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Elpida´s 512Mb PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM modules pass Intel certification

ATI officially launches RADEON 9600 PRO shipments

SMC Networks sells two new ADSL routers

NEC authentication: a fingerprint and a smart card

RightMark 3D: a new patch and new beta 7



Elpida´s 512Mb PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM modules pass Intel certification

Today Elpida announced the successful verification of its PC2-4200 (533Mbps) DDR2 SDRAM modules by Intel, and informed on readiness for their volume production.


Each of new 512Mb Unbuffered DDR2 SDRAM products — EBE51UD8ABFA-5C – features eight 0.11µm 512Mbit DDR2-533 chips with 1.8V voltage.

In the nearest future Elpida also plans to announce volume production availability of PC2-5400 (667Mbps) modules.

ATI officially launches RADEON 9600 PRO shipments

ATI Technologies officially informed about retail shipments of RADEON 9600 PRO graphics cards.


According to the press release, RADEON 9600 PRO cards are the mainstream <$200 products. As for GPUs, they are made by TSMC using 0.13µm process technology.

If you remember, RADEON 9600 PRO GPU was announced as far back as two months ago, so today ATI just waved the start flag.

SMC Networks sells two new ADSL routers

SMC Networks launched sales of its two new Barricade 4-port broadband routers with integrated ADSL modems. Wired SMC7404BRA and wireless SMC7404WBRA are the all-in-one devices designed for SOHO and mid-size businesses.

SMC7404WBRA specifications:

  • Integrated ADSL router
  • Simultaneous network access for 253 users
  • Four 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports
  • Integrated IEEE 802.11b 11Mbps access point for wireless clients
  • DHCP server for dynamic IP settings management and a DNS server for faster network access
  • Firewall with Stateful Packet Inspection, rights management, intrusion detection and NAT support
  • IPSec-ESP Tunnel mode, L2TP, PPTP
  • Installation over web in any TCP/IP capable OS

SMC7404BRA is the same, but lacks integrated IEEE 802.11b 11Mbps access point for wireless clients.

NEC authentication: a fingerprint and a smart card

NEC Infrontia, a division of NEC, announced its new compact USB authentication system combining a fingerprint sensor and smart card reader, shipments starting in July.


The card reader meets ISO/IEC14443 requirements. The whole system is also packed with NEC´s software. Measured 100x124x104.5mm, it weighs about 350g.

Source: ASCII24

RightMark 3D: a new patch and new beta 7

RightMark3D Beta 7 is released. The project is called to help users estimate graphics card performance and quality in synthetic tests and real apps, i.e. games. Some bugs were fixed. Known issues described in readme.txt file. Patch for previous beta6 is available as well.

Before download, please check the system requirements: This software runs under Windows XP, Windows Me OS. Also the latest MS DirectX9 must be installed. Current version needs MS Excel XP to generate reports successfully.

rm3d_b7_bin.exe (20Mb) — RM3D beta7 executable files and data files.

rm3d_b6_patch.exe (503Kb) — RM3D beta6 patch (requires beta6).

GPU supported and installation instructions are available in the download section.


RightMark3D is an independent non-commercial graphics card testing project developed by iXBT.com. Its open source ensures objectivity of testing.

More details at RightMark3D.org.

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