Intel Launches Cheap Quad-Core Chip
Intel silently slashed the price of its Core 2 Quad processors and at the same time released the most expensive Celeron processor.
Talk about marketing irony, the Q8200 which runs for 2.33 GHz quad-core chip is no tagged at $224. This chip has 4 Mbytes of level 2 cache. Before you jump for joy, this chip is actually one of the least high-tech in all of the chips in the Core 2 Quad family.
Cache size is important since it increases performance efficiency. Cache is the memory that your computer uses to save frequently-accessed instructions. The other members of the Core 2 Quad chip family boasts either 6, 8, or12 Mbytes of level-2 cache. But as of this writing, no chip company or product evaluator was able to establish the chip’s performance using standard benchmarks more clearly.
At the same time, the chip company unleashed the new Intel Celeron 450. It is currently the most advanced Celeron processor powered by a 2.2 GHz dual core chip. Nicknamed as “Celeron D,” the new chip is tagged at $53 in 1,000-unit lots.
Source: PC Mag
Magnachip Uncovers N-P Channel MOSFET Series for LCD Screens
A huge manufacturer of analog and mixed signal semiconductor products for high volume consumer applications, MaganChip Seminconductor Ltd recently uncovered their new power efficient MOSFET series. This new technology can be used in backlight units of LCD TVs and LCD monitors, making these peripherals far better than how they are today.
The N-P Multi-Chip MOSFET targets the LCD TV and LCD monitor inverters. The new LCD booster chips boasts DPAK and SOIC-8, combining the two channels into a single piece of hardware.
LCD manufacturers will now be able to produce advanced monitors for a cheaper cost. The MOSFET series can also be used as backlight units for LCD TVs, LCD monitors as well as motor drivers and lamp drivers due to its lead and halogen-free nature.
MagnaChip Seminconductor CEO and Chairman, Sang Park exclaimed that they are thrilled to bring this series to the marketplace. The launch, as Park believe will allow for rapid expansion of power solutions market.
Source: Antara.co.id
Shuttle Computer Debuts Build-To-Order XPC Systems
Shuttle Computer Group is making XPCs more accessible by bringing in their line of small-form-factor, bare-bones XPC computers available in their online store.
But don’t get too excited about it, as the full line of build-to-order XPCs will not be available until April next year. PC enthusiasts however can avail of the rollout of the new, customized computer systems to consumer electronics, PC and mass merchant retailers by the end of the year.
The new build-yourself-a-pc systems have a price range of $799 to $2,999. Depending on the configurations, the new computers can be used for home or office, business, media center and gaming and even content creation.
The top of the line gaming or content creation configuration has a standard desktop specification. It has a .4GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor. It bears a 200GB hard disk drive and 1GB memory. It also carries an ATI Radeon 9800XT graphics card.
The media center configuration boasts the “Zen” XPC model. It has Microsoft’s Windows Media Center Operating System and a TV tuner card. This set-up is tagged at $999.
Source: Twice