Intel, TSMC Reach Agreement to Collaborate on Technology Platform, IP Infrastructure, SoC SolutionsIntel to port Atom CPU cores to TSMC’s technology platform to expand market for Atom Processors SoC Customers Santa Clara, CA & Hsin-chu, Taiwan, March 2, 2009 – Intel Corporation and TSMC today announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on addressing technology platform, intellectual property (IP) infrastructure, and System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions. Under the MOU, Intel would port its Atom

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“The i7 runs at 2.66GHz and only needs around 1v to work at this frequency, a pretty impressive feat. Getting it up to 3GHz was simple enough, all it took was to bump the base clock up from 133 to 150MHz. Then things started to get a bit complicated and required some, actually a lot, of trial and error. Since I am using a processor with a locked multiplier I started by decreasing it and finding the highest stable BCLK. The highest I could hit was 215MHz, although it was only stable up to 204MHz. The MSI board dealt reasonably well with failed overclocks, it would turn on for about ten seconds and then shutdown and so on until I manually shut it down and turned it back on myself. Never did I have to make use of that nifty clear CMOS button on the back. Now that I knew how high the board could clock and already knowing the limits of the RAM, I set off to find out how high the MSI X58 Platinum could drive the i7 920. Tweaking core and QPI voltage properly was absolutely necessary to make the overclock stable. I needed +0.18V on the processor and another +0.15 on the QPI link, any more than that and temperatures got out of control, but it was enough to get a not too shabby 3.646GHz overclock. The memory modules we're kept at 1212MHz 7-7-7-20 and the other voltages were left on the Auto setting.”

PC shipments will fall 11.9 percent in 2009, their sharpest fall ever, with sales in emerging markets contracting for the first time, research firm Gartner said on Monday.

“The PC industry is facing extraordinary conditions as the global economy continues to weaken, users stretch PC lifetimes and PC suppliers grow increasingly cautious,” said George Shiffler, research director at Gartner. Gartner said it expected PC sales to fall 11.9 percent in 2009 to 257 million computers, with sales of desktops falling 32 percent from last year and sales of laptops rising 9 percent. The PC market's previous sharpest fall was a 3.2-percent drop in 2001.

Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are expected to hold a joint press conference on Monday in the US to make a “strategic announcement.” TSMC has confirmed the “stratetgic announcement” will be made at the press conference at Intel's headquarters on March 2, with high-level executives from both companies attending.

The executives will include: Anand Chandrasekher, manager of Intel's ultra mobility group; Sean Maloney, executive vice president and general manager of Intel's sales and marketing group; Rick Tsai, TSMC CEO; and Jason Chen, vice president of TSMC, according to the world number-one pure play foundry. But TSMC declined to reveal further details. Some industry sources have speculated that the announcement is likely to be about graphics process unit (GPU) business, as TSMC has strong and stable process technology for GPU manufacturing, judging from its experience cooperating with AMD and Nvidia. The sources believe that Intel will outsource its GPUs or chipsets to TSMC in order to save costs and diversify risks.

Samsung officially unveiled its new NX Series of hybrid digital cameras today. Similar in concept to the Micro Four Thirds camera system, the NX Series differs in that it uses a larger, APS-C sensor. The new NX Series is designed to combine the performance and image quality of an SLR with the convenience and portability of a point and shoot. Like conventional DSLRs, the NX Series uses an APS-C sized image sensor. This provides a greater surface area to gather light and produce higher-quality images than you’d

CyberLink Corp. innovative solutions provider for the connected media lifestyle, today launched the latest in its award-winning DVD player software, CyberLink PowerDVD 9. PowerDVD 9 enriches the movie experience, providing HD-like quality from standard-definition DVD movies. PowerDVD 9 feature highlights include:TrueTheater’ Technology, offering DVD up-scaling to HD-like qualityCinema Mode for watching Blu-ray Discs via Windows Media CenterFancyView for browsing DVD chapters and titles stored in Movie CollectionHigh-definition

NETGEAR Launches First NAS-Linked Online Disaster Recovery for Consumers and SMBs. New ReadyNAS Vault Service Automates Backup and Eliminates Local Management. NETGEAR, Inc. a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, today announced ReadyNAS® Vault™ – its new online backup and disaster-recovery service for consumers and Small- to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs). Designed to give consumers and SMBs a simple but still enterprise-class solution for Internet-

The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (USCPSC) has issued a recall notification for 30,000 LG 830 “Spyder” cell phones because of an incident in which the phone was unable to maintain a connection when a motorist attempted a 911 call. Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received one report of a motorist in a disabled car who was able to dial 911, but the call was dropped because the network had difficulty establishing a GPS lock on the phone. No injuries have been reported. The recall involves LG 830 “Spyder”

The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (USCPSC) has issued a recall notification for 30,000 LG 830 “Spyder” cell phones because of an incident in which the phone was unable to maintain a connection when a motorist attempted a 911 call. Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received one report of a motorist in a disabled car who was able to dial 911, but the call was dropped because the network had difficulty establishing a GPS lock on the phone. No injuries have been reported. The recall involves LG 830 “Spyder”

Gigabyte already provided a glimpse at what it would be bringing to CeBIT this year in terms of motherboard technologies, but now the company is bestowing details about even more new wares that will be showcased in Germany. For starters, Gigabyte is introducing what’s called the world’s fastest, coolest and steady technique for graphic card solutions: Silent Cell and Ultra Durable VGA.Now, we’ve certainly heard of this Ultra Durable stuff before, but this new brand seems to be geared towards GPUs rather than