(Press Release) Lexmark International Inc. said it will cut 1,600 jobs (12 percent of its work force) as the company tries to solidify its position in the computer printer industry. The cutbacks will be felt companywide, but the company's headquarters in Lexington and an assembly plant in Mexico will bear the brunt of the job reductions, company spokeswoman Jennifer Richard said. The company intends to cut about 600 jobs at its headquarters and another 600 jobs at a plant in Reynosa, Mexico, she said. Lexmark plans to sell the plant, but keep two other plants open in Mexico, she said.

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(Press Release) Western Digital Corp. has announced the availability of the 120 GB EIDE hard drive on the market -- a 7,200 RPM, 40 GB/platter model. Western Digital has begun initial shipments of the WD Caviar 120 GB ATA/100 hard drive. This marks the third consecutive first-to-market 7,200 RPM hard drive delivered by Western Digital, which was first to deliver 7,200 RPM hard drives in capacities of 80 and 100 GBs.

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3dxtreme.org sends word of new Voodoo4/5 Drivers from AE Software Technologies that have been specifically designed to be used with the latest Windows Operating Systems based on the NT Kernel. The Nfx Voodoo4/5 Drivers are compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional Edition.
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(Press Release) Acer Laboratories Inc. (ALi), has announced a highly integrated USB2.0-compliant IDE Device Controller-M5621 for external storage connection and USB2.0-based PC-peripheral applications technology to the mass volume PC marketplace. ALi's M5621 can work independently as a USB2.0 to IDE bridge controller, through the industry's IDE/ATA/ATAPI standard to interface with peripheral devices such as DVD/CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW, HDD, MO, ZIP & Compact Flash, etc. With embedded high-performance PIO/DMA interface and optional USB2.0 UTMI-compliant interface, M5621 is also ideal for applications in high-speed image scanner, desktop printer, digital still/video camera, multi-function peripherals, digital copier and network/communication-based interfaced products. ALi also plans to provide the USB2.0 related modules as customization components to support major customers for ASIC integration needs. ALi's M5621 is designed with 0.35um low-power CMOS process with 64 or 100 pins LQFP/PQFP package available.
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