Hardware Post

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Sony Vaio VPCF22S8E / B

Six working memory and the Intel Core i7 processor 2630QM (Sandy Bridge, 4x2, 0 GHz) provide a very fast working speed, even with strenuous tasks such as editing video, the notebook was no nakedness. The Nvidia GeForce GTGT540M provides for graphically complex games do not have enough power: He calculated an average of only 16 frames per second.

The 16.4-inch screen (41.60 centimeters) of the Sony notebooks is by Full HD resolution (1920x1080 pixels) is ideal for movies. Since it is fitting that Sony has equipped the Vaio a Blu-ray drive. Sony updates the Vaio notebook with one VGA, HDMI, FireWire, microphone and headphone jack.

Toshiba and SanDisk are opening a new plant

Toshiba and SanDisk announced the opening of the Fab 5 using 300 mm wafers. It was built in a year, production has just started and the first chips should be delivered in August. The plant was later updated to burn in 19 nm, the statement said. The Fab 5 is located in Mie Prefecture in Japan.

The two companies say that the plant includes new measures against earthquakes. It should also consume 12% less CO2 than the Fab 4 with the use of LED and many energy saving measures. The Fab 5 has an area of 187,000 m2 over five floors. The construction of the Fab 5 was initially delayed due to the financial crisis of 2009, but once work began, schedules were met.

400 million licenses of Windows 7 in the wild

Steve Ballmer announced at the presentation he gave at the Worldwide Partner Conference that Microsoft had sold 400 million licenses of Windows 7 and Office 2010 licenses 100 million. These are impressive results that reflect strong sales. While society is often criticized for his absence on the market shelves and remains in the shadow of Apple media since its market capitalization peaked, Redmond bombarded the press of numbers and said that Windows 7 is the operating system that has sold best in the history of computing.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2: New Trailer

The adventures of the boy with the distinctive glasses are well known and utilized in any form. Clear as daylight, that the last part of the series on his way to the PC and the console is. What awaits the player? In a video from Electronic Arts is the playable characters that support the Harry Potter for the final battle at Hogwarts.

Apart from the protagonists take Ron, Hermione, Neville, Seamus, Molly, and Professor McGonagall in the adventure. Together they stand against Lord Voldemort's dark forces.

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AMD unveils the Radeon HD 6990M mobile GPU

AMD today announced the new AMD Radeon HD 6990M mobile GPU solution for users who wish to obtain high performance with games and 3D applications. The manufacturer claims that the graphics chip can provide a level of at least 25% greater performance than any other notebook GPUs previously announced, in addition can be used in a CrossFireX configuration.

The Radeon HD 6990M architecture uses AMD's TeraScale 2 unified shader with 1120 stream processors, 56 texture units, 128 Z / Stencil ROP, 32 ROP Color and GDDR5 memory interface type. Like all Radeon HD 6900M series GPU, the newcomer also supports DirectX 11, AMD Eyefinity to drive multiple displays simultaneously, AMD's GPGPU applications and then app for AMD UVD HD3D and 3.

Cooler Scythe Socket FM1, compatible with the AM3 +

Despite the different number of pins, sockets and FM1 AM3 + (recently introduced by AMD for APU-A series and FX-series CPUs future) offer backward compatibility with current sinks through the hole for mounting the same basket. Japan's Scythe has provided a list of their heat sinks are fitted with the universal mounting system and therefore also compatible with AMD's new socket AM3 + and FM1.

Western Digital changed its line of external hard drive My Book Studio

Western Digital has slightly modified its range of My Book external hard drives designed for users of Studio MAC is now quieter and more efficient. Among the features of the review of Western Digital My Book Stuido is expanding its capacity to 3TB, improving their sound and a better energy efficiency.

This range of external hard drives is designed for Mac users, with the FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0. It has an aluminum housing which helps chilling, besides a hard drive features Western Digital Caviar Green WD GreenPower technology.

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