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 While Seagate was set to give its quarterly financial results yesterday, they also just announced having filed a lawsuit in a California federal court against STEC, an SSD manufacturer, for violating four of its patents related to error correction, "memory-backup" and memory/PC interfaces.
This isn’t too surprising because earlier this year the firm’s CEO, William Watkins, declared that Seagate and Western Digital owned a number of patents whose range is big enough to include SSDs. Curiously, Seagate declared that they previously looked for a friendly solution with several SSD manufacturers, although, Patrick Wilkison, STEC’s vice-president marketing & business development, affirms that they were never contacted before the start of judicial proceedings.
This legal action could have the significant consequence of removal of this manufacturer’s SSDs from the American market and STEC’s response was quick. They accuse Seagate of wanting to stifle the growing success of SSDs, a market in which they are behind, and are more looking to eliminate a competitor than protect their intellectual property.
If Seagate wins or finds a friendly solution with STEC, there is a strong likelihood that other SSDs makers will reach for their wallets; however, it’s difficult to estimate the impact this could have on prices. |
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 Do motherboards based on the AMD 780G chipset have problems functioning with processors with a TDP of 125W such as certain Athlon 64 X2 6000+ and Phenom 9750s, the 9850 Black Edition and Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition ?
This is at least what an article from Anandtech suggests. It even seems particularly risky to install one of these CPUs on a motherboard that only has three phase power design. Manufacturers are starting to comment on the subject: Biostar indicates, for example, that its TA780G M2+ can accommodate these CPUs but recommends a well ventilated box; Gigabyte says that its 780G doesn’t have any issues in this area; and ASUSTeK is working on a new revision which corrects the problem. So it’s very likely that others will come forward and do the same.
This won’t be a wasted effort because according to information published by Dailytech in late March, the Phenom 9950 (2.6 GHz) which is expected out in the third quarter will have a TDP attaining 140W. However, this is nothing dramatic because the 780G isn't destined for the high end. Either way a quick solution would be welcome. |
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