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One of the more subtle trends at this year's Computex was that the majority of high-end motherboards now come equipped with a 5GbE network controller. At present, this might be considered a limited benefit as 5GbE and 10GbE switches and routers are still pretty expensive. But Realtek is planning on tackling the issue from both ends, as the company is preparing a hardware platform for sub-$100 5GbE switches. Realtek’s quad-port 5GbE switch platform consists of five key chips: one RTL9303 switch system-on-chip, and four RTL8251B 5GbE physical interfaces (PHYs). The chips are accompanied by various other components, such as power management ICs, but in general it relies solely on in-house developed components, which is why it can be made so cheap. RealTek's platform is...
IDF Fall 2006 - Day 2: Opteron vs. Xeon, SSE4 & Intel's Torrenza competitor Announced
Pat Gelsinger announced Intel's new SSE4 instructions and a competitor to AMD's Torrenza platform.
18 by Anand Shimpi & Virginia Lee on 9/27/2006Fall IDF 2006 - Day 1: Laser FSBs, more Alan Wake, Flash in Vista & DDR3
We're rounding out our first day's coverage with an update from the Intel labs on Silicon Photonics, more information on multi-threaded gaming in Remedy's upcoming thriller: Alan Wake, Intel's...
16 by Anand Shimpi & Cara Hamm on 9/27/2006Computex 2006 Wrap-Up: External Storage, Cooling, and More
We conclude our Computex 2006 coverage with a look at some storage devices, cooling components, and a few other odds and ends.
9 by Gary Key on 6/17/2006Computex 2006: Motherboards and More
Computex may be over, but for those of you that like seeing some of the upcoming products, we've got more coverage of the motherboard and notebook sectors.
17 by Gary Key on 6/15/2006Computex 2006: Multimedia and Memory
There was lots to see at Computex 2006, and after two articles we've only scratched the surface. We'll continue our coverage with a look at some of the...
7 by Gary Key on 6/12/2006Computex 2006: Abit is back, Biostar expands, and Thermaltake dazzles
Our Computex coverage kicks off with a look at upcoming products from Abit, Biostar, and Thermaltake.
27 by Gary Key on 6/10/2006Computex 2006: 300W GPUs, Conroe, HDMI Video Cards and Lots of Motherboards
Get ready for separate power supplies for your video cards, Conroe motherboards and much more. Computex is here.
63 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/5/2006WinHEC 2006: Keynote Coverage
Our coverage of Microsoft's WinHEC 2006 conference starts with Bill Gates' keynote address, as Microsoft looks to "advance the platform".
8 by Derek Wilson on 5/24/2006E3 2006: PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii
We take a closer look at the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii.
20 by Haider Farhan on 5/16/2006E3 2006: Hands on with Nintendo's Wii and new Dell Designs
Updated! We spent some quality time with Nintendo's Wii and some new gaming desktops and notebooks from Dell. You can now download some videos on the bottom of...
36 by Haider Farhan on 5/11/2006Cebit 2006: High end Motherboards and Server News
Read on to learn what we discovered while at Cebit 2006 in Hannover.
19 by Johan De Gelas on 3/13/2006Conroe Performance Preview Follow-Up
We took a second look at Conroe. We ran the AMD system with an updated BIOS, ran our own Quake 4 demo on Conroe and re-ran some of...
96 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/9/2006Live from Taiwan: Cebit 2006 Preview - Part 2
We got the scoop in Taiwan on some of the hot products everyone will be talking about at Cebit this week.
5 by Wesley Fink on 3/9/2006Spring IDF 2006: Merom and Ultra Mobile PCs
We've heard a lot about Conroe, but now it's time to talk about Merom. Project Origami also makes its debut as functional Ultra Mobile PCs.
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2006Spring IDF 2006 Conroe Preview: Intel Regains the Performance Crown
Intel gave us an hour alone with Conroe and an overclocked Athlon 64 FX-60. And you better believe we benchmarked it. Guess who's on top now?
220 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2006Spring IDF 2006: Gelsinger Benchmarks Conroe
Gelsinger benchmarked Conroe and showed off quad-core desktop and server CPUs.
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2006Spring IDF 2006: Introducing Intel's new Core processors
Intel's Justin Rattner has revealed some high level details about Intel's new Core microprocessors. Conroe will be able to execute all SSE instructions in a single cycle and...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2006AMD Shows off Three new Sockets at Spring IDF 2006
Socket-AM2, Socket-S1 and Socket-F - all on display before the start of this year's Spring Intel Developer Forum. AMD also turns the spotlight on Live, the latest specs...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2006Live from Taiwan: Cebit 2006 Preview
We've just returned from Taiwan where we got the scoop on the hot products that everyone will be talking about at Cebit later this week.
22 by Wesley Fink on 3/7/2006CES 2006: Motherboards, Memory, Cooling, and a Few Surprises
A look at the motherboards, systems, cooling and memory that were grabbing attention at CES.
36 by Wesley Fink & Jarred Walton on 1/11/2006
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