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Qualcomm's Kayak "PC alternative" pictured: Here's a picture of Kayak, the "PC alternative" for emerging markets that Qualcomm announced yesterday. It looks pretty much the way the company described it: sort of a cross between the Apple Mac Mini--bring your own monitor, keyboard and mouse--and the OLPC's XO laptop with its...; Tags: PC, Qualcomm Inc., Kayak, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Desktops, Wireless, Hardware, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-11-13
Qualcomm floats 'PC alternative' 3G device: Qualcomm on Wednesday entered the Internet device market with a "PC alternative" designed to give netbooks some competition in emerging markets. The device, dubbed Kayak, is designed to use 3G wireless connectivity and be completely free of landlines and other accessories to connect to the Internet. ...; Tags: PC, Qualcomm Inc., Qualcomm Kayak, 3G, Chipsets, Mice, Semiconductors, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, Peripherals, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-12
Ubuntu 8.10 release candidate is out: For those interested in taking the latest incarnation of Ubuntu for a spin, you might like to know that a release candidate of Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" is available for download a few days ahead of the full release. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Ubuntu, Release Candidate, Ubuntu 8.10 Release Candidate, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Blog posts 2008-10-24
New Wi-Fi chipsets promise up to 2x throughput of current 802.11n devices: A couple of weeks ago I did a post on the Home Theater blog about Celeno Communications' wireless chip that the company claims can support four different HD streams simultaneously. Now another company has announced its own Wi-Fi technology that promises significant performance improvement over the 802.11n spec. Quantenna's QHS...; Tags: Throughput, IEEE 802.11n, Quantenna, Chipsets, Wi-Fi, Semiconductors, Wireless, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy; Blog posts 2008-10-14
Why Apple will shift to an NVIDIA chipset: It is widely rumored that Apple will shift to an NVIDIA chipset with its next MacBook and MacBook Pro refresh. What advantages does making this switch offer to Apple? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-10-12

Report: Three Intel Nehalems in November: Intel will launch its first three Nehalem processors on November 17, according to a report on the site Expreview.com. These Bloomfield high-end chips will include the 3.2 GHz Core i7-965XE ($999), 2.93GHz Core i7-940 ($562) and 2.66GHz Core i7-920 ($284). Nehalem is manufactured using the same 45nm...; Tags: Desktop, Mobile, Intel Corp., Chip, Nehalem, Server Processor, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Processors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-10-11
Laptops with mobile WiMax now available: The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...; Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-10-09
HTC announces 3 new TouchFLO Windows Mobile devices: Last week, the rumor mill started churning about the HTC Touch HD and today HTC confirmed that it is indeed coming out with this device, along with a couple more Touch devices to satisfy a range of customers. We will soon see the HTC Touch HD, Touch 3G, and Touch...; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-09-15
Harald Welte gets a black eye: What it sounds like to me is that VIA gave this guy a job he couldn't do so they could show their proprietary partners it couldn't be done. I've been there before, and I sympathize. But it doesn't give me warm or fuzzy feelings. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: VIA Technologies Inc., Harald Welte, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Open Source, Hardware, Components, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-09-09
SLI comes to the Intel X58: It used to be that if you wanted to make use of NVIDIA's multi-GPU SLI solution, you were stuck having to buy a board that was fitted with an nForce chipset. X58 motherboards for Intel's Core i7 CPU changes that. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Board, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Corporate Governance, Chipsets, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-08-29
Via stops making chipsets for Intel, AMD systems: And then there were three . . . After months of rumors, Taiwan-based Via Technologies has confirmed that it will stop producing chipsets for PCs that use Intel and AMD processors. A company spokesperson told the hardware site Custom PC that the third-party chipset business was on...; Tags: via technologies inc., advanced micro devices inc., intel corp., chipsets, semiconductors, hardware, components, john morris; Blog posts 2008-08-11
Intel's second quarter delivers; Cheap laptop demand up: Updated: Intel on Tuesday reported second quarter earnings of $1.6 billion, or 28 cents a share, on revenue of $9.5 billion, up 9 percent from a year ago. The results topped Wall Street expectations. According to Thomson Financial, Intel was expected to report earnings of 25 cents...; Tags: Revenue, Paul Otellini, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Operational Accounting, Chipsets, Sales Strategy, Finance, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Sales, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-15
MSI Wind notebook hits stores, promptly sells out?: The much-delayed MSI Wind has finally started to ship -- well, sort of. Pre-orders for the mini machine have started to ship, supposedly. Newegg, Fry's, Buy.com and others are supposed to stock the 10-inch device, but they have either already sold out or are keeping mum...; Tags: Notebook, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Machine, MSI Wind, Microsoft Windows XP, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Why does the new iPhone use old Wi-Fi technology?: Apple's upcoming iPhone uses an 802.11b/g radio, which won't matter to a lot of people. But a friend, who has installed 802.11n routers in her apartment because of crippling interference in the 2.4GHz frequency range, mentioned this shortcoming the other day. ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, IEEE 802.11n, Apple Inc., Wi-Fi Technology, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Rik Fairlie; Blog posts 2008-06-13
AMD announces Puma laptop platform, Mobile Radeon 3800 GPU: Located in the PC component capital of the world, Computex has become the tradeshow for chipsets, so it's no surprise AMD chose to announce its new mobile platform here in Taiwan today. (You can watch the press conference here.) Known by its code-name Puma, the platform itself doesn't have a...; Tags: Mobile, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, Radeon, GPU, Puma, Radeon 3200, Puma Platform, ATI XGP, Chipsets, Notebooks, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-06-04
Via has designs on mini-notebooks: In an effort to capitalize on the surprising growth in mini-notebooks, Via Technologies has released a new reference design based on its C7-M processor and chipset. With all the attention paid to the Intel-AMD rivalry, you may have forgotten about Via, the other company that designs x86...; Tags: Mini-notebook, VIA Technologies Inc., Chipsets, Notebooks, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-05-28
Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08: OK, it's time once again for ... drum roll please ... The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. ...; Tags: Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, Price, CPU, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., Q9300, LGA775, AM2, DDR3, Logitech Z-5500 Speaker System, PSU, Galaxy EGX1000EWL, Samsung T220, Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Chipsets, Video Cards, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-28
Via open sources laptop designs; Will it make Via relevant as a chipmaker again?: Via has open sourced a laptop--computer assisted design documents, 3D models and all of the specifications--but let's be clear about the motives. Via wants to sell more chips and motherboards to power this device with hopes to become a little more relevant. Via calls this contraption the...; Tags: Open Source, Motherboard, Laptop Computer, Laptop Design, Wireless Module Option, Module Option, Chipsets, CAD, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-27
6 Gbit drives coming: Chip vendor PMC-Sierra and Seagate announced that they've . . . achieved interoperability between PMC-Sierra's end-to-end 6Gb/s SAS chipset and Seagate's early development 6Gb/s SAS Hard Disk Drives HDDs. This successful demonstration of 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI SAS interoperability provides server and storage system equipment...; Tags: Disk, PMC-Sierra Inc., Serial Attached SCSI, Seagate Technology LLC, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-05-13
AMD launches 'business class' Phenom, Athlon chips: AMD on Monday announced "business class" versions of its Phenom and Athlon processors for the commercial markets. The big pitch: PC manufacturers will maintain AMD's business class systems for 24 months to ensure that systems aren't phased out before they are deployed. The chipmaker all AMD resources...; Tags: AMD Athlon, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Chipsets, Desktops, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-27