A-DATA Technology today announced it has launched the highest capacity of SSD in the industry at CeBIT 2009, the 512GB XPG 2.5 SSD. The 512GB XPG 2.5 SSD is designed for notebook and PC enthusiasts seeking for both fast transfer rate and high capacity SSD.

The 512GB XPG 2.5 SSD delivers fast transfer rate up to 230MB/s and 160MB/s read and write. Adopted standard high speed SATA II interface and equipped with a tough but lightweight case. Up to 512GB capacity, is the highest capacity SSD offer to the market, designed for notebook and PC enthusiasts seeking for both fast transfer rate and high capacity SSD.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to enter production of Atom-core system-on-chip (SoC) solutions in the fourth quarter of 2009 at the earliest, according to industry sources. IP vendor ARM has said that its long-term collaboration with TSMC should not be affected by the foundry's new partnership with rival Intel. Intel and TSMC on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership for the US chipmaker's Atom SoCs, but details concerning the partnership, such as production schedule, were not revealed.

Tudor Brown, president of the UK-based IP vendor, told Digitimes in a phone interview that it came as no surprise that Intel chose to tie up with TSMC. Since lowering the manufacturing cost has become a major issue with semiconductor suppliers to tackle the current economic environment, Intel has to look for a more cost-competitive manufacturing partner, he said.

When we think about what is perhaps the one draw-back that enthusiasts and gamers could point to with respect to an Intel chipset-based motherboard historically, it was lack of NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU support. Though you could drop more than one AMD ATI Radeon-based graphics card into a P45, X38 or X48-chipset based motherboard, for the most part, SLI was a no-go, save perhaps for a few custom OEM solutions. This wasn’t too much of a problem for gaming purists that wanted in on NVIDIA powered multi-GPU action,

The A780GM-A Ultra is one of the latest motherboards in the ECS Black Series. This performance oriented motherboard features the AMD 780G and AMD SB750 chipsets to get the most from AMD Phenom and Phenom II processors. The A780GM-A Ultra can even support 160W processors, which means you can overclock without having to worry about ruining the board.

Sprint has been facing hard times of late, and is looking for the Palm Pre to boost their sales. What to do until then, hmmm? Well, they’ve initiated a referral program, whereby you can try to sucker, er, get your friends to sign up for Sprint before the Palm Pre launches. The program only lasts until 3/31. Strangely, the fine print says: “Accounts are limited to 12 referrals per year.” You mean in the rest of the month? Perhaps they are looking to continue the program after this month if things go well. Referrers

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ASUS today presented the new U and UX Series, a new range of notebooks that celebrate contemporary styling and effortless elegance. Each of them a masterpiece so immensely desirable, the U and UX Series takes modern day computing to the streets, bringing delight to the users' senses and allowing them to work or play in style.

The ASUS U and UX Series are designed for the modern individual who accepts no compromise when it comes to exquisite taste in high fashion and possesses an eye for the latest trends as well as the intricacies in design. Reminiscent of the streets of Paris with the evening fast approaching, the ASUS U and UX Series' newly-adopted illuminated 'chiclet' keyboard lights up brilliantly, not only providing users with the ability to type in the dark, but its subtle yet assuring glow also reminds the user of the star studded skies above. AI Light sensor technology intelligently detects the surrounding environmental lighting conditions and then automatically adjusts the brightness or dimness of the LED backlit display to provide a comfortable computing experience even in adverse lighting conditions. These features can be found adorning a softly contoured chassis, shrouded in a sleek and sophisticated glossy LCD lid and supported by a frame inspired by the curvature of a butterfly's wings.

DFI & Falcon Northwest are showing one of the smallest gaming PCs in the world in CeBIT 2009 this week. DFI LANParty is currently the only brand in the world to have a complete microATX motherboard product series, and also the only brand on the market to mass produce microATX X58 motherboards. Very interesting gaming system to say the least!

In CeBIT 2009, LANParty and Falcon-Northwest, a well-known North American brand, team up to showcase the mini gaming PC, “Fragbox II”, which is based on LANParty's JR X58-T3H6 motherboard. This gaming PC boasts DFI's winning wiring capability and Falcon Northwest's superb device design, is made to fit extreme space constraints and is embedded with an Intel Core i7 CPU, 3-channel memory storage and an ATI HD4870X2 display card.

WD today announced that WD ShareSpace network storage systems now offer 8 TB (terabytes) of capacity, up to 30 percent faster transfer speeds, and DLNA media streaming capabilities. Combined with its ease-of-use and small footprint, WD ShareSpace is now a more compelling solution for small offices and digital media enthusiasts who want to store, protect and share massive amounts of content. The new 8 TB capacity will be available this week at WDs online store and will also be offered in capacities of 2 TB and 4 TB. MSRP for the WD ShareSpace storage system with 8 TB is $1,699.99 USD.

With its huge capacity and small footprint, WD ShareSpace has become a popular choice among small business owners. By doubling capacity and increasing transfer speeds, the new 8 TB WD ShareSpace offers more value to small business users, said Jim Welsh, senior vice president and general manager of WDs branded products and consumer electronics groups. Digital media enthusiasts, on the other hand, will really appreciate the new streaming support which lets them easily stream to PCs, Macs and game consoles. With the new WD ShareSpace, we have made important improvements for all our customers.

NVIDIA today introduced GPUs in four separate categories that push performance to the highest levels ever achieved in enthusiast and high-performance notebooks. Included in the group is the fastest notebook GPU in the market, the GeForce GTX 280M, with up to 50% more performance than previous generation enthusiast notebook GPUs.

GeForce GTX 200M and GeForce GTS 100M Series GPUs make playing the latest HD games on a portable platform a reality by delivering blistering frame rates that are up to 50% faster than the previous generation products they are replacing, all without increasing overall power consumption. Using NVIDIA SLI technology, which enables close to double the graphics performance over a single GPU, two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs can be paired to offer the fastest notebook graphics solution available today. In order to enable a quiet state and to increase battery life, NVIDIA HybridPower technology can dynamically power down the powerful discreet GPU and transfer graphics operation to the integrated GPU for applications that do not require the high level of graphics horsepower.