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Giada has unveiled a new and very small fully featured mini-ITX mainboard called the N70E-DR. The little mainboard is aimed specifically at users looking to build network attached storage. The manufacturer of the motherboard says that the board will allow users to build low-cost implementations of NAS servers for file sharing, data backup, and media server functionality.

The mainboard is very small measuring 17 x 17 cm and has a rich component interface. The board supports Intel Ivy Bridge Celeron C2007U processors with power consumption of 17 Watts. The chipset used on the mainboard supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10 with data security protection.

The mainboard also features dual Intel 82583V Gigabit Ethernet ports. The construction of mainboard uses high-quality solid capacitors enclosed with nickel core inductors for longevity and stability. The board is also fitted with high quality Power PAK MOS FETs.

Other features of the small mainboard include dual USB 3.0 ports and TPM pins allowing the connection of an optional TPM module for data security protection. The board also features intelligent hardware monitoring and management functions such as the CPU overheating alarm and abnormal power state alarm. Pricing for the mainboard is unknown at this time.

[via Giadatech]

Giada N70E-DR mini-ITX mainboard aims at entry-level NAS servers is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We all know that, generally speaking, buying the newest top-end part gets you the most performance. But in most cases, the premium you pay for that part covers a whole lot of other stuff as well that has no bearing on frame rates or video encoding times. We’re talking about the added cost of covering research and development, product marketing, lower production yields, etc. That high price also includes a vanity tax, if you will-the extra charge incurred by folks who simply want to have the latest hardware, hot off the fab, for bragging rights. More »

Intel has announced that it will be shutting down its Desktop Motherboard group in the next few years, with the Haswell motherboards being the last of its offerings. The company will still supply chipsets to third parties, but will cease developing its own desktop motherboards once the Haswell launch is over.

Employees working in the group will be transitioned to other areas within the company, working with FFRDs. This marks the end of a two decade era and a change in the market as a whole. The need for Intel to produce its own desktop motherboards has diminished, and in purely business terms, focusing its efforts elsewhere is better for its bottom line.

Product warranties will be supported for their duration despite the eventual shutdown. This comes after an announcement earlier today that the company has rolled out Ivy Bridge processors for the budget market, with a total of three Celeron, four Pentium, and one Core i3 being launched today with a price range of $42 to $117.

Said Intel: “We disclosed internally today that Intel’s Desktop Motherboard Business will begin slowly ramping down over the course of the next three years. As Intel gradually ramps down its motherboard business we are ramping up critical areas of the desktop space including integration of innovative solutions for the PC ecosystem such as reference design development, NUC and other areas to be discussed later.”

[via Legit Reviews]

Intel’s Desktop Motherboard Business to shutdown within three years is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We know you like naked motherboards, you perverts… Actually, we do too! Now close your eyes and imagine a wall of motherboards. Oh yes. That’s exactly what Intel dished out at IDF 2012 — a display of Intelligent Systems Alliance members’ motherboards in all shapes and sizes, including server and military-grade models. We’ll leave you to enjoy some alone time while you ogle the gallery below.

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This week the motherboard for the new iPhone appears to have been photographed and leaked by a relatively anonymous source who also suggests a larger battery and LTE connectivity for the device. The user is a forum member from Weiphone previously leaked images of the motherboard for a new iPhone last year – that motherboard turned out to belong to the iPhone 4S. With this new and improved piece of hardware popping up today, several conclusions can be drawn should be be supposed that it’s real.

There’s been a comparison made to the also-supposed rear plate of the next iPhone and NWE has decided that it fits. With the size, shape, and suggestions that have been included with this piece of hardware, we can safely assume that we’ll have 4G LTE connectivity and that there will be a larger battery than we’ve seen in past iPhone models. This device also likely has a smaller SIM card holder, as you may know from past leaked pieces of hardware, and the entire device is significantly larger than previous iPhones as well.

The next iPhone, called iPhone 5 here before it’s officially announced by Apple, will likely have a 4-inch display, a brand new dock connector with 8 (or 16) pins on it, and the headphone jack sits at the bottom of the device rather than the top. This new iPhone has been tipped as being announced on the 12th of September and the release date has been “leaked” this morning as inside the last week of September – for AT&T at least.

This device will likely also be released on Verizon on their 4G LTE network and will be released simultaneously on each of the carriers Apple has agreed to release it with. Check the timeline below for the most recent of iPhone 5 rumors and tips, and check the new iPhone portal to see all of the new iPhone news we’ve had since the beginning of this new cycle.

[via Wired]

iPhone 5 motherboard suggests LTE and battery boost is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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