ASUSTeK and Pegatron separate Gulftown will be called Core i7-980X Seagate drives at just 7mm

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ASUSTeK and Pegatron separate   Posted on 14/12/2009 at 14:08 by Marc - source: DigiTimes

	In 2008, ASUSTeK split one section of its activity into two new entities: Pegatron for components manufacture and Unihan for non-electronic products such as boxes. ASUS has decided to take things a step further in a new operation that will take its ownership of Pegatron from 100% down to 25%, the remaining 75% shared out between current ASUSTeK shareholders. This operation should make Pegatron truly independent of ASUSTeK and improve competitivity. Pegatron is set to use its ASRock brand to attack the high-end, left to ASUSTeK up till now, and ASUSTeK will outsource less to Pegatron. Reportedly the proportion of orders being transferred to the chinese subsidiary of First International Computer (FIC) will go from 50 to 30%.

Gulftown will be called Core i7-980X   Posted on 14/12/2009 at 13:25 by Marc - source: PCOnline

	We now know the name under which the Gulftown will be sold, the 6-core 32nm processor designed for Socket LGA1366. Planned for the first quarter of 2010, it will be on sale as the Core i7-980X. Other news from the latest Intel roadmap, no other models are currently planned for 2010 beyond this steeply-priced “Extreme Edition” version. Note the new entry-level Core i7, the i7-930, which will replace the 920.

Seagate drives at just 7mm   Posted on 14/12/2009 at 09:46 by Marc

	Seagate has announced the Momentus Thin, a 2"1/2 drive with capacities from 160 to 250 GB. Their particularity is that they are only 7 mm thick, compared to 9.5 mm for standard 2"1/2 drives. Seagate is looking to place the Momentus Thin between the standard 2"1/2 drives and the 1"8 drives. Using the SATA 3 Gb/s interface, the Thins turn at 5400 rpm and have an 8 MB cache. They will be online from Seagate as of January 2010.