iStarUSA Hard Drive Docking Station Review: Plug n’ Go
IStarUSA is known to make great technology: from power supplies, to internal divisions and in this case, the latest Xage-n99-us hard drive docking station. Coming with the works of RoHS compliancy, the latest storage division supports up to 2.5” and 3.5” SATA hard drives up to 1TB, offering for a versatility that we just don’t see too often in terms of storage devices and the way the efficiency of items are brought up.
Tegra Is A Tigera..
Nvidia’s Tegra aims to take the same market segment that treats the company’s reach into a new market that currently has a demand of more than 1 billion processors per year.
So what the heck is it? It’s a computer. Yeah…I know. A computer. The kicker? It’s on a small nanochip. Revolt! Tegra can be formally called a “system-on-a-chip” (SoC) or “computer-on-a-chip” (CoC). Tegra has:
- ARM11 CPU core
- GoForce (renamed into GeForce ULV) GPU
- an image processor (digital camera support)
- a HD video processor (PureVideo for handhelds)
- memory (NAND Flash, Mobile DDR)
- a northbridge (memory controller, display output, HDMI+HDCP, security engine)
- a southbridge (USB OTG, UART, external memory card SPI SDIO, etc).
External Ready
ATI has been able to create an external GPU. The card, codenamed Lasso, should be introduced to the public at Computex. The press release states that the new tech, while incredibly innovative, won’t be compatible with existing laptops. In fact, the external GPU requires a new high-speed connector to function properly. This pops up the question; will the new USB be challenged? In any case, the prospects of an external GPU should be the holy grail of gaming.
