Corsair, in a fantastic move for the community, has stood up and announced that they will stop selling memory modules based upon Elpida Hyper ICs. These Hyper ICs are the chips responsible for the DDR3-2000 CAS 7 revolution that has occurred in the industry. Corsair will continue to support modules already on the market, but until the Hyper IC death issue is solved, they will no longer sell new sticks.

We have seen a number of reports across various forums about failures of modules (from Corsair as well as from other memory manufacturers) built with Elpida Hyper RAMs. Through lab testing, we have now been able to reproduce similar failures. We are continuing to test to determine the cause of these failures. Note that although a relatively small percentage of Hyper ICs appear to be affected, the rate of failure is not acceptable to Corsair or to our customers.

Due to these failures, we will no longer sell Hyper-based modules until the issue can be resolved. We have also have asked our retailers to return any modules they currently have on their shelves. Products impacted include TW3X4G1600C6GTF, TR3X6G1866C7GTF, TR3X6G2000C8GTF, TR3X3G2000C7GTF, and TR3X6G2000C7GTF. We are working on enhancing our manufacturing and testing process to be able to offer these parts again as soon as possible.

We continue to stand behind these modules 100% with our standard warranty, which can be found at http://www.corsair.com/warranty/default.aspx.

Fusion-io has been breaking down walls and pushing envelopes in the solid state drive arena for as long as we can remember, and just a month after issuing the ioXtreme PCIe SSD, the company is now developing an all new class of enterprise MLC.Specifically, the oufit has developed a new engineering technique for managing multi-level cell (MLC) flash technology, which combines the enterprise reliability of single-level cell (SLC) technology with the economical consumer-grade MLC flash. Fusion-io products utilizing

Best Buy: it’s the place you go when you need a new GPU, a new HDD, a new stick of RAM or a new notebook when time is tight and you can’t bother to shop around. Soon, however, it’ll be the go-to place for electric vehicles. You read right, electric vehicles.As the big box retailer looks to broaden its horizons, it will soon begin offering “green vehicles” in select stores. In fact, it has already started the program up in a few locations, with 19 stores in west coast states (Oregon, Washington and California)

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Global Foundries Appoints Head of Enterprise Quality, Completes Senior Leadership Team- Foundry industry expert to drive maximum quality and process improvement for customers as company positions for long-term success as an independent leading-edge foundry – SUNNYVALE, CA – July 7, 2009 – GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced the appointment of Ron Dickinson as vice president of enterprise quality. The appointment marks the completion of the senior management team, cementing a strong leadership base to support the

OCZ Technology Continues to Push the Envelope in SSDs, and Unveils the Vertex Turbo Featuring Increased Host Clock-Speed and DRAM Cache Speed OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today released the latest addition to their premium Vertex solid state drive series, the Vertex Turbo Edition. The tried-and-true architecture and performance of the original Vertex has been upgraded to meet the demands of enthusiasts

Battery life has taken on a life of its own here at HotHardware, and considering that many iPhone 3GS users are bickering about shorter-than-expected lifespans, this app couldn’t arrive at a better time. Showcased now in Apple’s App Store, ‘Battery Go!” measures and displays the remaining battery life on one’s iPhone or iPod touch right down to the minute.Developed by CollegeKidApp.com, the software also has four large icons that display how long you could surf the web, chat on the phone, listen to tunes or

MoGo MouseBT is the first in a family of mobile products. This technologically advanced wonder, featuring patent-pending optics, an intelligent battery management system with an integrated, minute battery that recharges in just minutes inside your laptop. This deal ends 7/8/09 at 12:00pm ET.

Razer announced the release of the Razer Moray+, an in-ear noise isolating earphone equipped with an inline omnidirectional microphone that provides a smart, portable solution for gamers on the go this morning. The Razer Moray+
will cost $59.99 here in the US and 54.9 in Europe.

The Razer Moray+ is designed for gamers on the go who appreciate the compact design and the ability to support multiple gaming devices with one unique headset. The Razer Moray+ provides an inline microphone engineered with an omni-directinonal pickup pattern which captures sound input from any direction with exceptional voice clarity for VOIP applications like Skype, Ventrilo, and TeamSpeak. The in-ear noise isolating earphones deliver powerful bass-driven stereo and mid/high range clarity for your entertainment experience without interference from ambient noise.

NVIDIA just announced an interesting promotion this morning. If you buy any qualifying NVIDIA GeForce graphics card (Qualifying GPUs in US/Canada are: GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 9800 GTX+ and GeForce GTS 250) between July 1, 2009 and August 1, 2009 you will receive an entry code for a chance to win an all expenses paid trip to Blizzcon 2009 for you and a guest. For complete contest details, rules and regulations, and additional information on how to enter without a qualifying product purchase, please visit: www.nzone.com/WoW. The entire trip is valued up to $2400 USD!

Participating e-tailers in US/Canada are: Amazon.com, MWave.com, NCIX.com, Newegg.com, TigerDirect.com, and ZipZoomFly.com. Contest is open to all legal residents of the US, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Norway and India (excluding the state of Tamil Nadu) who have attained the age of majority under the laws of the country or state of residence as of the start of this promotion.