Recent News
October 7, 2008
There was a problem with the Contact Me page that occurred after I switched web hosting companies.
I believe it is resolved now. If you tried to use it to send me an email these past 2-3 weeks, please try again. Thanks.
I am diligently working on getting a new content management system written for this site. For more information, please read my blog.
September 21, 2008
Needless to say, it has been a while since I have updated the site. I won't bore you with all the details, but a confluence of
personal issues and my job kept me away for the past 2 months.
First, thank you to everyone who emailed me asking me to come back and update the site. I am very nearly back and will begin
providing more regular updates soon.
Second, I would like to ask for some assistance in helping maintaining this site. I am looking for 2-3 people to help me out
with the day-to-day operation of the site. The ideal candidates should have a profound interest in the personal computer hardware
and software industry with a particular interest in future products. You should also enjoy consuming vast amounts of technology
news. You must be fluent in the English language. Your time committment to the site is us entirely up to you, but I would estimate
it to be around 1-2 hours a week. If you're interested, send me an email (chrisr@techfuzz.com)
or use the Contact Me page. Just let me know that you're interested and we'll discuss it further.
Third, I'm currently moving the site from one web host to a new one. The primary reason for this move is in preparation for some
rather dramactic changes to this site. More info to come soon. Watch this space!
July 26, 2008
GeForce 9500 GT is expected in a couple of days
Intel Nehalem may be announced sooner than expected; the
Bloomfield CPU and X58 chipset would naturally also be announced
Created a new entry for an Intel T9800 CPU
Intel's Atom 330 CPU is expected to launch in September
Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 is now due to be launched on September 10th
July 21, 2008
NVIDIA more or less released the GeForce 9800 GTX+ on July 16th when cards
started appearing in retail channels; an actual announcement is probably due out any day now
Intel's Larrabee will in fact support DirectX
Davidoff has provided some details about Intel's upcoming Core 2 Quad mobile CPU's and I have created a new entry for the
Q9000 which is due out next year
July 20, 2008
Time for another big update.
Created a new entry for the Radeon HD 4850 X2 due out in September
Added some new details to ATI's upcoming RV710 core roadmap entry
A launch date of August 12th has been set for the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Noted that Intel's chipset due to be released with Nehalem, the X58 chipset, will
feature SLI technology from NVIDIA
Noted the launch of the Intel GM45 chipset, the
Intel PM45 chipset, the Intel GM47 chipset, and the
Intel Centrino 2 platform and CPU's
Intel also has released a batch of "revised" CPU's for the new Centrino
2 platform
Moved some entries around to reorganize releases better
1394 Trade Association published the S3200 specifiction (Firewire 3200) on July
9th
Intel P43 chipset quietly made it way to market sometime in June -- just updating
some older entries
AMD still plans to release two dual-core Athlon 6000-series CPU's, the 6050 and 6250,
sometime this year
NVIDIA MCP7A chipset is now due to be launched in August
The Intel Celeron E1400 was released back on April 20th - wow I'm way behind on
that one
Intel Celeron 575 will launch sometime in Q3 now
AMD announced the Radeon HD 3850 X2 back on May 4th I believe
Intel will also announce the Celeron 585 sometime in Q3 now
Added some details about Intel Lynnfield
Also added some details about Intel Havendale
Added some pricing for Intel Bloomfield CPU's available at launch
NVIDIA's GeForce 9800 GT is now available from OEM's; it's release in retail appears
to be imminent
Davidoff has provided some very interesting information about NVIDIA's soon to be announced
NVIDIA 9-series of mobile video cards -- Many thanks Davidoff
July 11, 2008
I am really sorry for the lack of updates lately. Work has been extra busy lately with some many other people on vacation it
has left little spare time for me. Here is a gigantic update for you people who keep coming back to see what's new and upcoming.
Thanks to everyone who have emailed me recently. I appreciate hearing from you.
