Thursday, December 30, 2010

MSI teases Killer NIC integration in Big Bang motherboards

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[/img]You won't be coloring us surprised here -- when we spoke with
Bigfoot Networks CEO Michael Howse back at Computex, he didn't
hesitate to disclose his interest in embedding Bigfoot's networking
technology into motherboards and GPUs of the future. And now, it seems
that the future has arrived. Based on a sneaky, nondescript release
posted after the break, it looks as if Bigfoot and MSI will be hooking
up at CES next week to introduce a newfangled version of the Big Bang
motherboard. The announcement doesn't come right out and say it, but
considering that at least one MSI motherboard will be "blazing with
Killer 2100 performance," we'd say it's fair to read between the
lines. Howse is also quoted as saying that he's "pleased to be working
with MSI," and up until now, there's been no public partnership
between the two firms. According to him, the Killer 2100 gaming
network card "is a perfect complement to the MSI Big Bang family of
mainboard solutions," and you can bet we'll be on the hunt for a model
name, price and release date just as soon as we hit Vegas.

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