Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 02:13 AM CEST - Sep,24 2003
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- AMD Touts Power Athlon 64 Chip for Media, Games - As I
already
mentioned today AMD today showed off PC games and home networking
technology using its
new Athlon 64 processor that the chip maker hopes will steal a lead on
much larger rival Intel Corp. AMD unveiled four Athlon 64 processors targeted
at desktop and notebook computers ranging from $417 to $733. Another story can
be found
here.
- Intel's Newest P4 Challenges Athlon 64 - Systems running AMD's new
high-end
Athlon 64 FX-51 processor outperformed a test system using Intel's
as-yet-unpriced processor on most tests. Additional test results of the new
AMD Athlon 64 are also available. While it didn't best AMD's top chip in
early tests, the new P4 HT EE, which was announced last week at the Intel
Developer Forum, makes for a much closer race. Intel's new CPU did outperform
PCs running today's fastest P4 chip on all tests. It also outran a system with
AMD's new mainstream processor, the Athlon 64 3100+, in some tests.
- Windows for 64 bits - Microsoft today announced the availability of
a beta, or preliminary, version of its Windows XP operating system
designed for desktop computers running the new AMD Athlon 64-bit
microprocessor, as opposed to a standard 32-bit microprocessor.
- Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz Extreme Edition - By taking an
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz CPU and adding 2 MB L3 cache, the result is an
extreme CPU. Intel probably thought of that when naming it, as the name is
"Extreme Edition". Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz Extreme Edition is a Pentium 4 3.2
GHz with an additional 2 MB L3 cache. According to Intel itself, it's targeted
at the gaming and enthusiast market, which sounds good, but how much of a
difference does the extra L3 cache really do? And is this a CPU capable of
holding on to the performance lead for Intel until Prescott is launched?
- Patchwork design may give speedier chips - Sun researchers led by
Ivan Sutherland have developed
a simple prototype system capable of transferring 21.6 billion bits of data
per second. The Sun team says "capacitive coupling" could eventually be
used to transfer a trillion bits of data per second. The fastest desktop
computer can transfer data at about 50 billion bits per second.
- Nvidia Unveils Graphics Chip for Handhelds - Looking to break away
from its traditional PC graphics market, Nvidia introduced on Tuesday its
first
graphics chip designed to be used in handheld devices such as mobile
phones and personal digital assistants. The GoForce 2150 was unveiled at the
Computex exhibition in Taipei, which runs through September 26. Smaller than a
fingernail, the GoForce 2150 includes a 64-bit 2-D graphics controller and
supports more than 70 different display interfaces, including TFT, LCD, and
OLED screens with a resolution of up to 320 pixels by 480 pixels, Nvidia said
in a statement.
- Taiwanese optical disc makers present 8x speed DVD-R/+R at Computex -
Ritek, CMC Magnetics (CMC) and Prodisc Technology, Taiwan's three
first-tier optical storage disc makers,
all presented their new 8x speed DVD-R and DVD+R discs at Computex.
Ritek displayed 52x CD-RW and 4x DVD+RW drives, thumb drives and card readers,
while CMC showcased its LCD TVs, portable MPEG-4 players and DVD recorders. In
addition to selling the products under its Teon brand in the local market, CMC
will also seek business with OEM clients in the US and Europe, according to
the company. In addition,
BenQ presented its 8x DVD-Dual drive, the DW800A, at Computex yesterday.
The new product, at a suggested retail price of about NT$12,000, allows 8x
DVD+R and 4x DVD+RW writing, 12x DVD-ROM reading, 24x CD-R and 10x CD-RW
writing and 40x CD-ROM reading.
- T-Mobile First in Line for Nokia N-Gage - Deutsche Telecom's
T-Mobile International division Tuesday said it will be
the first carrier in the U.S. to offer the new Nokia N-Gage platform with
an complimentary wireless plan. In a promotion starting October 7,
T-Mobile said it will offer the online gaming platform for $299 including a
charger, rechargeable battery, stereo headset and USB cable. The wireless
carrier is also offering free wireless game play for 30 days and a combined
total of $50 worth of free voice and text messaging. The provider said its
regular unlimited access package for N-Gage starts at $9.99 per month.
