(ZDNET) Samsung has finished development of a faster, denser and cheaper RDRAM chip. The increases in speed and density are likely to benefit PC users by delivering additional system performance to high-end desktops using Intel's Pentium 4 processor. Samsung says it is also aiming the chips at workstations and servers. The faster new chips will also cost less to manufacture than current RDRAM chips, Samsung said. This would work to help quell one of the main criticisms of the Rambus technology: its cost. Currently, RDRAM-based PCs cost about $100 more than similarly configured SDRAM offerings.
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(Reuters) - Intel Corp. has announced a plan to speed up the adoption of Internet-based navigation, multimedia, phones and other products in cars. The new Intel Telematics Design Center will provide free Web-based development and technical support for designing handheld and wireless devices in cars using the company's technology. Intel said it wants to speed up the development of products and services that are already based on Intel's microprocessor and memory technologies, such as its Strong-ARM chip and forthcoming XScale processor.
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(Press Release) Seagate Technology, the world's leading hard disc drive supplier, was declared the clear winner of the annual PC Quest User's Choice Award for Hard Disc Drives in its recent survey. The results of the PC Quest nationwide poll were published in the magazine's September issue. The PC Quest User's Choice award reflects technology users' perceptions of different IT brands and vendors. The survey was conducted with 1,500 respondents consisting of IT managers, corporate decision-makers and computer users based on the following criteria: performance, quality, support, ease of use, popularity and price.
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(Press Release) Adaptec, Inc. announced that Yamaha has recommended Adaptec's USB2connect 3100LP USB 2.0 host bus adapters for use with its USB 2.0 portable CD-R/RW (model CRW 70). Yamaha's new USB 2.0 CD-R/RW has completed extensive compatibility testing with Adaptec's USB2connect 3100LP host bus adapter to ensure compatibility and interoperability. Yamaha's new CD-RW drive ``CRW-70'' is a compact and stylish design. It enables users to enjoy MP3 formatted music. CRW-70 is a USB2.0 CD-R/RW drive, 12X CD-R write, 8X CD-RW rewrite and 24X CD-ROM read. ``SafeBurn,'' which is Yamaha's original technology used to prevent errors when writing, is featured on CRW-70.
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(Product Announcement) ATI Technologies Inc. announced that the RADEON 7500 graphics board is shipping to retail outlets in North America at a manufacturers' suggested retail price of just (US) $199. The RADEON 7500 graphics board is Windows XP ready, supporting Microsoft Corp.'s new and ground-breaking operating system that will be available for purchase on October 25, 2001. Customers who buy a RADEON 7500 now and Windows XP on October 25 will be able to download Windows XP drivers that same day and immediately enjoy the productivity benefits a Windows XP-enabled RADEON 7500 graphics board can provide.
The RADEON 7500 offers consumers a mainstream solution with a set of standard features typically associated with premium-level graphics boards. It also offers users a level of performance not seen before at this price point, incorporating a core clock speed of 290MHz (megahertz) and a memory clock speed of 230MHz, 64MB DDR (dual data rate) and uses ATI's patented HYPER Z(TM) technology to boost effective memory bandwidth by 20 percent. As a result, the RADEON 7500 can access up to 8.8GB/sec (gigabytes per second) of effective memory bandwidth. The RADEON 7500 delivers up to a 60 percent improvement in performance compared to the previous generation of RADEON high-performance processors.
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