CPU

AMD's quad-core Barcelona finally shipping. Issues with steppings.





DDR3 memory support is now out with new Intel chipset desktop MB, but memory is 2 times more expensive.

Next generation Intel procs, due out early 2009,  code named Nehalem. Will have memory controller built-in, just like Opteron.

Hyperthreading is making a come back in next generation Nehalem.



Next generatin Intel procs - 6 cores version will ship mid next year. new 2 cores version will include a video chip in it. ray tracing will also be supported.

Motherboards



New desktop chipset MB, 4 series (X48, P45, G45) now shipping. Supporting 45nm processor. span to 1333MHz FSB, ICH10.

Intel now shipping a new low-end ITX (very small form factor) MB with soldered on CPU, code named Atom.

Other

Windows XP will live on till Jan 31st of 2009. Major OEM will stop shipping as of June 30th, 2008. But you can do a "downgrade" with buying Vista but install XP. You will install an old copy of XP, activate over the phone using your Vista licenses.

Next gen Quadro card FX4800 and FX5800 ships in November.

First Gen PIC-E 16x moves up to 2.5Gbps down each "Lane", PCI_E 2.0 raise that to 5Gbps.

Our Intel SR1560 1u chassis features a patented support for 1 full size 16x PCI-E Gen II Quadro FX3700 video card, perfect for Gelato / Cuda or GPU based computing. This system also supports dual quad-core CPUs. Achieving 8 CPU cores with 1 GPU cores in a 1u box.nVision, GPU computing hosted by nVidia will be at San Jose, August 2009.



Memory – Memory price now steady.



Hard drive - price now steady. 1.5TB version shipping in a month.