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ACARD unveils 16x DVD duplicator controller

Tyan introduces i7221 board for servers on P4 LGA775 CPUs



ACARD unveils 16x DVD duplicator controller

ACARD Technology unveiled its new PCI controller for DVD duplicators, ARS-2033P.

  • Dedicated IDE–IDE duplicator controller
  • Independent IDE channel for higher throughput
  • Support for 3.5" HDD for data storage and prompt backup
  • Firmware upgrades
  • Support for 16x DVD recorders

The controller enables to create systems that can record up to 7 CD/DVD discs from a single source. According to the press release, the controller supports recording onto DVD devices from NEC, Pioneer, SONY, Lite-On, BenQ, etc.

Brief specs:

  • ACARD ATP-867 IDE controller
  • 64 MB DDR SDRAM
  • 2 x LCD displays (16 colors)
  • 2 Mbit firmware flash

Supported drives:

DVD-ROM Speed Comment
ASUS DVD-E616P2 16X 6.8X-12X DVD±R read
LITEON SOHD-167T 16X  
LITEON LTD-166S 16X  
PIONEER DVD-122A 16X  
PIONEER DVD-121 16X  
SONY DDU-1612 16X  

DVD recorder Speed ARS-2033P Comment
ACTIMA ADRW-HOOP 4X OK DVD+RW/+R
ASUS DRW-1604P 16X 12X 1-7
16X1-5
DVD±R/RW
Dual Layer
ASUS DRW-0804P 8X OK DVD±R/RW
BENQ DW1620A 16X 12X 1-7
16X1-5
DVD±R/RW
Dual Layer
BENQ DW1610A 16X 12X 1-7
1 6X 1-5
DVD±R/RW
BENQ DW1600A 16X 12X 1-7
16X1-5
DVD+RW/+R
Dual Layer
BENQ DW830A 8X OK DVD±R/RW
Dual Layer
BENQ DW822A 8X OK DVD±R/RW
BENQ DW800A 8X OK DVD+RW/+R
F/W: B2xx plus only
BTC DRW1008IM 8X OK DVD±R/RW
LITEON SOHW-1213S 12X OK DVD±R/RW
LITEON SOHW-812S 8X OK DVD-R/RW
LITEON LDW-851S 8X OK DVD±R/RW
LG GSA-4082B 8X OK DVD±R/RW
NEC ND-2510A 8X OK DVD±R/RW
Dual Layer
NEC ND-2500A 8X OK DVD±R/RW
PIONEER DVR-A08
PIONEER DVR-108
16X 12X1-7
16X1-5
DVD±R/RW
Dual Layer
PIONEER DVR-107
PIONEER DVR-A07
8X OK DVD±R/RW
PLEXTOR PX-712A 12X OK DVD±R/RW
PLEXTOR PX-708A 8X OK DVD±R/RW
SONY DRU-530A 8X OK DVD±R/RW

Tyan introduces i7221 board for servers on P4 LGA775 CPUs

Tyan Computer introduced adaptable platform for 1-way rackmount servers — Tomcat i7221 (S5150) — based on Intel E7221 Copper River chipset (Pentium 4 Prescott LGA775).

  • Chipset:
    • E7221 Northbridge
    • ICH6R Southbridge
  • Dual-channel, DDR333/400 SDRAM DIMM, up to 4 GB of unbuffered ECC/non-ECC
  • Expansion slots:
    • PCI-X 64-bit 133/100/66 MHz
    • Proprietary 200-pin SO-DIMM
    • PCI Express, PCI-X, PCI
    • 32-bit 33 MHz PCI 2.3 slot
  • I/O
    • HDD
    • 4 x USB 2.0 in 2 headers
    • 1 x COM header
    • 1 x LPT header
  • Backpanel I/O
    • PS/2 keyboard and mouse
    • 2 x USB 2.0
    • 15-pin D-Sub
    • 1 x COM
    • 2 x RJ45 10/100/1000 Base-T
  • Integrated PCI IDE (ICH6R)
  • 1 channel for 2 devices
  • Up to 4 x ATA-100/66/33 devices
  • SATA (ICH6R)
  • 4 x SATA host controllers
  • RAID 0,1
  • 8-bit graphics in MCH
  • LAN (2 GbE), 2 x Broadcom BCM5751 PCI Express with ASF 2.0
  • ATX form-factor, 304.8x243.8 mm

As far as I know "adaptable" means a set of expansion boards, including:

4-port TARO SATA board 1-channel TARO RAID board
2-channel TARO RAID board

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