Looks like AMD is finally ready to spill the (official) beans on that 1.65GHz E-450 Fusion APU we heard about at Computex, today announcing refreshed chips for its Fusion E and C-series APUs. The updated "Zacate" and "Ontario" APUs sport DDR-1333 and HDMI 1.4a support, snaring bragging rights to faster memory and 3D output for 3D-enabled televisions. The new chips also promise an increased resting battery life -- up to 10.5 hours for the E-Series, and a staggering 12 hours on the C-Series. Although it didn't name any specific manufacturers, AMD says that machines rocking the new APUs are available starting today. Hit the break for the full PR.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/22/amd-refreshes-e-and-c-series-fusion-apus-adds-ddr-1333-support/

Super Talent, today announced the USB 3.0 Express RC8, a new USB 3.0 flash drive powered by SandForce SSD processor. The introduction of the SandForce processor into a USB 3.0 flash drive brings a host of advanced features traditionally only found in first tier SSD products. Featuring an 8 channel architecture and virtual caching system, the USB 3.0 Express RC8 is built for speed. True SSD performance comes from reading and writing to multiple flash channels simultaneously. Super Talent’s new USB 3.0 Express RC8 is also designed to be reliable. The introduction of the SandForce SSD processor brings with it their DuraClass technology with patented and patent pending DuraWrite, which together enhances both flash durability and data integrity. The integration of this technology makes this flash drive more reliable and dependable than any flash drive we have delivered in the past.

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Nvidia really know how to tease enthusiasm tech peoples. Calling their next generation GPU Card a high performance and powerful card inside a Top Secret Box. Ok, let's take a look at quick tease of the next generation flagship GeForce GPU from NVIDIA:

Here's a way to put ExpressCard to good use. If you've a laptop (especially desktop replacement) that is made within the last 5 years, the chance is that you have an ExpressCard slot that is likely still unoccupied. RunCore just gives this rarely used slot a new purpose in life. Its latest hybrid ExpressCard/34 adds two USB 3.0 ports and provides 64GB SSD in a single package. Talking about killing two birds with one stone.

The RunCore SSD directly connects to the PCI Express so you get respectable sequential read and write speeds of 110MB/s and 80MB/s. Interestingly, one of the two ExpressCard's USB ports is actually "device interface", suggesting you can use the SSD as an external USB 3.0 drive. When the SSD is busy however, the bandwidth available for the USB 3.0 will significantly drop. There's no word on availability nor there's a price.

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