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OCZ Technology Announces the Z-Drive PCI-Express 1TB SSD Storage San Jose, Calif.—April 23, 2009—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled the Z-Drive, a PCI-Express based SSD solution designed to meet the stringent demands of enthusiast computing environments and high-end workstations. First debuted at Cebit 2009 in Germany, the Z-Drive is the latest premium solid state storage solution from OCZ. The OCZ Z-Drive is the result of the latest breakthroughs in technology building on the advantages of flash-based storage, delivering incredible performance that translates to professional-class data storage enthusiasts have come to expect from OCZ’s premium offerings. These next-generation drives feature exceptional speeds up to 510MB/s read and 480MB/s write, all while delivering lowered power consumption, ultra-fast data access, superior durability, and lower cost per ownership compared to conventional hard drives when factoring in the need for multiple drives and a separate RAID controller. In configurations of 250GB, 500GB, and massive 1TB capacities and priced aggressively to be within reach of high end consumers, the OCZ Z-Drive offers ample room to create a high performance storage array for enthusiast high performance systems. OCZ
DFI LANParty UT P55 Board First Look The guys at VR-Zone has their first look on the much anticipated LANParty UT P55 motherboard, which relies on is fully on digital PWM. The motherboard also appears to have a dedicated slot for NAND flash. Also, DFI will be using Flame Freezer for the chipst cooling department as well. On closer examination, there is a mini USB port on the IO backpanel. The website claims that DFI refused to say anything but gave a clue that the BIOS is a breakthrough for motherboard technologies. It looks like DFI could be early to adopt the UEFI interface. This mystery will be unravelled at Computex Taipei 2009 where DFI will officially be announcing this board there. VR-Zone
Core i5 Will Have A Lower QPI Multiplier Expreview claims that Intel’s Core i5 (Lynnfield) will feature a lower QPI multiplier than Core i7. Intel’s 5 Series motherboards will be switched to single-chip design, and the PCIE 2.0 controller will be integrated into the CPU itself. Even this they use QPI bus inside the CPU to connect the PCIE interface, and use the DMI bus to connect with the ICH.As we know, QPI restricts the CPU’s overclocking performance. Take the Core i7 965 as an example, it comes with 6.4GT/s QPI data rate, 24x multiplier and 133MHz BCLK. Due to the limit of QPI speed (8GT/s), its maximum BCLK can only achieve 166MHz at 24x. But the website claims that the QPI multiplier of Core i5 will be set even lower at 16x, so you’ll get a higher BCLK around 250MHz. When you overclock the BCLK, the QPI interface will overclock as well. Expreview
First Look at Radeon HD 4770 CrossFire Benchmark According to Expreview's test, the HD 4770 CrossFire brings more than 80% 3D performance improvements, superior to HD 4890 nearly by 20%. When loaded by 3D tasks, the CrossFire platform sees about 80-100W power consumption increase compared with single HD 4890, but it still consumes less power than the HD 4890 does.On the other hand, PowerPlay function disables the automatic decrease of GDDR5 memory clock, so HD 4770 CrossFire brings a bit higher power consumption than HD 4890 when idling or playing videos. It is believed that the upcoming non-reference cards will see an improvement in this. Expreview
ATI's HD 4770: The First 40nm GPU THE RACE TO be the first 40nm GPU on the market is over, and despite some early signs, ATI wins with the RV740/HD 4770. The chip was meant to come out last December 2008, but due to the TSMC glitches bit and leakage became the overriding problem. Luckily, ATI actually seems to have followed the DFM rules rather than believing arrogance without a coherent QA program can bend the laws of physics. That is why the HD 4770 is the first 40nm GPU on sale.It is not a high-end part though, it slots between the 4670 and the 4850, closer to the latter than the former in performance, and will undoubtedly kill the more expensive to make 4830. On the NVIDIA side, it sits on top of the vanilla 9800 (or is it the GT239XXX this week?), meaning margins in Santa Clara should shrink a bit in Q1.  The raw specs are a 750MHz core clock, 640 shaders, 32 texture units and 512M of 800MHz GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus. As far as silicon is concerned, the chip is built on the much criticised TSMC 40nm process, and packs 826 million transistors into 134mm2. Power consumption is a little high for a new process at 80W, but that exactly splits the difference between the 4670 and the 4850. The HD 4770 will retail for below $100 (RM350). ~ The Inquirer | AMD ATI HD 4770 Review Roundup: Hexus Expreview XBit Labs Tom's Hardware Hot Hardware Guru of 3D Tech Power Up Tech Spot Neoseeker PCStats Legit Reviews Hardware Canucks Anandtech Extremetech
AMD's Newest Athlon X2 7850 BE Processors Going Cheap AMD today announced the AMD Athlon™ X2 7850 Black Edition processor, delivering leading technology and strong performance to the mainstream PC user for under $70 (RM245) MSRP. Focused on designing and developing new products and platforms over the last 40 years, AMD’s unique technologies continue to create compelling user experiences at an exceptional value. As part of this anniversary celebration, the newest addition to the AMD Athlon X2 7000 series of processors delivers a superior dual-core, performance-per-dollar PC experience for solutions at home and at play. ~ AMD Athlon X2 7850 Review Roundup: AMD Zone Neoseeker OCC Guru of 3D Benchmark Reviews Bjorn 3D Bit Tech Anandtech
Western Digital Releases WD TV Media Player KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – December 10, 2008 – WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced a simple way for consumers to play their stored digital content on their HDTV in Full-HD 1080p resolution. The WD TV™ Media Player connects to a user’s TV or home theater and plays digital movies, music and photos from WD’s My Passport™ portable drive or other USB mass storage device. The WD TV Media Player is available now at select retailers.  According to research firm IDC, nearly 334 million GB of photos and more than 3.1 billion GB of video will be stored on consumer desktop and laptop computers in 2008. The research firm expects that to increase to 400 million GB and 5.8 billion GB, respectively, by 2010. [ Read the rest... ]
