SiS unveils SiSM661FX notebook chipset supporting 800MHz FSB and DDR400

Sony publishes specs of new PSP pocket gaming console

OCZ announces copper mini-heatsinks

TEAC releases 4X DVD±RW — DV-W50D

Dell Latitude X300 and Inspiron 300m: new subnotebooks on 1.2GHz LV Pentium M

SiS unveils SiSM661FX notebook chipset supporting 800MHz FSB and DDR400

The memory controller supports up to 2 unbuffered DIMM DDR400 or 3 unbuffered DIMM DDR400/DDR333/DDR266.

Brief specs:

• AGP8X/4X
• SiS MuTIOL
• DX9 support
• RAID 0, 1, JBOD support
• 8 x USB2.0 ports
• Fast Ethernet/Home Networking Controller
• 2 x IDE channels, ATA 133/100
• 6 x PCI slots
• LPC 1.1
• Integrated keyboard/mouse controller

Sony publishes specs of new PSP pocket gaming console

At PlayStation Meeting that took place yesterday in Tokyo Sony introduced specs of PSP, a new pocket gaming console soon to be released. Aside from video and audio playback features, known since E3, all specs were demonstrated for the first time.

Sony PSP specs:

• Media: UMD (Universal Media Disc) – 60mm diameter, 660nm laser wavelength, 1.8Gb dual-sided capacity, 11 Mbps throughput, ROM (AES) protection, unique Disc ID.
• PSP CPU: 32-bit MIPS R4000 core, 128-bit bus, 1-333MHz clock speed at 1.2V, 8Mb eDRAM, I-Cache / D-Cache, FPU, 2.6GFlops VFPU (Vector Unit), extended 3D-CG instruction set
• PSP Media Engine: 32-bit MIPS R4000 core, 128-bit bus, 1-333MHz clock speed at 1.2V, 2Mb eDRAM, I-Cache / D-Cache, 90nm process, CMOS
• PSP Graphics Core: 3D Curved Surface + 3D Polygon, compressed textures, hardware clipping, morphing, hardware tesselation, Bezier, B-Spline (NURBS); 4õ4 / 16õ16 / 64õ64; Rendering Engine + Surface Engine, 256-bit bus, 1-166MHz at 1.2V, 2Mb VRAM (eDRAM), 5.3Gb/s, 664Mpixel/s, up to 33 million polygon/s; 24-bit Full Color RGBA
• PSP Sound Core: programmable DSP, 128-bit bus, 166MHz at 1.2V, 5 billion ops, 3D Sound, multiple channels, synthesizer, effects
• AVC decoder: AVC (H.264)
• Connectivity: Wireless LAN 802.11, IrDA
• Memory Stick slot
• USB2.0 ports

The final console design hasn´t been published yet, but in general controls will resemble PlayStation 2. PSP will debut about Q4 2004. It´s still early for pricing, but they say it would be about $160-250. For the first time PSP is expected at the next E3.

Meanwhile the first photos (or fakes) have already been launched into the web:

OCZ announces copper mini-heatsinks

TEAC releases 4X DVD±RW — DV-W50D

Drive specs:

• Interface: IDE/ATAPI
• DVD write: 4X DVD+R, CLV; 2.4X DVD+RW CLV, 4X DVD-R, CLV; 2X DVD-RW, CLV;
• DVD read: 12X DVD-ROM, CAV; 6X DVD-R/-RW, CAV; 6X DVD+R/+RW, CAV;
• CD write: 16X CD-R, CLV; 10X CD-RW, CLV (High Speed);
• CD read: 32X, CAV;
• DVD seek time: 160ms
• CD seek time: 150ms
• Buffer: 2Mb
• Write modes: Track at Once; Disk at Once; Multi-Session
• Compatibility: 8/12cm discs; Audio CD; CD-ROM Mode-1;Mode-2 (Form 1, Form 2); CD-ROM XA; CD-R; CD-RW; Video-CD; CD Extra/CD Plus; CD-I; CD-DA; CD-ROM; CD-TEXT; DVD-ROM, single/dual layer; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD-R; DVD-RW
• MSRP: $279.99

Dell Latitude X300 and Inspiron 300m: new subnotebooks on 1.2GHz LV Pentium M

Dell introduced two new subnotebooks: Latitude X300 and Inspiron 300m. Both are based on Intel Centrino with optional MediaBase station and D-Family module for devices like DVD+RW drives or the hard drives as well as external D/Bay providing USB2.0 connectivity for external devices.

Latitude X300 (<$1599) bases on 1.2GHz LV Pentium M, Intel 855GM chipset; features 12.1" XGA (1024x768) LCD display, PRO/Wireless 2100 (802.11b) interface, 20Gb (up to 60Gb) HDD, 128Mb (up to 1152Mb) DDR SDRAM PC2100, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD/CD-RW drive, IEEE1394 port, 2 x USBx2.0 ports, Type I/II slot, 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN, 56K2 v.92 modem, built-in stereo speakers (with an external suybwoofer jack), Windows XP Pro SP1 / XP Home SP1 / 2000 SP3. Sized 274.3x233.7x20.3mm, it weighs about 1kg.

Inspiron 300m ($1599) bases on 1.2GHz LV Pentium M (Intel 855GM), 12.1" XGA (1024x768) LCD, PRO/Wireless 2100 (802.11b), 30Gb HDD, 256Mb DDR PC2100, DVD/CD-RW drive, a number of interfaces and ports, Windows XP Home SP1.

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