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Our buddy SirXcalibur is getting a little bit older and hopefully wiser. No wild parties for him tonight, but let's all swamp his mailbox by clicking here.

Thanks to a tip from X-bit Labs, we took a look at Gamespot's preview of the Mobility Radeon 7500: "More good news is that the Mobility Radeon 7500 will include transform and lighting, an important feature that its earlier cousin does not have." "We had the chance to run 3DMark 2001 on the two...

The Taishan concept PC was jointly developed by Intel Corporation and Legend Holdings Limited and unveiled this week at the Intel Developers Forum, San Jose. It represents a new pinnacle in desktop PC design. As the Chinese philosopher, Confucius, once wrote, "The world looks wmaller when you...

This shows up as being my 100th news post, but isn't really since about half a dozen or so have "mysteriously" been deleted, including 2 DDR articles I spent several hours on that are still missed today. But a forthcoming RAM update is needed since so much has changed in the last two months. We...

Citing increased demand, Nintendo has decided to postpone the US launch of its Gamecube from November 5 to November 18. This is now aligned with the Canadian launch date, and so the Gamecube will be launched in a North American marketing blitz expected to cost Nintendo over $500 million. The...

The FAQs and specs available are a little sparse, but that's to be expected. There will be more information available as we get closer to the shipping date. RADEON 8500 Product Page RADEON 8500 FAQ Page RADEON 7500 Product Page RADEON 7500 FAQ Page

Although conventional console games are delivered at 640x480 resolution, Nintendo's Gamecube will feature the ability to support games using up to 1920x1080 resolution, equivalent to HDTV. Steven Kent of Popular Science magazine notes that of the three next generation consoles, the Gamecube is...

PrimeTime and PrimeTime SI are full-chip gate-level static timing and crosstalk analysis solutions targeted for complex multimillion-gate designs. PrimeTime is the industry-leading sign-off tool at semiconductor companies worldwide -- including Fujitsu, Hitachi, LSI Logic, NEC...

Taking a cue from The Inquirer's Tamlin Magee, I have checked out Acclaim's plans to launch 12 titles for the new Nintendo system. It has announced the additions of Crazy Taxi, 18 Wheeler, Legends of Wrestling and Jeremy McGrath Supercross World to its library of interactive offerings. The...

ATI acquires HydraVision<SUP><FONT SIZE="-1">TM</FONT></SUP> software from Appian for $2 million USD This is a strategic maneuver for ATI, and one that makes a lot of sense. The HydraVision Desktop Management Software apparently has 50% marketshare. ATI has gotten itself quite a bargain, though...

ATI has some new SMARTSHADER technology out to complement their NPatch technology. Also, those of you emailling me about DirectX 8.0b shouldn't hold your breath as Microsoft will go directly to DirectX 8.1. The big news is that the Radeon 2 will have six textures per rendering pass, a HUGE leap...

ATI has some new SMARTSHADER technology out to complement their NPatch technology. Also, those of you emailling me about DirectX 8.0b shouldn't hold your breath as Microsoft will go directly to DirectX 8.1. The big news is that the Radeon 2 will have six textures per rendering pass, a HUGE leap...

I wrote a letter to Matthew Witheiler with some comments on his article. Since there is some information in it that is applicable to many people, I have decided to post it. And yes, I am running all of that software with my ATI TV Wonder. It reads as follows: I just read your Roundup, and am...

I wrote a letter to Matthew Witheiler with some comments on his article. Since there is some information in it that is applicable to many people, I have decided to post it. And yes, I am running all of that software with my ATI TV Wonder. It reads as follows: I just read your Roundup, and am...

"In the past few months we have seen new TV tuner video card solutions from a variety of manufacturers. Of these, solutions from ATI, Matrox, and NVIDIA all sport new features that make eliminating your boob-tube even more tempting. Today we take a look at the ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder, Matrox...