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Earlier news here ======================================= 11/06/02 - Lynn PC taking orders for XP 2700+ A post from Saxplayer0001 gave us the link to Lynn computer news here where the online store clearly states that orders are being taken backed with one year AMD warrantee. Lynn is not too precise about ETA which is said to be late Nov./Dec. as you may observe here ======================================= 11/06/02 - Athlon XP 2600+ Core B review Hardwareluxx just done one of the best XP 2600+ Core B review you'll find on the net today. It goes with platform recommendation, OC information, architecture design and benchmarks with 31 different CPUs! Visit this amazing piece of work here and check for more XP 2600 links and reviews at our Special page here ======================================= 11/06/02 - Global semi sales up 1.8% in 2002 Things are getting better on the semi's front. After 2002 sales are up 1.8% and Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) forecast a hefty 23.2% increase sales for 2003 and 20.9% for 2004! "The long-awaited recovery is under way" said Jerry Sanders "we believe the next several years will see steady growth following the industry's steepest-ever decline in 2001" Read it here ======================================= 11/06/02 - AMD major Italian government win AMD today announced that Consip, the Italian Ministry of Treasury department responsible for the procurement of goods and services, has chosen computer based on Athlon XP processor in a large government tender. CDC, a leading manufacturer of desktop PCs in Italy, is expected to provide Consip over 30,000 personal computers based on the AMD Athlon XP processor 1800+ for their range of systems available for online ordering by all national and local government bodies in Italy. Read the whole press release here ======================================= 11/06/02 - nVidia nForce2 versus Via KT400 This is the second time nForce2 and KT400, the hottest AMD chipset in town, are meeting and this is not for a friendly chat. No! Today they meet at Amdmb for a cruel fight with teeth, nails and, incidentally, some of the favorite gamers benchmarks aka Quake3 or Unreal Tournament 2K3. Read the whole story here and visit our nForce2 special page here and KT400 Special page here too for more reviews and good links... ======================================= 11/06/02 - Fairchild announces Opteron regulator Fairchild Semiconductor International announces the FAN5098 DC/DC Voltage Regulator IC for the upcoming Opteron and Athlon processors with Hammer technology. Read the complete press release here ======================================= 11/06/02 - AeA and CEA tap Pat Moorhead for Board Patrick Moorhead, AMD's VP of Corporate Marketing, has been named to the boards of directors of two prestigious technology industry associations - the American Electronics Association (AeA) and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Both board terms will begin Jan. 1, 2003. Read the news here ======================================= 11/06/02 - The hitchhiker's guide to the mainframe At Ace's Hardware, Ford Prefect is teaching to the mass the delicate art of mainframing in good society with a short article worth reading: "Mainframe is an obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies serving billions of obsolete customers and making huge obsolete profits for their obsolete shareholders. And this year's run twice as fast as last year's". Read that here ======================================= 11/06/02 - XP 2600+ FSB 333MHz confirmed Christy Lee at DigiTimes confirms what was in the air for a week or two. AMD is going to produce Athlon with FSB333 and XP 1700+ at .13µ. This will allow lower production cost and therefore a more agressive price cut (after P4 3.06GHz launch) that should bring back the lost market shares. Read here ======================================= 11/06/02 - AMD is planning a major restructuring Mercury News has a long report about AMD's fight to get back to profitability. Lay off, outsource, moving, every opportunity to save is now under scrutinity and should be announced on Thursday. So the read the full article here and stay tuned for more details... ======================================= 11/06/02 - A7N8X nForce2 all over the universe! Well done Robert for providing the world with links that prove what we were all dreamed of: nForce2 is here and ready to ship within few days at Spartan and Mark One Computer. But wait! Before buying check here first ;) ======================================= 11/06/02 - Athlon XP 2400+ at 2.8GHz Oppainter at the Xtremesystem forum is showing a fresh WCPUID screenshot of an Athlon running at a cool 2810.48MHz with a system bus at 374.73MHz! The trick was done using a good old Abit KX7-333 and a Prometeia cooler. Read the detail here and check for best OC in all the OC bases you'll find here ======================================= 11/06/02 - Winbond DDR400 PC3200 review Chainbolt at OCAU is making a Winbond DDR400 "mega test" of no less than 8 modules where he pushed each one to the limit: "we are confident to qualify the tested Winbond DDR 400 based Twinmos PC 3200 as a solid performer". Read the full review here and get more DDR400 links to other reviews here ======================================= Older news here - Comments, suggestions, links here |
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