31/08/05
Noted that nVidia's forthcoming chipset C51G will be called
nForce 430.
Added a Roadmap entry for the Intel
i975X chipset.
Slightly moved the Pentium D
Presler Roadmap entry.
30/08/05
Added / Updated the Roadmap entries for Windows Server Longhorn
Beta 2,
RC0,
RC1,
RC2,
RTM and
Release.
Added / Updated the Roadmap entries for Windows Vista
Beta 2,
RC0,
RC1,
RTM and
Release.
Added Roadmap entries for WinFS
Beta 1, Beta 2,
Beta 3,
Beta 3 Refresh and
RTM.
Added Roadmap entries for SQL Server 2005 (Yukon)
RC1,
RTM and
Release.
Added a Roadmap entry for
Visual Studio 2005 RC1.
Updated the Tulsa and
Whitefield Roadmap entry.
Slightly updated the Blackford
chipset Roadmap entry.
Added Roadmap entries for ATI's Q2 2006 GPUs the
RV560,
RV540 and
RV505 GPUs.
Added a Roadmap entry for ATI's R600
GPU.
Updated the Merom,
Conroe &
Woodcrest Roadmap entries.
28/08/05
Noted the released of the
Dual Core AMD Opteron 1xx
CPUs, the Opteron 254 &
854 and Turion MT37 & MT40 CPUs on Monday.
Added a Roadmap entry for ATI's forthcoming
Radeon X800 GTO GPU.
Moved the AMD Turion (Taylor)
Roadmap entry to Q1 2006.
22/08/05
Added a Roadmap entry for the
GeForce 6800XT that has just been quietly released.
18/08/05
Updated the expected release date of nVidia's integrated graphics
chipset, C51G.
Added information about the two revisions of
X-Box 360 to be launched in Q4.
Added a Roadmap entry for Intel's
Pentium-M (Penryn) CPU.
17/08/05
Updated the Intel CPU Prices page
following the recent price cuts.
Noted that the initial R520 to be released in September will be the
R520 XL.
Added separate Roadmap entries for the
R520 XT &
Crossfire Edition.
Updated the RV530 Roadmap entry.
Added a Roadmap entry for the
RV530 Crossfire Edidion.
Updated the RV515 Roadmap entry.
Added a Roadmap entry for nVidia's forthcoming
GeForce 6500.
Made a brief note of what the on-board memory in
X-Fi is used for.
15/08/05
Noted that IE7 will be formally called
Windows Internet Explorer 7.
Fixed some issues with the Q1/Q2 2006 Roadmap pages.
14/08/05
Added / moved expected Intel CPU released for
Q3 and Q4 (also see the
CPU and
Chipset QuickLinks for an overview of changes made today).
Moved and updated the Paxville MP
and DP roadmap entries (Xeon
5000 and 7000 series respectively) to Q4.
Moved and updated the Cedarmill,
Presler and
Presler EE Roadmap
entries from Q2 to Q1 2006.
Updated the expected initial members of the
Yonah family.
Slightly updated the Intel
Broadwater P/G Roadmap entry.
Updated the Sossaman Roadmap
entry.
Moved and updated the Bensley platform (Dempsey
and Blackford) to Q2 2006.
Added a Roadmap entry for the
Celeron M 4xx (Yonah).
Added a Roamap entry for the expected single core
Pentium-M (Yonah).
Added Roadmap entries for the
Intel 945GMS and Intel 940GML
Yonah chipsets.
Moved the Xeon 7000 series Tulsa
(Xeon MP) Roadmap entry to Q3 2006.
12/08/05
Modified the expected price of the
GeForce 7800 GT.
Updated my Graphics Card
recommendations.
11/08/05
Noted the release of the
GeForce 7800 GT earlier today.
10/08/05
Updated the Creative X-Fi
Roadmap entry to give a more comprehensive description of each of the
released cards.
Moved the nVidia C51G Roadmap
entry.
09/08/05
Noted the release of the Creative X-Fi
series of soundcards.
Updated the expected release of the
GeForce 7800GT.
Slightly updated the
nForce 4 X16
roadmap entry.
08/08/05
Updated the Roadmap following the release of the
nForce 4 X16 Intel
Edition chipset.
07/08/05
Noted the release of the Sempron 3400+, Athlon X2 3800+ and AMD Price
cuts.
Noted the Intel CPU price cuts for Celeron and Pentium M processors. See
the Intel CPU Prices page.
Updated the AMD CPU Prices page following
the cuts on August 1st.
Noted the release of ATI's Radeon
X800GT GPU on August 8th.
Updated the expected release date of the Dual Core
Opteron 1x5 series.
Moved and slightly updated the R520
Roadmap entry.
Moved and slightly updated the
GeForce 7800GT, GeForce 7800
Ultra, G71 and
G72 Roadmap entries.
06/08/05
Fixed the Presler
clockspeed information.
Noted the release of Windows
Vista beta 1 and IE7 Beta 1.
Noted the release of the Quadro
FX 4500 and 3450
high-end GPUs.
Sorry for the lack of updates. I had to stay in Dubai for an additional week for work, so I couldn't update the site. Normal service will resume from now on :).
