On September 1 IBM announced details of the world's fastest computer chip in a new version of the IBM mainframe. 5.2GHz z196 processor is a four-core chip that contains 1.4 billion transistors on a 512-square milometer surface. The chip was manufactured using IBM's 45 nanometer SOI processor technology and the ability to handle more than 50 billion calculations per second. Mainframe zEnterprise 196 with new processor begin shipping to customers on September 10.
Guys in Toshiba presented their new Folio 100, an Android 2.2-running tablet. It comes with pre-installed Opera Mobile, FBReader, Document To Go, Adobe Flash 10.1 and Fring. Folio measures 281 x 181 14 mm and weights 760 grams. It has 10.1“ touch-screen with 1024 x 600 resolution, 16GB of internal storage, SD/MMC card reader, 1.3 Mpx webcam, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, one USB port and mini HDMI output. Battery life capacity is 7 hours. Folio’s reported price is 399€.
The new LV memory modules belongs to XPG Gaming Series. They work at 1333 MHz with CL 9-9-9-24 timing. However memory needs just from 1,25 to 1,35V, it is equipped with an aluminium heatspreader. Three products were announced: 2GB module, 4GB dual-channel kit and 6GB triple channel kit. A-Data project manager Alex Wu thinks that gamers will save money on electricity costs.
We have some good news and some bad news for keen gamers. The bad news are for Xboxers because ther is a price increase of an Xbox Live for some members. This price increase only affects Xbox LIVE Members in Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom or the United States. For UK gamers, the cost for a month will be 5.99 GBP, this is increasing the price of 1 GBP. On the other hand, Nintendo has announced price cuts, as of September 12th 2010, for it's Nintendo DSi and DS XL handheld gaming systems.
Canon announced that it has successfully developed the world's largest CMOS image sensor, with a chip size measuring 202 x 205 mm. Because the increased size of the new CMOS sensor allows more light to be gathered, it enables shooting in low-light environments. According the company, the sensor is capable of capturing images in one one-hundredth the amount of light required by a professional-model digital SLR camera. Canon solved the problem arising from enlarging the size of the sensor through an innovative circuit design.
Beijing eedoo Technology Ltd., which is owned by Lenovo, is developing a new gaming console for China. A team of some 40 Lenovo software engineers was spun off from the Lenovo Group to develop and market the "eBox", a platform similar to Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360. EBox uses a camera to track player movement and then translate them into onscreen action without the need for a controller. The price for the eBox has yet to be hammered out, but president of Beijing eedoo Technology Ltd. said the price is expected to be higher than Nintendo's Wii, but it may be slightly lower than Microsoft's Xbox.
LG begins mass producing 9.7-inch and 19-inch e-paper
August 27, 2010
The company LG Display expects to begin mass producing 9.7-inch colour and 19-inch flexible e-paper. E-paper, or electronic paper, is a display used in e-readers on which text appears as it would on printed paper. 19-inch flexible e-paper prototype with parameters 400 x 250 mm, a thickness of just 0.3 mm and a weight of 130 grams, was announced in January. Analysts agreed that colour e-paper could bring a new level of multimedia entertainment to e-readers and also said it is not yet ready to replace traditional LCD screens.
During the second quarter Hewlett-Packard unseated rival IBM as the top sever vendor. International Data Corporation announced it is the biggest jump since 2003. HP's quarterly server revenue was $3.5 billion while IBM's revenue came in at $3.2 billion. IBM, the top-selling server vendor throughout 2009, is now at No. 2 spot behind HP and Dell is No. 3. IBM's revenue was lower in part due to late demand from customers for a new product that was just announced a week ago.
New FX600 notebook from MSI was introduced during a press conference held in Tokyo. Intel Core i5 processor offers better performance. The MSI FX600 comes with the 15.6-inch WXGA HD or Full HD display (1366 x 768 / 1920 x 1080), a nVIDIA GeForce GT 325M discrete graphics card with 1GB GDDR3 of display memory for high performance, 250/320/500GB SATA HDD, a HD Webcam, HDMI / D-Sub / USB 2.0 (x2) / eSATA (x1) ports, the Bluetooth V2.1 EDR and the Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n.
