Month: August 2005

The Inquirer says they’ve heard that Intel is putting the word out that they’ve solved their leakage problem at the 45nm level. “Solved” is a very big word that can cover a lot of ground, so a little some skepticism

SUMMARY: Is squeezing the last degree worth it? I occasionally receive emails from readers who notice that good aircooled heatsinks are comparable to good watercooling kits relative to CPU performance (measured by C/Ws). The reaction usually run something like “Is

Not everyone wants or needs a hot box. Hot boxes tend to be, well, hot, and hot usually means noise, and hot usually means bigger so the noise has a good chance to get rid of the hot. Currently, those

A couple of months ago, ICANN, the organization responsible for Internet addresses, approved an .xxx domain, which is supposed to be “porn-friendly.” The idea is to encourage porners to go to a single domain so they can easily be blocked

Intel will reveal details of its 65nm generation of processors next week. They’ll have all kinds of names for them, but these processors will be the love children of Grandson of PIII (aka Dothan) and Daughter of PIV (aka Prescott),

SUMMARY: Independent test results confirm the thermosyphon’s competitive cooling performance. To illustrate the comparative performance of a thermosyphon relative to heatpipes and watercooling, the following chart has been provided by a technology company which, for competitive reasons, will be revealed

SUMMARY: Thermosyphons – one tube at least as good as two. In our quest to reduce costs as much as possible, we decided to remove one of the stainless steel tubes leading to the condenser – there is no reason

The Empire Strikes Back The consortium known as the Blu-Ray Disk Association recently announced a multi-layer copy protection system. Part of this system includes a protection system called AACS. AACS will also be used by the competing HD-DVD standard. There

We now live in a day where a $350 CPU is called a bargain. We now live in a day where people eagerly await a “broken” $450 video card, and the makers really want you to pick up two. That