Bereits im Jahr 2005 hat Microsoft ein neues, besonders für Computerspieler, reizvolles Tastenklavier vorgestellt. Produziert wurde es aber scheinbar nie. Jetzt allerdings, seit dem Joint-Venture mit dem Peripherie-Hersteller Razer, wurde die Designstudie erneut aus den Schubladen gekramt. Vor allem sollen neue Akzente im Ergonomiebereich der Spieler gesetzt werden. In Kombination mit einer Backlight...

In 2005 Microsoft already presented a new gaming keyboard but was never been manufactured. Now after a joint-venture with Razer USA Ltd. Microsoft released the Reclusa Gaming Keyboard. For a sneak (p)review warp to Extremetech's Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard Review.

When we released the first beta of ALchemy for X-Fi, we hoped customers would appreciate our efforts. Within only a few months, the response from users and the press has been overwhelmingly positive. Many of our customers have asked if we could adapt ALchemy to Audigy series sound cards. The X-Fi and Audigy series sound cards are built on different hardware architectures, and therefore require separate development efforts. However, based on the requests to date, we are pleased to announce that we have begun development of an implementation of ALchemy for Audigy series sound cards, and hope to offer this product as a low-cost upgrade to interested Audigy owners later this year.

K10 features a native quad-core design that incorporates shared-L3 cache, HyperTransport-3 support and backwards functionality with AM2 motherboards. However, the original K10 desktop and server processors will debut on the 65nm architecture -- a process AMD only started mastering in December 2006 with the launch of the Brisbane desktop CPU family.

Dailytech has more.

Intel has brought forward the launch of its Bearlake chipset and, from May 27th to May 9th, one week from now. We talked over with several motherboard manufacturers and they are all ready for Bearlake launch, while memory manufactures are getting ready to crank up the production into real volume.

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You need some space for about 150 high-definition movies or 300,000 MP3s? Whats about a harddrive that packs 200GB onto each of its five platters? Just take a look at Hitachis new capacity monster and warp to PC World Review Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 Review.

Intel has provided a microcode update as a critical software fix. This Intel microcode update addresses an improper Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) invalidation that may result in unpredictable system behavior such as system hangs or incorrect data. OEM's are making available a system BIOS upgrade that integrates a new version of this Intel microcode to address this potential but extremely rare issue.

This is the end of the afterglow. Samsung developed a LCD Screen that display 100 images per second. the Samsung LE4073BD (40" TV Screen) seems to be the first LCD that is as good as a CRT. You will find more about the technology if you warp to BeHardware: 1st LCD at 100 Hz: the end of afterglow

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. introduced its M690 chipset for embedded devices on Monday, rounding out the company's first chipset line that integrates technology from ATI Technologies Inc.
The chipset offers enhanced video performance and more display and connectivity choices for thin clients, point of sale, gaming and single-board computers, AMD said.
AMD also announced Socket S1, used to connect a chipset to a computer's motherboard, and the M690 chipset development board, a development platform for small, graphic-intensive devices. PcWorld has more.

TechReport reports:On the eve of the CeBIT trade show, Nvidia has announced new integrated graphics chipsets for both AMD and Intel processors. Nvidia has dubbed the integrated graphics component in those chipsets the GeForce 7050, and it calls the chip a "motherboard GPU", or mGPU for short. According to the company, requirements for an "mGPU" include DirectX 9.0 with Shader Model 2.0 support, at least one digital video connector (DVI or HDMI) with HDCP content protection, multi-display support, a dedicated video processing engine, and a Windows Experience Index rating of 3.0 or higher.

CORSAIR HAS A bunch of goodies at this show including DDR3, heatsinks and and a line of flash memory. All are nifty in their own way.
First up we have DDR3/1066 running on a P35 chipset. It has CAS-6 timings which is a little better than the standard JEDEC CAS-7 spec. You could almost call it low latency... TheInq has more.

LG hit CES with a splash following its announcement of an HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc combo player made for home entertainment systems. With the set top version in stores, LG has turned its efforts to creating an internal SATA combo drive for computers.
The new GGW-H10N, coded for fashion as ?Super Multi Blue?, is a Blu-ray Disc reader and rewriter with HD DVD-ROM reading capabilities. According to the specifications posted on CDRinfo, the GGW-H10N can record up to 50GB of data on a dual layer Blu-ray Disc. A single layer disc can be burned at 4x speed, writing 25GB in about 24 minutes. Burning of dual layer media, however, will require the burner to back down to a slower 2x speed. DailyTech has more.

