News, news and more news
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on April 11, 2002 at 12:35:48 PM
I'll just make this a big news post. Here is all the stuff I found floating across the net.
The Inquirer, VIA CPU roadmaps
The C3 in Socket 370 form factors at produced at .13 micron goes from speeds ranging between 800MHz to 1.1GHz, while its EBGA package, aimed at low cost notebooks, scales from 666MHz to 800MHz.
I believe VIA is sending me some stuff on its new Eden platform, wait and see.
The Inquirer, SiS and VIA vs Intel on the 533mhz Bus
As far as we are aware, Via does not have a licence for the 533MHz front side bus, but we do know that it is involved in bitter litigation with Intel over Pentium 4 patents.
Via Hardware, Looking at OSX--from the x86 side
One of the topics that's been continually discussed ever since Apple launched OSX is whether or not the company would ever port an x86 version of it. Even a year after its launch, there remains definite interest from the technical community in an x86-compatible version, but unfortunately, discussions on the topic are rarely complete or unbiased. We've analyzed the current positioning of OSX and looked at both the potential positive and negative impacts a successful OSX port could have on Apple.
SocketA, Asus A7V333 Review
AMDZone
Back in January we broke the news about the following AMD trademarks.
AMD FORTON
AMD METARON
AMD MULTEON
AMD VANTON
AMD OPTERON
Now Mark let me know that AMD had also trademarked these names.
METARON
OPTERON
Legion Hardware, KT266A roundup
A few weeks back now I published a KT266A roundup based on boards from Abit, ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI. In my conclusion of this article it said goodbye to the KT266A chipset, stating that there will be no more KT266A reviews seen on Legion Hardware. Well I was wrong, today the KT266A makes a quick comeback in the form of Acorp, DFI, Shuttle and SOYO. If you wondering why I have decided to reopen the KT266A chapter? Well it’s because I was forced to, I had no choice. There were upset manufacturers who missed out on the first roundup and there were the fans of these manufacturere who wanted to see there favorite boards compete. So here we are once again for what I imagine will be the last time we review four more KT266A boards.
P4 1.6a GHZ overclocking
To many hardware enthusiasts, overclocking is an art form – a science, if you will. To the uninitiated, overclocking is a mystery – a seemingly dangerous pastime with the potential for disaster. To me, overclocking is a hobby – a way to ensure every last bit of reasonably accessible processing power is fully exploited. I’ve taken the Celeron 300A above 450MHz, the Pentium II 400 above 533MHz, and the Pentium 4 1.5GHz to 1.8GHz within a week of the processor’s launch. I don’t use nitrogen, I don’t use water, and I rarely use Peltier coolers. Instead, I tackle overclocking with layman’s tools – a good motherboard, a good processor, a heatsink, and some thermal grease.
There is probably more, but I have chem lab in 25 minutes.
The Inquirer, VIA CPU roadmaps
The C3 in Socket 370 form factors at produced at .13 micron goes from speeds ranging between 800MHz to 1.1GHz, while its EBGA package, aimed at low cost notebooks, scales from 666MHz to 800MHz.
I believe VIA is sending me some stuff on its new Eden platform, wait and see.
The Inquirer, SiS and VIA vs Intel on the 533mhz Bus
As far as we are aware, Via does not have a licence for the 533MHz front side bus, but we do know that it is involved in bitter litigation with Intel over Pentium 4 patents.
Via Hardware, Looking at OSX--from the x86 side
One of the topics that's been continually discussed ever since Apple launched OSX is whether or not the company would ever port an x86 version of it. Even a year after its launch, there remains definite interest from the technical community in an x86-compatible version, but unfortunately, discussions on the topic are rarely complete or unbiased. We've analyzed the current positioning of OSX and looked at both the potential positive and negative impacts a successful OSX port could have on Apple.
SocketA, Asus A7V333 Review
AMDZone
Back in January we broke the news about the following AMD trademarks.
AMD FORTON
AMD METARON
AMD MULTEON
AMD VANTON
AMD OPTERON
Now Mark let me know that AMD had also trademarked these names.
METARON
OPTERON
Legion Hardware, KT266A roundup
A few weeks back now I published a KT266A roundup based on boards from Abit, ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI. In my conclusion of this article it said goodbye to the KT266A chipset, stating that there will be no more KT266A reviews seen on Legion Hardware. Well I was wrong, today the KT266A makes a quick comeback in the form of Acorp, DFI, Shuttle and SOYO. If you wondering why I have decided to reopen the KT266A chapter? Well it’s because I was forced to, I had no choice. There were upset manufacturers who missed out on the first roundup and there were the fans of these manufacturere who wanted to see there favorite boards compete. So here we are once again for what I imagine will be the last time we review four more KT266A boards.
P4 1.6a GHZ overclocking
To many hardware enthusiasts, overclocking is an art form – a science, if you will. To the uninitiated, overclocking is a mystery – a seemingly dangerous pastime with the potential for disaster. To me, overclocking is a hobby – a way to ensure every last bit of reasonably accessible processing power is fully exploited. I’ve taken the Celeron 300A above 450MHz, the Pentium II 400 above 533MHz, and the Pentium 4 1.5GHz to 1.8GHz within a week of the processor’s launch. I don’t use nitrogen, I don’t use water, and I rarely use Peltier coolers. Instead, I tackle overclocking with layman’s tools – a good motherboard, a good processor, a heatsink, and some thermal grease.
There is probably more, but I have chem lab in 25 minutes.