Gigabyte has made announcement about the launching of its new GA-EG45M-UD2H motherboard in the Indian market.

Built from Intel G45 Express chipset, the motherboard has support for 45nm Intel Core 2 Quad processors and DDR2 memory.

The motherboard’s Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced energy-saving technology permits multi-gear power phase switching when system is being overclocked to offer reliability to the system.

The GA-EG45M-UD2H motherboard also features Ultra Durable 3 technology together with 2 oz Copper for ground and power layers, which help in energy efficiency, particularly in overclocked environments.

Moreover, it has integral HDMI port with HDCP support and boasts smoother HD and Blu-ray video playback.

For better sound, the motherboard comes with Realtek ALC889A sound chip offering high-definition 7.1 + 2 channel audio guaranteeing a home theater experience. The motherboard also has dolby home theater support.

The newly launched motherboard, which supports up to 16GB of DDR2 RAM with 1066 MHz (overclocked), sports double-channel memory design. It also comes equipped with Intel’s new GMA X4500HD graphics integrated and offers PCI-E x16 2.0 interface.

Gigabyte’s GA-EG45M-UD2H provides five SATA 3GB/s connectors, one eSATA 3GB/s device and up to two FireWire ports support. It also includes a wide array of connectivity options like D-sub, DVI and HDMI.

SCanDisk is eying to strengthen its Indian market significantly in tune with the growth in the market for consumer electronics. As a part of its positive evaluation of the flash memory market in India, SCanDisk is ready to launch USB flash drive with a maximum storage capacity of 64GB.

Available in different capacities including in 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB, the company said that the new flash drive would allow backup of files by just touching a button. SCanDisk claims it to be the first drive having such a facility.

In an announcement, the company said that there are no wires, and it is an easy way for users to protect their favored pics, videos and songs without any difficulty. Based on the latest 43 nanometre technology, ScanDisk’s new Ultra Backup USB drive also features AES hardware encryption, and password protection, which lets users to keep important business files safe.

Moreover, the users can easily take the USB drive anywhere as it’s too small that it can easily fit into their pockets.The USB drive will also have support for Intel Pentium PC or Macintosh computer with USB support in Windows XP, Vista (Backup and Storage) and Windows 2000, Mac OS X v10.1.2+ and Linux (Storage only).

USB 2.0 port would be required for speedy transfer at the same time it would require high-power USB hub port.

Transcend has rolled out a mobile hard disk named StoreJetTM 25M in red color in the Indian market. With a huge capacity of 1 TB, the mobile SATA hard disk permits users to store up personal files, back up, and share files without any difficulty.With dimensions of 134mm x 80.8mm x 18.8mm, the newly launched hard disk has a weight of 206 grams,

The StoreJet 25M is driverless USB powered and does not need external power or battery. It is Hi-Speed USB 2.0 compliant and USB 1.1 backwards compatible. Moreover, there’s an OneTouch Auto-Backup function.

The drive also features StoreJet elite software package. The software suite can be set up to run directly from the StoreJet drive after plugging it in, and includes seven data management functions that includes Website auto-login, PC-Lock, favorites, secret-zip, e-mail, data backup, and online update.

To protect users’ data from damage due to accidental slips or falls, the StoreJet 25 drive abides by the U.S.military drop-test standards MIL-STD-810F with advanced two-stage anti-shock technology.

AMD:-Chip maker is preparing a new line of microprocessors that feature the introduction of Eight-core chips. The five new processors, aimedat consumers, will be released as part of the Phenom line of microprocessors and will be dubbed Phenom III, says AMD.

The new quad-core and triple-core chips will fit on existing AMD motherboards that have an AM2+ or AM3 socket. The processors will support today’s DDR2 and DDR3 memory chips, which should help keep the cost down for system builders and allow users of current-generation computers to upgrade their systems with the new processors.

In addition to three quad-core chips running at from 2.5 to 2.6 Gigahertz (GHz), AMD will release two processors with three cores. The Phenom II X3 710 runs at 2.6 GHz per core, while the Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition ups the speed to 2.8 GHz per core and is designed to allow users to “overclock” the chips using AMD Overdrive, a software program. Overclocking refers to running the chips at speeds higher than those for which they were designed.