Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (1.83GHz/1066FSB/4MB) and E6420 (2.13GHz/1066FSB/4MB) processors will be launched on April 22nd 2007 along with E4400 (2GHz/800FSB/2MB). They will be priced at $163, $183 and $133 respectively at launch, VR-Zone reports.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400 (2.13GHz/1066FSB/2×4MB), Pentium dual-core E2160 (1.8GHz/800FSB/1MB) at $84 and E2140 (1.6GHz/800FSB/1MB) at $74 will be available in June.
Abit revealed the Fatal1ty Performance F-I90HD motherboard, the small Micro ATX solution for entertainment center PCs. It is based on the ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 chipset supporting Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Extreme processors and 1066MHz Front-Side Bus, and integrates HDMI, “unleashing the true power of HDTV and High Definition gaming on your PC”.
Abit Fatal1ty Performance F-I90HD’s integrated graphics is based on ATI Radeon X700. The new motherboard provides 1080p HD video output and 7.1 CH HD Audio CODEC. It has four 240-pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 16GB of Dual channel DDR2 800/667/533 Un-buffered Non-ECC memory, as same as one PCIe X16, two PCIe X1 and one PCI slots. There are four SATA2 3Gb/s connectors and one PATA/IDE.
Shuttle announced the XPC P2 3700w, the company’s first small form factor (SFF) workstation PC. The P2 3700w is powered by Intel Xeon E3050 or X3210 quad-core CPU and provides the use of up to 8GB of DDR2 667MHz main memory, when utilized with 64-bit operating system.
Shuttle offers the XPC P2 3700w workstation with Microsoft’s Windows Vista Business 64-bit and Windows XP Professional 64-bit. You can configure this PC with Vista Business 32-bit and XP Professional 32-bit, but this limits the use of system memory to 4GB.
Asustek today released Asus P5NT WS motherboard, based on NVIDIAC55+MCP55PXE chipset which supports LGA775 Socket Intel Core 2 Dual-core/Quad-core processors with 1333/800/533 MHz Front Side Bus. The P5NT WS motherboard also supports two NVIDIA SLI graphic cards with Dual x16 speeds.
The motherboard provides three PCI Express X16, one PCI Express X, two PCIe X1, and one PCI 2.2 slots. It has two Gigabit LAN connections, RealTek ALC888 8-CH HD Audio, one Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33, six SATA2 3.0Gb/s and eSATA connectors. Asus P5NT WS incorporates four DIMM slots for maximum of 8GB of DDR2-800/667/533 non-ECC unbuffered memory.
AMD has published today the set of price cuts for select Athlon 64 X2 dual core and Athlon 64 single core desktop processors, DigiTimes reports.
The price cuts published on company’s website begin with the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+, currently the top-end processor in the range, falling in price from US$505 to US$326, while the next highest model, the 5400+ is reduced from US$485 to US$267. The 5200+ and the two versions of the 5000+ (based on 90nm and 65nm processes) each see their prices cut by US$63, from US$295 to US$232 for the 5200+ and from US$285 to US$222 for both 5000+ models. Continuing further down the series prices fall in the range of US$14 to US$33, DigiTimes’ report says.
Intel’s researchers have developed the world’s first programmable processor that delivers supercomputer-like performance from a single, 80-core chip. Its technical details will be presented at the annual Integrated Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) this week in San Francisco, the Corporation announced.
The 80-core chip is claimed to be not much larger than the size of a finger nail while consuming only 62 watts - less than many single-core processors today. This is the result of the company’s ‘Tera-scale computing’ research aimed at delivering Teraflop - or trillions of calculations per second - performance for future PCs and servers.
AOpen released the MP945-VDR, its newest addition to miniPC Duo Series of small media center computers. The new mini PC with 6.49×1.96×6.49-inch size is based on the Intel 945GM Express chipset, and comes with 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Windows Vista operating system.
