February 9 News from around the web
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:02 am
Interview With Phil Hester, AMD's Corporate VP and CTO
Phil Hester joined AMD in last September as AMD's new CTO, replacing Fred Weber at this position. Hester worked 23 years at IBM at several positions (including CTO of the PC division and VP of the RS/6000 hardware development), leaving IBM to launch Newisys in 2000, a company dedicated to build servers based on the Opteron CPUs, later acquired by Sanmina-SCI in 2003. In this exclusive interview to Hardware Secrets, Hester talks about AMD's plans, strategies, new CPUs and a little bit of his professional life and experience.
@ Hardware Secrets
Thursday Web Reviews:
HARDWARE
GlobalWin SilentStream Water-Cooling Kit @ Tech-Mods.net
GlobalWin GP92NPHH Heat Tube CPU Cooler @ Tech-Mods.net
ATI All-in-Wonder X1900 @ TrustedReviews.com
OCZ Technology Rally USB 2.0 Flash Drive Review @ Laptop Gamers
Coolink SWiF very quiet and stylish computer fans review @ A1 Electronics.net
OCZ Rally 512MB USB Drive @ ThinkComputers.org
Sansun BAT Case Review @ amdgamer
Overclocking on the 754/939 Platform @ Short-Media.com
Spire SP-600W Rocketeer VI SLI Series Power Supply Review #648 @ 3dgameman
Noctua NH Series Heatsinks Review @ GruntvillE.com
Peripherals
SteelPad 5L Mouse Surface review @ CyberwizardPit
Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 @ Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 @ TheTechLounge
Targus Liz Tote Deluxe Laptop Bag for the Modern Woman Review @ Laptop Lifestyle
Editorials
Do Memory Module Heat Spreaders Make A Difference @ Legit Reviews
How To Maximize Hard Drive Life @ The TechZone
Rants, News, and Reviews! @ Designtechnica
The Road Ahead - a look back @ bit-tech.net
Interviews
XSR Interview @ XSreviews
Electronics
Aperture @ DigitalGrabber
Altec Lansing IM5 Portable Audio System Review @ XYZ Computing
Games
Ensemble Studios Age of Empires III for the PC Review @ Futurelooks
of Emergency 2 Preview @ GamersHell
Phil Hester joined AMD in last September as AMD's new CTO, replacing Fred Weber at this position. Hester worked 23 years at IBM at several positions (including CTO of the PC division and VP of the RS/6000 hardware development), leaving IBM to launch Newisys in 2000, a company dedicated to build servers based on the Opteron CPUs, later acquired by Sanmina-SCI in 2003. In this exclusive interview to Hardware Secrets, Hester talks about AMD's plans, strategies, new CPUs and a little bit of his professional life and experience.
@ Hardware Secrets
Thursday Web Reviews:
HARDWARE
GlobalWin SilentStream Water-Cooling Kit @ Tech-Mods.net
GlobalWin GP92NPHH Heat Tube CPU Cooler @ Tech-Mods.net
ATI All-in-Wonder X1900 @ TrustedReviews.com
OCZ Technology Rally USB 2.0 Flash Drive Review @ Laptop Gamers
Coolink SWiF very quiet and stylish computer fans review @ A1 Electronics.net
OCZ Rally 512MB USB Drive @ ThinkComputers.org
Sansun BAT Case Review @ amdgamer
Overclocking on the 754/939 Platform @ Short-Media.com
Spire SP-600W Rocketeer VI SLI Series Power Supply Review #648 @ 3dgameman
Noctua NH Series Heatsinks Review @ GruntvillE.com
Peripherals
SteelPad 5L Mouse Surface review @ CyberwizardPit
Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 @ Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 @ TheTechLounge
Targus Liz Tote Deluxe Laptop Bag for the Modern Woman Review @ Laptop Lifestyle
Editorials
Do Memory Module Heat Spreaders Make A Difference @ Legit Reviews
How To Maximize Hard Drive Life @ The TechZone
Rants, News, and Reviews! @ Designtechnica
The Road Ahead - a look back @ bit-tech.net
Interviews
XSR Interview @ XSreviews
Electronics
Aperture @ DigitalGrabber
Altec Lansing IM5 Portable Audio System Review @ XYZ Computing
Games
Ensemble Studios Age of Empires III for the PC Review @ Futurelooks
of Emergency 2 Preview @ GamersHell