Technology

11 October 2007 - Marvell (NASDAQ MRVL), a leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, today announced that the Marvell?88DE2710 digital video format converter with Qdeo?video processing (http://www.marvell.com/qdeo) is a featured component of the LG BH200 Super Blu?player. LG’s second-generation Super Blu player supports both Blu-ray disc and HD DVD playback, and features Marvell’s Qdeo video processing, delivering immersive viewing experiences by rendering video content in its most pristine form, at full-HD 1080p resolution.

3 October 2007 - An event organised annually by Asus, a world leader in motherboard and graphics solutions, the World Gamemaster Tournament also takes place in Singapore, right here at Funan Digitalife mall. VR-Zone brings you closer to the gaming action!

8 September 2007 - Intel today broke ground on its first 300mm wafer fabrication facility in Asia. The new factory, named Fab 68, will extend Intel's manufacturing leadership, while helping cultivate engineering talent, accelerate the growth of China's information technology (IT) ecosystem, and bring Intel's culture of environmental leadership to China. The $2.5 billion project is set to begin construction immediately and be operational in 2010. Fab 68 will cover 163,000 square meters of factory space and host a 15,000 square meter clean room.

31 August 2007 - JEDEC has initiated standardization for the Solid State Drive (SSD) segment of the computer industry. The JEDEC effort will focus on broad based standardization of interfaces between the host system and the SSD.

26 July 2007 - The World Cyber Games (WCG) Asian Championship 2007 to be held in Singapore from August 2 – 5 will see a revolutionary change in the power outlet system used to power up all gaming devices. Eubiq is providing more than 100 meters of their world patented power outlet system for the use during WCG Asian Championship. Each 3.6m power track will carry a current load of 20 Amp, and can easily supply more than ten gaming PC with all the necessary power supply.

18 June 2007 - Fujitsu announced development of a platform technology for 45nm generation LSI logic chips, which combines technologies for low power consumption and high-performance interconnect. Compared to previous 45nm technologies on record, the new platform reduces the leakage current that occurs when current is wasted in wait states to one-fifth that of previous levels and reduces interconnect-induced lag times by approximately 14%. The realization of these new 45nm generation platform technologies will enable Fujitsu to offer its customers LSI logic chips that feature even higher speeds, smaller size and lower power consumption than currently available. Fujitsu is targeting 2008 to incorporate these technologies into LSIs that are suited for mobile devices as part of a ubiquitous networking society.

5 June 2007 - We know that everyone is waiting for the hardware, but we just had to show you the babes first. =o

11 May 2007 - Using proprietary technology has enabled micronDR (S) Pte Ltd, the data recovery specialist, to break the ultimate barrier for disk-based data recoveries and achieve a high success rate of 98 percent. The success lies in a patentable technology, called Tecra Clean, that mirrors media coating technology. micronDR has deployed semi-robotics surface recovery technology that “rejuvenates” the disk surface, removing any debris or coating that would have been accumulated during subsequent head disk interfaces during the life of the hard drive before the catastrophic failure. Damaged disks are verified to be “flyable” using a laser-based optical scan or HDI tester. Disks primarily use two basic layers of lube, one of which is fixed while the other is mobile. Over the period of usage, sometimes there is a cumulation of the mobile layer of the lube due to the laws of physics operating on a spinning disk known as centrifugal force, or forces of wander wall, which continuously push the layer to the disk’s outer diameter (OD). This creates a drastic change in the flying profile of the heads between the OD and the inner diameter (ID), sometimes challenging the negative pressure air bearing pads design.

9 October 2007 - Sony will be officially introducing their 40GB rendition of their widely acclaimed Playstation 3 on the 11th of November at a SRP of SGD$559.00 after GST. At the same time, the PS3 40GB will also be available in a refreshing ceramic white color. The PS3 40GB is also no longer backward-compatible with all PS2 games.

18 September 2007 - Singapore, 17 September 2007 - Canon continues to offer exceptional quality to users with the launch of the 2 new CanoScan models that fit the needs of your digital lifestyle.

31 August 2007 - NTU and Chartered today announced the opening of Chartered@NTU, a 100 square-meter joint laboratory set up by the two organisations, to promote technology exchange and collaboration for joint research and development projects. It will house state-of-the-art equipment such as 12-inch wafer probers and ultra-fast transient measurement systems. They are particularly critical in improving the performance and reliability of the microchips fabricated using 65 nm CMOS technology, which is being widely adopted for microprocessor chips used in high-performance desktop and laptop computers, network workstations as well as game consoles.

20 August 2007 - EETimes reported that IBM and TDK have announced a joint R&D program to bring MRAM memory technology to market. The companies plan to leverage the spin momentum transfer effect in order to shrink memory cells thereby increasing capacity at low cost while maintaining low power, endurance and non-volatility advantages. These properties could make MRAM a preferred technology for automotive, cellphone, handheld computing and industrial controls applications. The project is designed for four years.

19 June 2007 - CommunicAsia 2007, EnterpriseIT2007, InteractiveDME is back in Singapore at Singapore EXPO. Spanning a total of 5 halls (47,000SqM) and featuring 1,653 companies of which 81% are from overseas, we see companies coming from Australia, China, France, Germany, USA etc displaying their solutions and products to meet the changing needs of the various industry and the needs of consumers.

7 June 2007 - More Girls from Computex 2007 on Day 3!

5 June 2007 - Here at Computex 2007, we see all kinds of new hardware not available to the market yet, but that isn't the point! We now present to you a peak of all the showbabes of day 1 in Computex.

26 April 2007 - VIA today announced that the eighth annual VIA Technology Forum will take place in Taipei on Wednesday 6 June, during Computex 2007, with the theme of “Ultra Mobility”. The convergence of computing, communications and entertainment applications and services combined with significant advances in technology integration, power efficiency and miniaturization is accelerating the development and proliferation of a new generation of x86 devices that are smaller, lighter, quieter and with longer battery life than ever before. As the industry leader in ultra mobile platforms, VIA has charged VTF2007 with outlining the principal industry strategies required to drive this trend.