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NEWS & VIEWS |
Taipei,
Saturday, May 17, 2008
11:58 (GMT+8)
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GPU makers to cross blades in June with the launch of Radeon HD 4800 and GeForce GTX 200 Add-on card | May 16, 01:10 | | AMD and Nvidia are ready to cross blades again in June with their next generation GPU families – the ATI Radeon HD 4800 and GeForce GTX 200, according to sources at graphics card makers. Read more | | |
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VIA to adopt 45nm process and launch dual-core CPU by the end of 2009 Mobo, chipset | May 15, 15:39 | | Taiwan-based VIA Technologies is planning to adopt a 45nm process for the manufacture of its processors, and expects to launch dual-core CPUs by the end of 2009, according to sources at the company. Read more | | |
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Sichuan quake to have only short-term impact in PC supply chain, says mobo makers Mobo, chipset | May 14, 11:45 | | With a recent large earthquake in Sichuan province of China causing a suspension of the operation of Intel's packaging and testing plant located there, motherboard makers expect the impact will cause only a short-term supply problem with no obvious shortage to occur in the third quarter of this year. Read more | | |
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Asustek and Gigabyte gear up for Intel P45 chipset launch Mobo, chipset | May 13, 01:00 | | In an attempt to gain an edge in the competitive motherboard market, Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have already unveiled motherboards featuring the new Intel P45 chipset for media review, as they gear up for the official June 2008 launch of the P45. Read more | | |
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All first-tier motherboard makers see on-month drop in revenues except Asustek Mobo, chipset | May 12, 12:26 | | Asustek Computer announced consolidated revenues of NT$20.7 billion (US$673 million) in April, a slight increase of 2% on month and a increase of 19% on year, while the company's spun-off OEM/ODM businesses, Pegatron Technology and Unihan Technology, saw consolidated revenues of NT$33.76 billion, a slight increase of 1.7% on month. Read more | | |
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Biostar launches a nForce 750-based motherboard Mobo, chipset | May 9, 15:24
Biostar Microtech International has announced its TPower motherboard series, which it claims offers performance, stability and overclocking potential. Read more |
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AMD reveals its future server lineup Mobo, chipset | May 9, 11:28 | | AMD is planning to launch its 45nm server processor Shanghai in the second half of this year, which features HyperTransport 3.0, instruction-per clock enhancement (IPC) and will have its L3 cache increased from 2MB to 6MB, while the company will launch a six-core server processor codenamed Istanbul in the second half of 2009. The processors will fit with the current Socket F1 (1207) and will feature the company's Direct Connect Architecture. Read more | | |
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USI sees 14% on year growth in revenues in April Mobo, chipset | May 8, 12:15 | | Affected by the traditional slow season, April consolidated revenues of Universal Scientific Industrial dropped 19% on month to NT$5.33 billion (US$173.45 million), but still was up 14% on year. The company's accumulated revenues for the first four months of 2008 reached NT$23.54 billion, an increase of 21% compared to the same period last year. Read more | | |
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IGS to start shipments of arcade game machines to Latin America, says paper Mobo, chipset - Newswatch | May 7, 16:45 | | International Games System (IGS), an arcade game hardware/software developer and operator of online games in Taiwan, expects to begin shipping arcade machines to Latin America, including Venezuela, Columbia, Chile, Peru and Panama, in the second quarter of 2008, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) newspaper. Read more | | |
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Intel to launch 4-series chipsets at Computex 2008 Mobo, chipset | May 6, 13:51 | | Intel will officially launch its 4-series chipsets at Computex 2008, while motherboard makers will start shipping products in the third week of June, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more | | |
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Intel Atom to boost mini-ITX chassis Mobo, chipset | May 5, 11:59 | | With Intel restricting its Atom processor to only be used with mini-ITX-based motherboards, mini-ITX chassis are expected to see a surge in demand in June, according to sources in the channel. Read more | | |
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Atom shortages expected to persist until September, says Asustek president Mobo, chipset | May 2, 12:16 | | The high volume of Atom processor orders from PC vendors has, according to industry reports, left Intel unable to meet demand. Asustek Computer president Jerry Shen recently said he expects the shortages will persist until September this year. Read more | | |
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Overall GPU market drops 5.6% from 4Q07, says Jon Peddie Research Add-on card | Apr 30, 17:00 | Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the first calendar quarter of 2008.
