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Systems
Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO laptop - link.
Is there a future for Sun UltraSPARC workstations? - link.
CPUs, motherboards, chipsets
"The 2008 Race for Mobility" is an in-depth look at the Intel Centrino 2 and AMD Puma notebook platforms - link.
– AMD
Details leak on AMD's "Fusion" CPU+GPU - link.
AMD carefully targets the performance sector of mainstream buyers - link.
Gigabyte's GA-MA74GM-S2 AM2/AM2+ motherboard proved to be the most energy efficient mATX motherboard ever tested, and is priced very attractively - link.
Asus's M3N78 Pro motherboard is based on nVidia's Geforce 8300 chipset. It uses less power than the Gigabyte/AMD chipset competitor, at the expense of some 3D power. If you are in the market for an AM2+ motherboard, there is little reason not to choose this one. It is a complete, well-balanced package - link.
– Intel
The IDF Fall 2008, as viewed from a quiet computing perspective - link.
Intel unveils a power gate feature incorporating a "turbo" mode for its upcoming Nehalem family of processors - link.
Intel's D945GCLF m-ITX desktop Atom CPU is a good choice for a cheap, small, cool and quiet machine for casual email, web surfing, music playback, and watching videos that 720p or lower resolution - link.
Zotac's NF610i-ITX joins the mini-ITX platform to a basic, low-priced nVidia chipset. - link.
– Other
VIA releases free open source graphics driver for chipset IGP - link.
Graphics
OpenGL 3.0 a big step in the right direction - link.
ATI's Diamond Radeon HD4850 graphics card is a great value for gaming in the $200 level, according to the concensus, defeating the 9800GTX by a slim margin most of the time. For noise it is recommended that the cooler by replaced (with, e.g., an Accelero S1) - link.
Memory, storage
SSD vs. SATA RAID: A performance benchmark - link.
Four-Way SSD Round-Up - link.
Cases, power supplies, cooling
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 PSU delivers clean power with tight voltage regulation all the way to its full rated output. Acoustic performance is fairly good - link.
Miscellaneous components and periferals
10 inexpensive 19” 5:4 aspect ratio LCD monitors tested - roundup.
Zalman Trimon ZM-M220W stereo monitor can produce a truly 3D picture - review.
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