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14.7.2008 Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 for 2010 – No Word on Windows 7 M2
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 is right on track for release in 2010. Concomitantly with the leaked details associated with Windows 7 Milestone 1 dropped by the Redmond company to select partners in January 2008, a potential timetable for the availability of the successor of Windows Vista was also made public.
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12.3.2008ATI to roll out five new
chipsets for AMD M2 platform
in 2006
ATI Technologies is
gearing up to introduce a
lineup of five new chipsets
for the AMD Socket M2 K8
platform in 2006, industry
sources indicated. The
upcoming chipsets will be
manufactured at Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Company (TSMC), the sources
noted.
In
2006, Advanced Micro Devices
(AMD) will adopt the M2
940-pin design for all of its
single- and dual-core desktop
processors, as reported on May
9.
ATI is preparing
the RD580 and RD580C for the
high-end segment, with the
chipsets supporting ATI???s
crossfire dual-graphics card
technology, the source
indicated. The two solutions
will compete against Nvidia's
nForce4 SLI (scalable link
interface) series. According
to ATI???s roadmap, volume
production is slated for the
end of this year, but sources
stated the company will need
to adjust its roadmap and
bring it in line with AMD???s
M2 launch schedule...
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06.09.2005Mobo makers: AMD???s Socket M2
to simplify next-generation
CPU
Advanced Micro Devices
(AMD) plans to simplify its
90nm CPU platform with its
940-pin Socket M2 CPU design,
according to motherboard
makers. As Intel schedules to
unify desktop PC- and
notebook-use processors in the
second half of 2006, AMD is
looking to standardize a full
CPU line for entry-level,
middle-range and high-end
segments, indicated the
makers.
AM
D Taiwan declined to comment
on the
report.
AMD???s
Socket M2 CPU line will
originally target the high-end
market, the makers said,
noting that the chip vendor
has informed them that the
940-pin platform will also be
released for the mainstream
and entry-level segments next
year. AMD is now delivering
samples of the next-generation
CPU to its downstream
customers, the makers
added.
During the
platform migration, products
that support the new Socket M2
and the old Socket 939 and 754
will still be on the market by
the end of 2006, according to
motherboard makers. The makers
expect that AMD???s CPU
standardization will help
reduce production and handling
costs...
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24.10.2005Samsung LCD Boasts 100,000:1 Contrast With Local Dimming LED
Unlike with conventional LCD
panels that use cold cathode
fluorescent lamp (CCFL)
backlights which have a
constant light source, local
dimming LED backlighting
allows the backlight to be
turned off in dark image
areas, resulting in a "true
black".
Samsung
unofficially took the wraps
off a 40-inch LCD HDTV
featuring 500 cd/m2 of
brightness, 180-degree viewing
angle and a 1366 x 768 pixel
(720p) HD resolution. The
widescreen panel also claims
to offer an impressive
100,000:1 contrast ratio,
achieved using with local
dimming. The hardware company
also showed off a 2560x1600
(WQXGA) resolution 30-inch
LED-backlit model featuring
16.7M colors, 300cd/m2
brightness, 6ms response,
180-degee viewing angle and a
900:1 contrast ratio. A
15.4-inch 1440x900 resolution
LED-backlit LCD which offers
330cd/m2 brightness, 262k
colors and a covers 45% of
NTSC color gamut, is only
5.8-mm thick and has a 3.1W
power consumption, making it
perfect for notebooks.
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07.02.2007Dell Announces LED Flat Panel Monitors
Today, Dell announced their new line of LED backlit monitors, the G2210 (22") and the G2410 (24"). While these monitors do use LED backlighting
unlike the UltraSharp line, this new line uses lower quality display panels.
Both new displays feature a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, an
ambient light sensor, 5ms response time, and brightness of 250 cd/m2. Additionally, DVI-D and VGA connectors are included with each. HDCP will only be
available the 24" model. The two monitors have rather average resolutions, 1680x1050 on the 22" and 1980x1080 on the 24".
Reported
last month, Dell stated that they will be significantly reducing packaging materials. Living up to the claim, these monitors are 20% smaller and 28%
lighter than comparable monitors.
The two will be shipping in late February for $279 and $359.
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09.01.2009Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Is the Value Leader According to Latest Benchmarks
New TPC-E performance benchmark results from the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) rank Microsoft SQL Server 2008 No. 1 for
price/performance on industry-leading hardware using Intel Corporations new Dunnington x64 processor, and on another TPC-E release, SQL Server 2008 is
No. 1 for performance using the new IBM System x3950 M2 server. In China, OEM partner Inspur Group published the first Microsoft SQL Server TPC-E
results in non-U.S. dollar currency. These results show further evidence that Microsoft SQL Server 2008 remains a global value leader in the data
platform space and is a top choice of customers who require high performance from their enterprise-class data management systems.
