April 9th, 2012
Published by: VR-Zone
Gran Turismo 5 Asia Online Tournament 2012 starts today Source: http://vr-zone.com/articles/gran-turismo-5-asia-onlinetournament-2012-starts-today/15487.html April 9th, 2012
So you think you're faster than the rest? Well, fasten your virtual seatbelt and blaze your way to the top at the Gran Turismo 5 Asia Online Tournament. Starting from today, PlayStation 3 gamers can compete with other top racers in Asia and stand a chance to win attractive prizes including PSN voucher and free trip to Tokyo, Japan.
Grand Prix and S$160 PSN Money Voucher (each region): 2nd Place (each region): 3rd Place (each region): All participants:
S$320 PSN Money Voucher S$160 PSN Money Voucher DL car Nissan Calsonic IMPUL GT-R (SUPER GT) '08
*Only for participants who have gained Gold Trophy in the event.
Video: The birth of a Gigabyte Z77 motherboard Source: http://vr-zone.com/articles/video-the-birth-of-a-gigabyte-z77motherboard/15482.html April 9th, 2012
The GT5 Asia Online Tournament is back on Sony Entertainment Network (formerly PlayStation Network), starting today. Race your way to the top and you get to represent your region and compete with other top racers in Asia at the Sepand Circuit Malaysia (Super GT Sepang Grand Prix) on 10 June. The tournament is divided into Regional Tournaments, Regional Finals and Asia Final and is open to Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) members from Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Winners stand to walk away with PSN vouchers as well as the grand prize - two-way air tickets and hotel accommodation to attend Tokyo Game Show 2012 in September 2012 and a trophy for the Asian Championship. 9th - 22nd April 2012 4th May 2012 May-12 Mid-May 2012 10th June 2012
Qualification Matches Result announcement for qualification matches Regional Finals Result announcement for Regional Finals Asia Final
Asia Champion Two-way air tickets and hotel accommodation to attend Tokyo Game Show 2012 in September 2012 and a Trophy for the Asian Championship. 1st Place
Two-way air tickets and hotel accommodation to Malaysia to attend the Asia Final in Sepang Circuit Malaysia at Super GT Sepang
A little while ago VR-Zone had the opportunity to visit Gigabyte's Nan-Ping factory in Taiwan where the company makes most of its high-end motherboards, as well as some graphics card models, notebooks, smartphones and a few other things. We got a short video after the break showing you how Gigabyte's Z77 motherboards are being made, so click on through to the video. The Nan-Ping factory is very flexible and Gigabyte manufacturers multiple lines of products at once. Sadly, on the day we visited things were quite slow, as the company had already shipped most of its Z77 motherboards to its customers already, but a few production lines were still operational. Keep in mind that these production lines can output some quarter of a million motherboards a month, not taking into account other products. Gigabyte recently updated one of its production lines to include a new SMT machine that can fit 15 SMD components a second to a motherboard, up from 10 components per second when compared to the machines used in the other production lines. The company is also busy working on an automatic solution for adding capacitors to the motherboards, but sadly we weren't allowed to film this machine, as it's a custom made solution for Gigabyte. Overall it's very interesting to see what's going on and how advanced parts of the manufacturing process is, while other parts are required to be done by hand. There's a reason why motherboards cost what they cost, as it's not just a matter of PCB and components going on there, but it's a really advanced manufacturing process which involves both a lot of people and very expensive machinery.
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