LaCie to ship new 4x DVD±RW
VTV-101 Watch TV: 1.5", 55g — intimate contact
Soltek introduces EQ3801 barebone on NVIDIA nForce3-250Gb
Infineon samples 2GB planar registered DDR2 SDRAM DIMM
LaCie to ship new 4x DVD±RW
This month LaCie is to launch shipments of new portable DVD±RW drives designed by Porsche Design. The novelties support 4x recording and feature FireWire/USB 2.0 interfaces.
LaCie Slim DVD±RW Drive will be bundled with DVDMax Player 2.0 and Roxio Easy CD Creator 6.2 and will cost about €205 in Europe.
VTV-101 Watch TV: 1.5", 55g — intimate contact
We´ve already mentioned that NH Japan developed a miniature on-wrist TV set and showcased its sample at CES 2004. These days we got to know some more details. It turns out that VTV-101 device will go on sale in Japan already early in May.
VTV-101 is sized just 45.7x49.7x18.2mm weighing just 55g. In its upper part the device features a tiny monochrome LCD clock, while below it is a 1.5" 280x220 TN LCD television display (22.2x29.5mm). Besides, the device utilizes Sony´s tiny TV tuner with automatic and manual channel search features. The novelty utilizes earphones cable as an antenna. The built-in Li-Ion battery provides up to 2-hour operation.
The on-wrist TV set is expected to cost about ¥19,800 ($190).
Source: PC Watch
Soltek introduces EQ3801 barebone on NVIDIA nForce3-250Gb
Soltek Computer officially introduced its EQ3801 barebone on NVIDIA nForce3-250Gb for AMD Athlon 64 processors that features the following:
| Chassis |
Soltek Mini Barebone Systems "QBIC" Series |
 |
| Model |
EQ3801 Series |
| Size |
21.5x33x20cm |
| Front panel |
Reflective/aluminium |
| Body material |
Aluminium (black/white/silvery) |
| Front-panel I/O |
S/PDIF-out, headphones-out, mic-in, 2 x USB 2.0/1.1, 1 x IEEE1394a |
| Back-panel I/O |
2 x COM, optional parallel port, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, 4 x USB 2/0/1.1 (2 more headers onboard), Fast Ethernet 1/10/100/1000Mbps LAN, line-in/out, Front Surround-Out, Subwoofer-Out, Rear, Surround-Out, 1x IEEE1394a |
| PSU |
250W PFC |
| Drive bays |
2 x 5.25", 2 x 3.5" |
| Motherboard |
SL-B9A-FGR (EQ3801) |
 |
| Model |
SL-B9A-FGR |
| Form-factor |
Mini (180x270mm2) |
| Processor |
AMD Athlon64 Processor (Socket 754) |
| Chipset |
NVIDIA nForce 3 250Gb |
| Memory |
2 x sockets for DDR 400/333 |
| IDE |
2 x ATA-133/100 channels |
| Expansion slots |
1xAGP (AGP 8X), 1xPCI |
| Audio |
C-Media CMI8768 Plus 8-channel AC´97 Audio |
| LAN |
Gigabit Ethernet |
| RAID |
0, 1, 0+1 |
Infineon samples 2GB planar registered DDR2 SDRAM DIMM
Infineon Technologies started sampling 2GB DDR2 planer Registered DIMM modules based on 512Mbit DDR2 SDRAM 60-pin FBGA chips. Before modules of over 1GB capacities have utilized stacked components technology, but Infineon now offers modules with single-crystal components being 4.1mm thick.
According to experts, 2GB novelties should become the most preferable for server builders. iSuppli informs that middle-range and high-end server markets will grow from 800,000 units in 2003 to about 1 million in 2006 at about 9% yearly growth rate.
2GB Registered DIMM Infineon modules feature 36 x single-crystal 512Mbit DDR2 SDRAM components that meet JEDEC requirements, i.e. provide 400 and 533 Mbps throughput. PC2-3200 and PC2-4300 modules are organized as 256 Mbit x 72 (2 Rank x4) and are available for about $700 and $910, respectively. According to the press release, the volume production is scheduled to H2 2004.
Considering the novelties, Infineon´s DDR2 SDRAM DIMM family includes 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB (all planar) and 4GB (stacked) modules.
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