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 Evening Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 12:26 AM CEST - Apr,22 2003
  • Sony & Toshiba Disclose Cell Fab Plans -  Sony and Toshiba Monday each announced plans to build advanced semiconductor plants for the fabrication of faster and more complex chips as they look ahead to the next-generation PlayStation video gaming console and other broadband network products. The two companies each disclosed plans to build cutting-edge factories capable of handling 300-millimeter wafers at a production rule of 65 nanometers. The companies need such advanced production technology to produce the "Cell" microprocessor, which is being developed jointly by Toshiba, IBM and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) to form the basis of the PlayStation 3 video gaming console and other future consumer electronics products.  Announcing its plans on Monday, Sony said it will spend $1.7 billion over the next three years. Toshiba said it will spend a similar amount over the next four years in building 65-nanometer production lines. Another story can be fount at ZDNews & EETimes
  • Xbox Live hits 50,000 in Europe - Microsoft has signed up 50,000 Xbox Live users in Europe, spread across eight countries, just one month after launch. MS has also revealed a listing of the Xbox Live titles becoming available in the next eight weeks, many of which offer true multiplayer as well as online scoreboards or downloadable content: Star Wars: The Clone Wars - MP&Downloadable Content, Godzilla - Downloadable Content, MotoGP 2 - MP, Phantasy Star Online - MP, Burnout 2 - Online Scoreboards, Return to Castle Wolfenstein - MP & Downloadable Content, Midtown Madness - MP& Downloadable Content, Midnight Club 2 - MP, Brute Force - Downloadable Content.
  • The Navy wanted to harvest power from engine vibration - Robert and his colleague J.K. Huang have discovered how to use what they say is a unique combination of magnetoelastic and piezoelectric materials to efficiently convert tiny vibrations into electricity. The technology is sensitive enough to harness energy from the vibrations made by a pipe with air running though it; that means it could power sensors in ventilation systems.
  • Intel Cuts Some Processor Prices - Intel cut the prices of some of its microprocessors, including that of its most expensive desktop Pentium 4 processor, on Monday. The 3.06-GHz version of Intel's Pentium 4 chip with a 533-MHz front-side bus was reduced from $589 to $401. The reduction of around one third makes the chip a little cheaper than Intel's newest Pentium 4 chip, which has a clock speed of 3-GHz and a faster 800-MHz front-side bus.
  • Intel fixes 3GHz "anomaly" - The 3GHz chip was supposed to come out last week, but Intel discovered an anomaly with the processor in its labs on the eve of the launch and subsequently delayed the introduction. The problem has now been permanently fixed with a BIOS patch, said a company representative, and the chip is shipping in volume quantities. Although Intel already has been shipping a 3GHz chip for months, the new chip differs in that it is matched with a new chipset, called 875P, formerly code-named Canterwood. The chipset touts, among other performance-enhancing features, a faster 800MHz bus and a Serial ATA connection for hard drives.
  • AMD Opteron: 64-bit processors to be sold for the price of 32-bit (semi-official)  - So, AMD Opteron processors are almost announced. All of them are made using 0.13um process technology. Designed for new AMD Socket 940, CPUs will be separated into three general series: 100 for single-CPU systems, 200 for dual-CPU systems, and 800 for four to eight CPU systems. Initially each series will include three models with 1.4GHz, 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz clock rates. Shipments of Opteron 200 solutions have already been launched. 100 and 800 series will arrive in Q2. 1.4GHz Opteron 240 are shipped for $283 each, 1.6GHz Opteron 242 - for $690, 1.8GHz 244 - for $794. Rather aggressive, as you see, on the level of 32-bit server chips.

