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Announcements of interest from the last few days:
Maxtor announced their new high-capacity, native SATA MaXLine III hard drives. The third-generation MaXLine drives feature the industry's first 16MB buffer and are designed to the enterprise standard of 1 million hour mean time to failure (MTTF). With new SATA II features including native command queuing (NCQ), capacity up to 300GB, 7200 RPM speed and Maxtor® MaxCommand™ technology, the drives are ideally suited to provide cost-effective storage for midline and nearline applications, such as fixed-content storage and disk-to-disk back up. 16MB Buffer and NCQ is good, but the 300GB limit and 7200rpm only is disappointing. More info in the press-release here.
Corsair released an "Alderwood and Grantsdale Guide To Memory" covering their relevant DDR products. It's only one page but covers compatability with motherboards from ASUS, ABIT, MSI and Intel. 78KB PDF here.
EPoX announced their new offering, EP-8RDA6+ Pro. Featuring amazing Gigabit Ethernet performance, hardware-optimized firewall security, and advanced RAID function, EP-8RDA6+ Pro provides PC enthusiasts, gamers, technology aficionados a powerful, feature-rich, and cost-effective platform. Utilizing NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400Gb, EP-8RDA6+ Pro features the world first native Gigabit Ethernet networking, which provides over 200% more networking bandwidth compared to older PCI-based solution, while lowering overall CPU overhead. As security is a mainstream concern, EP-8RDA6+ Pro provides the only hardware-optimized Firewall solution, effectively protecting personal PC from network level hacking attacks and other common security risks without sacrificing a lot of networking performance. Specs sheet here (419KB DOC), press-release here (544KB DOC).
ASUS introduced the AI Proactive motherboard series, which includes four unique automatic features to enhance Intel’s latest 925X, 915P and 915G chipset platforms. The all-new motherboards also leveraged exclusive technologies to support native DDR2 600 and shorten memory latency. The four features are: Stack Cool™ – Cooler overclocking and quieter operation, AI NOS™ – Boost performance when it’s most needed, WiFi-g™ – Onboard Access Point, AI NET2™ – Diagnose LAN connection before entering OS. More info here.
ASUS also introduced the AP2400R-E1 server barebone system, which solved the critical heat-dissipation problem that made eight SCSI hard disks and a dual-Xeon architecture in a 2U platform seemed impossible in the past. Dual-Xeon servers equipped with eight SCSI hard disks are extremely rare, because these eight drives coupled with two processors emit a large amount of heat that requires efficient cooling systems, especially in the limited space of a 2U chassis. The AP2400R-E1 incorporated industry-leading thermal designs that support seven high-power hot-swappable fans in the middle of the system, two hot-swappable fans at the rear of the system, two large-size copper heat sinks and a simple circuit layout for optimal ventilation. Since all the fans are hot swappable, there is no need to shut down the system during fan replacement. More info here.
Tyan meanwhile will deliver two unique platforms based on Intel's 915G/925X Express chipsets. Both of these platforms will offer incredibly rich features for entertainment and business applications, while providing capabilities that can fit any number of business or home computing requirements. The Tomcat i915 (S5120) is based on Intel's 915G Express chipset, while the Tomcat i925X (S5130) is based on the 925X Express. More info in this PR on Tyan's site.
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