DVD-R DL early 2005 ? Elpida releases a DDR2-800 chip MSI nForce4 in December The end of the Northwood 5 Megapixel camera comparative test

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DVD-R DL early 2005 ?   Posted on 18/11/2004 at 14:41 by Marc

	With the DVD-R dual layer norm validation last September, optical disc drives manufacturers in Taiwan should begin producing 4x DVD+/- R DL burners models in the first quarter 2005. However, DigiTimes noticed that some of the current burners don’t integrates the compatibility with dual layer DVD+R, because of the media price and the additional production costs. So some manufacturers may not also include DVD-R DL support in their burner, even if we hope that the release of a competitor format may have an influence on prices.

Elpida releases a DDR2-800 chip   Posted on 18/11/2004 at 14:14 by Marc

	Elpida has just announced that they have developed the first DDR2-800 128 MB chip. This 100 nm chip is able to reach 400 MHz and a transfer rate of 800 Mbits per second and per pin thanks to the DDR mode. PC2-6400 memory modules will be equipped with these chips. They will provide a bandwidth of 12.8 GB /s in double channel with 1 KB=1000 bytes (like manufacturers do) or 11.9 GB /s with 1 KB = 1024 bytes. It is however also important to notice that for the time being none of the chipsets on the market is compatible with the DDR2-800. The first chipset compatible will be released in a few months. The DDR2-667, already in shops, isn’t even really compatible with current chipsets and is still under validation by the JDEC. The DDR2-800 will probably be the last DDR2 evolution. The next evolution should be the DDR3-800 and then the 1066 in 2006. The 1066 should only be a step for manufacturers. Their objective for this technology is to reach the DDR3-1600.

MSI nForce4 in December   Posted on 18/11/2004 at 11:22 by Marc

	MSI announced that the nForce4 would be available early December. The K8N Diamond based on the nForce4 SLI is equipped with two PCI Express x16 slots (8x branched in SLI) and 6 S-ATA2 ports, 4 managed by the nForce4 and 2 Gigabit network ports, of which one is managed by the nForce4. The other motherboard, the K8N Neo Platinum, is based on the nForce4 Ultra and is equipped with 8 Serial ATA ports including two managed by the chipset. Two Gigabits ports are also included.

The end of the Northwood   Posted on 18/11/2004 at 11:20 by Marc

	Intel has just announced via this document that the 130 nm « Northwood » processors production will be discontinued. Last survivors are the Pentium 4 2.8C, 3.0C, 3.2C and 3.4C GHz. November 9th production stopped, but Intel’s customers will still be able to order until May 18th, 2005 and deliveries will continue until May 19th, 2006 for OEMs and June 17th, 2005 in its package version.

5 Megapixel camera comparative test   Posted on 18/11/2004 at 10:22 by Vincent

	Cameras from $200 to $500 and equipped with 5 MP CCD sensors: the Canon A95, Nikon C5200, Sony DSC-W1, Fuji E510, Olympus C-5060, Samsung V50, Trust 1490Z and Kodak DX7590 > 5 Megapixel camera comparative test.