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Marco Chiappetta

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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

AMD Demonstrates First Graphics Processors to Feature Native DisplayPort 1.1 Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) Commends AMD For the Successful Interoperability Testing of Its First Graphics Processor with a Native DisplayPort™ Interface ... Read more...
DigiTimes is reporting that a number of defective ATI Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 series graphics cards slipped into the channel due to a bug in AMD's diagnostic and validation software.  And it appears that in addition to some smaller players, many of AMD's largers partners, like Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte were all affected. "AMD's official... Read more...
Video: Lost Planet Performance and DX10 @ [H] ASUS PM17 17" LCD Monitor Review @ Motherboards.org Memory & Storage: OCZ Secure Digital Trifecta 1GB @ FutureLooks... Read more...
Intel Endorses Industry Specification to Simplify Blade Server Design SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 30, 2007 – Intel Corporation joined more than 40 server... Read more...
Video: Gigabyte Silent Pipe 3 Finds Redemption @ TR ATI Radeon HD 2400XT / 2600PRO / 2600XT (RV610/630) @ Digit-Life Motherboards & Chipsets: ECS G33T-M2 @ MadboxPC ECS... Read more...
Super Talent Extends DDR3 Leadership to 1866MHz World's First 2GB 1866MHz DDR3 Kit San Jose, California - July 30, 2007 -- Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of DRAM memory... Read more...
Today at HotHardware, we have posted our thoughts on a new high-performance DDR2 kit from OCZ, the DDR2 PC2-6400 Vista Performance Platinum 4GB Dual Channel kit.  As its name suggests, OCZ's DDR2 PC2-6400 Vista Performance Platinum 4GB Dual Channel kit is a member of the company’s low latency... Read more...
Microsoft has released a new DirectX redistributable package into the wild for virtually all versions of Windows, including 64-bit versions of Vista and XP.  This is a DirectX9 and 10 end-user runtime update that's not going to show up on the Windows Update website.  It is an official release... Read more...
According to a story published on DigiTimes, 45nm notebook processors derived from the upcoming 'Penryn' core will account for 50% of Intel's total shipments by the second quarter of next year.  We've known for quite some time that Intel's 45nm parts were slated to arrive this year with... Read more...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) CHARGES INTEL WITH ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Chairman and CEO, Hector Ruiz and AMD CAO, Tom McCoy Respond to Media Inquires Via Conference Call - WHO: AMD Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz and Executive Vice... Read more...
Video: Sapphire HD 2400 XT Video Card Review @ OCC Diamond Radeon HD 2900 XT 1GB @ TR Leadtek WinFast 8600GT Fanless @ ChileHardware HANNS-G HW223D 22" LCD Review @ Motherboards.org Sapphire... Read more...
Tech Talk with Associate Vice President of Worldwide Marketing of GIGABYTE United GIGABYTE United, City of Industry, CA, - GIGABYTE, the leading brand of Motherboard manufacturer, has taken Intel P35 motherboard to extreme with its Ultra Durable 2 Series motherboard, aiming at those PC enthusiasts who... Read more...
We wanted to let you all know that we’ve just posted a new article here at HotHardware, in which we evaluate the features, bundles, overclockability, and performance of two NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI-based motherboards, the MSI P6N-SLI Platinum and the Abit Fatal1ty FPIN9-SLI.  One of the boards... Read more...
NVIDIA Announces Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call SANTA CLARA, CA—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) will host a conference call to discuss its financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2008 on August 9, 2007 at 2:00 PM, Pacific Time. The... Read more...
Video: Calibre P860, GeForce 8600GT @ Bjorn3D Jetway Radeon HD 2900 XT 512M @ MVKTech Processors: Pentium E2140/2160 and Athlon X2 BE-2350: Low-Power CPUs @ Digit-Life... Read more...
AMD held a Technology Analyst Day in Sunnyvale, California today, where members of their management team delivered presentations related to the company's various technologies and roadmaps.  There were a number of details revealed during the presentations regarding AMD's modular M-SPACE design... Read more...
VIA PowerSaver Certified Energy-Efficient by China's CSC VIA's innovative PowerSaver technology certified by China Standard Certification Center for providing both environmental and economic benefits Taipei, Taiwan, 26 July 2007 - VIA... Read more...
Video: Sapphire HD 2600 XT Video Card Review @ OCC Gigabyte GeForce 8600GT 256MB @ Phoronix Asus EN8800GTX TOP AQUATANK 768MB @ Digit-Life Motherboards & Chipsets:... Read more...
We’ve just posted a new article here at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features, range, and performance of a couple of draft-N WiFi devices from TRENDnet.  The main focus of the article is the TRENDnet TEW-631BRP Firewall Router, but we used it in conjunction with a TEW-621PC PCMCIA... Read more...
AMD Unveils Forward-Looking Technology Innovation To Extend Memory Footprint for Server Computing — Latest Customer-Centric Innovation from AMD to Improve Performance Burgeoning Technologies like Virtualization and Multi-Core Computing — ... Read more...
AMD Unveils Forward-Looking Technology Innovation To Extend Memory Footprint for Server Computing — Latest Customer-Centric Innovation from AMD to Improve Performance Burgeoning Technologies like Virtualization and Multi-Core Computing — SUNNYVALE, Calif.... Read more...
Video: MSI NX8800 GTS 320 MB OC Edition & [H] Sapphire x1950 PRO Ultimate Edition @ OCC HP w2207 22-inch LCD Review @ Digital Trends Motherboards & Chipsets:... Read more...
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