The Peak Cambodia

The Peak Cambodia

Rising 55 storeys into the sky. The Peak Cambodia is an oasis of luxury in the clouds. A whole new level of living comes into being as the choicest picks of residences, shops, restaurants, offices and the prestigious Shangri-La Hotel come together in an integrated mixed-use development like no other.

The Peak Cambodia comes clad in stylish bronze, a definite colour of luxury. the two towers comprising about 500 units each are paragons of dynamic architecture, specially crafted to bring out the finest of the site and its surroundings.

With the luxurious Shangri-La Hotel next door, you will enjoy world-class services amidst tranquil surroundings, coupled with inspirational architecture and design. From the finest dining to business lounges and spa experiences, it will ensure that every palate is pampered.

Right in the heart of Phnom Penh City, The Peak Cambodia faces the River Esplanade, standing at the crossroads of the city.

Time is precious, and so is this location, for a mere minutes’ walk is all that is needed to get to AEON Mall and Naga World, as well as the National Assembly building, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Australian Embassy.

The Independence Monument and the main Preah Sihanouk Boulevard are also a short drive away.

The Peak Cambodia offers five levels of retail excitement at your doorstep with specialty shops, chic culinary restaurants and exciting entertainment spots to top it off, not to mention more of such fine experiences in surround malls to satisfy your shopping desires and daily conveniences.

Islands of bliss in the sky, the two landscaped sky decks on levels 13A and 55 create a unique private world of lush greenery and sparkling blue pools. The experience of recreation is complete with stunning views all around.

Mercedes-Benz GLC-250 SUV

Mercedes-Benz GLC-250 SUV

Spacious and airy: the interior of the GLC-250 SUV.

The interior of the GLC-250 SUV is a relaxing place to be: there's plenty of room for you and the family, and it's light and airy with big views of the world outside.

Modern and luxurious up front, spacious in the rear

Thanks to its high seating position – a hallmark SUV feature – and comfortable seats, you'll take any terrain and journey in your stride. The GLC-250's boot is among the most roomy in its segment and, with the flexibility of the folding rear seats, you'll never worry about fitting everything, and everybody, in.

Technologies for all terrains. Safety for any situation.

No matter how rough the road, the GLC-250 SUV's suspension technology will smooth it out. And with the intelligent driving assistance systems, there's always a helping hand to keep you safe and stress-free. 

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Combining dynamics and comfort.

9G-TRONIC represents a milestone in transmission technology. With nine forward gears it raises the bar to a whole new level, with even swifter and smoother gearshifts that improve the GLC-250's agility, reduce consumption and allow multiple downshifts for rapid overtaking. 

And it's exceptionally quiet.

360 degree vision

Whether parking or manoeuvring – four networked cameras provide a realistic all-round view. For fewer worries and more impressions.

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Tackle any terrain

With the Off-Road package, you can take your GLC-250 SUV anywhere. The 4MATIC all-wheel drive with the off-road driving modes will help you conquer steep slopes or slippery surfaces.

Stay connected anytime, anywhere – Mercedes me connect

We live in a digital age where the way we communicate is faster and easier than ever before. With Mercedes me connect, connecting with your car is no different. From checking your fuel level to locking your car with your smartphone, we are confident that Mercedes me connect will make your life that little bit easier by providing you with a comprehensive range of services to support you while on the move.

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COE prices close mostly higher in last bidding exercise of the year

SINGAPORE: Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums closed mostly higher in the latest bidding exercise on Wednesday (Dec 19), the last tender for 2018.

The biggest increase was seen in Category A, for cars 1,600cc and below with horsepower not exceeding 130bhp. Premiums closed at S$25,501, an increase from the nine-year low of S$23,568 in the last exercise.

Premiums for larger and more powerful cars in Category B remain the same at S$31,001.

COEs for commercial vehicles, which include goods vehicles and buses, fell to S$27,001 from S$27,009 in the previous bidding exercise.

Motorcycle premiums closed at S$3,789, up from S$3,399 in the last exercise.

Open category COEs, which can be used for any vehicle type but end up being used mainly for large cars, rose to S$31,809 from S$30,851.

​A total of 7,189 bids were received, with a quota of 5,125 COEs available.

MSI R3650-T2D512-OC (Radeon HD 3650 512MB)

ATI's much delayed R600 core and architecture initially failed to convince critics and consumers when it was finally released last year but the company has moved quickly to shrinking the core to 55nm, which resulted in the Radeon HD 3000 series merely six months after the R600's debut. While ATI still had to concede the high-end to NVIDIA, it did slow the worrying erosion of ATI's market share. In fact, the graphics division was doing fairly well as opposed to the company's CPU business.

Early this year, this relatively successful die shrink was extended to the lower and mainstream segments. Christened the Radeon HD 3600 and 3400 series, these new graphics cards are basically 55nm refreshes of the Radeon HD 2600 and 2400 series respectively, with updated specifications that support the latest standards being pushed aggressively by ATI as a way to distinguish its products from its competitor, like Shader Model 4.1 and DirectX 10.1 support . They are also the first ATI products to natively support DisplayPort, the new audio/video display interface that will compete against HDMI.

As you can see from the specifications, the Radeon HD 3650 is exactly like the Radeon HD 2600 XT in terms of its hardware, with the same number of unified shaders and ROPs. The limitations of the older chipset are also evident, like the 128-bit memory bus. On the plus side, the die shrink means there's no longer a need for a power connector due to its lower power draw and in the same vein, ATI's power saving technology, PowerPlay is also present to reduce power consumption during idle. ATI has managed to optimize the core, leading to a slightly smaller transistor count of 378 million. Finally, there's PCIe 2.0 x16 support, making it suitable for newer motherboards, along with CrossFireX support, allowing it to be linked to multiple ATI GPUs of differing speeds.

