[H]ardNews 8th Edition

Intel DRAM Speculation:

A very interesting article that is speculating that Intel is looking hard at the DRAM market. Of course there is no confirmations from Intel other than “we talk to them guys all the time” kinda stuff.

Eric Tan, a vice president at Powerchip, told EBN that Intel and the Japanese chipmakers “have conducted talks for several months on the alliance,” but he declined to provide further details. An Intel spokesman in Folsom, Calif. downplayed the discussions. "Basically, it's just speculation. We talk with memory vendors all the time. We're trying to coordinate capacity, so there's no news there. Anything else is speculation."

MSI KT4 Ultra-FISR:

The bright red PCB and loads of extras make the MSI KT4 Ultra-FISR reviewed at PCStats a board seriously worthy of your consideration. Gotta love the Gigabit ethernet…and why not, if you can take everything else the “extra mile” why not your LAN too?

MSI have adopted bluetooth and the very alluring 8X AGP. The KT4 Ultra-FISR is based on the brand new the VIA KT400 chipset. The KT400 chipset supports AthlonXP processors at FSB's of 100MHz, 133MHz, and the tantalizing 166MHz. Now even with on board IEEE1394 and bluetooth support, it is really those two small Serial ATA 150 connectors which manage to draw our undivided attention.

Hydrogen Car:

Saw this on CNN awhile back, now Wired has an article covering this GM Prototype that is pretty damn cool. The car is on a “skateboard” design that keeps everything needed to control, power, motivate the car in the floor board area. You can actually lift the body off and put a new one right on…sign me up for one.