“The MP945-VDR brings the latest Mobile on Desktop (MoDT) technology to market by offering tremendous power and connectivity in a super compact, quiet, and low power consuming solution. Featuring support for Intel Core 2 Duo processors, dual-channel DDR2 SODIMM memory (up to 4GB) and myriad of I/O and peripheral connectivity like DVI, 1394, six USB 2.0 (two onboard), optional wireless 802.11b/g and more, the MP945-VDR is a Microsoft Windows Vista Premium and Intel Viiv ready solution equally at home at the heart of an entertainment center or as a compact, standalone everyday PC,” the AOpen’s press release says.
SecureAction released CryptoExpert 2007 PRO encryption software, which works on Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows XP-64 bit.
CryptoExpert creates encrypted virtual disks and these disks are visible as usual disks with drive letters. It uses four powerful encryption algorithms to encrypt your data: AES, BLOWFISH, CAST and 3DES, which are world’s standards of encryption. CryptoExpert 2007 PRO supports 256 Gb and larger encrypted drive.
NVIDIA is set to release the nForce 680i LT SLI gaming PC motherboard chipset, which will be slightly cheaper than the actual nForce 680i SLI, according to DailyTech.
“Unlike the heat-pipe endowed nForce 680i SLI motherboards, nForce 680i LT SLI-based motherboards will have active cooling. Instead of support for DDR2-1200 memory, NVIDIA has limited the memory controller to DDR2-800,” DailyTech’s report says.
AMD announced the availability of new AMD Opteron processor models in both highly efficient (68 watt) and mainstream (95 watt) thermal envelopes.
“AMD has expanded the breadth of its low-power solutions with AMD Opteron processor Models 1218 HE (socket AM2), 2218 HE and 8218 HE (both for socket F). Designed to offer industry-leading performance-per-watt at only 68-watt maximum thermal design power, these processors are ideal for energy-conscious customers looking to reduce power and cooling bills and to achieve greater density in the datacenter,” the company’s press release says.
Abit today announced the Fatal1ty Professional FP-IN9 SLI gaming motherboard, based on the NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI chipset with Intel quad-core processor support, dual graphics technology and “factory overclocked system bus”.
Abit Fatal1ty Professional FP-IN9 SLI ATX form factor mainboard supports LGA775 Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Extreme, Pentium Dual-Core, Pentium Extreme Edition, Pentium D and Pentium 4 Processors with 1066/800MHz FSB. It has four 240-pin DIMM sockets, supporting Dual channel DDR2 800/667/533 Un-buffered Non-ECC memory, for a maximum memory of 32GB.
Asustek’s website recently unveiled the Asus M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition motherboard, designed for the Windows Vista operating system and packed with AI Remote, AP Trigger, TPM and ASAP features.
Based on NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP Chipset, M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition supports AMD socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 and Sempron processors. It features 2000 / 1600 MT/s HyperTransport Bus and dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory.
Corsair unveiled 2GB DDR2-667 (PC5300) ValueSelect SODIMM memory modules for notebooks and small form factor (SFF) personal computers. The users of 64-bit laptops and mini-PCs with only two memory slots may benefit since the new modules, when combined with 64-bit operating system, will provide the use of 4GB of main memory on these machines, according to Corsair’s representative.
Kaspersky Lab announced the release of Maintenance Pack 2 for Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0. An essential new feature introduced in Maintenance Pack 2 is support for Windows Vista, including the 64-bit version of Microsoft’s new operating system.
“Earlier antivirus product versions are not compatible with Vista because of the operating system’s new architecture. With Maintenance Pack 2, Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 will be fully compatible with both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of Windows Vista. At the same time, Maintenance Pack 2 includes all the features and additions that were included in the first Maintenance pack, including full-scale support for Windows XP 64-bit Edition, extended on-demand scanning functionality, a number of improvements to the proactive defense module and protection of Windows Task Manager against injection of malicious dynamic-link libraries (dll),” the company’s press release says.
AMD has added the Athlon 64 X2 3600+ processor to its official CPU price list. Priced at $138 in 1000-unit tray quantities, the new 64-bit dual core CPU has clock speed of 1.9GHz and features 1MB of total dedicated L2 cache.
The “energy efficient” AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane chip is produced using the 65nm technology.
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