[H]ardNews 7th Edition

Single Chip Supercomputer:

One trillion operations per second? Whoa. Apparently IBM thinks they can pull off a single chip supercomputer capable of just that. You have to admit, it would be pretty damn impressive even if they can do it.

The embedded supercomputer is based on an innovative architecture called "TRIPS" (Tera-op Reliable Intelligently-adaptive Processing System), which uses block-oriented execution. Instead of operating on a few computations at a time in sequence, the TRIPS processor crunches large blocks of computations in parallel, significantly boosting performance.

ABIT IC7 i875 Review:

Oc Prices reviews the IC7 today. Those of you looking at a Canterwood solution for your next box will want to add this board to their list of candidates. The reviewer seemed pretty upset that this version of the IC7 comes without an onboard network card, but they liked most everything else.

Overall Abit have done a good job with the IC7. It has excellent performance, a really nice bundle and superb overclocking ability. However, the lack of a NIC onboard is inexcusable in this day and age, and there is still room for improvement in terms of memory compatability and voltage options.

Diamond Multimedia Sold:

Best Data bought Diamond Multimedia’s communication division and plan on relaunching their line of SupraMax modems.

“We are very excited to have acquired the modem assets of Diamond Multimedia,” said Bruce Zaman, president and CEO of Best Data. “The Diamond SupraMax brand continues to have very strong recognition and appeal with consumers and value-added resellers. We know customers will be thrilled to see the Diamond SupraMax products updated with the latest technology back on the shelf. We are looking forward to working with our retailers and channel partners to make the re-launch extremely successful.”

Radeon 9600Pro Reviews:

I have a few reviews of the popular Radeon 9600Pro for you, one in Portuguese and one in German. I suggest a good translation tool like the one provided by Google or do what us lazy people do…just check out the graphs and pictures ( pictures are universal ).