- PalmSource touts OS 6 features - Version 6.0, code-named
Sahara,
will be launched Dec. 29, PalmSource said Monday at the PalmSource
Developer Conference in Munich, Germany. The operating system will continue to
be marketed alongside the current OS 5, with OS 6 aimed at higher-end devices.
- Hush Debuts Fanless Pentium 4 PC - Good looks and
near-silent operation don't come cheap, though. The Hush ATX, which will
be available at the end of October, is priced starting from $1204 and doesn't
include a monitor or a keyboard, according to Stuart Brown, the company's
founder.
- Abit Protects PC Health - Abit Computer wants to make the task of
keeping PCs healthy and running smoothly a bit easier. To do this, the company
has begun building a microcontroller,
called µGuru, onto some motherboard models to improve system monitoring
without draining resources from the processor, Abit spokesperson Janet
Webskowski said Tuesday at the Computex exhibition in Taipei. The first ATX
boards (which measure 9.7 by 12.0 inches) to incorporate the new chip are on
display at the show, which runs through September 26.
- Lite-On LDW-401S DVD+R(W) review -
Is the LDW-401S the best solution for you? It's hard to say. If you don't
need to write to DVD-R/RW media, the LDW-401S is an excellent choice. However,
if you're looking for the flexibility a dual format DVD writer offers, you
might be better off with a drive like the Sony DRU-510A, Plextor PX-708A or if
you're on a budget, Lite-On's new DVD+RW, the LDW-411S.
- CDFreaks' CD and DVD media database - More and more
people start to
understand the importance of using quality media. Not only are there more
and more reports of people who have lost data because the use of cheap and low
quality media, also compatibility becomes more and more an issue with DVD
recorders. You can now
search by
drive model or firmware, media speed/brand/maker or even ATIP numbers and
searching for multiple items will give more specific results.
- Bart's PE Builder 3.0.13 Beta -
Bart's PE Builder helps you build a bootable Window CD-Rom or DVD from
Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 very suitable for PC maintenance tasks.
- Opera 7.20 Final -
Opera Software today unleashed the final Opera 7.20 (download
w/o
Java /
with
Java) for Windows, making the latest in Web technology available for the
millions of users in need of a better browser. This version fine-tunes speed
and performance, adds support for bidirectional languages such as Arabic and
Hebrew, and lets users of the ad-sponsored version choose to receive either
relevant text-based ads served by Google or generic graphical ads.
- HyperSnap-DX 5.30.00 -
HyperSnap-DX 5 (download)
is a screen capture and image editing tool for MS Windows. It captures screens
from standard desktop programs and even those hard-to-grab DirectX, Direct3D,
3Dfx Voodoo and Glide mode games.
- Nero Burning ROM 5.5 and 6.x patches - Today
Ahead released two new patches
for the critical buggy Version of
Nero
6.00.15 and
5.5.10.50. These patches seem to fix a bug that Nero had with the Plextor
PX-708A drive which caused the drive not to finalize a DVD recording session
properly.
- Foobar2000 0.7 -
Foobar2000 is an
advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features
include ReplayGain support, low memory footprint and native support for
several popular audio formats.
- XPlayer 2.2.7.1 -
XPlayer is a
extremely fast and light-weight multimedia player that plays back all types of
media files, which include avi, mpg, asf, wmv, wav, mp3.
- X-BIOS Editor v1.0.3 Build 520 RC3 -
BIOS Editor (formerly NVIDIA BIOS Editor) enables you to change the
sign-on message text & color, GPU & memory clocks, hidden features like SBA
(Side Band Addressing) and much more. This program will support all BIOSes
from TNT2 and up to Ti 500. Except TNT and TNT2 with old version of Control
Block (less than version 3).
- Kiss Technology DP-450/DP-500 Firmware 2.7.1 - KiSS Technology have
updated their
firmware to version 2.7.1 for the following DVD / DivX players: DP-450 and
DP-500.
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