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NVIDIA and VIA in talks of acquisition
Subject: Chipsets | March 18, 2008 - 09:24 AM | Ryan Shrout
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Apparently NVIDIA and VIA are in talks to merge, with the larger NVIDIA obviously doing the buying and the aging, struggling VIA looking to sell. We recently talked with VIA about their upcoming processor line and can't help but think that NVIDIA still desperately wants to get into the general purpose processor world to have a snowball's chance of competing with Intel in the long run.
Would you like a free AMD 780G chipset?
Subject: Chipsets | March 4, 2008 - 02:46 PM | Ryan Shrout
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Are you interested in getting a new, AMD 780G chipset, for FREE?? If so, we have a contest for you...that's right we have two AMD 780Gs to give away to our loyal readers and forum members.
Intel X48 Chipset launched pushed back into March
Subject: Chipsets | February 5, 2008 - 12:24 PM | Ryan Shrout
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No no, this time we MEAN it. For reallys. The X48 chipset is coming in mid-March, according to Intel according to Digitimes.
Intel has informed motherboard makers that it will
definitely launch its X48 chipset in mid March, two months later than
its original launch date, according to industry sources. The X48
chipset was originally slated for launch in January, but Intel pushed
it back as inventory of X38 had yet to be cleared, the sources said.
NVIDIA nForce 790i chipset coming next quarter
Subject: Chipsets | January 29, 2008 - 11:34 AM | Ryan Shrout
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Digitimes has some more details on NVIDIA's nForce 790i chipset that is due out next quarter. The chipset adds DDR3 memory support to the 700-series mix and is a completely new chip design because of it.
AMD launches 7 series IGP chipsets in China
Subject: Chipsets | January 24, 2008 - 12:19 PM | Ryan Shrout
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Even though AMD isn't pushing the 7-series of integrated graphics chipsets in the US quite yet, China is getting the products a bit early.
AMD to push the RS780 chipset into China
Subject: Chipsets | January 16, 2008 - 11:39 AM | Ryan Shrout
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Digitimes seems to think that AMD is delaying the release of the RS780 chipset due to delays in the driver for Hybrid CrossFire. To counter the delay they are going to release it in China first, where apparently no one cares...?
The end of classic VIA chipsets
Subject: Chipsets | January 3, 2008 - 12:24 PM | Ryan Shrout
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Even though we more or less KNEW this was coming, it is sad to see the official end of an era over at VIA. According to this Digitimes report, the chipset division, responsible for such masterpieces as the KT266A and KT133A, is being bundled in with the CPU division.
IGP Wars: AMD upperhand on NVIDIA
Subject: Chipsets | December 30, 2007 - 11:48 PM | Ryan Shrout
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Upcoming battles between the IGP chipsets from AMD, the RS780, and NVIDIA, MCP78S, are apparently leaning towards AMD for performance. This is all according to motherboard makers in Taiwan.
NVIDIA MCP72 chipset delayed
Subject: Chipsets | December 28, 2007 - 12:10 PM | Ryan Shrout
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NVIDIA is getting all the headlines this morning, though maybe they don't want to. Digitimes is reporting that the MCP72 chipset, otherwise known as the nForce 700 series for AMD platforms, is being delayed until the first of next year. Being as it is now December 28th, this makes sense, no? Still bad news is bad news.
X48 chipset possibly delayed
Subject: Chipsets | December 18, 2007 - 12:13 PM | Ryan Shrout
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This is interesting news considering that we had at least one motherboard partner attempt to send us an X48-chipset motherboard this month. I say "attempt" because the board didn't show up because "sales took it back" or something. Perhaps then that is indicative of this delay on the chipset? Perhaps Intel didn't want to piss off the motherboard vendors that bought tons of X38 product quite yet??
Intel was originally going to launch the X48 c
Eliminate RAM Bottlenecks with 1T Enabled RAM Support
Subject: Chipsets | June 14, 2007 - 02:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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With industry-leading technologies, ASUS utilizes Super Memspeed Technology with the P35 chipset to surpass standard DDR3 1066/DDR2 800 speeds and is able to natively support DDR3 1333 and DDR2 1066 speeds. With great investment in R&D and innovative technologies, ASUS has enhanced the BIOS for the P5K series of motherboards to improve memory performances by enabling 1T command rates.