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22.09.2008Microsoft reconfirms Windows 7 for 2010 launch
Paul Miller: It's all a
silly
misunderstanding, we tell you. Microsoft has been holding fast to its "three years" development time frame for Windows 7
since forever, the problem is that it's
never been clear when that three year period started. Well wonder no longer, Microsoft has finally
officially
confirmed that the three years started at Windows Vista's general availability release, which was January 30th, 2007. Obviously that doesn't
mean will have Windows 7 on midnight of January 30th, 2010, but it does mean we can look forward to sometime within that year for a release. Microsoft
plans to give an exact release date only once Windows 7 "meets its quality bar for release." Sounds like a good metric to go by, if you ask us.
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13.03.2008SED Televisions to Enter Production in 2008
It's the technology that
Canon and Toshiba have been
touting as the ultimate
combination of flat panel size
with CRT image quality. SED
(Surface-conduction Electron
emitter Display) replaces the
one large cathode ray tube
found in large bulky CRT
televisions with tiny electron
emitters in the number of one
for every pixel. When will
this miracle technology be
available for the public to
buy en masse? Well, the first
model, a 55" 1080p display,
has finally been announced and
will enter mass production in
the first quarter of 2008. I
know, I know, you guys want
the numbers. Well, as stated,
the display will be full on
1080p resolution and will
sport a brightness level of
450cd/m2 and a contrast ratio
of 50,000:1. Combine those
specs with a 1ms response time
and you have the early makings
of an amazing display.
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04.10.2006Intel CPUs expand Suns workstation portfolio
Following servers with Intels Xeon processors, Sun today introduced workstations based on Intels Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors.
Sun now has a third workstation family, adding to the existing models based on single- and dual socket AMD Opteron-based systems (Ultra 20,
Ultra 40 M2) as well as single- and dual-socket UltraSparc IIIi (Ultra 25, Ultra 45) models. The new Ultra 24 is based on Intels Core processors and,
in the case of a Core 2 Quad configuration, is Suns first (single-socket) quad-core workstation.
The Ultra 24 has the identical
outside look of its two sister models, making the Intel Core 2 logo the only differentiator to the 20, 40, 25 and 45. The Intel system is based on the
single-socket Garlow platform supporting six different processors “ the dual-cores E4400, E6750 and E6850 (2.0 GHz “ 3.0 GHz) as well as the
quad-cores Q6600, Q6700 and QX6850 (2.4 GHz “ 3.0 GHz).
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23.10.2007Windows 7: The Anti-Vista?
Mary Jo Foley: Even with Windows Vista’s one-year anniversary launch just a week away, all that anyone in the tech-enthusiast community seems to
want to talk about is Windows 7 (Except for those who are already sick of hearing about 7, as one Windows user characterized himself in a conversation
I had yesterday.)
There are
Windows 7 screen
shots,
Windows 7 videos,
Windows 7-Windows Live-integration to-do lists. And of course, there is the infamous Milestone 1
(M1) Windows 7 build out there, with M2 and M3 successors due out later this year, if
rumored roadmaps are to be believed.
Some pundits believe
Microsoft is
trying to stoke the Windows 7 fires to “build excitement” for its next Windows release. I don’t think this is the case at all. I
think Microsoft wants to smother the Windows 7 flames and to dampen expectations as much as possible.
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25.01.2008Windows 7 in 2009? Be careful what you wish for
Take it as a sign that Windows Vista failed to capture the
imagination of Windows users, or take it as a sign that sensationalism sells. Either
way, the rumor mill is heating up with claims that the successor to Windows
Vista—currently dubbed Windows 7—could be released as
early as next year, as
opposed to sometime in 2010, as currently expected.
The scuttlebutt (condensed): some users have seen
early
builds of Windows 7, including
a
poster at Neowin. Ars Technica has also seen an older build, as we told you
about
more
than a month ago. A more
recent build was reportedly described as Milestone
1.
APC Magazine claims to have
seen a roadmap which puts M2 in an April/May timeframe, and
a M3 in the
third quarter of this year. All of this points to a late 2009 release, they
say, which is indicated by this "road
map."
Arguing about whether or not Windows 7 will ship in late
2009 is pointless. No one can predict the future,
and Microsoft's own history
shows that its roadmaps and predictions are not to be trusted. A more
interesting question is:
should
Microsoft be aiming for late 2009?
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