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 Friday Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 01:53 PM CET - Feb,28 2003
  • Microsoft, EA reportedly mull bids for Sega  - Microsoft and Electronic Arts are separately exploring the possibility of buying all or part of Japanese video-game maker Sega, according to a published report.
  • Intel To Overhaul PC With "Grantsdale" Chipset - Grantsdale will likely be Intel's most significant chipset revision in almost a decade, hearkening back to chipsets like the Opti 4165 and Intel Saturn, which helped usher in the PCI bus in 1995; and the Intel 440LX, Intel's first AGP-enabled chipset, which launched in 1997. Meanwhile, Intel's OEMs have asked the company for its "Granite Peak" initiative, which limits the number of driver revisions to one every six months, making the launch of each new chipset even more significant.  According to a confidential Intel roadmap obtained by ExtremeTech, the Grantsdale chipset will support the LGA 775 socket used by the Tejas processor. More importantly, the chipset will also serve as a transition between the Tejas and Prescott processors, supporting both. The chipset will support both a 533-MHz and 800-MHz front-side bus, although Prescott's 800-MHz bus will be approximately six to nine months old at the time.
  • Nintendo may use Matrix's 3D memory - Nintendo has invested $15 million in Matrix Semicondcutors Inc., which has developed a non-volatile 3D memory, Matrix said this week. As an alternative memory for mask ROM on the Game Boy platform, 3D memory will have to compete less expensive memories such as P2ROM supplied by Oki Electric Co., Ltd.
  • ATI to Launch R350 and RV350 Within Next 30 Days!  - During the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium ATI Technologies' Vice President of Engineering, Dr. Dave Rolston, who is based just near the headquarters of the arch-rival NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, California, confirmed that the company intends to launch its high-end R350 and mainstream RV350 graphics processors within the next 30 days.
  • RV280 is Radeon 9200 - According to TheInquirer, ATI recently renamed its Radeon 8500 generation of cards, codenamed R250, to Radeon 9100. This is not the first time either. ATI did a similar thing when they renamed the original Radeon to Radeon 7200 while back.
  • Samsung Syncmaster 191n 19" TFT LCD Monitor Review - The unit sports some relatively decent specs, 25ms response which seems to be the norm these days. We see a 500:1 contrast ratio and a brightness level of 250cd/m2. The contrast ratio seems to be the only real change between the 171n and the 191n in terms of screen performance. With that said, the only real difference between the two is the larger screen area, a better contrast ratio, and a few additional features which we will discuss next.
  • Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun Interview - Digitimes.com has posted an interview with Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun, as he talks about GeForce FX chips.
  • 3DGPU Editorial: The Pipeline Controversy - There's been a lot of confusion and controversy within the last few days regarding the architecture and number of pipelines on the GeForce FX chip. Both Beyond3D and Tech-Report got in-depth and technical on the matter as well.  Head on over to 3DGPU's article to read what NVIDIA had to say and what they feel.
  • Plasma TVs Explained - Designtechnica gives an in-depth look at how plasma televisions operate and how they are different than traditional CRT televisions.
  • DDR RAM Guide II - Overlockers New Zealand has updated their DDR RAM Guide II with new entries from Corsair (Twinx PC3200), Samsung, and V-Data.
  • WinXP Patch: Hibernation Problem On Computers With 1 GB Of RAM - This update addresses the "Hibernation Problem on Computers with 1 GB of RAM" issue in Windows XP, and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article 330909.
  • WinXP Patch: You Cannot Create a Network Connection After You Restore - If you install Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows XP and then use the System Restore feature to restore Windows to a state before the installation of the service pack, you may experience the following symptoms: You cannot create a remote access or Dial-Up Networking connection. All items on the "Network Connection" page of the New Connection Wizard are unavailable (dimmed). The Network Connections folder is empty. The Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) services do not start because of a dependency failure.
  • PowerArchiver 2002 8.1  - PowerArchiver is the ultimate archive utility for the Windows family of products. With a modern easy-to-use interface, PowerArchiver provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features and tools.
  • Sonique2 Alpha 2.03.02.27 - An updated build of the second alpha of Sonique2 has been released.  
  • foobar2000 v0.53 - foobar2000 (download) is a media player from Peter Pawlowski (guy who used to work on Winamp3). It uses a plain and simple UI - no skins, no fuss. While in playback mode, it approximately consumes less than 2MB of RAM.
  • NetCaptor 7.1.0 Beta 3 - The small IE based browser NetCaptor has been updated to version 7.1.0 Beta 3.
  • XviD Codec Build 24.02.2003.1100 - For those who missed it, there is latest stable build (changelog).
  • Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series Codecs - Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series codecs (direct download link) are automatically downloaded by Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media Player for Windows XP, but to get the ultimate experience, you should download Windows Media Player 9 Series for playing, and Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for creating new content.
  • CPUFSB 2.2.11 - CPUFSB is a small version of CPUCooL. It is for changing the FrontSideBus only. So you have a small tool only one of the the most important freatures of CPUCooL.
  • Lite-On LTR-48125W Firmware - Lite-on has released a new CD-RW firmware update for the following drive: LTR-48125W ( 48X/12X/48X ) R48VS0B which Solve the recorded DivX files' playback problem.
  • Nvidia WDM Driver v1.23 - A new Nvidia WDM driver 1.23 is available. This file is required for VIVO and Personal Cinema functionality with Nvidia display adapters.

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