CeBIT 2005: Asus GeForce 6800 Ultra

In a bid to prove that it can outdo rival Gigabyte, Asus was showing off a dual GeForce 6800 Ultra card on its stand at CeBIT. We recently reviewed the dual-GPU GeForce 6600GT (see issue 126, p86) from Gigabyte, but Asus goes one step further and uses two 6800 Ultra GPUs on a monstrous card (pictured). Our source at Asus claimed that this model could go into production some time in the future, but said, 'We really made it just to show what Asus is capable of'. ...more

IBM raises silicon to 210GHz

IBM says it has developed a chip that will run at 210GHz using silicon-germanium manufacturing processes. The new chips are far thinner than any on the market today, says IBM, meaning they can go faster but use less power. The new processor uses about half the power of existing chips, the company said. ...more

Former Apple exec to repay $3.5m from backdated stocks

Fred Anderson, the former chief financial officer of Apple, has agreed to repay around $3.5 million that he received from cashing in backdated stock options. The Wall Street Journal said that he will also pay a fine in the region of $150,000 for his alleged participation in the company's backdating scandal. ...more

IBM makes nanotechnology breakthrough for electron imaging

IBM's research and development team is trumpeting a new breakthrough in nanotechnology. Using nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scientists at IBM's Almaden Research Centre in San Jose, California, have been able to detect the faint magnetic signal from a single electron within a solid sample. This is described by IBM as a major milestone towards creating a microscope that could make three-dimensional images of molecules with atomic resolution. ...more

NMD rolls out remotely configurable flat-panels

NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display has launched a 15in flat-panel display that can be managed across a LAN, allowing diagnostics to be run and adjustments to be made remotely. The NEC MultiSync LCD1535VI has a native resolution of 1,024x768 at 75Hz, supports 16.7million colours and viewing angles of 150 degrees horizontally and 110 degrees vertically. ...more