Acer expands its S3-series LED-LCD monitors of new widescreen (16:9) 27-inch Full HD LCD monitor with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution and unbelievable 12.000.000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. A fantastic design creates both an attractive LED Backlight Monitor and a 21.5 mm thin bezel. The S273HLbmii comes with ultra-fast 2 ms Response Time, 2 HDMI ports, D-Sub and 300cd/m2 brightness. This monitor will be priced at 468 USD.
Sony Corporation has developed a hybrid transmission technology which facilitates both internal data transmission and power supply with a single cable. The technology enables to transmit data at 940 Mbps trough a single cable (copper wire). Sony's newly-developed 'single wire interface technology' has achieved bi-directional transmission of several kinds of signals, including video, audio and control signals, by using time division duplex and multiplex. The company aims to promptly implement this technology to improve design flexibility, reliability and durability for mobile devices with movable mechanisms.
New series SSD iSSD consists of 5 models with capacity 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB, which can be proud of minimum size 16 mm x 20 mm x 1.85 mm and low weight. 64 GB model weighs 1.3 grams and 4 GB only 0.83 grams. ISSD are chips intended for integration into devices like smartphones, media players, and tablets, communicate with devices via the SATA 3Gb/s interface, which enables the 160MB/s sequential read and 100MB/s sequential write speeds.
ASUS B series notebooks with long-running batteries
August 18, 2010
Sonata batteries from Boston-Power company will be part of standard equipment on new series B Asus notebooks. These long-life lithium-ion batteries should retain 80 percent of their original capacity for three years hence Asus is offering a three year warranty for the batteries. Versions B43 14.1-inch and B53 15.6-inch are available with Core i5 or Core i7 processor, integrated Intel graphics or ATI Mobility Radeon 5470, 320GB hard drive and 2GB or 4GB of RAM.
Samsung latest 3.5-inch EcoGreen desktop hard disk does with three platters what its F3EG did with four: obtain a 2TB capacity. That's 667GB per platter for what Samsung calls the world's highest areal density, environmentally friendly hard disk drive on the market. Specifically, this 3.0Gbps SATA disk with a 32MB buffer brings a 19 percent improved standby performance and requires 23 percent less power in standby mode than its EcoGreen F3EG. Better yet, it does all this for $60 less (just $119.95) when it ships to the US and EU markets in early September.
Acknowledging Apple's early success with the iPad, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insisted Thursday that the software maker is hard at work on Windows-based tablets. "They'll be shipping as soon as they are ready," Ballmer said, offering few details on the products, which he said will come from partners, not Microsoft itself. "It is job one urgency. No one is sleeping at the switch."
The X430 comes with a 14”LED Backlight monitor with a 1366 x 768 resolution, with a Core i3 330UM CPU, an Nvidia GeForce 310M and 4GB of RAM, while the X180, smaller comes with a 11.6 LED Backlight monitor with a 1366 x 768 resolution, a Core i3 330UM CPU and an Intel GMA HD Card with here only 3GB of RAM. Both comes with a 8850mAh battery offering for the X430 up to 8h of battery life while the X180 announces 8.2h of battery life.
Behold LG’s latest 10.1” Notebook the X140. Running on WIndows 7, our Atom Based (1.83GHz) notebook offers a 1366×768 resolution comes with an LED Backlight monitor, a 1.3Mpix WebCamera, 2GB of RAM and 320GB of HDD as well as 3G. Available in 3 different colors including the good old back & white but also “Hot Pink”, the LG X140 features the company latest “LG Smart POP” connectivity features including File Transfer function enables the simple transfer of folders or files between the PC and mobile phones.
It took a little while after the BDXL specification was finalized, but here's Sharp busting down the door to expanded storage with the first official products adhering to said spec. The new VR-100BR1 discs will use triple-layer fairy dust to squish 100GB of data inside, and Akihabara News reports that they'll be swiftly followed by quad-layer 128GB variants as well.
Want more space? Go and get Samsung latest 2.5” Spinpoint MT2 HDD and its enormous 1TB of storage space. Thanks to 3 333GB platters and additional tweaks, our 1TB portable drive is also faster with a 20% increase reading / writing speed at 5400rpm, but also more power efficient with a 4% reduction in power consumption.
Amazon has announced that the latest model of its Kindle DX e-reader will begin shipping on July 7 for a price of $379. The graphite-colored new Kindle DX has also become available for pre-ordering on Amazon.com. The latest generation of the Kindle DX, which is just 1/3rd of an inch thick, has been announced by Amazon for a much lesser price than the previously quoted cost of $489.
