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ATI delivers HDTV reception on the PC Do-it-yourself 3-megapixel DSLR from iXBT / Digit-Life: important addition Seagate officially announces 2.5" Savvio HDD series IDF Spring 2004: Intel High Definition Audio, initiatives of Dolby and Microsoft NVIDIA unveils GeForce PCX GPU family for PCI Express cards ATI delivers HDTV reception on the PC HDTV broadcasts can be enjoyed now on the PC with the new HDTV WONDER announced today by ATI Technologies Inc. North American customers will be able to tune in and watch high-definition television (HDTV) programs on the PC without having to purchase an expensive TV that could cost more than $2,000. HDTV in North America offers up to 5.5 times the pixels as standard TV resolution resulting.
 In addition to supporting analog NTSC cable, the HDTV WONDER graphics cards allow consumers to experience the new ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) digital, free-to-air HDTV broadcasts without having to subscribe to cable or satellite subscription services. HDTV WONDER offers the advanced personal video recorder (PVR) enabling consumers to watch, pause and record both analog and HDTV programs. Additionally, HDTV WONDER offers the ability to archive content directly to DVD for personal use.
 HDTV WONDER incorporates ATI´s own NXT2004 VSB/QAM receiver designed to receive off-air DTV signals in a wide variety of signal reception environments. NXT2004 integrates features such as advanced multipath cancellation, tuner control and all-digital carrier recovery circuitry that eliminates the need for any other external components. Starting this spring, HDTV WONDER will be available as a bundled purchase with selected ALL-IN-WONDER graphics cards and separately on ATI´s website followed by broad distribution in retail stores. Additionally, HDTV WONDER will be offered in Hy-Tek´s Tekpanel 300HD and the Tekpanel 370HD, wide-screen all-in-one multimedia computers for home or office.
Do-it-yourself 3-megapixel DSLR from iXBT / Digit-Life: important addition Right after we published about our Do-it-yourself 3-megapixel DSLR, as our Forum at iXBT gathered lots of sceptics. If you remember, the camera features Sony ICX 252 sensor and can work with M39X1/28.8 (GOST1032-72) lenses. In its manual mode the camera can work with almost any lenses designed for rangefinder, reflective and medium-format cameras as well as with microscopes.
 So, addressing all unbelievers that can´t wait until the fully-fledged article is released, here´s a photo gallery with sample images obtained with various lenses. Enjoy :) Seagate officially announces 2.5" Savvio HDD series At IDF Spring 2004 today Seagate officially announced its 2.5" Savvio HDD series designed purely for server systems.
 As I already mentioned, Savvio products are designed for 24x7 operation in server systems. These drives work at 10,000rpm and have up to 1,4 million hours of MTBF
 Savvio key specs:
IDF Spring 2004: Intel High Definition Audio, initiatives of Dolby and Microsoft We can state that Dolby Laboratories and Intel set a new milestone in the PC multimedia features evolution. Two companies launched the joint initiative of advancing sound and entertainment features of modern consumer electronics into personal computers supporting Intel High Definition (HD) Audio. This standard, formerly codenamed Azalia, exists currently as a draft version 0.9 to be finally approved in H2 2004.
 Within its Dolby PC Entertainment Experience initiative Dolby announced the new Integrated Audio Codec Licensing and PC Logo programmes introducing Dolby Surround Sound technologies. Dolby Integrated Audio Codec Licensing will enable audio codec developers to create Intel HD Audio solutions.
 As for Dolby PC Logo, it will enable buyers to purchase PCs supporting the necessary Dolby technologies meeting personalized requirements. HD Audio codecs compatible with Dolby technologies will provide system-level support of Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker, Dolby Digital Live, and Dolby Pro Logic IIx technologies.
 Dolby PC Logo will host the following variants:
  As for Intel High Definition Audio support, already this Spring we should see Microsoft´s new UAA HD Audio Class Driver that will be supported by Intel ICH6 Southbridge and Windows 2000 (SP4), Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE (SP1), Windows Server 2003 Standard, Windows Codename Longhorn, etc. We´ll naturally get back to Intel High Definition Audio as soon as we have more information.
NVIDIA unveils GeForce PCX GPU family for PCI Express cards NVIDIA introduced a new GPU family, GeForce PCX, designed for PCI Express graphics cards. Actually the company "moved" its existing NVIDIA GeForce FX series to PCI Express. GeForce PCX family includes:
 Besides, NVIDIA announced that last week GeForce PCX solutions passed the final validation tests for compatibility with motherboards, chipsets and BIOSes from leading manufacturers.
 GeForce PCX graphics cards are expected in the market in H2 2004 alongside PCI Express 16x motherboards on Alderwood/Grantsdale-class chipsets. Graphics cards will be produced and shipped by NVIDIA´s usual partners: Albatron, AOpen, Anextek, ASUS, Chaintech, Gainward, Gigabyte, Leadtek Research, MSI, Palit Microsystems, Pine, XFX, Prolink, and Sparkle. But actually AOpen already had time to introduce its own Aeolus series based on NVIDIA´s novelties. These include enthusiast Aeolus PCX 5950, performance Aeolus PCX 5750, mainstream Aeolus PCX 5300, and vaue Aeolus PCX 4300.
 So, the first day of IDF Spring 2004 started and, according to our Alexander Vorobyev, the very first keynote speech of Craig Barrett caused the long-anticipated sensation: Yes, Intel´s 64-32 extensions (IA32E) will actually work on the same platform as AMD64 instruction set works on!!
   Please excuse us for such an inconsequent beginning, actually the aforesaid was confirmed only during the question-answer session after the speech alongside other breathtaking news. But you see, we just couldn´t put the similarity of Intel´s and AMD´s 64-bit instructions in the second place. :-) Now let´s introduce some order and start with Craig Barrett´s keynotes. According to it, the primary trend is the digital homes. Just look at the images below:
 
My, this first keynote speech was really rich with hot news! Getting back to the compatibility of Intel´s and AMD´s 64-bit extensions, Barrett marked, in particular, that despite some implementation differences, both platforms will successfully work under the same operating systems. By the moment 64-32 Nocona and Prescott chips are announced, Intel is to also introduce new BIOSes and other system utilities. Besides, Barrett stressed that it was senseless to draw analogies between the new 64-bit extensions and 64-bit Itanium architecture because these were totally different things. Here we pause our live report from IDF Spring 2004, as there´s so many interesting news, we could continue until the evening. Therefore we better publish it "partwise", so stay tuned!
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