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Radeon X700:
inexpensive base for gaming cards.
ATI has released a new graphics chip, Radeon X700, which is
positioned as a basis for gaming cards mean level. Manufactured
by 0. 11 process technology, Radeon X700 contains 8 pixel and 6
vertex pipelines, technology supports Shader Model 2. 0b and
3Dc. Number of transistors on a chip - 110 million is
anticipated that manufacturers will produce several versions of
graphics cards based on X700: basic, X700 Pro and X700 XT.
According to preliminary data, all versions will include all
the conveyors, vary will be frequency chip and memory. Also,
the version XT will be supplied with memory DDR3, and
the rest - with the usual DDR. Approximate
Price charts X700 XT and X700 Pro is about $ 199, and the base
model will cost $ 149
On a number of foreign websites are already published reviews
and test the Radeon X700.
AMD has started deliveries of 90 nm
processors.
"Without the noise and dust" AMD began shipping
desktop processors made on 90
nm process technology. According to
information published on this site AMD,
we are talking about the Athlon 64 with a rating of 3800 +,
3700 + 3500 + 3400 + 3200 + 3000 + designed for Socket 754.
Clock speed of these processors lies in the ranging from 1. 8
to 2. 4 GHz. Recall Some time ago AMD announced the
availability of 90 nm process and began supplying mobile
processors manufactured on 90 nm standards.
Mobile Athlon 64 3000 + with a low
power consumption.
AMD has officially announced the release of the CPU Mobile
Athlon 64 3000 + with low power consumption. This chip
fabricated on 90 nm technology works
at 2 GHz, contains 512 KB of cache second level, running at full
frequency, and is equipped with single-channel memory
controller DDR. Power consumption is 35 Tues The processor is
positioned for use in thin and light notebooks. AMD claims the
immediate availability of new processors. First
notebook, made on the Mobile Athlon 64
3000 +, will appear, Acer Ferrari
3400, which will appear in retail,
tentatively in late September - early
October. Recall, a senior mobile processor line Intel Pentium
M, is also designed for thin and light notebooks clocked at 2
GHz and is equipped with 2 MB of cache. For manufacturing
Intel Pentium M 2 GHz is used 90 nm
technology.
Western Digital releases new
external drives.
Western Digital announced the expansion of
line of external hard drives, WD DualOption and WD Essential,
which can be connected as a computer-based x86
architecture and to the Apple Macintosh. New models with 80,
120, 160, 200 and 250 GB have a spindle speed of 7200 rpm and
use the USB interface 2. 0. Model of Dual-Option comes with
specialized software Dantz Retrospect Express, which allows you
to backup Data as on-demand and on schedule. And the WD
Dual-Option, and WD Essential feature On / Off button, which is
located on the front panel, and backlight button changes color
depending on the current state of the drive.
Western Digital extends a one-year
warranty on new external hard drives.
Transmeta Efficeon TM8800 -
finally 90 nm!
The company Transmeta, once done a
while a lot of noise issue Crusoe, announced
of readiness for the start of commercial shipments of the
processor Efficeon TM8800, manufactured on 90 nm technology.
Current version operate at a clock frequency of 1. 6 GHz
but Transmeta promised by year's end to release a model with a
frequency of 2 GHz. The chips are manufactured in factories
Fujitsu Electronics in Japan. Efficeon processors designed for
thin mobile computers tablets and other portable devices.
Their architecture is specifically designed to
the requirements to minimize power consumption. In this case
supports the Efficeon wide range of modern extensions,
including instructions MMX, SSE and SSE2, and
technology to protect the memory of the execution
NX-bit, which is in the interpretation of Transmeta
called AntiVirusNX. As used HyperTransport System Bus 400 MHz.
New All-In-Wonder from ATI
ATI has released a new multimedia processor All-In-Wonder,
which uses graphics chip Radeon X800 XT, which, recall, has 16
rendering pipelines. Map All-In-Wonder X800 XT is equipped with
TV / FMtyunerom, interfaces, D-Sub and DVI-I, an analog video
input and output. The kit Delivery included remote
management, working in radio.
The software included with the
device that allows you to capture
video, supports time shift, tv
on demand, can impose various
filters. It is expected that the retail
Sales All-In-Wonder X800 XT will appear in the
late autumn at a price of around $ 500. Later
partner companies ATI, such as HIS,
Sapphire, Tul and others, will begin deliveries of similar
models under its own brand mark.
Samsung has started production
DRAM on 90 nm technology
Samsung has announced the production of DDR chips on 90 nm
process technology using 300 mm wafers. Capacity of the chip is
512 Mbit supply voltage - 2. 5, frequency - 333
and 400 MHz. According to Samsung, the chips are already
were successfully tested the largest developers. It is expected
that the transition from the previously used 100-nm process at
90 nm will allow Samsung to increase production
40%. While the new process technology is applied
for the production of memory DDR. For information on when
will begin production of DDR-II using this technology has not
yet been reported.
IDF: CE-ATA interface for
Storage Pocket PCs
and consumer electronics
At the Intel Developer Forum was
launched the development program
a new interface for data storage
taking into account the specific requirements of handheld and
consumer electronics devices. New program will lead a
corporation Intel, the company Hitachi Global Storage
Technologies, Marvell Semiconductor Company Inc., The company
Seagate Technology and the company Toshiba America Information
Systems.
CE-ATA interface has several advantages. Manufacturers of
hard drives with a small form factor will benefit interface
specifically designed for such devices to optimize the design
of disk drives. Hardware manufacturers devices and system
integrators as well will benefit from the new interface is
provided by small number of contacts, low operating
voltage and effective protocol. Design specifications will be
completed by the end of the first half of 2005, and
the first devices supporting the new
technology will have a few
months thereafter. The new program is organized and carried out
the same way as was organize and conduct the program
Serial ATA. The basic requirements: adequate average data
transfer rate maximum efficiency.
IDF: The standards for transmission
multimedia
As part of IDF, Intel demonstrated a new technology that will
be used to the concept of the digital home. Intel, jointly with
Digital 5, Netgear and RealNetworks, has developed technologies
for digital media adapters that enable consumers to transfer
the protected multimedia content with PC to other devices in
the home network. In Specifically, Adapters Netgear DMA, using
the middleware, Digital 5, became the first platform to enable
broadcast footage of RealNetworks through
compound DTCP-IP. Protocol Support
DTCP-IP allows users to upload
movies on their PCs and over a secure connection, send them to
different devices at home for viewing. Minutes of DTCP-IP, the
release of which was announced in 2003 year, was jointly
developed by the corporation Intel and the companies,
Matsushita Electric, Toshiba, Hitachi and Sony to protect
multimedia content transmitted over wired and wireless networks
in the digital home.
