Product Launch

Six 45nm business class desktop CPUs in 3Q09 to be launched by AMD

AMDIt has been learnt from reliable sources at AMD that after the recent update of its 45nm consumer desktop CPU schedule, the motherboard and chip-maker company is thinking to unveil six 45nm processors for its business class lineup in the third quarter of 2009.

The names of the planned CPUs revealed by the sources are the dual-core Athlon X2 B23 (2.9GHz/2MB) and B21 (2.7GHz/2MB), triple-core Phenom II X3 B73
(2.8GHz/7.5MB) and B71 (2.6GHz/7.5MB), and quad-core Phenom II X4 B93 (2.8GHz/8MB) and B91 (2.6GHz/8MB).

Freescale chip aims at 1GHz, sub-$200 Netbook

Freescale chip aims at 1GHz, sub-$200 Netbook New silicon for Netbooks is expected to be launched by Freescale Semiconductor at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas which it believes will come in below $200. 

According to to Freescale, formerly Motorola's chipmaking arm, “The ARM chip architecture-based i.MX51 processor is designed to enable low-power, gigahertz performance netbooks at sub-$200 price points.”

Reliance Communications rolls out GSM Services; Offers SIM at just Rs 25

Reliance Communications rolls out GSM Services; Offers SIM at just Rs 25As a part of the nationwide roll out of its GSM services, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications has finally launched its GSM Services in Mumbai.

With the latest move, Reliance Communications has became the first private CDMA service provider in India to provide GSM services.

It may be noted that few days earlier, the company had announced the launch of its GSM services across 11,000 towns in the country.

India sees the launch of Vodafone Friends Circle service

vodafoneA new service dubbed as Vodafone Friends Circle has been announced by major Indian mobile service provider Vodafone for its customers. The advantage of this service would be that a group of people would be able to call each other at cheap rates.

The service that works for a group of five people with Vodafone connections is available to both pre paid and post paid customers. The customers, who will take up the service, will be able to call each other at 20 paisa per minute.

It was informed by the company that the interested customers of Vodafone can activate this service through an SMS sent across as FRIENDS to a toll free number 144.

Motorola launches ‘MOTOYUVA EM 325’

Motorola launches ‘MOTOYUVA EM 325’US mobile handset maker Motorola has launched another entry level 'MOTOYUVA EM 325' phone in Indian market, priced at Rs 5,150.

The newly launched gizmo provides mobile music experience to the user with one-touch access to MP3 library and expandable memory of up to 2GB.

In addition, the cell-phone comes with FM along with Share, which utilizes RDS2 (Radio Data System) technology, allowing the user to share information about a favorite station with friends by sending it in a text message.

New High-Performance unveiled by Kingston Technology

New High-Performance unveiled by Kingston Technology Today it was announced by Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, that it is first to market with an ultra-low latency HyperX® DDR3 SO-DIMM. An upgrading solution, that provides more than the usual standard memory performance, would be offered by the new notebook memory module that has specially been designed for this purpose.

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