Intel Introduces '3-Series' Chipsets at Computex
Subject: Chipsets | June 5, 2007 - 02:46 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 5, 2007 - In his opening keynote at the Computex computer trade show, Intel Corporation Executive Vice President Sean Maloney unveiled the new Intel 3 Series Chipset family along with several other technology plans that surround the company's popular Intel Core 2 Duo and Quad processors for home and business PC users.
The products enable a number of innovative features for today's PCs such as greater PC performance, clearer definition video and storage technologies that help better protect
LinkBoost...we hardly knew ye'
Subject: Chipsets | April 24, 2007 - 11:19 AM | Ryan Shrout
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An interesting link came into my inbox this morning with the tag line "LinkBoost" and it pointed to the NVIDIA.com website. Here on the Tech Specs page for the nForce 600 series chipsets, if you scroll ALL the way to the bottom, you'll see this note:
**Note: NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology has been removed as a feature from NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI
Well, that's a surprise. If you remember
New VIA Hyperion Pro drivers for Vista 32-Bit and 64-Bit
Subject: Chipsets | February 1, 2007 - 11:53 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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INF V2.80A (updated from 2.60A)
AGP V4.60A (same as the previous package)
V-RAID V5.40A and RAID Tools v5.40 (Updated from 5.30C)
PATA/SATA IDE Driver V1.60A (Updated from 1.40A which did not support Vista)
VIA Hyperion Pro drivers are suitable for ANY VIA chipset - but they are
particularly recommended for KT4## series, P4X4## series and newer, for
example:
VIA Announces Broadest Chipset Support for Microsoft Windows Vista
Subject: Chipsets | January 30, 2007 - 11:43 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Taipei, Taiwan, 29 January 2007 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today confirmed the most comprehensive and flexible range of core logic solutions for Vista-based systems across all the major processor platforms for motherboard, PC, server and device manufacturers.
VIA News: VIA Announces PCI Express Chipset for Vista-Ready Mobility
Subject: Chipsets | January 24, 2007 - 12:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Taipei, Taiwan, 24 January 2007 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the launch of the VIA VN896 digital media mobile IGP chipset for the VIA C7®-M processor, certified Vista Basic-ready by Microsoft and designed to provide users with unsurpassed visual clarity for notebooks and the new breed of ultra mobile devices.
AMD 690 Delayed Again
Subject: Chipsets | December 21, 2006 - 06:00 PM | Alex Marsters
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According to DailyTech AMD is delaying their integrated chipset (fromerly the RS690 chipset from ATI) due to some HDCP issues.
AMD was expected to release its long awaited ATI RS690 integrated graphics chipset shortly after the AM2 launch in mid-2006. Since the AMD acquisition of ATI, the chipset has since been renamed to AMD 690.
Four Intel DDR 3 chipsets to arrive in Q3 2007
Subject: Chipsets | December 21, 2006 - 05:45 PM | Ryan Shrout
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It looks like Intel is already planning their push into DDR3 memory technologies with a set of chipsets for late 2007.
X38 is the enthusiast top notch chipset scheduled for a Q3 2007 introduction. This is intended to replace the 975X chipset. It served us well but it lived too long. It cannot support DDR 2 memory at 1066, and we see that as a problem for enthusiasts. It supports PCIe 2.0, 2x16 PCIe graphic slots, DDR 3 memory at 1333 and a Quad core support.
New VIA Hyperion Pro drivers
Subject: Chipsets | September 8, 2006 - 06:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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A new updated version of the VIA Hyperion Pro drivers are now available.
The package contains the following drivers:
INF Driver V2.80A
AGP Driver V4.60A
VIA PATA/SATA IDE Driver Package V1.40A
VIA V-RAID Driver V5.30C, RAID Tools V5.30
Only the INF driver and the AGP driver have changed from the previous
version.
The package supports the following operating systems: Windows 2000,
Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4, Windows XP, Windows XP 64Bit
NVIDIA To Showcase New MCP Products at CeBit
Subject: Chipsets | March 7, 2006 - 11:11 AM | Ryan Shrout
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NVIDIA is going to be showing off some new MCP products at CeBit, aimed at AM2 platforms and beyond.
NVIDIA TO DEMONSTRATE NEXT-GENERATION NVIDIA® NFORCE® 500 FAMILY OF CORE-LOGIC SOLUTIONS AT CEBIT
WHAT: NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the Company will be conducting technology demonstrations this week of its new family of NVIDIA nForce family media and communications processor (MCP) which will be available mid-2006.
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