Netgear Launches Sub-$500 Gigabit Firewall

Netgear said Monday that it had launched the ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall (SRX5308), a sub-$500 device that features hardware-accelerated data flow architecture that enables 1 Gbps LAN-to-WAN firewall throughput. The company also said that it also supports up to 125 IPsec VPN tunnels and 50 SSL VPN tunnels simultaneously, the latter of which uses industry-strength encryption algorithms, automatic cache cleanup, and more.

GF104 OR Fermi 2 will be a new shrink design.

The new successor to Fermi is actually not completely based on a cut down Fermi architecture. The new GPUs, something that we know as GF104 and GF108, are based on a new architecture that has some Fermi basics, but doesn't have any cache. As you can imagine, the focus is on good tessellation support as well as on strong DirectX 11 performance. This is what Nvidia has been pushing for a while.

AMD Phenom II X6 Conclusion

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Intel’s Core i7-980X gave us a six-core processor running at the same speed as its predecessor with a shared L3 cache increase to boot—and all at the same price point. Unfortunately, at $1,000, it’s still hard for most folks to get excited about hexa-core computing. If you can afford a grand, great. The -980X remains the fastest desktop processor available, and it sells at the same price as the quad-core -975. Choosing between the two is a no-brainer.
AMD took a different approach, adding cores (and corresponding L1/L2 cache), but leaving the shared L3 at 6MB. The addition of Turbo CORE shoots to emulate what Intel achieves through Turbo Boost, but it’s effectively Cool’n’Quiet in reverse, and arguably not nearly as elegantly implemented. Moreover, a $100 price increase means you’ll be paying more for AMD’s six-core solution.
But the Phenom II X6 1090T costs $285 to the Phenom II X4 965’s $185. This is a six-core CPU most of us can actually afford. The question is: who should spend the extra money?

AMD Desktop CPU Schedule Update

With the AMD Phenom II X6 series releasing tomorrow, AMD's CPU line-up is set for shuffle. AMD's new flagship, as expected, will be the Phenom II X6 1090T BE, which is a 3.2 GHz six-core CPU with Turbo Core of 3.6 GHz. It is expected to be priced in the $300 range, a direct competitor to Intel's cheapest Core i7 800 series CPU. The other two Phenom II X6 at release will be the 1035T and the 1055T. The 1055T, 2.8 GHz, is expected to be priced against the Core i5 750 at $200, with the 1035T ending up sub-$200. The gap between the 1055T and the 1090T will be filled by the 1075T, 3.0 GHz, 3.5 GHz Turbo, in Q3 2010.

The other new product - Phenom II X4 900T series - is being shifted back to Q3 2010. The 960T will be clocked at 3.0 GHz, with 3.4 GHz Turbo Core and is nothing but a Thuban six-core CPU with two cores disabled.

TigerDirect Offers $50 MIR on Phenom II X6 CPUs

Early this morning AMD officially launched its first six-core Thuban processors: the Phenom II X6 1090T and 1055T. The last thing we would dream of doing is complain about pricing on these parts. AMD is selling you almost a billion transistors for $199 or $285 depending on what clock speed you want.