Hello I recently had to change the battery for my computer's CMOS as it was running out. I now get a 'Found New Hardware Wizard' dialogue saying it will help install software for: Multimedia Audio Controller. I don't know what this is but if I do click on next with the default 'Install the...

Building a computer from scratch. It'll be built for someone who'll use it for alot of things, but tilted in the 'gaming' direction. Should whether the processor is 64-bit or 32-bit matter? If not, when? If so, how so? In other words, should I go AMD or Intel? I understand AMD is slightly faster...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80829&ps=ho3 Is this suppose to make sense to customers? Nearly a grand for a single processor? Is this some sort of joke?

The AN8 is, of course, also a Socket 939 based motherboard. Does anyone know the full extent of the AN8's upgrade capabilities?

"It's not really footwear, it's more like *'mbt shoes cheap' (http://www.mbtplus.com/)* an anti-shoe.", is the way most experts explain MBT's. They are a very _*footwear_etc_* popular brand that has been around for the last five years. MBT shoes, which is *MBT* short for Masai Barefoot...

Hi everyone, I got a small problem, & was hoping anyone could help me solve it. I have an old HIS motherboard. It is a PIII 1.0Ghz system, with 128MB RAM. My RAM module has 8 chips on it. I wanted to add another 128MB, of RAM, but all the RAM modules in the market have 4 chips on them. When I put...

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33318 (slightly edited from Inq's original post) Intel's future graphics tech is PowerVR Shader-like SGX licensed

http://tinyurl.com/32qssh Sony to slash chip spending TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. will cut back on future chip spending and may not produce advanced chips used in its PlayStation 3 (PS3) in- house, a senior executive said on Tuesday, in a move aimed at driving the semiconductor unit's nascent...

http://tinyurl.com/ydtq7k (nytimes.com) http://games.kikizo.com/news/200610/063.asp http://tinyurl.com/yadece (teamxbox.com) http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=68767 it seems Microsoft will try to design its own multi-core CPUs. the same thing was said shortly after Xbox1...

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2008/0929/kaigai469.htm From Deadmeat: http://opa-ages.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17288 QUOTE: "Goto Hiroshige has received PSX4 spec info from Japanese developer sources who received preliminary spec from SCEI for developer

Yes, this is cross-posted, because IMO it deserves to be. This is a milestone in computing performance, thus, IMO, it should be as widely posted as possible. This isn't spam whatsoever, so if you want to get ****ed that it's a cross post, okay, just don't think it's spam. I posted about the...

http://www.dailytech.com/Dodecacore+The+Megahertz+Race+is+Now+Officially+the+Multicore+Race/article11531.htm Hardware Dodeca-co The Megahertz Race is Now Officially the Multi- core Race AMD engineers reveal details about the company's upcoming 45nm processor roadmap, including plans for...

http://www.8bitjoystick.com/index.php There is not one but two secret Xbox cats that Microsoft has kept in the bag. Currently there are three more Xbox 360 motherboards in the works right now. They are.. dun dun dun.. Jasper, Opus and Valhalla. If you are skeptical about this keep in mind that...

Learning from failure The inside story on how IBM out-foxed Intel with the Xbox 360 By Dean Takahashi -- Electronic Business, 5/1/2006 Learning from failure is a hallmark of the technology business. Nick Baker, a 37-year-old system architect at Microsoft, knows that well. A

Tilera to Introduce 64-Core Processor By Andy Patrizio An MIT-inspired startup will introduce a new multi-core chip today at the annual Hot Chips conference at Stanford University. The TILE64 boasts a "clean sheet" design, unencumbered by any legacy compatibility concerns, that Tilera says will...

http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/14/ibm_edram/ IBM claims new eDRAM will double processor performance Wolfgang Gruener February 14, 2007 12:15

65nm Xbox 360 CPUs delayed until mid-2007 Monica Chen, Taipei; Rodney Chan, DigiTimes.com According to industry sources, plans to produce CPUs for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console on 65nm at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will be pushed back until the middle of 2007, at least one...

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36335 latest Cell Roadmap http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/7706/cell2007pw6.jpg "During a recent event IBM has unveiled a few details on Cell roadmap.As you can see Cell will be manufactured at 65nm during next year and a next gen version of the...

An Interview With Cell Architect Jim Kahle Thursday, October 26, 2006 The PlayStation 3: An Interview With Cell Architect Jim Kahle Dean Takahashi, 12:01 AM in Dean Takahashi, Gaming Microprocessor_party_035 Jim Kahle is the chief architect of the Cell microprocessor and the visionary behind the...

A peek at faster Power6, Cell chips At a chip show, IBM to tout 5GHz-topping Power6 and next-gen 6GHz Cell. Intel to detail a 4GHz, 80-core prototype. By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: December 29, 2006, 8:14 AM PST