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• 64-Bit Processor for Macintosh

  Published: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Wouldn't it be so typical of Apple to be the first to have 64-bit processing on the desktop before the PC? It would appear that IBM might be the ones to make it happen.

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• No SOI Process for the Barton-core Athlon XP

  Published: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 | By: Dennis

  SOI stands for silicon-on-insulator and promises to lower power consumption of modern processors.
  
  "However, the FSB (front-side bus) and cache memory specification upgrades to 333MHz and 512K, respectively, remain unchanged."
  
  Design changes abound in the AMD camp, and that's fine I just want to see what the new processor is able to do.

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• No News - Yet

  Published: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Tech news is seriously lacking today, I found a few reviews but nothing really that caught my eye. If you happen to see something that you would like to share feel free to send it in.
  
  Of course you can always check out the Ninjalane World News section. There is bound to be something of interest.

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• VIA fills KT333 shortage with remarked KT400

  Published: Monday, September 23, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Digitimes is reporting that due to a shortage and eventual "phase-out" of the KT333 chipset they are going to start selling remarked KT400 chipsets as KT333 parts. This change does pose a problem for motherboard makers in that the new remarked chip cannot be applied to current KT333 PCB's.
  
  "The major specification difference between the current KT400 and the remarked version lies in their AGP technology support. The present KT400 supports AGP 8x, while the remarked chipset offers only AGP 4x graphics function."

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• Albatron GeForce4 Ti 4200 Turbo Review @ EXHardware

  Published: Friday, September 20, 2002 | By: Dennis

  This is one of the most custom geForce4 Ti 4200 cards that I've see in recent months. The card has a copper GPU cooler, ramsinks and features tinyBGA memory instead of the recommended TOSP. It is quite an amazing low-end card.

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• Albatron GeForce4 Ti 4400 Review @ got|apex?

  Published: Friday, September 20, 2002 | By: Dennis

  After Hercules backed out of the nVidia video card market many of use wondered where we would get our fix of blue video card PCBs. got|apex? has a shinny new Albatron geForce4 Ti 4400 that might just fit the bill.

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• How to make a damn fine sandwich

  Published: Friday, September 20, 2002 | By: Dennis

  Yum Yum,
  
  "(NOTE: DO NOT use those sick-ass pickles McDonalds and Burger King put on their burgers. Use real pickles that have been soaked in garlic, vinegar, and beet juice. If you can't find any, just skip the pickles)"

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• Hynix Independence??

  Published: Thursday, September 19, 2002 | By: Dennis

  This is the story of the memory company that wouldn't go away and even the South Korean government is "skeptical" about their survival.
  
  In case you might have forgotten Boise based Micron offered to buy up the debt ridden company until a last minute Hynix board vote squashed the deal.

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• Big Names Pay for Game Ads

  Published: Thursday, September 19, 2002 | By: Dennis

  "In a development that brings together the trends toward "advergaming" and product placement, Intel (Quote, Company Info, News) and McDonald's (Quote, Company Info, News) have signed on to have their products and brands integrated into the debut version of Electronic Arts' The Sims Online. "
  
  They say that in the game the faster Pentium 4 computer will increase their logic and fun points but I wonder what the McD's will do to your sim.

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• NV18 and NV28 Launch This Month

  Published: Thursday, September 19, 2002 | By: Dennis

  According to Digitimes Nvidia will be launching two new chips on September 25 thus entering the AGP 8x market.
  
  "The NV18 and NV28 in fact differ little from the former NV17 and NV25 chips in core structures, except that the two new products are able to support the latest AGP 8x graphics technology. According to sources, the NV18 and NV28 will be named the GeForce4 MX440 8x and GeForce4 Ti 4200 8x, respectively, following Nvidia’s two better-selling products, and will be priced only slightly higher than the current chips."
  
  I find myself asking the question, "Why?".

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