Hardware News

Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday issued a warning claiming that its latest ForceWare drivers contain an error that causes fan speed issues, which, according to media reports, may damage or even damage certain graphics cards.

“We are aware that some customers have reported fan speed issues with the latest 196.75 WHQL drivers on Nvidia.com. Until we can verify and root cause this issue, we recommend that customers do not download this driver.

Intel has confirmed that counterfeits of its Core i7 processors were sold through the North American online retail outlet Newegg.

We contacted Intel in the UK to find out how long it had known about the dodgy goods and whether the UK market was in danger of receiving the fake chips but Intel would only divulge name, rank and number on the issue, reponding, "Intel has been made aware of the potential for counterfeit i7-920 packages in the marketplace and is working to how many and/or where they are being sold. 

Intel is demonstrating a PC with a 48-core processor here at the CeBIT tradeshow, Hanover. The system is described as a single-chip cloud computer by Intel, which is showing off the 48-core chip as a proof of concept: it won't be available to buy any time soon, and it doesn't yet even run Windows, although it could run up to 48 different operating systems simultaneously, according to Intel.

A European online retailer has started selling Intel Corp.'s first six-core processor for desktops before the chip's official release by the hardware maker.