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Intel’s Gelsinger Sees Clear Path To 10nm Chips

CRN writes: "Intel (NSDQ:INTC) sees a "clear way" to manufacturing chips under 10 nanometers and when the semiconductor industry transitions to 450mm silicon wafers around 2012, the number of companies that run their own fabs will drop into the single digits. Those were just the first of a series of predictions Intel's Pat Gelsinger rattled off for media gathered in San Francisco Monday in a preview of celebrations surrounding the chip giant's 40th anniversary next month.

Intel marks its founding July 18, commemorating the date in 1968 when Fairchild Semiconductor physicists Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore struck out on their own to found Integrated Electronics, Intel for short."

Tech Radar:Top 10 graphics cards

July 2008 was the month that the graphics card industry took another big leap forward. Nvidia launched a new range of 200-series cards, with the record-breaking GeForce GTX280 leading from the front.

But ATI has been busy also, and has likewise launched a new batch of supercards. The interesting thing is that ATI and Nvidia have both taken very different routes with their new generation of graphics chips

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 & 260 Price Drop

The patient gamer sometimes has the tendency of having the last laugh. Expect $90 to fall of the price of the GeForce GTX 280 and $30 to be removed from the GeForce GTX 260 price tomorrow. You can already see signs of this at NewEgg.com where every GeForce GTX 280 is priced below the original $649 MSRP.

Why the Radeon 4850 is the Chuck Norris of Video Cards for Gaming

The Radeon 4850 is the awesomest video card out there. It can handle your every whim for a very fair price. All said, the Radeon 4850 is like the Chuck Norris of video cards.

Sony Ericsson C702 Toilet Test Is Gross, Yet Intriguing [Sony Ericsson]

Nowhere in the specs of the Sony Ericsson C720 does it say that it's completely waterproof-just dust and splash proof.

Now it’s Phil Harrison’s Wii Controller

Spong: Is the US Patent Office is kidding you... because we're not.

Following yesterday's news that former Sony executive and now Atari president, Phil Harrison is being credited as the inventor of a touch-screen gaming device - he's popped up in the US Patent Office. This time he's noted as the inventor of "DATA TRANSFER USING HAND-HELD DEVICE".

From the look of the images relating to the patent, this will result in a Wii Remote-like controller. Here's the description with our bolding...

K-Mart discounts Xbox 360 HD DVD Player to $5.00

K-Mart stores have discounted Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 HD DVD Player to $5.00 as the retailer moves remaining units of the defunct high-definition peripheral.

Intel: an expensive many-core future is ahead of us

Ars Technica: Intel has bad news for software developers. It's been hinted at already, but now the company has stated explicitly: it's not enough for software developers to be targeting dual, quad, or eight cores. No, the future holds tens, hundreds, or thousands of cores, and developers are going to have to bite the bullet and write programs that will scale to such systems.

Firmware 2.40 impressions: nice but broken

Sarcasticgamer.com wrote: "...Unfortunately, accessing your PS3's inbox and pairing up your headset is about all you can do from this in-game version of the XMB. Even custom soundtracks, presumed to be available, since the entire XMB was opened from within a game, haven't made the cut unless the game you're playing supports the feature. Wouldn't it be simple enough to let music play as if you're doing something such as browsing the internet or viewing photos, and allow the player to turn down the volume of the in-game music manually, at the very least? It would have been nice to have had this feature at least, especially since a few games already support custom soundtracks by themselves; it can't be too hard to implement, one would have thought..."

NVISION 08: Top 10 Reasons To Attend

What is shaping up to be a spectacular event for PC Gamers is NVISION 08. This first-ever visual computing mega-event will be held in San Jose, California from August 25th-27th. The top ten reasons to attend are listed.

Is it possible that NVIDIA could have a secret product launch hid up their sleeve? Perhaps...only time will tell. Needless to say this is one show that hardcore PC Gamers should be stoked to attend.