Teac announces 8x Dual DVD drive — DV-W58GK
Fujitsu releases MHT20xxBH series of 2.5" Serial ATA hard drives
MSI 865PE Neo2-P motherboards for P4 Prescott to arrive in mid-January
Teac announces 8x Dual DVD drive — DV-W58GK
Japanese Teac announced its new Dual DVD drive (8x DVD+R, 4x DVD-R, 2x DVD-RW, 4x DVD+RW, 40x CD-R, 24x CD-RW), DV-W58GK, that is twice as faster comparing to the preceding model.
| Speeds |
Write
8 x DVD+R, 4 x DVD-R, 4 x DVD-RW, 2 x DVD+RW, 40 x CD-R, 24 x CD-RW
Read
12 x DVD-ROM (single layer), 8 x DVD-ROM (dual layer), 6 x DVD-R, DVD+R,
DVD-RW, DVD+RW, 40 x CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-DA (DAE), 32 x CD-RW |
| RPM |
~8200 (40x CAV) |
| Media |
DVD: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video (1/2-layer), DVD±R, DVD±RW
CD: CD-ROM (Mode-1), CD-ROM XA, CD-DA (Audio CD), Video CD, Photo CD (single-/multisession), CD-Extra, CD Plus, CD-Text, CD-R, CD-RW |
| Recordable media |
DVD±R 4.7GB, DVD±RW 4.7GB CD-R 700MB (type 80), 650MB (type 74), CD-RW |
| Throughput |
Programmed I/O: 16.6MB/s (PIO Mode-4 by default)
Burst DMA: 16.6MB/s (MW DMA Mode-2 by default)
Burst UDMA: 33.3MB/s (ULTRA DMA Mode-2 by default) |
| Seek time |
DVD-ROM: 160ms
CD-ROM : 160ms |
| Weight |
900g |
| MTBF |
70,000 hours |
Fujitsu releases MHT20xxBH series of 2.5" Serial ATA hard drives
Today Fujitsu announced three new 2.5" Serial ATA hard drives for its MHT20xxBH series: MHT2040BH, MHT2060BH, and MHT2080BH with 40, 60, 80 GB capacity
Fujitsu MHT20xxBH series brief specs:
| Model |
MHT2040BH |
MHT2060BH |
MHT2080BH |
| Capacity, GB |
40 |
60 |
80 |
| Sector size |
512 bytes |
| RPM |
5400 |
| Average latency |
5.56ms |
| Seek |
Min |
1.5ms |
| Max |
22ms |
| Size |
70x100x9.5mm |
| Weight |
>99g |
| Throughput |
150MB/s. |
| Noise |
28dB (idle) |
| Consumption |
Max |
5W |
| Read/write |
2.3W |
| Idle |
0.85W |
| Stand by |
0.25W |
| Shock protection |
Operating |
225G |
| Non-operating |
900G |
Each drive features fluid bearing and 8MB buffer. As for the Serial ATA, the new models also support NCQ (Native Command Queuing).
First Fujitsu MHT20xxBH solutions are expected in the market in April 2004.
MSI 865PE Neo2-P motherboards for P4 Prescott to arrive in mid-January
The current situation the support of the future Pentium 4 Prescott processors resembles the last Summer, when we witnessed the wave of i845x motherboards guaranteed to support 800MHz similar to the more expensive i865/i875P solutions. However, Prescott requirements differ: first, they need the new CPU ID support by BIOS, second, the compatibility with the new chips´ electrical and thermal parameters. Anyway, according to Voltage Regulator-Down (VRD) 10.0 Design Guide and VRD10.0 Design Guideline Addendum, published by Intel the day before yesterday, it would be hard to surprise makers by something more power-hungry than Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. Judging by this quite:
"System boards supporting Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology operating at 3.06 GHz or higher and processor code named Prescott must have voltage regulator designs compliant to applicable FMB electrical and thermal standards. For Intel Pentium 4 processors, this includes full electrical support of 70 A Icc_max specifications and robust cooling solutions to support 63 A thermal design current (TDC) indefinitely within the envelope of system operating conditions. For processor code named Prescott, this includes full electrical support of 78 A Icc_max specifications and robust cooling solutions to support 68 A thermal design current (VRTDC) indefinitely within the envelope of system operating conditions."
the Prescott family will have significantly lesser appetite than Pentium 4 EE.
The above docs contain lots of useable data, and I think the specialists will be glad to browse them at least. And we now get back to the main theme — the release dates of MSI P motherboard series supporting Prescott solutions, which will be marked by stickers below:
Initially, the family will include 865PE Neo2-PS (standard, Serial ATA), 865PE Neo2-PLS (10/100 LAN, Serial ATA), and 865PE Neo2-PFISR (Gb LAN, IEEE1394, SATA, SATA RAID). Besides, according to this information, MSI 865PE Neo2 should also support Prescott and P4 Extreme Edition processors.
Korean Brainbox also states that shipments of MSI 865PE Neo2-P are to start in mid-January. There´s no prices information at the moment, but I guess they won´t differ much from those of MSI 865PE Neo2.
Source: Brainbox
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