Traditionally, the first quarter has flat to negative growth for the computer industry as retailers and OEMs sell what is left from the holiday season; and this year was no different, in fact the quarter saw the biggest drop since 2005, noted JPR. Read more | | |
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AMD desktop CPU lineup revealed Mobo, chipset | Apr 29, 01:10 | | AMD is planning to launch two 45nm Phenom X4 CPUs (Deneb) in 2008 with core frequencies of between 2.5-2.8GHz and 2.4-2.7GHz, with both adopting 6MB L3 Cache and having a TDP rating of 95W, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more | | |
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Asustek, Gigabyte and ECS announce performance for 2007 Mobo, chipset | Apr 29, 01:05 | | Asustek Computer announced consolidated revenues of NT$755.4 billion (US$24.86 billion) for 2007 with an EPS (earnings per share) of NT$7.52. The company's profit after tax was NT$27.62 billion, an increase of 43.78% compared to the previous year. Read more | | |
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Asustek to transfer Unihan stock to Pegatron in May Mobo, chipset | Apr 25, 01:15 | | In order to achieve its goal of separating its brand and OEM divisions, Asustek Computer plans to transfer all its Unihan stock to Pegatron Technology next month, according to sources at Pegatron. Read more | | |
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Intel to push Mini-ITX motherboard for entry-level and multimedia PCs Mobo, chipset | Apr 24, 15:46 | | Intel has unveiled two Mini-ITX-based motherboards, Elko and Fly Creek, for entry-level PC and multimedia PC markets, respectively. Read more | | |
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AMD gains slightly in processor market in 4Q07, says iSuppli Mobo, chipset | Apr 23, 12:30 | | Although AMD's struggles have dominated recent headlines, the company actually managed to turn around its fortunes slightly in the fourth quarter of 2007, gaining some share in the market for all types of processors, according to market research firm iSuppli. Read more | | |
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VIA CPUs to stage comeback in low-cost PC market Mobo, chipset | Apr 21, 12:10 | | With Hewlett-Packard (HP) said to have ordered 100,000 C7-M ULV processors for its initial mini-note low-cost PC launch, (which is expected to reach 500,000 units in total in 2008) while Gigabyte Technology's new M700 series UMPC (ultra mobile PC) will also adopt VIA Technologies' CPUs, the Taiwan-based chipmaker may have a chance of recover from its long series of losses, according to industry watchers. Read more | | |
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Nvidia to launch new mid-range G92-based GeForce 9 GPU Add-on card | Apr 18, 01:05 | | Nvidia is planning to launch the GeForce 9600 GSO GPU in May to compete with AMD's Radeon HD 3830, according to sources at graphics card makers. Read more | | |
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MSI launches AMD 780-based motherboards Mobo, chipset | Apr 16, 16:42
Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched its latest high-efficiency motherboard series – K9A2GM/VM, which utilize AMD's 780G/V chipsets to provide full HD playback, 3D graphics performance, and scalability and stability for mainstream gaming, multimedia and commercial PC systems, according to the motherboard maker. Read more |
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MSI and Flextronics together land Dell notebook orders, says paper Mobo, chipset - Newswatch | Apr 15, 16:03 | | Singapore-based global EMS provider Flextronics International and Taiwan-based first-tier motherboard maker Micro-Star International (MSI) have cooperated to land consumer-based desktop PC orders from Dell, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN). Read more | | |
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ASRock sees revenues and motherboard shipments drop in 1Q08, says paper Mobo, chipset - Newswatch | Apr 15, 11:56 | | Affected by fierce competition, second-tier motherboard maker ASRock announced revenues of NT$1.68 billion (US$55.5 million) and motherboard shipments of 1.2 million units for the first quarter of 2008, both dropping by around 50% on year, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more | | |
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Intel kicks off WiMAX investment plans in Taiwan, says paper Mobo, chipset - Newswatch | Apr 14, 12:14 | | Intel has set up a regional WiMAX office in Taiwan and the company plans to join hands with Taiwan companies, including Acer and the Development Fund of Taiwan's Executive Yuan, to set up one to three companies to make equity investment in WiMAX-related firms in Taiwan, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Read more | | |
