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Daily Roundup: 2010-02-09
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos
- Jetway NC63-330-LF Mini-ITX Motherboard Video Review at eTeknix.com
- Athlon II X4 635 and Phenom II X2 555 CPU Review at Hardware Secrets
- Intel Core i5 661 Processor Review at OCIA.net
- Mushkin PC3-12800 6GB Kit at Rbmods
- Acer Aspire One 532h-2326 10.1-inch Netbook at Tweaktown
- G.SKILL F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS 2x2GB DDR3 RAM review at APH Networks
Video Cards
- Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB video card review at Elite Bastards
- Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB CrossFire Video Card Review at Legit Reviews
- Sapphire Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3 at PureOverclock
- ATI Radeon HD 5570 - Sub-$100 HTPC & Gaming Solution at Techgage.com
- ATI Radeon HD5570 Video Card Review at Rage3D.com
- Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB GDDR3 Video Card at Tweaktown
- Sapphire HD 5570 1GB Review at OCC
- ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review at Techspot
- ATI Radeon HD 5570: Affordable DX11 GPU at HotHardware.com
- Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 Review and Radeon Value Card Roundup at HardwareHeaven.com
- Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5570 Videocard Review at Tweaknews
- HIS Radeon HD 5450 1GB Graphics Card Unboxing Video at eTeknix.com
- Gigabyte HD 5670 OC at Neoseeker
- World-Exclusive: Powercolor HD 5870 PCS+ at techPowerUp
Cases, PSUs, Coolers
- Corsair Obsidian Series 800D Case Review at ThinkComputers.org
- Thermaltake Element V Full Tower at Pro-Clockers
- Kingwin Lazer 850W at PureOverclock
Peripherals
- LiteOn Strong-Page MLC SSD LA-32M1S at Benchmark Reviews
- Samsung HMX-U10 Mini Flash Cam at DreamWare Computers
- Enermax Wireless Aluminum Keyboard at High Tech Reviews
- iStarUSA xAGE-N99 HDD Docking Station at TechwareLabs
- Seagate FreeAgent DockStar at TestFreaks
- Ad-Aware Game Edition Review at Tech-Reviews.co.uk
- Revoltec Multimedia K102 Touch Keyboard Review at Technic3D
Misc
- Valentine's Day Gadgets at t-break
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Preview) at GamingHeaven.net
- NVIDIA Optimus Mobile Technology Preview at HotHardware.Com
- NVIDIA Optimus Aims To Improve Battery Life on Notebooks at Legit Reviews
- TR News: Nvidia brings Optimus switchable graphics to notebooks
- Desktop CPU Comparison Guide Rev. 8.1 at Tech ARP
Valentine's Day Giveaway, MSI Netbook
MSI is giving away three brand new U135 Ruby colored 10'' netbook worth $329. For those who are interested, check out the official link to get your chance to win one. The contest unfortunately is limited to the US customers and all you have to do is follow three simple steps: join MSI US Facebook, become a fan of their Twitter and email a photo of you and your loved one to MSI or tweet the news.
Source: MSI
Daily Roundup: 2010-02-08
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos
- The Ultra Battle: 7 Intel CULV Notebooks Fight it Out! at Hardwarezone.com
- ASRock ION 330HT NetTop HTPC Review at Futurelooks
- Intel Core i5 661 Dual Core LGA 1156 Processor Review at ThinkComputers.org
Video Cards
- ASUS ENGT240 Review at OCC
- EVGA Geforce GTX275 CO-OP Video Card at Benchmark Reviews
Cases, PSUs, Coolers
- Thermaltake Level 10 VL30001 N1Z Case Review at Motherboards.org
- Spire TherMax Pro CPU Cooler Review at Tech-Reviews.co.uk
- NZXT Beta Evo Midi-Tower Review at Technic3D
- Antec Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case Review at Legit Reviews
- Noctua NF-P14 FLX Case Fan Review at Verdis Reviews
- Ultra X4 1050 Watt Power Supply at TechwareLabs
- Ultra X4 1600 Watt Full Modular Power at Tweaktown
- Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME 4870X2 VGA Cooler at PCShopTalk
Peripherals
- QNAP NMP-1000 Network Media Player at techPowerUp
- Seagate Constellation ES - Review at UMLan
- Windows 7: SSD Optimization (German) at PC-Experience.de
- Dynatron Azenx P-Secure Secure HDD Enclosure at Pro-Clockers
- Team Group Xtreem-G1 120GB Solid State Disk at Tweaktown
- Scosche solCHAT II – Solar Powered Bluetooth Speakerphone at TestFreaks
- Samsung PN58B850 58 inch Plasma TV Review at Tweaknews
- Boogie Bug AimBPad Gaming Surface Video Review at eTeknix.com
Misc
- How To Reverse Engineer A Motherboard BIOS at Phoronix
- Win an NVIDIA 3D Vision Bundle! at Techgage.com
- 6 days left to win a XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB Graphics Card at eTeknix.com
Leading University Joins Prominent Network of Institutions Focused on Parallel Computing
The university was selected for its pioneering use of GPU computing and the CUDA programming model across research and teaching efforts within multiple science and engineering departments.
CUDA(TM) is NVIDIA's computing architecture that enables its GPUs to be programmed using industry standard programming languages and APIs, opening up their massive parallel processing power to a broad range of applications beyond graphics.
Other CUDA Centers of Excellence in the U.S. and abroad include Cambridge University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harvard University, National Taiwan University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Tennessee and University of Utah. More than 300 universities worldwide teach the CUDA(TM) programming model within their curriculum.
"Maryland was one of the first universities to start integrating the use of GPUs and the CUDA architecture into our courses and research," said Amitabh Varshney, Professor of Computer Science at University of Maryland. "The CUDA programming model is an extremely effective educational tool for students learning parallel programming and no other technology available today provides as powerful and affordable platform for our research as the GPU."
Researchers at the University of Maryland have been exploring the use of GPUs for general-purpose computing for the past five years, when they have demonstrated how to map a number of problems in science, engineering, and medicine to GPUs. Maryland researchers have also published papers that use the CUDA(TM) architecture of NVIDIA(R) GPUs to enable entirely new computational techniques in these disparate fields, ranging from the astrophysical simulation of colliding black holes to the real-time analysis of the acoustic properties of concert halls.
The CUDA Center of Excellence at University of Maryland will support several new projects that make extensive use of GPUs such as DNA sequencing. There has been a dramatic increase in the volume of sequence data that can be analyzed, thanks to GPUs, and sequence alignment programs such as MUMmer, a system developed by University of Maryland with the support of the National Institute of Health, have proven essential to this process. By structuring the required processing in parallel on a GPU, MUMmerGPU achieves more than a 10-fold speedup over a serial CPU version of the sequence alignment kernel. MUMmer GPU is available today through NVIDIA's Tesla Bio Workbench initiative.
Daily Roundup: 2010-02-07
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos
- The Budget P55 - Jetway Kuroshio BI-700 at Hardwarezone.com
Cases, PSUs, Coolers
- Thermaltake Element V at PureOverclock
- NZXT Hades Case Review at Overclockersonline.net
Peripherals
- USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps Tested On Gigabyte P55A-UD6 at Madshrimps
- Microsoft Explorer Wireless Rechargeable Mouse Review at Tweaknews
- Travel Stix - Pet Care and Travel for Dogs USB Flash Drive Review at Legit Reviews
Misc
- BIOS Option Of The Week - Anti-Virus Protection at Tech ARP
- A Guide To Watercooling at Techarkade
Active Media Products Debuts MotKey™ Key Shaped USB Drive
Active Media Products Debuts MotKey™ Key Shaped USB Drive

