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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...
Computex 2005 Day 1 - ATI R520 Sighting, NVIDIA's new Chipset
We've seen ATI's R520 running, NVIDIA's new C51G running, and walls upon walls of motherboards and servers.
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/31/2005Computex 2005 Early Bird Coverage: NVIDIA's G70, Athlon 64 BTX and more
With the show a day away from starting, we've already seen the first AMD BTX motherboard, a number of NVIDIA G70 graphics cards, an Intel motherboard that can be...
80 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/30/2005Xbox 360 - Up Close & Personal with Live, the Console and the Wireless Controller
Although information about the next-gen consoles was limited, we were able to get some time with the new Xbox Live, the actual console itself and the new wireless controller...
33 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/20/2005E3 2005 - Day 2: More Details Emerge on Console GPUs
Details on NVIDIA's RSX and ATI's Xbox 360 GPU are scarce, but we did our best to gather details that have yet to be published.
22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/19/2005E3 2005 - Day 1: The Xbox 360 Update
Our first few hours of this year's E3 were spent searching for the Xbox 360...
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/18/2005Sony Introduces Playstation 3, to launch in 2006
Sony introduced the Playstation 3 today...and wow
71 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/16/2005WinHEC 2005: Coverage Wrap
We wrap up our coverage with some of the cooler things from the expo floor, a little more on Longhorn, and some Avalon and WGF information.
17 by Derek Wilson & Jarred Walton on 4/29/2005WinHEC 2005: Day 2
The second day of WinHEC 2005 coverage brings more information on some of the topics touched on for day 1 as well as an historical look at Micorosoft.
22 by Derek Wilson & Jarred Walton on 4/27/2005WinHEC 2005 - Keynote and Day 1
Welcome to the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2005. We've got opening keynote and day one coverage hot off the presses. Windows x64 is launched and Longhorn is on the horizon.
36 by Derek Wilson & Jarred Walton on 4/26/2005The Great Texas Overclocking Competition
Mix OPPainter, Macci, Fugger, and tons of exotic phase-change and liquid nitrogen cooling and you have ATI's Overclocking Competition at the Texas Gaming Festival.
31 by Wesley Fink on 3/9/2005IDF Spring 2005 - Predicting Future CPU Architecture Trends
Wondering what future CPUs will look like and work like? We've gathered a bunch of ideas based on what's been disclosed at this year's Spring IDF.
22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/3/2005IDF Spring 2005 - Day 3: Justin Rattner's Keynote, Predicting the Future
Justin Rattner lays out Intel's vision for the future with Platform 2015.
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/3/2005IDF Spring 2005 - Day 2: The Yonah Scoop
Want to know everything that's been made available on Intel's first dual core mobile CPU? We've got Yonah uncovered for you.
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/3/2005IDF Spring 2005 - Day 2: Mobility Keynote
Sean Maloney talks about Yonah, Napa and Intel's plans for mobility in 2006.
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/2/2005IDF Spring 2005 Day 1 - Gelsinger Speaks, nForce4 Intel and more
Although it started off slow, Pat Gelsinger's keynote saved the day for Intel - kicking off Spring IDF 2005 right. Pat talks about everything from 64-bit to multi-core...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 3/2/2005IDF Spring 2005 - New Pentium D, No More 4
Intel just announced that they will be ditching the Pentium 4 label for their dual core parts and instead simply calling them: Pentium. A track back in history...
27 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/1/2005Updated! IDF Spring 2005 Day 1 - 65nm Multi-Core Demos and more
Intel's Presler (65nm Dual Core) running at 2.0GHz, Intel's Yonah (65nm Dual Core mobile) and live Intel 955X dual core motherboards. Welcome to Intel's Multi-Core Zone.
21 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/1/2005IDF Spring 2005 Day 1 - Craig Barrett's Keynote
He has his good keynotes and his bad ones, find out which one this morning's keynote by Craig Barrett was...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/1/2005CES 2005 - More Tech Notes From the Floor
And now, we wrap up our coverage with a look at HTPC, video cards, storage and general notes from the floor. Make sure to read our world exclusive of...
14 by Kristopher Kubicki on 1/14/2005CES 2005: Chipsets, Motherboards, and Memory
Under the glitzy glare of CES, we found a few boards and some memory to bring a little joy to a gloomy January day. Take a look at...
22 by Wesley Fink on 1/13/2005
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