World GameMaster Tournament 2008 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, 31 Oct Friday - Gamers and electronic sports enthusiasts once again geared up for one of Malaysia's most prestige gaming events - the World GameMaster Tournament 2008 Malaysia Final. One of th emost renowned electronic sports tournaments in Malaysia, WGT is back again this year, occurring on a bi-annual basis and second year in running, WGT 2008 Malaysia Final with focus set especially on gaming aims to gather gamers around the country to compete for the title of country game master. This time around with ASUS featuring its new energy saving EPU Motherboard, gamers can game and save more at the same time.  Among the games that were played included, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Half-Life: Counter Strike 1.6, FIFA 08 and Need for Speed: Pro Street. It was held in one of the biggest shopping malls in Kuala Lumper, which is Mid Valley Megamall. Close to 300 gamers took part in this 3-day tournament as they tried their level best to be the GameMaster. Prizes (including cash prizes) worth RM50,000 were up for grabs, so the gamers were pretty serious on their gaming. ASUS also had their very own roadshow going on at the Center Court, Midvalley Megamall where they exhibited their newest technology in computer hardware. Overall, WGT 2008 was a huge success for ASUS and also help realizing pro-gamers in Malaysia. More pictures below:     Read more for the complete winner's list. [ Read the rest... ]
ZOTAC Expands GeForce 9600 GSO Family HONG KONG – Nov. 4, 2008 – ZOTAC International, today is shipping three new NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO based graphics cards – the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, GeForce 9600 GSO 1GB and GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB AMP! Edition. The new ZOTAC GeForce 9600 GSO models usher in a new era of affordable high-performance graphics solutions that are ready to take on the latest Microsoft DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.1 enabled games and NVIDIA CUDA enabled applications.The ZOTAC GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB AMP! Edition takes performance to a whole new level with its supercharged NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO graphics processor. The ZOTAC GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB AMP! Edition features fine-tuning to extract every extra ounce available from the graphics processor and high-speed GDDR3 memory for a fast-paced and highly detailed gaming experience. The ZOTAC GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB AMP! Edition will have a core clock rated at 700MHz, 1725MHz shader clock and 2000MHz memory clock. Zotac
OCZ Technology Announces the first 15” DIY Notebook Solution Based on Intel Centrino 2 Platform Sunnyvale, Calif.—October 30, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, components, and systems, today unveiled their latest 15”Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Gaming Notebook based on the Intel® Centrino™ 2 platform. This next generation laptop offers enthusiasts and gamers and incredible options to perfect their own mobile powerhouse. OCZ continues to expand on their lineup of DIY solutions for users that want to build a notebook that is configured and built for their very own unique application in mind. OCZ’s new 15” DIY notebook solution delivers an optimal balance of gaming performance and portability. Featuring the acclaimed Intel® Centrino™ 2 platform, the OCZ DIY notebook provides a breakthrough in mobile computing for higher performance, advanced connectivity, and longer battery life and can accommodate the latest CPU technology including the all-new Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme mobile processor. In conjunction with this state-of-the-art processing power, the 15.4-inch DIY notebooks come equipped with ATI® Raedon HD3650 integrated graphics to provide a premium gaming experience that lets gamers power through all of today's most advanced and graphic-intensive games and applications with DirectX 10.1 compatibility. OCZ
NVIDIA Announces 2009-2010 Fellowship Programme SINGAPORE — NOVEMBER 4, 2008 — NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in visual computing technologies, announced it is accepting applications for the NVIDIA® Fellowship Programme for the 2009-2010 academic year.Dr David Kirk, Chief Scientist at NVIDIA, stated, “The NVIDIA Fellowship Programme is designed to stimulate and support excellence in visual and parallel computing research in universities worldwide, and to promote communication between NVIDIA’s R&D team and outstanding students and professors. Since its inception in 2002, the Programme has awarded over $1.6 million in funding to assist 65 PhD students with their research.” The Programme provides funding to PhD students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in the graphics and high-performance computing industries. Recipients not only receive crucial funding for their research, but are able to conduct groundbreaking work with access to NVIDIA products, technology, and some of the most talented minds in the field. For information on eligibility and how to apply, please visit: http://www.nvidia.com/page/fellowship_programs.html or email: fellowship©nvidia.com.
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Kingston Blog Opens A Two-Way Communication With End-Users Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – (August 13, 2008) – Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the launch of the Kingston Blog (www.kingston-blog.com), a platform where end customers can get access to the latest information about Kingston and share their experiences of using Kingston’s products. Kingston officially joins the blogosphere to directly talk and listen to the end customers. From August 11th, the Kingston Blog will be available in English and Traditional Chinese language versions and targeted at online users in APAC region.Kingston is even taking a bold move on the marketing strategy by offering virtual currency on Kingston Blog, K-Bi, to encourage cyber citizens to share their thoughts or comments on Kingston products and services. Any effective posts or threads on Kingston Blog will be rewarded by its administer with “K-Bi”. “K-Bi” is not exchangeable and refundable and only can be used to claim valuable items listed on Kingston Blog. For more detailed information, please visit the Kingston Blog at: www.kingston-blog.com
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