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Computex 2005 - Looking Ahead

 by Wesley Fink on June 10, 2005 7:58 PM EST
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Foxconn Targets AMD and the Computer Enthusiast

Many do not realize how huge Foxconn is in the computer market. They may have seen Foxconn connectors on their motherboards, but they would likely be surprised at how many motherboards Foxconn makes for other companies. This includes the fact that Foxconn is a huge manufacturer of motherboards for Intel. Perhaps because of that relationship, Foxconn was displaying very few AMD boards in their booth.

However, once you were in private meetings with Foxconn, the picture changed. It is clear that Foxconn is planning a major push into the AMD market with their own branded motherboards. We have seen this developing over the last couple of years, as Foxconn has produced new boards with more and more features and controls aimed at the Computer Enthusiast. Now, what has been a trickle will likely turn into a torrent.


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These ranged from the full blown Winfast nForce4-SLI, which expands the line that already includes a Winfast nF4 Ultra...


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...to the micro-ATX integrated graphics of the C51G/MCP51.


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Foxconn also is keeping a full-blown SiS AMD board in their AMD offerings. We have been very pleased with the Foxconn implementations of the SiS chipset for AMD in the past, so it is good to see a continuing commitment to the SiS chipset.

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  • Eug - Saturday, June 11, 2005 - link

    Thanks, I see.

    So carbon is a good electrical insulator, but also a good thermal conductor.

    Learn something new every day.

  • xsilver - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link

    good news to hear that abit is out of trouble

    but what the hell is going on with their guru clock?
    looks ugly as hell

    the 5.25" one in an older article (with the bios nuke button) was nice but not this new external one

  • KristopherKubicki - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link

    Correct about the diamonds.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond

    However, such little carbon is really not going to affect the thermals of the system. Besides, even if it transfers heat well, there still has to be surface area of the heat to dissapate.

    Kristopher

  • futuristicmonkey - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link

    #6

    No. Carbon is an excellent conductor of heat. It's the reason why diamond is the best conductor of heat in the world - it is very densely-packed carbon..or something like that.

  • Eug - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link

    Wouldn't the carbon fibre act as an insulator?

  • monsoon - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link

    well, personally i fancy the corsair led RAMs, but even MORE Important to me is the last pace MINI PC...

    ...i'm currently looking for a SILENT FANLESS PC; should be reasonably powered, can be a MINI PC, better if it has at least a 3 5'25" slots space so that i can put a 5 SATA bloc on it.

    anybody able to give directions ?

    =)

    THANKS

  • Furen - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link

    500mhz@1w, windows ce... sounds awfully like the craptastic AMD PIC. Though I must admit, it looks a lot more interesting in a decent-looking box

  • ryanv12 - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link

    that red foxconn mini-system is an eyesore.

  • plewis00 - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link

    How comes even though the Geil RAM is running at DDR2-1066, it's still only through-putting 2896MB/s - pretty low isn't it for such fast RAM (I'm aware of the timings, but still)...

  • Souka - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link

    http://downloads.vr-zone.com/pafiledb.php?action=d...
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