However, given the similarities in hardware processing power between the Radeon HD 2600 and 3600 series, the lower clock speed of the Radeon HD 3650 does seem to hint that ATI is not that concerned with the performance. Instead, this new SKU appears to be about updating features and bringing the company's mainstream products in line with its existing Radeon HD 3800 series. Are the lower clocks going to severely hurt this SKU? To find out, we'll be looking at a Radeon HD 3650 graphics card from MSI.

AMD 790FX 4-Way Motherboard Roundup

In November last year, AMD officially launched their Spider platform, consisting of the AMD Phenom processor, 790FX core logic chipset and the ATI Radeon HD 3800 series graphics cards. In our launch article , we focused on the technology that was put into the 790FX chipset, and the introduction of the Phenom's new AM2+ socket type. However, you'd probably have noticed that things have still been relatively quiet on the AMD front, even after the high-profile Spider launch worldwide.

We've actually had samples of AMD 790FX motherboards sitting in our labs since then, but a proper review has been long coming due to circumstantial delays in getting all the necessary components to run, such as a working Phenom processor. As more motherboards arrived, and still no processor in sight, it was obvious that we now had enough boards for a comparative roundup instead, effectively killing four birds with one stone. So, when AMD graciously sent us an AMD Phenom 9900 processor, gears were set in motion for some intensive testing of four major AMD 790FX enthusiast motherboards. Our contenders: the ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe, DFI LANParty DK 790FX-M2RS, Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 and MSI K9A2 Platinum.

Special Preview: Samsung Soul

The Soul Within

The U900 or preferably known as the Soul was heavily promoted as part of a major advertising campaign initiated by none other than its maker, Samsung and unveiled in spectacular fashion at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. As we found out, the Soul is Samsung's flagship model for 2008, so it's quite understandable why the Korean giant has placed so much focus on this handset. If you're intrigued by the origins of the Soul's name, here's a little background information:

Soul was named to honor the completion of its successful "Ultra Edition" series.

Soul is an abbreviation of "The Spirit Of Ultra".

Intel's Atom and the Rise of the Netbook

Silverthorne and Diamondville Atomized

Exactly a month back, Intel shared with its partners and the media more information of the Silverthorne codenamed processors - Intel's first purpose-built processor designed solely for ultra mobile computing solutions. On 2nd of March, the company finally christened it as the Intel Atom processor. If you're wondering of its market potential, while niche at the moment, it has a very huge untapped potential in both emerging and mature markets thanks to the kind of devices that the Intel Atom will power. We'll give you a quick rundown with the state of things and why the Atom will be big (pun intended).

For several years, Intel has been capitalizing on their more power-optimized notebook-class processors to be used in smaller and lighter computing solutions (just as how desktop processor designs were scaled to the mobile space in the distant past of the pre-Centrino days). Think of the thin and light notebook solutions and the UMPC solutions to-date; while the notebooks have fared reasonably well in their form factor, the size, build and compute power of a UMPC has been far from practical. Part of the reason lies with the clunky Windows interface and the lack of a leaner Windows operating system that can operate smooth enough with the given UMPC hardware specifications. The other major stumbling block is the hardware powering the UMPC themselves which limit them to their existing chunky size. What they lack is processor that has similar computing capability as the current ultra low voltage processors, but with far lower thermal output and power requirements. The all-new Atom processor is targeted squarely at this segment as this single-core, 512KB L2, HT-enabled, 47-million transistor equipped processor is designed for sub-2W operation.

As mentioned earlier, Silverthorne was the initial codename for the Atom processor but sometime later, Intel also mentioned of Diamondville. This is just a variant of Silverthorne, so both of these core code names belong to the Intel Atom processor family. How they differ is basically the segmentation of products they cater to. Silverthorne processors are really optimized for the lowest power possible (as low as 0.5 watts consumption) and are meant for devices like mobile Internet devices (MID) and other in-your-pocket devices. Diamondville however is more cost optimized and is suitable for UMPC and other low-cost, low-profile notebooks. With their native x86 ISA derived from the Merom architecture, the Atom processors hold the advantage of immediate software compatibility of the mass market as opposed to ARM-based processors and the likes. However the Atom (even considering the Silverthorne variant), is not quite yet the ARM application processor competitor in terms of size and power considerations for the handheld market, but it will eventually get to that stage sometime next year.

Another Centrono Ecosystem for MIDs

In addition to announcing the Atom processors, Intel is also embracing another Centrino brand category solely for pocketable mobile devices such as the MID and to push Intel's branding/architecture into this space. Formerly known as the Menlow platform, it is now the Intel Centrino Atom Processor technology. Chipset details are still sketchy, but we heard that Intel will not willfully enforce its own networking module in this platform and will allow third-party vendors to supply them too. The main reason was to allow OEMs and ODMs to tailor their mobility solutions to cater to varying needs and to hopefully drive up the adoption of the Centrino Atom platform with a little more leniency. Of course, once Intel gains a strong foothold, we can't say if they would still adopt this stance.

While other products like UMPC and compact notebooks may choose to adopt the Intel Atom processors and the Menlow platform, they are quite unlikely to bear the Centrino Atom branding as it was specifically targeted for the MID-class devices.