AMD released the Phenom X4 9350e, an energy-efficient CPU, in early July
AMD also released the Phenom X4 9150e, another energy-efficient CPU
Intel's Centrino 2 platform will be released on July 15th
Along with Centrino 2, Intel will likely be releasing on the same day the Intel GM45 Express
chipset, the Intel PM45 chipset, and possibly the
Intel GM47 chipset shortly afterwards
ATI is planning to launch the Radeon HD 4870 X2 in late August
Added GPU clock speeds for NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce 9300 and 9400-based IGP motherboards
New details about Microsoft's DirectX 11 have emerged
NVIDIA appears to have bumped the GeForce 9800 GT from July to September; although
it may end up being canceled
The Pentium E5000 series family of CPU I wrote about a couple weeks ago finally has a model name and some specifications, the
first will be called the E5200 and probably due out sometime in Q3
ATI plans to launch the RV710 and RV730 sometime
in September
Added a few minor details to Intel's upcoming entry-level Core 2 Quad Q8200 CPU
Some few, minor details about the Intel G41 chipset have emerged as well
The GeForce 9500 GT is expected to come in both 256MB and 512MB GDDR2 versions
as well as a 512MB GDDR3 version (Ed: which is going to be really confusing to consumers)
A few bits of info popped up concerning Intel's Core 2 Duo E7300 CPU
AMD released the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ EE SFF CPU recently
The southbridge for the RD890 chipset will likely be the first to support AMD's Fusion
technology and quite possibly PCIe 3.0
AMD 790GX chipset will now come with the ATI Radeon HD 3300 based on the RV620
GPU core (55 nm)
Bif tells me that AMD's relaunched 790FX chipset is due out sometime in July
Davidoff has pointed out an error on the ATI & NVIDIA 2009 Mobile GPU's
roadmap entry. The NVIDIA performance, mainstream, and value GPU's were not under the correct market segments.
June 29, 2008
Windows 7 has been scheduled for release in January 2010
Three Intel Bloomfield (Nehalem) CPU's are scheduled for release in Q4
The Intel Atom 330 CPU is expected to be released in September
NVIDIA intends to launch the revised GeForce 9800 GTX+ on July 16th
NVIDIA is also planning to launch the GeForce 9800 GT around July 15th
Himmesh Reshamiyya emailed me to say that Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is expected
to be released in early 2009 and that Windows 8 is expected after 2012+
GeForce 9500 GT launch has been pushed back to late July
Some sources have indicated that AMD's MID/netbook BGA-based CPU might make
its appearance before the end of the year
Intel's Tylersburg-DT chipset will henceforth be known as the X58 chipset
AMD 790 GX release has been delayed until late July
Microsoft released the Hyper-V virtualization software for Windows Server 2008
on the 27th
AMD quietly released the Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition CPU on the 27th
Created a new entry for ATI's R800 video card which is expected sometime in 2009
June 17, 2008
Back from a short summer vacation and ready to bring you all up-to-date!
Created a new entry for PCI Express 3.0
Updated some specifications regarding the upcoming Intel Pentium E5000 series CPU's
Added the MCP7A-D-SLI with some specifications to the list of known variants of the MCP7A
chipset
Noted the release of Mozilla Firefox 3.0
NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 280 and
GeForce GTX 260 on the 17th
Added, changed, and updated some details regarding the forthcoming RV770 GPU from AMD
Created a new entry for an upcoming mobile GPU from AMD called M98
Added a new roadmap entry for the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 CPU due out in Q3
Created new entries for the Phenom X3 8250e and
Phenom X3 8450e
Details about a AMD MID/netbook BGA-based CPU have appeared, although it does
not mention a release date. I am speculating it will be available no earlier than 2009.
June 9, 2008
AMD launched 3 Opteron CPU's on June 3rd
NVIDIA announced the new 9M series mobile GPU on June 3rd
AMD announced new Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core mobile processors back on June
4th
Intel launched the Atom N230 and Atom N270
mobile processors on June 3rd
Clarified the core arrangement on the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Added a code name for the GeForce 9800 GT which is supposed to launched soon
AMD's Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 is due to be launched the last week of June
Added some power requirements to the GeForce 9800 GT entry
June 1, 2008
Created a new roadmap entry for the Intel Atom 330 CPU
Added clock speeds, TDPs, and pricing to both the GeForce GTX 280 and
GeForce GTX 260 entries
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 is expected to be launched in August
Due to problems technical and certification problems, Intel will not be releasing the upcoming batch of
Centrino 2 CPU's until July 14th now
Going along for the ride also is the Centrino 2 platform which will also be delayed
until July 14th
Added a new entry for AMD RD890 chipset
Added a little more detail to the AMD Deneb FX entry