  • Elpida ships 1Gb DDR333 SDRAM SO-DIMM samples  - Elpida launched shipments of 1Gb DDR SO-DIMM (PC2700) samples with 2.7Gb/s throughput. Modules feature 0.11um 512Mbit DDR333 SDRAM chips with ?8 architecture. (thanks Digit-Life)

  • VIA updates 800MHz-based P4 chipset roadmap - Following its obtaining 800MHz FSB (front-side bus) technology licensing from Intel, VIA Technologies has readjusted its product roadmap, unveiling plans to introduce a complete line of new Pentium 4 chipsets.
  • NETGEAR WG602 54Mbps Wireless Access Point Review - Although NETGEAR was the first to launch the opening salvo in the tri-mode/ dual-band wireless LAN wars, its WG602 54Mbps Wireless Access Point that was announced a few months ago represents the first-available draft-802.11g Access Point shipped by the company. It made its way into TH's test lab pretty quickly, and they have posted an usual in-depth report.
  • AOPEN AX4C Max i875P Canterwood MB Review - The board supports the latest p4 800mhz cpu and uses an enhanced controller with 82875P memory controller hub (MCH) and ICH5R that supports RAID function. Canterwood is ready to support dual channel of DDR 400 and "Performance Acceleration Technology".
  • Plextor PX-504A review  - DesignTechnica has posted a Plextor PX-504A review. They say that the Plextor PX-504A is not a bad DVD writer by any means, but there are better options available on the market today.
  • Extreme PC 3500 Roundup - Nexus Hardware has posted a PC 3500 memory roundup.
  • HighSpeed PC's XP Unlocking Kit Review - Currently, there are two reasons to unlock the multiplier on your processor. The first, and most common, is to lower the multiplier so that the FSB can be raised to the max, yielding a better overall system overclock. But what about those of us who still have the KT133A chipset? The reason I wanted to unlock the multiplier on my 1700+ JIUHB Tbred B is so I could raise it and achieve as good of an overclock possible with my setup, since my FSB cannot go past 144. In comes the XP Unlocking Kit, an all-in-one solution provided by HighSpeed PC, which has all the tools necessary to unlock the multiplier.
  • Microsoft recommends disabling AV for rogue patch - You may or may not have seen an issue where after installing Q811493 the machine runs extremely slow. What we have determined so far is that it is an issue with the anti-virus on there machines. If the customer is running EZ Trust they will need to disable the file monitoring service and if they are running Norton they will need to disable the auto protect service and the installation of Q811493 and this will return to system functionality to normal.
  • Universal Brain Plugin for Winamp 2.x - The Brain is our ground-breaking intelligence module. It's not a playlist. It's not random shuffle. It's the way you listen to music. The Brain knows what you want and how you want it. It knows when you want it and it's going to give it to you. You've got to hear this.
  • YahooPOPs! 0.4.4 for Windows - This application (download) emulates a POP3 server and enables popular email clients like Outlook, Netscape, Eudora, Mozilla, Calypso, etc., to download email from Yahoo! accounts.
  • Advanced Call Recorder 1.5 - Advanced Call Recorder records telephone conversations to your computer's hard disk. It stores calls as standard Windows sound files. Advanced Call Recorder can record conversations as long as your hard disk can store.
  • XMovie v1.9.8  - XMovie is a reference movie player for MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP3 audio, MP2 audio, WAV, AIFF, AC3 audio, Quicktime and DVD's on Linux boxes.
  • TVTool 7.0.3 Beta - With version 7.0.3 some smaller bugs have been fixed like the blackscreen which occured with DVI-TFT displays and GeForce4 cards. Also the icon restore function was improved and should work under all conditions.
  • Burnatonce 0.97a - Burnatonce is a free CD burning tool that can burn audio and data CDs, create ISO and CUE images, copy CDs on-the-fly, and more.
  • Zoom Player 3.00 Final -  Zoom Player (changelog ~ download) is a robust media and DVD front-end player.
  • WinRAR 3.20 beta 4 - The compression utility WinRAR (what's new ~ download) is a powerful archive manager with support for packing RAR and ZIP archives and unpacking RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR and ISO archives.
  • CPU ID 1.31 - CPU ID displays all the available information about your computers current processor.
  • Sony DRU-500CA/500AX & DRX-500UL/500ULX Firmware 2.0f - Sony has released a new DVD Writer Firmware 2.0f for DRU-500CA/500AX & DRX-500UL/500ULX. (thanks CDFreaks)
  • Xabre 1.10.02 BIOS - The new Xabre reference BIOS version 1.10.02 is now available for download.

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