Trade Shows
The annual Computex computer expo kicks off in Taepei this weekend. And this year’s show is shaping up to be the most packed in years. Computex rivals CES for the most important PC trade show of the year, and in most years is attended by not only the numerous local Taiwanese firms (Asus, MSI, ASRock, and others), but the major chip developers have been increasing their own presence as well. These days, while CES itself tends to land more high-profile announcements, in recent years it’s been Computex that has delivered on more substantial announcements. This is largely because tech firms have aligned their product schedules to roll out near gear in the second half of the year, when retail sales are stronger due to the...
Computex 2002 Day 3: More ATI, VIA & PaceBlade
Day 3 of Computex 2002. Today we focus mainly on ATI while discussing VIA and PaceBlade as well.
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/5/2002Computex 2002 Day 2: ATI's R300, nForce2 & XScale PDAs
Today was an even more interesting day as we got the first demo of ATI's R300 chip. We also ran into a handful of nForce2 based motherboards and...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2002Computex 2002 Day 1 - Part II: KT400, Dual Channel DDR & More
The first day of Computex 2002 has come to an end and while we get a few hours of sleep on the other side of the world we've got...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2002Computex 2002 Day 1 - Hammer & Opteron Galore
We've only been at Computex for a couple of hours but there is already quite a bit to talk about. We've already seen every single Hammer chipset that...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2002CeBIT 2002 Part 2 - CPUs, Cooling, Motherboards, & Video
Tillmann wrapped up his coverage of this year's CeBIT conference with a lot of interesting material. Have a look at AMD's "modified" Hammer reference board, some 760MPX and...
1 by Tillmann Steinbrecher on 3/20/2002CeBIT 2002 Part 1 - A/V Devices & More
Tillmann Steinbrecher, our german correspondant, was in Hannover for this year's CeBIT conference. See all that he saw including PowerVR's 3D chip for PDAs.
1 by Tillmann Steinbrecher on 3/18/2002Intel Developer Forum Spring 2002 - Wrap Up
To conclude our coverage of the Spring '02 IDF we wrote a bit about Pat Gelsinger's keynote on Thursday. Find out what the next thing to make it...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/5/2002Intel Developer Forum Spring 2002 - Day 4
AMD and Intel talk CPUs, Serial ATA II is introduced and a number of other technologies are discussed. Did we mention a 800MHz FSB?
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/28/2002Intel Developer Forum Spring 2002 - Day 3
We asked and we received, read about the next-generation form factors, the 4GHz Pentium 4, and much more.
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/27/2002Intel Developer Forum Spring 2002 - Day 2
Today we saw everything from XScale prototype PDAs and E7500 boards to Serial ATA RAID and 600MHz FSB clocks.
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/26/2002Comdex 2001 - Day 1: Slow but interesting
It's the slowest Comdex we've ever seen but that doesn't mean there's nothing interesting to talk about. From NVIDIA's new mobile part to Intel's DDR 845 chipset, we've...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/13/2001VIA Technical Forum - Day 1: Politics and Chipsets
From VIA's P4X266 to ATI's Radeon 8500, there's a lot of controversy in this industry today. Find out what's going on at this year's VTF in Taiwan.
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 9/5/2001Intel Developer Forum - Fall 2001: Day 2
IDF isn't all about CPUs. We paid visits to AMD, ATI, NVIDIA, ServerWorks and many more for this writeup.
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/29/2001Computex 2001 - Day 2
The first running sample of the VIA P4X266 (P4 DDR) chipset, i845 DDR spottings and even more info on nForce in today's coverage from the Computex show floor.
0 by Anand Shimpi & Mike Andrawes on 6/5/2001Computex 2001 - Intel & VIA Pentium 4 DDR Chipsets Revealed
After being at Computex 2001 for just a few hours we have even more information on two of the hot topic issues at the show. The first information...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2001Computex 2001 Day 1 - Live Coverage
AMD's 760MP, NVIDIA's Crush, SDRAM on the Pentium 4, 0.13-micron Northwood and much much more in our initial coverage from Computex 2001 in Taipei.
1 by Anand Shimpi & Mike Andrawes on 6/3/200117th Hong Kong International Computer Expo – Computer 2001
With Computex just around the corner, we often wonder what to expect. Lucky for us, the 17th Hong Kong International Computer Expo, Computer 2001, provides a perfect microcosm for...
0 by Mike Andrawes on 6/2/2001Intel Developer Forum Conference - Spring 2001: Part 1
Where is the Pentium 4 headed? What is the new technology that is behind the recently announced Intel Xeon processor? What are Intel's plans for RDRAM and...
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/5/2001Comdex Fall 2000 Summary
With Comdex Fall 2000 just wrapping up, we set out inform those who were not able to attend this year's event. Just as there is a bit for everyone...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 11/19/2000IDF Fall 2000 Summary
With the fall 2000 installment of Intel's Developer Conference coming to an end last week, it is time to summarize what we saw not only from Intel but from...
1 by Matthew Witheiler on 8/30/2000