Sony DRU-530A and DRX-530UL – to meet the New Year with new DVD±R/RW recorders On the problems with Catalyst 3.8 drivers, ATI´s official answer Renesas introduces 1Gb CompactFlash Type I cards Artic Silver 5: new thermal compound from Artic Silver NEC-LCD samples three 21.3 panels for professional use Tyan unveils new dual-way Tiger i7501R (S2735) motherboard for servers Sony Ericsson P900 smartphone officially announced FLX3A and FLX3AW Pocket LOOX PDAs from Fujitsu will hit the market in November Sony DRU-530A and DRX-530UL – to meet the New Year with new DVD±R/RW recorders Sony announced two DVD±R/RW drives with 8x DVD+R recording support. As usual, the company introduced the external DRX-530UL and internal DRU-530A models. The former, supports USB2.0/IEEE1394. As for the sales dates, the model USB/FireWire will arrive to market in this December with MSRP of $350, while the ATAPI will be selling from January 2004 with MSRP of $270. Both models will work under Windows 2000/XP.
![]() ![]() Besides, both will have 2Mb buffers and will support the following recording speeds: 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD-R/DVD+RW, 2x DVD-RW, 40x CD-R, 24x CD-RW. The bundle will include Sonic RecordNow, Sonic DLA, Sonic MyDVD, CyberLink PowerDVD, MUSICMATCH Jukebox. DRU-530A will be sized 14.6x4.1x18.2 cm, DRX-530UL – 16.4x5.3x24.6.
On the problems with Catalyst 3.8 drivers, ATI´s official answer Almost at once after the new Catalyst 3.8 have been released, the Web started circulating the messages about critical graphics cards overheating and even some monitors failure issues caused by drivers. In particular, such posts were seen at Anandtech, The Inquirer, Short Media and NV News.Below are the official comments from Terry Makedon and Chris Hook that work in ATI on Catalyst drivers. This complete official post was taken from DriverHeaven.
We´ll continue examining this situation and will tell you if anything important comes to light.
Renesas introduces 1Gb CompactFlash Type I cards Late in October Renesas Technology is to start selling its new 1Gb CompactFlash Type I cards (HB28J1000CCC). They are based on eight 1Gbit AG-AND chips made by Renesas using multilayer cells technology.
![]() HB28J1000CCC provide up to 10Mb/s thoughput and support the new CFA Standard Version 2.0 (approved in July) that defines up to 16.6Mb/s transfers (PIO Transfer Mode 4). Besides, Renesas announced the development of 5mm thick 4Gb PC-ATA Type II cards (HB28J4000ACH) that are based on 32 x 1Gbit chips and provide the same 10Mb/s throughput. Their volume production is scheduled to Spring 2004.
Artic Silver 5: new thermal compound from Artic Silver Artic Silver announced its new Artic Silver 5 thermal compound. The number 4 was omitted – I guess just like some streets have 13th building numbers left out. And, as you know, number 4 is considered unlucky in some Asian regions.
![]() Anyway, the new Arctic Silver 5 contains microparticles of silver as well as micronized zinc oxide, aluminum oxide and boron nitride. The filling is made of polysynthetic oils. According to the company, during the CPU´s initial use, the compound thins out to enhance the filling of the microscopic valleys and ensure the best physical contact between the heatsink and the CPU core. Then the compound thickens slightly over the next 50 to 200 hours of use to its final consistency designed for long-term stability. Here are some Arctic Silver 5 specs:
Arctic Silver 5 is shipped in 3.5 g and 12 g tubes for $7.95 and $19.95, respectively.
NEC-LCD samples three 21.3 panels for professional use NEC-LCD started shipments of samples of 21.3 TFT LCD-panels, that are exhibited at FPD International 2003. ![]()
The panels are intended for use in computer design and medicine. Tyan unveils new dual-way Tiger i7501R (S2735) motherboard for servers Tyan unveiled its new dual-way Tiger i7501R (S2735) ATX motherboard for Intel Xeon processors. It´s designed for entry- and mid-level rackmount and standalone servers. Tiger i7501R extends the Intel Å7501 family and features Gigabit/Fast Ethernet, Serial ATA/RAID 0 & 1, ATA 100/ATAPI, optional SCSI. It has 6 x DIMM sockets, 2 x PCI-X and 2 x PCI slots and supports up to 12Gb RAM.
![]() This indicates that Tiger i7501R (S2735) differs from the previous Tiger i7501S (S2725; on the photo) by larger memory capacity. I guess i7501R will also have ATI Rage XL graphics integrated. Currently sampling, this novelty will be produced in volumes since November.
Sony Ericsson P900 smartphone officially announced Sony Ericsson officially announced its new Sony Ericsson P900 smartphone that is to become available in European retail in November. P900 bases on the previous P800 and has some "extras" like movie recording.
![]() P900 key specs:
![]() FLX3A and FLX3AW Pocket LOOX PDAs from Fujitsu will hit the market in November Fujitsu announced that two new Pocket LOOX PDAs with Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PC will hit the market in late September, the models are FLX3A and IEEE 802.11b/Bluetooth-supporting FLX3AW. ![]() CPUs used in the PDAs are 400 MHz Intel PXA255; WLAN-supporting model will have 128 MB RAM, 64 MB of flash, FLX3AW – 64 MB RAM. Accumulators used in the solutions are Li-ion, moreover, another model, that provides work time of up to 20 hours is developed. PDAs´ TFT LCD is 3,5", with 240 x 320 resolution (65536 colors). The models will have CF Type II and SD (non-SDIO) slots, IrDA, etc. The solutions are equipped with built-in mono microphone and speaker, as well as stereo headset out. The dimensions of the PDAs are 78 x 17.6 x 135 mm, the basic models´ weight
is 189 g, WLAN supporting device 199 g.
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