Trade Shows

The annual Computex computer expo kicks off in Taepei this weekend. And this year’s show is shaping up to be the most packed in years. Computex rivals CES for the most important PC trade show of the year, and in most years is attended by not only the numerous local Taiwanese firms (Asus, MSI, ASRock, and others), but the major chip developers have been increasing their own presence as well. These days, while CES itself tends to land more high-profile announcements, in recent years it’s been Computex that has delivered on more substantial announcements. This is largely because tech firms have aligned their product schedules to roll out near gear in the second half of the year, when retail sales are stronger due to the...

Computex 2005 - Looking Ahead

More companies will make Crossfire, DDR2-1000 Memory, Abit emerges from financial chaos, Foxconn moves into AMD market, and more.

20 by Wesley Fink on 6/10/2005

Apple's Move to x86: More Questions Answered

We provide our thoughts on Apple's switch and shed some more light on your questions.

56 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/7/2005

WWDC 2005 - Apple to Move to Intel Processors in 2006

It's true. Starting in 2006, Apple will begin transitioning to Intel processors. We have the full story from today's keynote.

65 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/6/2005

Computex 2005 - Day 3 Tidbits

Even a minor earthquake won't stop us from posting Computex coverage! Inside, we have a look at the case, storage and display booths, along with some tidbits from...

35 by Kristopher Kubicki on 6/1/2005

Computex 2005 Day 2 - ULi's new Athlon 64 Chipset, G70, CrossFire & more

We got to benchmark ULi's new Athlon 64 chipset, got more time with NVIDIA's G70, CrossFire motherboards, cooling at Computex and tons of motherboards from the show.

53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2005

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 5/31/2005

Computex 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 5/30/2005

Xbox 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 5/20/2005

E3 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 5/19/2005

E3 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 5/18/2005

Sony Introduces Playstation 3, to launch in 2006

Sony introduced the Playstation 3 today...and wow

71 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/16/2005

WinHEC 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 4/29/2005

WinHEC 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 4/27/2005

WinHEC 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 4/26/2005

The 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 3/9/2005

IDF 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 3/3/2005

IDF 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 3/3/2005

IDF 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 3/3/2005

IDF 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 3/2/2005

IDF 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 3/2/2005

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