Intel and its partners will kick of CeBIT 2007 with the launch of Intel's Bearlake family of chipsets for desktop PCs. The new series introduces support for DDR3 memory, front side bus speeds up to 1333MHz and are designed to support Intel's upcoming 45nm-process CPUs, the Core 2 Duo (Wolfdale) and Core 2 Quad (Yorkfield). Read More

Earlier today DailyTech received it's briefiing on NVIDIA?s upcoming GeForce 8600GTS, 8600GT and 8500GT graphics processors. NVIDIA?s GeForce 8600GTS and 8600GT are G84-based GPUs and target the mid-range markets. The lower-positioned G86-based GeForce 8500GT serves as the flagship low to mid-range graphics card. The budget-priced trio feature full support for DirectX 10 features including pixel and vertex shader model 4.0. NVIDIA has yet to reveal the amount of shaders or shader clocks though. Nevertheless, the trio supports NVIDIA SLI and PureVideo technologies. DailyTech

ntel on Monday introduced its first chip designed specifically for radio-frequency identification technology, indicating the world's largest chipmaker is serious about RFID. Intel's entrance as an RFID chipmaker also lends credibility to the fledgling technology.
The Intel R1000 is a chip for ultra-high frequency RFID readers, and manufacturers of those readers are expected to start making them available as early as next month.
Intel says it has integrated most of the components found in an RFID reader radio -- including those that handle reception, transmission, baseband, modulation and demodulation -- into an 8mm by 8mm chip. The result, says Intel, will be lower costs for RFID readers, which can cost $1,500 or more. I-Week has more.

NVIDIA just cranked up its highest-end Quadro graphics cards a notch or two, rolling out three products, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600, Quadro FX 5600 (pictured above), and NVIDIA Quadro Plex VCS Model IV that the company says represents the biggest leap in performance for its graphics cards yet. One giant leap indeed, because these parallel processing monsters have the rough equivalent of 128 1.35GHz processors cranking away at graphics in a whole new way. More at GizModo

AMD will finally launch its long-awaited 690-series chipset-family tomorrow. Two variants will spearhead the release: the RS690-based mainstream AMD 690G with ATI Radeon X1250 graphics, and the RS690C-based value AMD 690V with ATI Radeon X1200 graphics.
AMD?s 690-family hit plenty of snags along its development cycle. Early roadmaps showed a 2H?2006 launch, however, AMD kept pushing the launch back. Motherboard vendors blamed the delayed launch on AMD for multiple delays with the RS690. AMD?s discrete RX690 variant that was to launch in the same timeframe as RS690 has yet to make an appearance. More @ DailyTech

Intel expects to launch two integrated graphics equipped Bearlake chipsets ? the G35 and G33 Express. Intel G33 Express-based motherboards are currently sampling and expected to launch next quarter with the P35 Express.
Motherboards based on Intel?s G33 Express will support upcoming Yorkfield and Wolfdale 45nm processors. Processors with front-side buses up to 1333 MHz are supported with G33 Express based motherboards. As with the Intel P35 Express, the G33 Express supports either DDR3-1066 or DDR2-800 memory. DailyTech has more.

That s a hot baby ! The XPS 710 H2C Edition is billed as a top-of-the-line ultra-performance machine built with the most hardcore of gamers in mind, a niche that Alienware is very familiar with. Not only does the XPS 710 H2C hold the distinction of being Dell's first non-limited edition factory overclocked computer, it also uses Dell's first in-house liquid cooling system to keep it's quad-core power plant cool. The XPS 710 H2C is the most heavily performance-specified XPS system yet, with an Intel Core 2 QX6700 processor, dual GeForce 8800 GTXs, 4 GB of RAM and two Western Digital Raptors in a RAID 0 array, as standard equipment. We recently got our hands on one and we've been putting it through its paces, as it ripped through the benchmarks in our labs. HotHardware

Advanced Micro Devices has inaudibly slashed prices on its desktop microprocessors for the second time in the last four weeks under the pressure from Intel?s Core 2-series chips and seasonally slow first quarter. But while mainboard manufacturers were surprised by the move, they noted that the biggest concern is still AMD?s ability to supply chips.