Digitimes reports that Intel will be showing its 45nm native quad core "Harpertown" processor at Computex. The Harpertown is apparently slated to be a server processor. AMD will also apparently be displaying its quad core 65nm Barcelona based Opteron processors not only at its own booth - but also at its server partners booths.

VIA's P4 chipset patent license expired in April, however Wen-Chi Che, CEO and president of VIA, stated they are still in negotiations with Intel, and also apparently stated that he does not believe the lack of a license will materially affect via/

And in the "DUH" (as in obvious) department, Taiwan manufacturers have finally figured out that SATA optical drives will replace the clumsier IDE equivalents. I could have told them this over a year ago!