Recently there are many incidents of cell phone batteries explosion which eventually triggered the cells manufacturers to start recalling some of their products that are under suspicious batches. Instead of having recalls that consume huge amount of money, it is better to have good preventive measurements to minimize the occurrence. In view of this, China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) is coming up with a […]
Besides the CPU (Central Processing Unit), memory module is another important factor that contributes to the whole performance of the PC system. Both processor and chipset with memory controller work hand in hand to ensure that consumers will benefit from the optimized platform solution. Hence, memory vendors have put much effort by trying to introduce higher clock rate of memory modules, targeting on high end […]
SSD (Solid State Drive) is a new memory technology trend that is going to be adopted in future portable PC market. It has various great advantages over conventional hard disk drive. Some of the examples are it is more reliable with less moving mechanical parts and consumes less power and more importantly, its mini form factor has made it a better choice especially in embedded […]
Nowadays we have been talking about technology convergence so that a digital device can be integrated with various new features to stand out from the crowd in competitive market. Samsung Electronics, a global leader in consumer electronics recently unveiled two new models of 22” LCD monitors under SyncMaster series, offering extra multimedia features such as VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) and webcam functionalities.
AMD has just announced the new X86 SSE5 (Streaming SIMD Extensions Version 5) instruction-set extensions yesterday for its future product lines. Although the implementation will only take place in year 2009 in its next generation core, codenamed as Bulldozer, but the specification has been released to developer community now. This has marked a meaningful milestone for AMD in the evolution for its processor architecture ahead […]
Sony has confirmed on the discontinuity of its famous 60GB PS3 after the recent price reduction of the SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) early last months. The price cut of $100 has able to boost up the sales for the series significantly. With the announcement, it also means that the PS3 SKU will only left with 80GB series, filling up previous 60GB series’ selling price at […]
Amimon Inc has announced yesterday that the new WHDI (Wireless High-definition Interface) chipset is ready to be shipped to the CE (Consumer Electronics) manufacturers for development. The WHDI chipset (both AMN2110 and AMN2210) can be embedded into HDTV, set-top box and other digital CE products directly to replace existing HDMI (High-definition Multimedia Interface) for high definition multimedia connectivity. The WHDI is a new revolution from […]
Xbox consoles with embedded 65-nanometer technology CPU (Central Processing Unit) is on the way to market soon. The platform, known as Falcon is manufactured in China with built in IBM CPU that supposed to be cooler as compared to its predecessor chips using 90-nanometer fabrication technology. Some may think that this could be a good solution to the “Red Ring Of Death” issue on the […]
PC is no longer a basic tool to complete office task but also has been integrated with various application to be used as digital home multimedia system. Some of the various multimedia centric applications that I can think of are Network Access Storage, Portable hard disk for movie clips or digital pictures storage and etc. Some of them have even been integrated with digital TV […]
Rumors have been spreading around that AMD is facing obstacles, causing delay to the release of its Barcelona processor from original schedule. During the recent interview session, AMD Chief Executive, Hector Ruiz, admitted that there are some technical issues to be resolved during the development phase before the official release of this next generation micro-architecture quad-core processor.
Current competitors in embedded world are fighting fiercefully just to distinguish themselves from the rest. Besides the higher scalable core speed on the processor, the silicon’s power consumption is another important factor for customer consideration before choosing the right processor. Via Technologies has just announced a new low powered x86 architecture microprocessor to fill up the gap. The new ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) processor has […]
Due to the increase demand of memory capacity for digital gadgets such as digital camera, PDA, GPS and etc, Toshiba has recently announced both the 32GB and 16GB SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) memory cards targeting for consumers that really need the huge capacity for extra storages. Surprisingly, the small form factor pluggable card can have similar or even higher memory capacity than the bulky […]
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