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Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott) stepping E-0, LGA775 goes on sale in Korea Computex 2004: Tyan Thunder K8QS Pro (S4882) board for 4 x Opteron 800 series processors Nokia 3220: a new model to play with light BFG Tech to launch official sales of overclocked GeForce 6 series cards Computex 2004: BenQ GPRS/Wi-Fi and 16x DVD recorder ULi and Transmeta release new Southbridge, M1563S Computex 2004: Hitachi introduces liquid cooling system for barebones SMART Modular announces Bluetooth 1.1 RS-232 adapter Computex 2004: XGI unveils Volari PCIE AOpen MVP — yet another multimedia player Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott) stepping E-0, LGA775 goes on sale in Korea Intel changed the stepping of Prescott from D-0 to E-0. As for the changelog, it includes:
More details are promised on July 14, 2004. The following processors are affected:
According to Korean Say25.com, 3.60GHz Pentium 4 LGA775 and respective i915P (Grantsdale) motherboard went on sale in the local market. Though I doubt there´s many of them, judging by "Intel Confidential" line on the chip. Seems like a sample delivered to one of their local labs.
  Computex 2004: Tyan Thunder K8QS Pro (S4882) board for 4 x Opteron 800 series processors At Computex 2004 Tyan showcased a sample of the Thunder K8QS Pro (S4882) motherboard for 4 x AMD Opteron processors of 800 series. The volume production of Thunder K8QS Pro (S4882) is scheduled to Q3 2004.
 Board specs:
Nokia 3220: a new model to play with light Nokia announced the new 3220 mobile handset encased into semi-transparent Xpress-On Fun Shell with white backlight that embodies Nokia´s new initiative — Light Messaging. The model will go on sale in Europe for €250.
 The essence of Light Messaging is that on receiving a Flash Message (Class 0 SMS) from a compatible device, the handset LEDs will start emit light signals in fixed intervals, so if you quickly move the phone left to right and back, you will see a readable text "in the air" (this old trick bases on our vision inertia and is also used in some illuminated boards). Nokia 3220 also supports Java MIDP 2.0, has 128x128 display, 640x480 camera, xHTML browser, and SwampRacer an AirExpress games. According to Nokia, 3220 owners will be able to play the Survivor game (named after the TV show). Note that Xpress-on Fun Shell with backlight and joystick is not included into basic €250. Nokia 3220 will go on sale this Summer in two variants: GSM 900/1800/1900MHz for Europe and Asia and GSM 850/1800/1900 MHz for Americas.
BFG Tech to launch official sales of overclocked GeForce 6 series cards Alexander Vorobiev, the editor of our 3D graphics section, informed us about a new initiative of BFG Technologies. This company is going to introduce three new graphics cards on NVIDIA GeForce 6 series GPUs:
Naturally, "OC" stands for nothing else, but overclocking. To some extent it´s a paradox, as some companies only start selling "standard" versions, while BFG already announces overclocked solutions.
Computex 2004: BenQ GPRS/Wi-Fi and 16x DVD recorder At Computex 2004 BenQ, that specializes in contract shipments and sells handsets under own brand in South Eastern Asia only, showcased its new P50 smartphone that along with GPRS supports IEEE 802.11b.
 The device is designed for GSM 850/1900 MHz ranges and therefore will be aimed at Northern America. It also supports IrDA, Bluetooth, USB, Java, WAP 2.0 and has 2.8" display and 1.3mp camera.
 Besides, BenQ showcased and launched shipments of 16x DVD recorder, DW1600, also supporting dual-layer recording at 2.4x.
ULi and Transmeta release new Southbridge, M1563S Transmeta and ULi Electronics released the new ULi M1563S Southbridge with almost the same features, as M1563 has. According to the companies, this 23x23mm novelty and recently announced 21x21mm Efficeon TM8620 will enable to create highly integrated, but powerful enough systems. The volume production is to start this month.
 These are the brief Southbridge features:
Computex 2004: Hitachi introduces liquid cooling system for barebones At Computex 2004 Hitachi introduced liquid cooling system for barebones (SFF) that was demonstrated on a Shuttle barebone.
 According to Hitachi, the novelty should be enough to cool a 115W Prescott. The experimental system will be able to dissipate heat of up to 150W at 34dBA noise (for Prescott it would be about, but less than 28dBA). To avoid any installation problems the system will be shipped fuelled and sealed.
 SMART Modular announces Bluetooth 1.1 RS-232 adapter SMART Modular Technologies announced Bluetooth 1.1-compatible RS-232 designed for industrial, medical, etc. applications. The model has a built-in antenna, patched configuration utility, Bluetooth stack.
 SMART RS-232 works in 30m radius and automatically adjusts to a power supply (5.0~13.6Vą10% DC) that enables to power it from either connector or external source. Peak throughput is 200Kbps, consumed current is 150mA during continuous operation (100-120mA typical). Standby current is 1mA.
Computex 2004: XGI unveils Volari PCIE At Computex Taipei 2004 XGI Technology unveiled the new Volari graphics card family. Similar to ATI and NVIDIA products, the new Volari generation supports PCI Express and HDTV.
 Volari PCIE features:
 If you remember, XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra high-end products feature two GPU cores, but the PCI Express series will also include middle and low-end solutions (Volari V3XT).
AOpen MVP — yet another multimedia player AOpen announced the new Solution Products device, MVP audio/video player supporting image browsing and connectable to TV, monitor or projector. The model support all popular types of flash media and features a 2.5" HDD. It´s also bundled with a remote control.
The player is to go on sale on June 21 with MSRP of €129
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