UTRAN Definition

Launched in mid-1997, the Pentium II introduced a number of major changes to the processing end of the PC: First, the … [Read More...]

Photo Retouching

While scanners provide an effective means of capturing colour images, that's often just the beginning. Once a … [Read More...]

AMD Thunderbird

In mid-2000 AMD introduced an enhanced version of the Athlon processor, codenamed Thunderbird. Fabricated using AMD's … [Read More...]

IA-64 Architecture

It was in June 1994 that Hewlett-Packard announced their joint research-and development project aimed at providing … [Read More...]

Phase Change Technology

Panasonic's PD system, boasting the company's own patented phase-change technology, has been around since late 1995. … [Read More...]

Monitor Interlacing

Back in the 1930s, TV broadcast engineers had to design a transmission and reception system that satisfied a number of … [Read More...]

Motherboard Memory Identification

Your motherboard User's Manual will give a clue as to what type of memory you need to use. However, such is the complexity and variation of memory … [Read More...]

DVD DivX Codec

DIVX is essentially a limited-use, pay-per-view DVD technology. Marketed as a more affordable DVD format - with the … [Read More...]

CD-ROM Manufacturing

The term premastering is often used quite broadly, to refer to all of the steps which proceed the first stage in the … [Read More...]

CD-R – Recordable Compact Disk

Write Once/Read Many storage (WORM) has been around since the late 1980s, and is a type of optical drive that can be written to and read from. … [Read More...]