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Earlier news here __________________________________________ 09/29/03 - Motherboard & barebone: reviews of the day 1 - MSI KM2M Combo-L VIA KM266 at ExtremeMHz 2 - Abit KV7 VIA KT600 at Short-Media 3 - MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R K8T800 Athlon 64 at PC stat 4 - Soltek SL-NV400-L64 nForce2 400 at HardTecs4U 5 - EPoX 8KRA2+ VIA KT600 at HWL __________________________________________ 09/29/03 - New HyperTransport 1.1 Specification The HyperTransport Consortium anounced the availability of a major new HyperTransport Specification, the HyperTransport DirectPacket Specification Release 1.1. The new DirectPacket specification defines four new capabilities for the HyperTransport technology including native packet handling, robust error retry protocols, peer-to-peer routing and new virtual channels for streaming data. These new capabilities make HyperTransport technology the most efficient means to stream packets at the board level. Read full press release here __________________________________________ 09/29/03 - AMD in Mexico meets country's leaders In his opening remarks at the first-ever “U.S.-Mexico Collaborative: Partnering for Technological Advancement” conference last week in New York, AMD CEO Hector Ruiz discussed the need for collaboration and the importance of Information Technology (IT) in helping boost development and economic prosperity in Mexico. The meeting of U.S. Hispanic business leaders, U.S. and Mexican government officials, and Mexican business leaders was jointly organized by AMD, the Mexico Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) and the U.S.-Mexico Foundation for Science (FUMEC). Read more at AMD here __________________________________________ 09/27/03 - Motherboard & barebone: reviews of the day 1 - DFI LANParty NFII Ultra nForce2 Ultra 400 TechLounge 2 - Gigabyte GA-7VT600 1394 VIA KT600 at neoseeker 3 - Shuttle SN41 Barebone Mod at PirateSoftware 4 - Asus SK8N vs. MSI K8T Socket 940 Computerbase 5 - Shuttle SN85G4 XPC SFF at Hardware Upgrade __________________________________________ 09/27/03 - Athlon 64 best links of the day 1 - Desktop Competitive Performance Guide - AMD 2 - AMD Athlon 64 Based Notebook PC Review - Digit-Life 3 - AMD Athlon 64 launch party coverage - Sudhian 4 - Athlon 64 without heatspreader photos - T-break 5 - Athlon 64 Chipset Comparison - AMD Zone 6 - AMD Athlon 64 Live News - AMDboard __________________________________________ 09/26/03 - Intel Invests $450M in Micron "Making a strategic investment designed to ensure its access to a steady supply of basic memory chips at stable prices, Intel has agreed to buy a 5 percent stake in Micron Technology. The company said it spent US$450 million to buy 5.3 percent of all outstanding shares of Micron stock. The investment marks the second time Intel has made a major equity investment in Micron, though it sold off the first stake over time to raise cash". Read more here __________________________________________ 09/26/03 - Recommended read from AMDboard's friends - BTX Form Factor motherboards at A1-Electronics - New mainboard-reliability-database at Planet 3DNow! - Revision 8.0 BIOS optimization guide at Adrian'sRojak Pot - Bleu Jour Gothic Thumbscrews at Madshrimps - The Future of Cases & Motherboards at AnandTech __________________________________________ 09/26/03 - Why Intel's will use AMD64 extensions "Microsoft will not support a different 64 bit platform, and frankly I don't blame them, it costs a lot of money to do that. MS gave Intel the choice, support AMDs instruction set, or do without Windows. MS won that battle pretty handily". Wow! read that impressive stuff at the inquirer here __________________________________________ 09/26/03 - Sun to back AMD Opteron big time! "From what we hear, this will be followed by a flood of products. The main holdup is Solaris 10, but when that OS is done baking, expect the floodgates of Operon products to stream out of that tier 1 manufacturer. This is only the tip of the iceberg as far as products are concerned. ". Read here __________________________________________ 09/26/03 - Sun to support AMD Athlon 64! "Sun Microsystems will provide both 32- and 64-bit Java Desktop System support for the AMD Athlon 64 processor recently announced in San Francisco. Sun's Java Desktop System includes a full desktop environment, a seamlessly interoperable StarOffice 7 productivity suite, the latest release of the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) platform, a windowing environment, the Mozilla browser and an integrated Linux operating system plus e-mail, calendaring and instant messaging applications able to run customers' existing x86-compatible hardware.". Read more at N&S __________________________________________ 09/25/03 - Motherboard & barebone: reviews of the day 1 - FIC KT-748 SiS748 Video review at 3DGameMan 2 - Shuttle SN85G4 Spex and more at Shuttle 3 - EPoX EP-8RDA3+ nForce2 Ultra 400 at Hardinfo 4 - AOpen AK79D-400 Max nForce2 Ultra 400 at Hardinfo __________________________________________ 09/25/03 - nVENTIV Mach II: The Athlon 64 FX at 2.8 GHz "Thus Prescott should be around 4.9 GHz before it beats the Athlon 64 FX at 2.8 GHz. Takes this all with a grain of salt, of course, since Prescott is not the same as a Pentium 4 EE as we explained earlier, but looking at 2.8 GHz numbers it seems that the integrated memory controller is a weapon that becomes more dangerous at higher clock speeds.". Read the rest at Ace's Hardware here __________________________________________ 09/25/03 - AMD's chief scientist on smoke and mirrors "We expect to be producing chips on the 90-nanometre production process in volume by the second half of 2004. We have been making prototypes for some time already. We will begin sampling at significant levels in the second quarter. Then 65nm will come in late 2005, with volume shipments expected in 2006. ". Read the full interview at ZDNet here and enjoy more AMD's execs interviews here __________________________________________ 09/25/03 - CNET reviews 2 Athlon 64 FX51 system iBuyPower Zillion-FX Thanks to the Athlon 64 FX-51, the Zillion-FX is the most powerful sub-$3,000 PC we've tested. Read the review Polywell Poly 900NF3-FX1 With stellar 32-bit performance and an embarrassing wealth of features, the Poly 900NF3-FX1 shines. Read __________________________________________ 09/24/03 - Motherboard & barebone: reviews of the day 1 - Shuttle SN85G4 XPC SFF Goes AMD64 at SFF Tech 2 - Shuttle's XPC SN85G4 small form factor at Tech Report 3 - Shuttle SN85G4 at Clubic 4 - Albatron KX 18D Pro II nForce2 Ultra 400 at Technoyard 5 - Albatron KX 18D Pro II nForce2 Ultra 400 at ClubOC 6 - Chaintech ZNF3-150 nForce3 Pro 150 at OCTools 7 - Abit KV7 VIA KT600 at OCAddiction __________________________________________ Older news here - Comments, suggestions, links here |
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