AMD is set to debut its third-generation Opteron server processor architecture later this quarter. The company publically announced its upcoming launch next month, but the company's latest processor guidance, released just this week, states otherwise. According to partners close to AMD, sampling for Barcelona processors will hit top tier system builders this week.

AMD is preparing to launch a new high-end desktop processor, the Athlon 64 X2 6400+, which will be the last processor in the Athlon 64 X2 family, according to sources at motherboard makers. Currently, AMD's highest-end desktop processor is the Athlon 64 X2 6000+, however with its performance unable to match Intel's upcoming Core 2 Duo E6850, AMD plans to launch the new 6400+ to cover up the gap in the market, noted the sources.

AMD announced today what analysts have been dreading for months: the company will launch its next-generation architecture this August, at top-out frequencies of 2.0 GHz. This next-generation CPU will become the successor of the existing K8 AMD Opteron lineup. DailyTech has more.

In a keynote address this morning to the American Antitrust Institute in Washington, AMD CEO Hector Ruiz gave attendees what he described as "an idea of what it's like to do business day in and day out when you are competing against an abusive monopolist." Although he also invoked the phrase "illegal monopoly," he left a convenient 846-word buffer zone between that phrase and his first invocation of the term "Intel."

In this test at Madshrimps they take an in-depth look at the advanced cooling options available for the Geforce 8800 series. Both Danger Den and Swiftech have water blocks designed to fit the latest NVIDIA high end cards, so they take them for a test ride, comparing performance at different pump speeds, SLI compatibility and see how they do compared to high end air cooling solutions. Read on to find out if water cooling a G80 based VGA card is worth it.

ExtremeTech takes a trip to the land of weird mice and reviews quite a few of them. Among them are car mice, mice with rubber duckies, and so forth.

Although information has been floating around for ages and product hit the channel sooner than expected, today is actually the day Intel is officially unleashing their newest mainstream desktop chipset, the P35, a member of the formerly codenamed ?Bearlake? family. In addition to a new Southbridge, the P35 chipset ushers in support for DDR3 system memory in the desktop. It also supports legacy DDR2 memory, depending on the motherboard?s DIMM slot configuration.

This laptop will supposedly support dual 8800 Video cards, a 17" screen and chassis, Two internal Hard Drives up to 160GB each, and the new quad core Intel CPU all using a 975 chipset. We dont think the cooling solution is up to the task of cooling that amount of heat but time will tell.

Bereits im Jahr 2005 hat Microsoft ein neues, besonders für Computerspieler, reizvolles Tastenklavier vorgestellt. Produziert wurde es aber scheinbar nie. Jetzt allerdings, seit dem Joint-Venture mit dem Peripherie-Hersteller Razer, wurde die Designstudie erneut aus den Schubladen gekramt. Vor allem sollen neue Akzente im Ergonomiebereich der Spieler gesetzt werden. In Kombination mit einer Backlight...

Bereits im Jahr 2005 hat Microsoft ein neues, besonders für Computerspieler, reizvolles Tastenklavier vorgestellt. Produziert wurde es aber scheinbar nie. Jetzt allerdings, seit dem Joint-Venture mit dem Peripherie-Hersteller Razer, wurde die Designstudie erneut aus den Schubladen gekramt. Vor allem sollen neue Akzente im Ergonomiebereich der Spieler gesetzt werden. In Kombination mit einer Backlight...

In 2005 Microsoft already presented a new gaming keyboard but was never been manufactured. Now after a joint-venture with Razer USA Ltd. Microsoft released the Reclusa Gaming Keyboard. For a sneak (p)review warp to Extremetech's Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard Review.

When we released the first beta of ALchemy for X-Fi, we hoped customers would appreciate our efforts. Within only a few months, the response from users and the press has been overwhelmingly positive. Many of our customers have asked if we could adapt ALchemy to Audigy series sound cards. The X-Fi and Audigy series sound cards are built on different hardware architectures, and therefore require separate development efforts. However, based on the requests to date, we are pleased to announce that we have begun development of an implementation of ALchemy for Audigy series sound cards, and hope to offer this product as a low-cost upgrade to interested Audigy owners later this year.

K10 features a native quad-core design that incorporates shared-L3 cache, HyperTransport-3 support and backwards functionality with AM2 motherboards. However, the original K10 desktop and server processors will debut on the 65nm architecture -- a process AMD only started mastering in December 2006 with the launch of the Brisbane desktop CPU family.

Dailytech has more.

Intel has brought forward the launch of its Bearlake chipset and, from May 27th to May 9th, one week from now. We talked over with several motherboard manufacturers and they are all ready for Bearlake launch, while memory manufactures are getting ready to crank up the production into real volume.

The Inquirer has more

You need some space for about 150 high-definition movies or 300,000 MP3s? Whats about a harddrive that packs 200GB onto each of its five platters? Just take a look at Hitachis new capacity monster and warp to PC World Review Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 Review.

Intel has provided a microcode update as a critical software fix. This Intel microcode update addresses an improper Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) invalidation that may result in unpredictable system behavior such as system hangs or incorrect data. OEM's are making available a system BIOS upgrade that integrates a new version of this Intel microcode to address this potential but extremely rare issue.

This is the end of the afterglow. Samsung developed a LCD Screen that display 100 images per second. the Samsung LE4073BD (40" TV Screen) seems to be the first LCD that is as good as a CRT. You will find more about the technology if you warp to BeHardware: 1st LCD at 100 Hz: the end of afterglow

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. introduced its M690 chipset for embedded devices on Monday, rounding out the company's first chipset line that integrates technology from ATI Technologies Inc.
The chipset offers enhanced video performance and more display and connectivity choices for thin clients, point of sale, gaming and single-board computers, AMD said.
AMD also announced Socket S1, used to connect a chipset to a computer's motherboard, and the M690 chipset development board, a development platform for small, graphic-intensive devices. PcWorld has more.

TechReport reports:On the eve of the CeBIT trade show, Nvidia has announced new integrated graphics chipsets for both AMD and Intel processors. Nvidia has dubbed the integrated graphics component in those chipsets the GeForce 7050, and it calls the chip a "motherboard GPU", or mGPU for short. According to the company, requirements for an "mGPU" include DirectX 9.0 with Shader Model 2.0 support, at least one digital video connector (DVI or HDMI) with HDCP content protection, multi-display support, a dedicated video processing engine, and a Windows Experience Index rating of 3.0 or higher.

CORSAIR HAS A bunch of goodies at this show including DDR3, heatsinks and and a line of flash memory. All are nifty in their own way.
First up we have DDR3/1066 running on a P35 chipset. It has CAS-6 timings which is a little better than the standard JEDEC CAS-7 spec. You could almost call it low latency... TheInq has more.