The US-based SMART Modular Technologies, Inc., a maker of memory modules, flash memory cards and solid state storage devices has announced the availability of 24 GB CoolFlex RDIMMs. This DDR3 memory operates at 1333 MHz at 1.35V and is especially suitable for servers that need plenty of memory. The really unique feature of this memory is that it allows memory configurations t...
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Thermaltake starts sales of LifeCool II notebook cooling
13 May 2013 | Notebooks
The popular PSU and cooler maker Thermaltake has started the sales of its latest laptop cooling solution dubbed LifeCool II. The new laptop cooler comes with a tapered profile and offers the following dimensions – 23.5 x 319.2 x 54.3 mm for total weight of 677 grams. It uses a special soft pillow for easy placement of a mobile computer as well as an aluminum plate for heat ...
Chinese web site sells Intel Haswell processors
13 May 2013 | PC
There are exactly 22 days left until the official launch of Intel's Haswell processor and the LGA1150 platform but hardcore hardware enthusiasts and Intel fans can already obtain Haswell processors thanks to the efforts of a Chinese web site known as Taobao. The offer seems completely legit as Taobao has photos of Core i5 and i7 Haswell processors proudly sitting in genuine I...
AMD’s Kabini APUs won’t run Windows XP, Windows Vista
10 May 2013 | PC
Windows XP has become the most successful Windows version ever with nearly 20 per cent of all PCs still using it nearly 12 years after its release. Despite the huge popularity of Windows XP this OS will be fully incompatible with the upcoming AMD Kabini APUs, along with the failed Windows Vista operating system. Kabini will not support Windows XP officially, which means that ...
Acer presents Iconia A1 tablet
10 May 2013 | Tablets
Acer has officially presented its latest tablet - the Iconia A1. The new device is budget-oriented and comes with a 7.9-inch IPS display at 1024 x 768 pixels, integrated in a slim 11.2 mm chassis. Weighing just 400 grams the Iconia A1 tablet sports a powerful MediaTek MT8125 SoC with four Cortex-A9 processing cores at 1.2 GHz. The tablet also offers 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB or 16 GB...
TDK announces SDG4A solid-state drives
10 May 2013 | SSD
The Japanese corporation TDK has announced a new line of 2.5-inch form factor SSDs – the SDG4A. The new SSD line is suitable for industrial applications and provides ultimate reliability in extreme conditions. The new SSD line will shortly be available in three capacities – of 64 GB, 128 GB and 256 GB but a more spacious 512 GB model will follow a bit later. A peculiarity...
AMD may be working on ultra high-end SoC
10 May 2013 | PC
A web site based in China has released an unknown block diagram that shows an extremely powerful upcoming system-on-a-chip (SoC) by AMD with many processing cores, a powerful graphics engine and plenty of memory bandwidth. The information is completely unofficial but if true AMD may have a very powerful product on th...
Possible Radeon HD 9970 specs leaked, ready for late 2013?
9 May 2013 | PC
AMD seems to have leaked some revolutionary information regarding its future GPU plans. Apparently the chip maker has detailed the first preliminary specs of the upcoming high-end Volcanic Islands family flagship – namely the Radeon HD 9970. Furthermore the roadmap states the chip will be ready by the end of 2013. If the information is correct Volcanic Islands will be bui...
Acer prepares Aspire V5 and V7 notebooks
9 May 2013 | Notebooks
Acer has been quietly working on two new Aspire V5 and Aspire V7 notebook lines with both of them expected by the end of the month. The new Aspire V5 series will include three models with 11.6-inch (1366 x 768 pixels), 14-inch and 15.6-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) displays. Certain Aspire V5 models will come with sensor displays too or LED keyboards. As to processors users can c...
AMD starts sales of Radeon RG2133 Gamer memory for gaming PCs
9 May 2013 | PC, PC gaming
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has started selling its latest line of Radeon memory – the Radeon RG2133 Gamer memory line. The new memory complements the already released RE1600 and RP1866 memory lines. Made by Dataram the Radeon RG2133 memory runs at 2133 MHz at 10-11-11-30 latencies. Gamers can purchase the new memory in a kit with total capacity of 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) for USD...
Silicon Power unleashes new generation Xpower DDR3 memory
9 May 2013 | PC
Silicon Power, one of the world's makers of storage technologies has officially presented the next generation of the company's Xpower memory line – the Xpower Overclocking DDR3 memory line. The new DDR3 memory arrives in special metallic heat sinks that provide improved heat dissipation, a larger heat dissipation area as well as higher stability in overclocked conditions. D...
