA readies PCI Express onslaught "During next year, Nvidia plans to introduce a total of three different PCI Express chipsets for the Athlon64 & Opteron microprocessors, taking advantage of the faster throughout the bus provides. The first plank of its PCI Express onslaught will be a chipset tentatively called Crush 3GIO, which will take advantage of the increased graphics capabilities of PCI Express". Read the inquirer here ____________________________________________ 07/16/03 - Newisys in trouble "Newisys, the star-studded Texas server start-up that bet the farm on AMD's new Opteron chip, reportedly canned 20%-25% of its people the other day in preparation for being acquired. Unfortunately there haven't been enough orders, observers say, and Newisys has reportedly burned through something like $58 million without the chip catching fire." Read more at Client Server News here ____________________________________________ 07/15/03 - Motherboard & Barebone: reviews of the day 1 - Soyo SY-KT600 VIA KT600 specification at AMDboard 2 - MSI KT4A Ultra VIA KT400A at X-bit labs 3 - DFI LANParty KT400A VIA KT400A at Tech Addicts ____________________________________________ 07/15/03 - MSI Master2-FAR no longer Athlon 64's friend! After announcing the double Opteron & Athlon 64 compatibility here our sweet Japanese friends from Akiba Hotline are showing today a completely different picture. The MSI Master2-FAR is not Athlon 64 ready as stated earlier and is not even in production. In fact some MSI friend are telling us that 0B revision, pre-production version and its beta BIOS, are is still in testing stage. The sample shown in Akihabara are not working and cannot be considered as final. Read Akiba Hotline erratum here ____________________________________________ 07/15/03 - 10368 Opteron 148 for 40TFLOPS RedStorm PC Watch Japan has some detail here about one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, supercomputer of planet Earth. Redstorm, made by Cray for Sandia labs, will use 10368 Opteron running at 2.2GHz each (model 148) in a 3D structure for a total computing power of 40TFLOPS (40 Billion floating point operations per second!) with a cool 240Tbytes storage! ____________________________________________ 07/15/03 - nVidia to make Athlon64 notebook chipset "A representative of nVidia in Taiwan has told a local newspaper that his firm will have a notebook chipset for the Athlon 64 microprocessor inside a year... Drew Henry said the firm is ready to shift most of its nForce3 chipsets to .13µ (micron) technology". Read the inquirer here ____________________________________________ Older news here - Comments, suggestions, links here |
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