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ASRock launches nForce 750a chipset motherboard Mobo, chipset | Apr 11, 14:58
ASRock has launched the AMD-based K10N750SLI-WiFi motherboard which adopts Nvidia's chipset and AMD's PSI (power state indicator) technology to improve the energy efficiency by disabling extra phases when the CPU is under light loads. Read more |
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VIA and Nvidia to team up on VN platform targeting netbook and MID-type products Mobo, chipset | Apr 10, 15:53 | | Nvidia and VIA Technologies have recently signed a cooperation agreement which will see VIA's C7 and C8 CPUs paired with IGP chipsets from Nvidia to form a new VN platform, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more | | |
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VIA and SiS to not participate in Computex 2008 Mobo, chipset | Apr 9, 13:19 | | After evaluating the balance between benefits and costs, chipset makers VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated System (SiS) have decided not to participate in Computex 2008, according to sources at the two makers. Read more | | |
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Asustek launches new AMD and Nvidia graphics cards Add-on card | Apr 8, 11:19
Asustek Computer recently unveiled three new graphics cards based on Nvidia and AMD GPUs (graphics processing units), the EN9800GTX/HTDP/512M, EAH3850X2/HTDI/1G and EAH3650 SILENT/HTDI/1G. Read more |
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Intel unveils second-generation Intel-powered Classmate PC Mobo, chipset | Apr 3, 12:26 | | Intel unveiled a new design of the Intel-powered classmate PC today at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai. The second-generation Intel-powered classmate PCs have wireless capability, longer battery life, water resistant keyboards and are more shock resistant if dropped. Intel is calling this category of PCs "netbooks." Read more | | |
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Intel introduces Centrino Atom for portable devices Mobo, chipset | Apr 3, 11:37 | | Intel has introduced five new Intel Atom processors and it's Intel Centrino Atom processor technology for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and embedded computing solutions. Read more | | |
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Intel to target Sri Lanka for investment Mobo, chipset | Apr 2, 15:45
Having achieved great results from its investment in China, Intel is planning to next invest Sri Lanka, which has a population of over 20 million, according to Cadol Cheung, managing director at Intel Capital Asia Pacific. Read more |
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Intel to ready DirectX 10 driver around end of April Mobo, chipset | Apr 1, 14:08 | | Intel is planning to announce a DirectX 10 driver for its IGP chipsets around the end of April, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more | | |
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VIA to push Isaiah CPUs in the embedded market Mobo, chipset | Mar 31, 14:45 | | With the mass shipment of VIA Technologies' new Isaiah CPUs to start in the second quarter this year, in addition to the PC market, the company is planning to also push the processor in the embedded market, according to sources at VIA. Read more | | |
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AMD announces more Phenom CPUs Mobo, chipset | Mar 28, 16:35 | | AMD has announced the availability of several Phenom-based CPUs including triple-core Phenom X3 8000 series processors, an energy-efficient desktop quad-core Phenom X4 9100e processor and quad-core Phenom X4 9000 series processors. Read more | | |
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Intel to delay P45 chipset to mid-June Mobo, chipset | Mar 28, 01:15 | | Intel is delaying the launch schedule of its P45 chipset from originally in May to mid-June, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more | | |
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Abit to sell Nvidia graphics cards Add-on card | Mar 28, 01:05 | | Second-tier motherboard maker Abit is preparing to begin selling Nvidia GPU-based graphics card, according to sources at channel vendors. Read more | | |
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Notes and corrections |
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A May 15 article incorrectly stated that VIA Technologies has forecast CPU shipments in 2008 will increase around 20-30% on year. The actual forecast is for double or triple on-year growth. |
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