Fremont, California – February 8, 2010 – Active Media Products, manufacturer of SSDs and innovative USB drives, today announced the new MotKey key-shaped USB 2.0 drive. This key drive is available today in 4GB and 8GB capacities.
Read MoreSilicon Power Announces the New Helios 101 Series USB Flash Drives ~ Available in Apple Green and Ocean Blue

February 9, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan ~ Flash memory module leader, Silicon Power today (Feb. 9) announces their brand new Helios 101 series USB flash drive. Available in apple green and ocean blue, the new Helios 101 series utilizes natural colors on polished aluminum casing that is sandblasted for the ultimate shine. This combination gives the Helios 101 an extraterrestrial aura feel only seen in the movies! Silicon Power’s Helios 101 strives for a futuristic, fashionable, simple and finger-print proof design. It is thin, light and suited for the fashion conscious user!
Read MoreAMD Launch ATI RadeonT HD 5570 Graphics Card
ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 Graphics Brings a Big Visual Experience to Small Form Factor PCs
— The newest addition to the AMD graphics family strengthens the world’s only complete line-up of award-winning DirectX® 11 capable graphics cards, delivering exceptional HD multimedia and gaming performance at a mainstream price —

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Feb. 9, 2010— AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 graphics card, perfect for end-users seeking an energy efficient, low-profile DirectX® 11 card for small form factor PCs. The ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card joins the award-winning line of AMD graphics that fully support DirectX 11, as well as ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology[1] and ATI Stream capabilities.[2] This latest offering completes a full DirectX 11 refresh of AMD discrete graphics products, bringing customers a choice of cutting-edge graphics cards to match every budget and form factor.





