Why PC memory no longer matters
OpinionThe last couple of weeks have seen me benchmarking the bejesus out of the latest and greatest DDR3 memory kits for desktop PCs. And I can no longer deny it. Memory no longer matters.

OpinionThe last couple of weeks have seen me benchmarking the bejesus out of the latest and greatest DDR3 memory kits for desktop PCs. And I can no longer deny it. Memory no longer matters.

CES 2012LG's TVs may have stolen much of the attention, but its monitor line-up has also been given a key boost, with four new arrivals.

AMD has confirmed that its upcoming 7970 and 7950 graphics cards will come in dual-chip varieties.

Processor and graphics card manufacturer AMD has posted its Q3 2011 results, and things are looking up for the previously-troubled company.

Chip giant Intel has sneakily released an upgraded Sandy Bridge CPU - the Core i7 2700K - just weeks after AMD launched its supposedly Intel-challenging Bulldozer chip.

Semiconductor companies ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have announced the taping out of ARM's new 10nm Cortex-A15 multicore processor.

Solid state drive manufacturer OCZ has fixed a blue screen of death and disconnect issue with its Sandforce SF-2000 series drives, such as the Agility 3.

PC gaming champ Nvidia has unveiled its latest 3D Vision system, which features redesigned glasses as well as Nvidia's own LightBoost technology.

Taiwan component and computer manufacturer Asus has launched its ROG Maximus IV Gene-Z/Gen3 and P8Z68/Gen3 series motherboards.

Cooler Master has announced its Silent Pro Hybrid Series PSU, which the company claims is "the industry benchmark to aspire to".

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Processor company AMD has announced shipments of its first processor based on its Bulldozer architecture.

Component company MSI has detailed its latest exclusive graphics card fan technology via its website.

Japanese technology company Hitachi has followed in the footsteps of rival Seagate with the announcement that it's squeezed an entire terabyte of storage onto a single 3.5-inch hard drive platter.

Processor giant Intel has announced a whopping 16 new Sandy Bridge chips, as well as price cuts for its existing desktop line up.

IFA 2011Networking company Netgear has announced three new products designed to shunt bits to your internet-enabled entertainment devices.

Semiconductor company GlobalFoundries has demonstrated its 20 nanometer process node with the production of a test chip.

Memory maestro Corsair has announced that its bigger capacity Force Series GT solid state drives (SSDs) are now available.

Semiconductor company Micron unveiled its prototype ultra-fast Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) DRAM during the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University.

Hong Kong technology company Sapphire has slapped its proprietary Vapor-X technology on an overclocked AMD HD 6850 graphics card, according to a release from the company.

Component and computer manufacturer Asus has unveiled its Republic of Gamers MARS II graphics cards, which ship with dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 chips.

The Serial ATA International Organization has announced two new specifications for its humongously popular SATA interface - SATA Express and µSSD.

Graphics and processing unit giant AMD could be about to release its own Radeon-branded memory in a series of three different modules.

Taiwan component manufacturer Cooler Master has announced the Hyper 612S CPU cooling solution, which is compatible with Intel and AMD processors.

Asus has stepped onboard AMD's Fusion platform with its tongue-twisting F1A75-I Deluxe motherboard, which was launched in London today.

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