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Marco Chiappetta

Managing Editor

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com

Recent posts

NVIDIA Ultimate Gaming Notebooks: 8800M GTX SLI

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jan 28, 2008

ULTIMATE GAMING NOTEBOOKS: NVIDIA SLI and Dual GeForce 8800M GTX GRAPHICS perfect the GAMERS’ ROAD GAME News Facts: NVIDIA has enabled the ultimate gaming notebooks with the most powerful graphics processing solution available for notebook PCs—a combination of NVIDIA SLITM technology and two... Read more...

AMD Launches ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jan 28, 2008

When AMD released the Radeon HD 2900 XT in May of last year, we were left with a bitter taste in our mouths. Not because the product was all that bad, but because it seemed AMD was content to leave NVIDIA uncontested at the high-end of the 3D graphics card market. If you remember, when the Radeon HD 2900 XT launched AMD had targeted... Read more...

R680 Has Landed: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jan 28, 2008

Sapphire's Ultimate HD 3850 and Atomic HD 3870

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jan 24, 2008

Just in case you missed the new link at the top of the page, we're hitting the news section to let you know that we’ve just posted a new article here at HotHardware in which we evaluate a pair of somewhat unique Radeons, the Sapphire Ultimate HD 3850 and Atomic HD 3870. Unlike most... Read more...

VIA Unveils Next-Generation Isaiah x86 Processor

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jan 24, 2008

VIA Unveils Next-Generation Isaiah x86 Processor Architecture New architecture provides substantial increases in performance and functionality with leading power efficiency to enable next generation "Small is Beautiful" computing devices Austin, Texas, US, 24 January 2008 - VIA Technologies... Read more...

ATI Radeon HD 3650 and 3450 / 3470 Launched

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Jan 23, 2008

When AMD launched the RV670 GPU at the heart of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 and 3850 series of products, they received quite a bit of fanfare due to the product's competitive prices, strong performance, and more manageable power profiles. One of the main reasons AMD was able to bring... Read more...

ATI Radeon HD Refresh: The 3650 and 3450 Arrive

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Jan 23, 2008

Gigabyte Launches Dynamic Energy Saver

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Jan 22, 2008

GIGABYTE Launches Full Range of Dynamic Energy Saver Motherboards -- One Small Click for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind -- Taipei, Taiwan, - GIGABYTE UNITED INC., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards today is pleased to announce the launch of their full range of Dynamic Energy Saver motherboards, including X48, X38 and... Read more...

ATI FireGL V8650 vs. NVIDIA QuadroFX 5600

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jan 21, 2008

Today at HotHardware, we have two impressive workstation-class graphics card on the test bench. We’ve been given the opportunity to orchestrate a direct comparison of two of the most exciting graphics cards shipping today, AMD’s ATI FireGL V8650 and NVIDIA’s QuadroFX 5600. The V8650 is a... Read more...

X-Arcade Tankstick Dual Controller with Trackbal

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Jan 18, 2008

We've just posted a new article here at HotHardware, in which we evaluate X-Gaming's very cool, very retro, X-Arcade Tankstick Dual Controller with Trackball. Just seeing this thing will take you back to your earlier years when gaming meant stopping by the local arcade and dropping... Read more...

OCZ Launches New PC2-8000 4GB Platinum Memory

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jan 17, 2008

OCZ Technology Announces New PC2-8000 4GB Platinum Edition Memory to offer Mainstream Enthusiasts an Affordable Overclocking Kit Sunnyvale, CA—January 17, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the... Read more...

Sun splashes out $1bn to buy MySQL

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jan 17, 2008

It appears that Sun Microsystems has shelled out a hefty $1B to aquire MySQL and now adds the leading open source database management software to its product stack."The Santa Clara, California-based systems vendor has been involved in the community-based development process for many years, of course, through Java and has been offering... Read more...

ASUS Launches Dual-Processor Server Motherboards

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jan 17, 2008

ASUS Launches High Performance Dual-Processor Server Motherboards -- The latest Intel 5400MCH-based server motherboards boast high performance and energy efficiency; resulting in improved speed and increased stability -- FREMONT, CA (January 17, 2007) – ASUS, worldwide leader in component and... Read more...