780G heralded as second coming of AMD

780G IS ALMOST being hailed as the second coming and making the rounds with the online press. Quite a lot of press. Add to that the fact that AMD racked up a number of system builders to put out media centres built around the chipper. To keep things in motion, AMD has also seeded some online media with the 780G+Athlon X2 4850e combo. This is sounding more and more like a winning mix – cheap HTPC anyone?

In no particular order at all, here is the 780G coverage:

ChileHardware

AMDZone

HT4U

Tech Report

Techware Labs

Legit Reviews

Hot Hardware

The drones continue to work hard and long at Anandtech while the boss is roaming the halls of CeBIT. Kris has published an Intel E8500 preview and a concise explanation of Intel’s strategy in CPU development. Learn the Tick-Tock and you’ll understand what Intel is all about... and the more you think of it, the more you think Nvidia and AMD should be able to do the same. No benchmarks here. Just geeky juicy details.

Trusted Reviews has also come up with some Intel dissection materiel. They are comparing Merom to Penryn mobile performance. Things aren’t revolutionary, but performance is up, as you’d expect. However, Andy does think this is the right time to chase a clearance sale, now that Penryn mobile CPUs are coming onto the scene. Get inside Mobile Penryn, over here.

We don’t see enough of this these days. Bit-Tech has what they call the Phase III “mod” – but is it a mod when it’s built from scratch? Chris Cook, the author has a real live developers diary in this article, and a great promo it is for a talented “modder”. This guy should have his own TV show – like “pimp my ride” for geeks or sumthin’.

Ever felt like your wi-fi just didn’t give you the needed range indoors and outdoors? Well, much to your networking relief, a company called hField Technology has come up with the Wi-Fire, a USB device that claims to increase Wi-Fi range to 1000 feet. Devhardware had a go at it. While 802.11b/g compliant, no “n” support does lower interest – the modest $79 seems worth paying for. Hop on to a signal not so near you... read on.

Small Net Builder has a sort of “Home Control 101” article for anyone wanting to do home automation. This covers anything that you can actually command with a remote (yes, we’re doing a pretty loose interpretation) – whether it’s your PC, Media Server, Lighting, Shutters or Garage door. Open Source seems to be the driving force behind it right now. They also have plenty of links to other sources, once you’ve read their article. µ