Mark Hachman

Nvidia Corp. will announce its next-generation desktop graphics chip, which may be known as the GeForce4, in early February. Officials at Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., told ExtremeTech Thursday that the graphics chip code-named “NV25” will be formally announced on Feb. 5, along with a desktop version of the NV17, a chip that was previously released […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has placed a multiprocessing version of its value-class Duron processor on hold, a victim of the success of the Athlon MP. The Duron MP, which has disappeared from the companys official processor roadmap, was originally designed to allow AMD entry into the sub-$1,500 server market, according to a spokeswoman for the […]

As Bluetooth slowly inches its way into the market, a video-game-controller startup is taking aim at the emerging wireless standard. Meanwhile, how Bluetooth will evolve remains an open question. Eleven Engineering Inc., a Canadian startup, has already been signed by Thomson Consumer Electronics Inc. to develop an ASIC for Microsofts Xbox console based upon Elevens […]

The prices of DRAM are slowly rising, as expected in the height of the fourth-quarter selling season. Spot market watchers and Wall Street have noted a sudden jump in the spot market price for various flavors of memory modules. One industry analyst attributed the price increases as a genuine sign that the PC market was […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is entering the server blade market with its own products and a bid to secure third-party industry support as well. Tuesday, HP is expected to announce a family of bladed products, including server, storage, networking, and management blades. Additionally, through an open hardware program, HP will attempt to convince third party companies to […]

Microsoft Corp. tried–again—to push the company from the den into the living room, with a presentation on the “eHome” on Monday. During a presentation at the companys Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View, Calif., Microsoft executives described yet another corporate effort make technology simple enough for all to use. The difference? Microsoft will apparently ask […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has essentially exited the Athlon chipset market, focusing its design work on multiprocessor implementations and the upcoming 64-bit Hammer family. AMD, Sunnyvale, Calif., phased out its AMD-760 chipset a few weeks ago, and motherboard vendors report that the company has no plans for a replacement. In an interview Tuesday, Tim Wright, […]

LAS VEGAS–When all else fails, look ahead. In the midst of a prolonged downturn in the technology sector and in the overall economy, both Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Corp. demonstrated concept PCs showcasing emerging technologies like USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, and Bluetooth. In its booth here at Comdex, Intel demonstrated “Hannacroix,” the companys name for […]

Compaq Computer has delayed shipments of its planned Itanium-based servers because the chip did not pass certain undisclosed tests, officials confirmed Tuesday. Compaq, Houston, has yet to ship its Proliant PL590 server, officials said. However, the unit, which uses both the 733-MHz and 800-MHz version of Intel Corp.s Itanium processor, has failed a “stress test”, […]

Security concerns will likely make this years Comdex show in Las Vegas even more chaotic than it normally is, due to new restrictions placed on attendees. Gone will be the omnipresent computer bags, full of business cards, daytimers, product literature—and computers. Dont expect to take a snapshot of Bill Gates, either. Cameras wont be allowed […]