<![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware UK - Components]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk en 10 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:16:46 +0100 <![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware UK - Components]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_uk.jpg http://www.tomshardware.co.uk <![CDATA[Rambus Convinces Nvidia to Sign License Agreement]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-rambus-ddr-sdr-gddr,news-37710.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-rambus-ddr-sdr-gddr,news-37710.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:40:00 CET Rambus and Nvidia have settled their patent dispute. ]]> <![CDATA[Reports Say Mobo Prices Going Up 10%; Gigabyte Says Nope]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Motherboard-Gigabyte-Shanghai-Shenzhen-LGA-1155,news-37702.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Motherboard-Gigabyte-Shanghai-Shenzhen-LGA-1155,news-37702.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:40:00 CET Sources claim that motherboard manufacturers are raising their prices by the end of 1Q12, but Gigabyte says that's not true -- at least on their part.]]> <![CDATA[Raspberry Pi Scheduled to Launch This Month]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Raspberry-pi-launch-availability-shipping-SoC,news-37700.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Raspberry-pi-launch-availability-shipping-SoC,news-37700.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:40:00 CET One serving of Raspberry Pi, coming right up!]]> <![CDATA[Complete Nvidia Kepler GPU Lineup Leaked]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Nvidia-Kepler-GPU-GeForce-600-Series,news-37693.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Nvidia-Kepler-GPU-GeForce-600-Series,news-37693.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:10:00 CET Leaked information has appeared on the internet with first detailed information on the upcoming Nvidia Kepler (GeForce 600) series graphics cards, which are set to release in April/May time frame. ]]> <![CDATA[Origin PC Offers New Liquid Cooling for OC'ing Up To 5.2GHz]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/origin-pc-frostbyte-liquid-cooling-overclocking,news-37692.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/origin-pc-frostbyte-liquid-cooling-overclocking,news-37692.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:50:00 CET Frostbyte, but nothing to do with Crytek's engine. Rather, this is some other form of cool tech.]]> <![CDATA[Micron Appoints New CEO Following Death of Appleton]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Micron-CEO-New-Mark-Durcan-Steven-Appleton-Plane-Crash,news-37679.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Micron-CEO-New-Mark-Durcan-Steven-Appleton-Plane-Crash,news-37679.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:00 CET COO ditches retirement plans to fill Appleton's shoes.]]> <![CDATA[Wireless Emerges as Top Chip Spending Area For OEMs]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/iphone-ipad-wireless-chip-semiconductor,news-37677.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/iphone-ipad-wireless-chip-semiconductor,news-37677.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:10:00 CET OEMs are now spending more on semiconductors for wireless devices than for computers. ]]> <![CDATA[AMD Reveals Ultrathin Prototype, Roadmaps]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/AMD-Roadmap-Ultrathin-Trinity-ultra-low-power,news-37673.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/AMD-Roadmap-Ultrathin-Trinity-ultra-low-power,news-37673.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:10:00 CET In addition to revealing its 2012 and 2013 roadmaps, AMD sported an ultrathin form factor packed with its Trinity APU.]]> <![CDATA[Micron's CEO Dies in Plane Crash Friday Morning]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Micron-Steve-Appleton-Boise-Idaho-Lancair-fixed-wing,news-37672.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Micron-Steve-Appleton-Boise-Idaho-Lancair-fixed-wing,news-37672.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:10:00 CET Micron's CEO was killed Friday morning while trying to land his plane at the Boise airport.]]> <![CDATA[AMD Ready To Fight in 2012, Says CEO]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/AMD-ultrathin-Rory-Read-Intel-Medfield,news-37663.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/AMD-ultrathin-Rory-Read-Intel-Medfield,news-37663.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:10:00 CET AMD CEO Rory Read mentioned "thin and light" in his 2012 attack speech to analysts.]]> <![CDATA[AMD Radeon HD 7000 Launch Schedule Leaked]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/AMD-Radeon-HD-7000-gpu-video-card,news-37657.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/AMD-Radeon-HD-7000-gpu-video-card,news-37657.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:40:00 CET In a leaked slide, we may have a reasonable picture of the pending launch dates for the Radeon HD 7000 series GPUs. ]]> <![CDATA[ARM 2012 Roadmap Reveals "Gods and Giants" Theme]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ARM-Skrymir-Graphics-Cores-ARMv8-A-Roadmap,news-37650.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ARM-Skrymir-Graphics-Cores-ARMv8-A-Roadmap,news-37650.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:10:00 CET ARM revealed its 2012 roadmap in a 4Q11 financial results meeting with analysts.]]> <![CDATA[AMD Releases Catalyst 12.1; Previews Catalyst 12.2 Drivers]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-ati-radeon-catalyst-drivers,news-37643.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-ati-radeon-catalyst-drivers,news-37643.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:40:00 CET Shiny, new drivers for your Radeon HD GPU.]]> <![CDATA[Mouser Sells Classic 6502 "Antique" Processor]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/mouser-6502-motorola-6800-cpu-processor,news-37637.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/mouser-6502-motorola-6800-cpu-processor,news-37637.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:10:00 CET A processor used more than 30 years ago has resurfaced and can be purchased again. ]]> <![CDATA[Corsair Offers Individual-Sleeved PSU Modular Cable Kits]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Corsair-PSU-Modular-Cables-Sleeved-Cables-power-supply,news-37633.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Corsair-PSU-Modular-Cables-Sleeved-Cables-power-supply,news-37633.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:10:00 CET Corsair quietly released its new individually sleeved modular cables for select Corsair PSU via a Facebook posting.]]