Casting a Smaller Die
In a trend that could bode well for smartphones and mobile Internet devices, chip manufacturers are in a race to the bottom in terms of die size.
Capacity and Low Noise on a Budget: Samsung Spinpoint F1 640GB Review
Although the larger 1TB to 2TB hard drives are getting most of the attention, there is still a lot of value in the latest 640GB capacity range. Vendors like Western Digital and Seagate offer at least one 640GB drive, and today we're looking at the value-priced Samsung Spinpoint F1 640GB to see how it stacks up.
11/03/2009
Weekly CPU Prices for November 3, 2009 The handful of significant price drops we saw in last week's guide, we're sorry to say, have not proven to be the beginning of a trend; and prices have once again settled back into place, with only a few of the prices we track dropping at all and only one dropping by more than a few dollars.
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10/27/2009
Weekly CPU Prices for October 27, 2009 After weeks of guides with little, if any, downward price movement, readers should be pleased to find that this week's edition contain several price drops, a handful of which fell by some fairly significant amounts. So far, the noteworthy drops have been entirely on the prices of AMD processors; but hopefully the coming weeks will show Intel responding in kind.
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10/20/2009
Weekly CPU Prices for October 20, 2009 Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of the prices we track continued to hold steady in this week's guide. Only two prices, one from each camp, fell at all; and neither of those fell by more than just a few dollars.
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10/13/2009
Weekly CPU Prices for October 13, 2009 By and large, CPU prices continue to hold steady for yet another week, with none falling by enough to stir much in the way of excitement. But a few of the prices we track, at least, did move slightly downward. And at the end of the day, every dollar counts.
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10/09/2009
nVidia's Chipset Business Faces Problems Due to a combination of changes in
the technology and a legal battle with Intel, nVidia may lose most of its MCP business in
the next few years.
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10/06/2009
Weekly CPU Prices for October 6, 2009 Price drops, unfortunately, remain something of a rarity in this week's CPU price guide. With only a couple of exceptions (one from each camp), prices either held right where they've been for weeks or inched slightly upwards.
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09/29/2009
Weekly CPU Prices for September 29, 2009 As we approach the end of the year's third quarter, the overwhelming majority of the prices we track continue to hold right where they've been for weeks. We remain hopeful, though, that the coming quarter will bring new products into the charts and drive prices on existing models downwards.
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09/22/2009
Weekly CPU Prices for September 22, 2009 This week's prices held about as steady as we've ever seen them, with only one of the prices we track dropping at all and none dropping by more than a couple of dollars. Still, we remain hopeful that the coming weeks will bring more in the way of downward price movement.
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Capacity and Low Noise on a Budget: Samsung Spinpoint F1 640GB Review - 02/25/2009 Although the larger 1TB to 2TB hard drives are getting most of the attention, there is still a lot of value in the latest 640GB capacity range. Vendors like Western Digital and Seagate offer at least one 640GB drive, and today we're looking at the value-priced Samsung Spinpoint F1 640GB to see how it stacks up.
Socket AM3 Arrives: AMD Joins the DDR3 Revolution - 02/17/2009 AMD has finally unveiled its Socket AM3 platform, including newly revamped Phenom II X3 and X4 models sporting a dual-mode DDR2/DDR3 memory controller, and with compatibility for both AM2+ and AM3 motherboards, this effectively puts the just-released AM2+ models out pasture.
Mainstream Liquid-Cooling for CPUs: CoolIT Domino A.L.C. Review - 02/11/2009 While most of today's processors utilize standard air coolers, there is a definite movement towards quieter, more efficient liquid cooling solutions. Their complexity, more difficult installation and higher prices are just a few of the hurdles that this technology has to overcome before it enters the mainstream, but CoolIT Systems believes it may have the answer with the all-in-one, sub-$100 Domino A.L.C. liquid-cooled system.
Western Digital and Samsung Push for Bigger, Faster, and Greener Hard Drives - 02/02/2009 The race for new capacity records is the modus operandi of the hard drive business, with Seagate often being at the forefront of any new announcements. But lately, that has changed in favor of a more segmented approach, with Western Digital and Samsung leading the way with new high-capacity, performance and eco-friendly drive lines.
The Warrior is Upgraded: Wolfking Warrior Xxtreme Review - 01/26/2009 Hardcore gamers demand specialized hardware, especially on the controller side, and several companies have emerged to serve this market. WolfKing is one, and their Warrior Xxtreme keyboard takes the popular Warrior design and adds a second keypad on the right side. But has WolfKing also doubled up on the gaming experience, or does the Warrior Xxtreme add up to less than the sum of its parts.
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