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2007 November 01

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New Memory Standard Promises 3X Performance of GDDR3

Qimonda, a division of Infineon, has developed a new memory standard that promises 3 times the speed of the current standard memory for graphics, with no errors! The memory uses CRC to assure correction of single and double bit errors.
Part of the change in performance is due to two separate clocks being used. A read […]

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Seagate Drive Failures Prompt Inquiry Into Chinese Manufacturing Quality

According to Retrodata, its customers have sent in a much higher number of failed Seagate 2.5in SATA drives made in China and loaded with firmware version 7.01 than of any other current hard drive model.
“We’re getting 20-30 times more failed drives of this kind than others,” Retrodata chief Duncan Clarke told Register Hardware. […]

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Ubuntu Developers Get Started On Hardy Heron

Currently the Ubuntu Developer Conference is discussing the way that the next release of Ubuntu, called Hardy Heron, is to go. Hardy Heron will be the next LTS release, which means it will be supported for 3 years, just as the 6.06 release was/is.
The developers have already stated that Hardy Heron will be evolutionary, rather […]

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HD DVD Keeps The Pressure On

The HD DVD consortium is rolling out an attack plan like no other I have seen in the consumer electronics marketplace. In a move to put an HD DVD player in every house, the purveyors of HD are leading the charge with low prices, that continue to slide downward almost daily.
Now reported is the news […]