Tech News
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DRAM and Enron, Connection??
Published: Friday, February 8, 2002 | By: DennisRam is still cheap in comparison to previous years but prices have been on the rise lately despite no real increase in demand. Could the Enron company have been the cause?
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STMicroelectronics Giving Up on PC Video
Published: Friday, February 8, 2002 | By: DennisThis might be the last time we see the Kyro and Kyro II, that is depending on who buys the division. I can see it now the old 3Dfx guys sell off the SUV and start up a new company called KyroFx or PowerFx.
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Soltek SL-85DRS2 Review Posted
Published: Thursday, February 7, 2002 | By: DennisWell it has been awhile since our last motherboard review but we are back and this time with a sexy red P4 board from Soltek. The Soltek SL-85DRS2 is a new and exciting P4 motherboard based on the SiS645 DDR333 chipset and contains the SiS645A2 Northbridge for enhanced memory performance.
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GeForce4 Review @ Anandtech
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2002 | By: DennisAnand always has some very in-depth and detailed articles when it comes to new technology. The GeForce 4 review is no exception.
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GeForce 4 Preview @ The Tech Report
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2002 | By: DennisNvidia's NDA on the GeForce4 expired today so there will be quite a few reviews and previews on this subject today and for weeks to come. Some of the cool things about the new chip include a faster core and memory and finally Tiny BGA memory. As some of you might already know Tiny BGA memory chips are smaller, faster, and run cooler than TSOP formats.
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PCI-X Spec. Introduced
Published: Tuesday, February 5, 2002 | By: DennisA much needed upgrade to the PCI bus was announced today and "is backwards compatible with previous PCI standards".
Here is some numbers to chew on.
"The new spec uses double-data-rate and quad-data-rate techniques to dramatically increase the PCI bus bandwidth to 2.1 Gigabytes/second or 4.3 Gbytes/sec." -
Soltek SL-85DRS2
Published: Tuesday, February 5, 2002 | By: DennisP4 and DDR333 what more can you ask for. Actually I've been putting the finishing touches on our review of this exciting motherboard and should have it posted soon. Shortly thereafter we will be posting our review of another new Soltek board the PurpleRay SL-75DRV4, so stay tuned.
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The Explosive Power of Silicon
Published: Monday, February 4, 2002 | By: DennisNot completely related to burnt T-birds but close. It would appear that some researchers at UCSD have discovered how to make silicon explosive by simply adding "salt" to the silicon and for those of use that know how to make gunpowder, the discovery isn't really that far fetched. They have some pretty big plans for the discovery to find out more follow the link.
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Soltek SL-85DRV3 Review @ Lost Circuits
Published: Monday, February 4, 2002 | By: DennisHere is another DDR enabled P4 review complete with overclocking. I think if Intel doesn't do something soon VIA might have a market share of the P4+DDR platform with an unlicensed chipset.
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Overclocking the XP1600+
Published: Monday, February 4, 2002 | By: DennisTweakers Australia has a pretty good article up on their quest to overclock the XP1600+. They also talk a little about how to use voltage to your advantage, check it out.