> <![CDATA[Intel Adds Seven New Sandy Bridge Processors]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-i5-sandy-bridge-cpu-igp,news-37630.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-i5-sandy-bridge-cpu-igp,news-37630.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:10:00 CET Intel has quietly added seven new Sandy Bridge processors in the i5 and Celeron M series. ]]> <![CDATA[Windows 8 on ARM Heading To Devs Soon, Claims Sources]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Windows-8-ARM-x86-Metro-Nvidia,news-37629.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Windows-8-ARM-x86-Metro-Nvidia,news-37629.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:10:00 CET Sources claim that Windows on ARM is now stable and gearing up for a release to developers soon.]]> <![CDATA[You Can Edit 4K Video on a MacBook Air (With a Red Rocket)]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/macbook-air-video-4k-video-red-rocket,news-37628.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/macbook-air-video-4k-video-red-rocket,news-37628.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:10:00 CET Since you can't even play 4K video on any PC, most of us would not automatically come up with an idea to edit 12-megapixel resolution video on a Macbook Air. ]]> <![CDATA[Nvidia Announces CUDA 4.1 with LLVM Compiler]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-cuda-gpu-developer-llvm,news-37623.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-cuda-gpu-developer-llvm,news-37623.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:10:00 CET Nvidia just released CUDA 4.1 Toolkit, which integrates, for the first time, the company's LLVM (Low Level Virtual Machine) compiler. ]]> <![CDATA[Raspberry Pi Should Achieve "2X The iPhone 4S Performance"]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Raspberry-Pi-ARM-TEgra-iPhone-4S-Shader-PErformance,news-37606.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Raspberry-Pi-ARM-TEgra-iPhone-4S-Shader-PErformance,news-37606.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:40:00 CET The Raspberry PI will supposedly outperform the new iPhone 4S across a range of content.]]> <![CDATA[Nvidia & AMD Say HDD Shortage is Impacting GPU Sales]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Thai-floods-hard-drives-shortage-hdd-gpu,news-37601.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Thai-floods-hard-drives-shortage-hdd-gpu,news-37601.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:10:00 CET Hardware manufacturers continue to feel the effects of the 2011 Thai floods.]]> <![CDATA[A First Look at Intel's 14nm Fab 42 Manufacturing Facility]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-fab42-14nm-cpu-factory,news-37599.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-fab42-14nm-cpu-factory,news-37599.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:40:00 CET Intel is adding a new gem to its network of manufacturing facilities. ]]> <![CDATA[MIT's 100-core CPU Will Be Ready This Year]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Tilera-100-core-CPU-200-cores-Serve-processors-Multi-core-CPUs,news-37589.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Tilera-100-core-CPU-200-cores-Serve-processors-Multi-core-CPUs,news-37589.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:10:00 CET And they're not stopping at 100, either.]]> <![CDATA[Intel CEO Says That 4G Will Be Integrated into SoCs]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-Paul-Otellini-4G-Infineon-WWAN,news-37584.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-Paul-Otellini-4G-Infineon-WWAN,news-37584.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:10:00 CET Eventually Intel will produce Atom SoCs with built-in 4G support.]]> <![CDATA[ARM Doesn't See Intel as a Competitive Threat]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/arm-intel-processor-medfield-atom,news-37583.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/arm-intel-processor-medfield-atom,news-37583.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:10:00 CET Saber rattling is often a sure sign for two parties preparing their armies for a bloody battle. ]]> <![CDATA[Kingston Makes Red HyperX Memory for Fashionable Mobos]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Kingston-Red-HyperX-Memory-RAM,news-37582.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Kingston-Red-HyperX-Memory-RAM,news-37582.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:10:00 CET Red RAM so that your memory won't feel out of place in your enthusiast motherboard.]]> <![CDATA[Sony Refereshes Vaio Z Series With Color, New Hardware]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Sony-VAio-Core-i-Series-Hrbrid-Graphics-IPS,news-37578.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Sony-VAio-Core-i-Series-Hrbrid-Graphics-IPS,news-37578.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:10:00 CET Sony is updating select Vaio notebook lines with 2nd-generation Core i-Series CPUs and other enhancements.]]> <![CDATA[Power Profiles May Help Lower Power Consumption of Chips]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu-processor-science-research,news-37576.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu-processor-science-research,news-37576.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:10:00 CET Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin and the Australian National University claim to have conducted the first systematic power profiles of microprocessors]]> <![CDATA[687,000 U.S. High-Tech Jobs Lost in a Decade]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/science-research-jobs-outsourcing-employment,news-37572.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/science-research-jobs-outsourcing-employment,news-37572.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:10:00 CET A new study released by the National Science Board (NSB) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) raises concerns about the global leadership of the U.S. in Science and Technology investments. The report also highlights massive job losses in high-tech.]]> <![CDATA[Ultrabooks Will Be Zapped By Thunderbolt in 2Q12]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ultrabook-thunderbolt-ivy-bridge-usb-3.0-displayport,news-37566.html#xtor=RSS-1411 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ultrabook-thunderbolt-ivy-bridge-usb-3.0-displayport,news-37566.html#xtor=RSS-1411 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:10:00 CET It's assumed that ultrabooks based on the Ivy Bridge platform will feature Thunderbolt connectivity on the higher-end models.]]>