TR Computex round-up: DirectX 11 GPUs, mainstream Nehalem CPUs, and a new netbook platform

Intel is showing off PCs based on its upcoming Lynfield and Clarksfield mainstream Core i7 derivatives. Plus, we photograph an eight-core Nehalem-EX processor.

http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/17012

Intel is also demoing netbooks based on its new Pine Trail platform, which marries an Atom CPU with integrated graphics on the same chip.

http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/17013

Corsair is getting into enclosures with a massive Obsidian tower that packs hot-swap drive bays, partitioned cooling zones, and a stylish brushed metal finish.

http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/17014

Asus has a GeForce GTX 295 Mars graphics card with an obscene 4GB of memory driving an equally extravagant 3840x2160 display. Motherboards are also on display, including one X58 model with support for 6Gbps SATA.

http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/17016

AMD has shown a DirectX 11-class GPU built using 40nm process technology. The chip was on display running tesslation and compute shader demos, including one that used OpenCL to speed video transcoding.

http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/17017

Thanks,

Geoff

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Geoff Gasior
The Tech Report
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