- Sony develops the idea of ​​wireless power mobile devices - Koolance VID-NX690 waterblock for GeForce GTX 690 - ASRock Q77M vPro Motherboard for enterprise users - GlobalFoundries SK Hynix and Elpida could snap up assets -

Today computer news : 2012 - 05 - 22

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DATE:2012-05-22

Experts from Sony continue to work hard to make their mobile devices for truly mobile without need for wires. Sony has patented a technology that will allow future owners of VAIO or Xperia to forget about the need to recharge, in addition, it will solve the problem of electricity distribution, with parallel charging of multiple devices from a single wireless source.

Sony engineers have proposed a method that allows to use their own mobile device as a link for the transmission of energy.  Compatible with this technology devices automatically find each other and form a chain from the power source to the farthest smartphone, or laptop that needs to be recharged.  

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DATE:2012-05-22

Some fans of NVIDIA at Computex pin their hopes on the overclocked version of GeForce GTX 690, designed by developer (for example, ASUS series MARS).  

For such users Koolance company has prepared a waterblock  VID-NX690 , designed for GeForce GTX 690.  The product with the dimensions 254 x 127 x 19.1 millimeters and weighing 2.1 kilograms closes almost the entire surface of the PCB and has a copper base with microchannels and nickel-plated surface.

The water block and associated components of liquid cooling system is already available on the website Koolance.  VID-NX690 Price is $ 150.

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DATE:2012-05-22

Intel has already introduced the processor Core third generation that supports vPro technology, but the corresponding chipset Q77 gets official status later.  However, ASRock added to its motherboard range Q77M vPro ,  supporting security and PC management.  

The product is micro-ATX format, has a six-phase voltage regulator module, four slots for RAM, a single slot PCI Express 3.0 x16, one slot PCI Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x4), two slots PCI.  The organization of storage system available through standard ports SATA, two have a capacity of 6 Gb / s, while the remaining four are limited to 3 Gb / s.

On the I / O panel is located six ports USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0 (in the form of an extra pair of needle-shaped connector), PS / 2 port, port LAN (Controller Intel 82579LM), three audio jacks, and video outputs DisplayPort, DVI and VGA.  Corporate users will appreciate the availability of needle connectors for COM and LPT ports, and hardware encryption module.

The motherboard cost about $ 125.

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DATE:2012-05-22

Two weeks ago we reported that during the open bidding Micron proposed $ 2.5 billion in  Elpida assets, thus providing a exclusive right to negotiate with the Japanese memory chips manufacturer.  Micron has been approved by the district court of Tokyo and officially announced its intentions.  However, holders of Elpida shares considered the U.S. proposal not generous, opposing the deal with Micron.

Meanwhile, the trading company SK Hynix is still interested in acquiring shares in the venture Elpida Rexchip Electronics, a contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries wants to take control of the factories in Hiroshima.  However, companies are willing to make an offer that satisfies Elpida owners  .

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