http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/31/new.via.nano.chips.coming/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/28-via2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Chip manufacturer VIA will begin sampling a dual-core version of its Nano CPU in the second half of 2009 and shipping the next-generation processor in volume in late 2009 or early 2010, slightly earlier than previous a roadmap leak indicated. Like rival AMD which recently outlined new Atom-competitors, VIA's X86-compatible Nano chips debuted in May to compete with Intel's Atom and lower-end Celero... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/31/new.via.nano.chips.coming/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/12/new.intel.z.p230.ssd.drive/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/intelzp230ssd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel has announced the availability of a new solid-state drive, a variant of the Z-P230. While a 40-pin ZIF version for PATA connections remains available, Intel has introduced a new PCIe "mini-card" model which is even smaller. The PATA model is itself said to be four times smaller than a normal 1.8-inch mechanical hard drive. Read and write speeds remain at 38 and 10Mbps, respectively.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/12/new.intel.z.p230.ssd.drive/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:45:00 GMT