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Chip sales during the past year demonstrated robust growth, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported Monday.
The SIA, which represents over 80 percent of the United States’ semiconductor companies, said that the chip industry grew by 18.3 percent to $166.4 billion, one of the strongest years on record. The chip market was driven by strong [...]

Microsoft this afternoon, following more than a bit of talk on the subject across the net, have today announced the upcoming release of the Crystal Limited Edition Xbox. Slated for release across Europe during Spring 2004, the Crystal Limited Edition Xbox will retail for 199/139 pounds (SRP), and include a transparent white Xbox, “crystal” packaging [...]

TweakTown have been working with Intel over the past month to give you all the latest on their new baby - Balance Technology Extended, or BTX for short. It’s what Intel are calling their upcoming form factor specification which promises to offer better cooling and quieter operation for high performance computing. Read on and learn [...]

Microsoft’s Xbox 2 console - aka Xbox Next - will be powered by three IBM PowerPC G5-class 64-bit processors, with graphics driven by ATI’s next generation of accelerator chip. The next-gen Xbox will boast three PowerPC 976 chips, each based on IBM’s Power 5 architecture and fabbed at 65nm. That Power 5 connection means each [...]

Juvenile humor dominated commercials at the Super Bowl this year as many advertisers aimed to please the widest possible audience and shied away from controversial or subtle statements.
Gags such as a flatulent horse and a crotch-biting dog made for the most popular ads during the annual contest to create memorable commercials for the year’s [...]