Mar 11 2008

IBM and Hitachi Unite to Research Future Transistors.

Tag: IBMEggie @ 4:52 pm

IBM and Hitach announced that they have signed a two-year joint semiconductor research agreement in order to speed the pace of semiconductor innovation. The new collaboration will focus on 32-nm and beyond semiconductor research.

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Mar 11 2008

ASUS Reveals Future Eee PC Details.

Tag: Portable ComputingEggie @ 4:49 pm

ASUS is going to expand their ultra-portable Eee PC system lineup in the near future by adding a new model with 8.9-inch display and starting to ship systems with Microsoft Windows OS pre-installed. In April the company should start shipping their new 8.9-inch screen model (1024×600 pixel screen resolution) of the Eee PC. It will be available as a Windows XP version with an 8 GB SSD and 1 GB of main memory as well as Linux versions that include 12 or 20 GB of memory. It will be priced at $499. And In May 2008 Eee PC should start using Intel Atom (Diamondville) processors.

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