Tag archive: chipset

Over the past month or so, Intel has made its intentions towards the smartphone processor market clear — they want a slice of the pie that ARM currently has almost entirely to themselves. The formation of a unit dedicated to tackling the mobile sector was the first step, then came details on the Medfield chip and a look at the company's test device. The Medfield is Intel's latest, power-efficient system-on-a-chip, expressly… Read More

Intel's executive vice president Sean Maloney took the wraps off the company's latest chipset on Tuesday morning, at the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan. The 3 Series chipset, formerly codenamed "Bearlake," will support Intel's latest 45nm Penryn processors, which will come out later this year. The 3 Series chipset will support DDR2 memory up to 800MHz, or DDR3 memory up to 1333MHz, along with support for… Read More

“The Intel 854 chip set is designed for applications such as set-top boxes and digital video recorders with Internet connectivity, and can be connected to the 600MHz Celeron M processor. It can feature synchronous DRAM with DDR mode of up to 2GB. The chipset also supports external interfaces including Ethernet, USB 2.0 and Ultra ATA/100. Toshiba said it has not yet determined the microprocessors to be used in conjunction with the… Read More

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Quote from the review at HardOCP: “Since previous experiences with the nForce3 chipset left me with mixed feelings, I was very eager to see what the newer revision chipset could do. I was definitely not disappointed. MSI did a masterful job with this chipset and board, definitely redeeming the nForce3′s value in my eyes. The sheer amount integrated peripherals in the chipset itself is awe inspiring. Coupled with the… Read More

VIA Technologies, Inc. today announced the VIA K8T800 chipset has been selected ahead of competing solutions for Alienware's Aurora high-performance PCs, further endorsing the VIA K8T800 as the best performing chipset for the AMD64 platform. Alienware's new Aurora PCs, based on the high-performance AMD Athlon 64 FX and AMD Athlon 64 processors, will feature the VIA K8T800 chipset that harnesses VIA's advanced Hyper8… Read More

Supporting a 333 MHz FSB and high-speed DDR400 RAM, SiS says the SiSM741 chipset is the most powerful mobile AthlonXP chipset currently available, boasting integrated graphics and SiS's exclusiveHyperStreaming Technology. When combined with the SiS162 wireless networking chipset, the M741 and 162 chipsets offer users a reliable high performance wireless networking solution for mobile platforms: SiS is currently the only chipset… Read More

The chipset comprises the µPD63630, a DVD signal processor with ATAPI interface, and the µPC3330, an analog signal processor that controls the servo system of the optical pickup. Compliant withvarious recording formats such as DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/+RW, and DVD-RAM, the new chipset will enable OEMs to easily configure a DVD rewritable drive capable of handling all the major standards. (Thespecification for 8x DVD-R recording is currently going… Read More

The new Intel Pentium 4 processors — 2.80C, and 2.60C, and 2.40C GHz — come equipped with HT Technology and an advanced 800 MHz system bus that allows information to flow to and from the processormore quickly. Also launched today were the Intel® 865G and 865PE chipsets, formerly code-named Springdale, supporting HT Technology and Intel's advanced 800 MHz system bus and other industry leading features that deliver excellent… Read More

The new platform provides more balanced system performance, resulting in smoother operation and less time waiting for data. The new chipset contains two technical innovations that accelerate the speed at which data flows between the computer's processor and system memory and also doubles the computer's networking bandwidth. A chipset consists of one or more chips that act as a computer's nervous system, transmitting signals… Read More