Evercool NW11F Pentium 4 Heatsink, Transcend PC2-4200 Overclocking
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Intel Researchers Develop CMOS Radio Supporting All Flavors Of The 802.11 Wi-Fi Standard
KYOTO, Japan, June 17, 2005 -- Intel Corporation announced it has developed a prototype of an all-CMOS direct conversion dual-band radio transceiver capable of supporting every current Wi-Fi standard (802.11a, b and g), as well as the projected requirements of 802.11n. The system-in-a-package technology is a significant step toward enabling integrated CMOS radios that could provide improved wireless capabilities in future Intel platforms at a low cost.
The announcement, presented as part of a technical paper delivered at the Symposium on VLSI Technology in Kyoto, Japan, outlines the building blocks Intel created to implement the fully flexible, multimode radio in a standard CMOS process. A future extension to the Wi-Fi standard, 802.11n will more than double the wireless transfer speed compared to today's implementation.
"This system-in-a-package design uses more low-voltage circuitry than we've ever used in the past, which means we can integrate it and make it lower cost while operating at lower voltages and providing longer battery life," noted Krishnamurthy Soumyanath, director of Intel's Communications Circuits Research Lab. "The variable bandwidth of this solution extends capabilities beyond today's 20 MHz to 100 MHz, and is expected to support data rates higher than 100 megabits per second that should allow people to enjoy multiple high-quality video streams concurrently."
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Evercool NW11F Pentium 4 Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
"The Evercool NW11F-CLB825CA/LD2 is a socket 478 Pentium 4 heatsink based on a fairly standard design principle. Its clear plastic fan glows a nice bright blue thanks to three carefully placed LEDs, and noise levels are generally moderate. The extruded aluminum finned heatsink section is augmented with a 25mm diameter copper core insert that rests directly on the Pentium 4's integrated heat spreader. The copper core helps to improve thermal transfer throughout the aluminum portion of the heatsink."
Transcend PC2-4200 DDR2 533 Overclocking Review @ Madshrimps
"Transcend simply spec´s quality ICs mating these to a specific PCB for a given part and sells their products world-wide. Naturally this keeps overall production costs down and savings can be passed on to the consumer. Their PC2-4200 did quite well in our recent DDR2 Round-up and today we take it on a little overclocking expedition."
MSI NX6200TC-TD32E Geforce 6200TC Videocard Review @ PCStats
"Economical videocards of today allow users to experience all the same DirectX 9 eye candy that higher end models offer. This is quite a change from the past when both ATi and nVIDIA removed important features out of their low-end graphics processors in an attempt to cut costs. Times have changed for the better, and hopefully this will bring the world of full-fledged PC gaming to more consumers."
Leadtek WinFast PX6800 Ultra TDH 512MB (GeForce 6800 Ultra) @ Hardware Zone
"Do current generation graphics cards need 512MB of video memory? ATI's 512MB version of their RADEON X800 XL did not entirely convince us. So what about NVIDIA? Today, Leadtek has offered to answer our questions with their WinFast PX6800 Ultra TDH 512MB."
