Information about video cards AMD HD 7000M, while output prices and HD 7900

Entering the market accelerators AMD Radeon HD 7000 will take place quite soon, so it is not surprising that the network begins to leak information about these cards. Recently spread to some of the information and characteristics of mobile versions of these accelerators.

As reported previously, the notebook market series HD 7000M will be represented by five different graphics chips, designed for the needs of a wide range of users, from entry level to the sector of powerful laptops for enthusiasts.

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Microsoft will release a special version of Kinect for PC

As you know, early next year will launch a commercial program Kinect for Windows: The controller can be officially used in a number of entirely new areas. It turns out, Microsoft is working not only on a set of tools developers Kinect for Windows, but also on a special version of the controller that is optimized for the PC.

Through a series of internal changes to the new version for Windows Kinect will be more suitable to support various areas, which are based PC. All hardware changes will be reflected in the SDK, which will be implemented to support. Redmond giant also notes that the new equipment will provide a number of functions that are already requesting Windows-developers.

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Tentative plan announcements GPU from NVIDIA generation Kepler

Employees of the Japanese network resource 4Gamer.net on its own information channels were able to get information regarding the planned timing of announcements by NVIDIA discrete desktop graphics cards based on fabricated 28-nm chip technology the next generation Kepler.

As reported, the first will see the light chip GK107 budget category with 128-bit memory interface and support for popular nowadays bus PCI Express 2.0. At the same time he first will be used in laptops, and only then, somewhere in the second quarter of 2012, and settle in for the desktop accelerators. If you compare cards based on the GK107 with current products, the place between them wherein GeForce GT 520 and GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

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Intel is developing a standard docking connector for laptops

Intel is developing a standard docking connector for laptops

Based on data released by the site VR-Zone, Intel company has plans to further develop the concept of laptops in the common platform for many manufacturers. The next step in this direction will be the adoption of a common standard for connecting docking stations, which will be designed to rely on its comprehensive interface Thunderbolt.

Laptop problem is that the product, despite all its advantages for aesthetic and practical qualities of a modest size, low weight and tablet functionality in the future, have a rather modest performance of the enhanced in comparison with laptops restrictions on energy consumption and small storage space in connection with the use SSD instead of HDD. No less important is the fact that the producers are very limited number of ports they can equip ultrabuki.

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