PCI-E x16 to PCI-E x1 adaptor Acer : Gateway and Packard Bell next? LCD 24'' : Iiyama B2403WS, Samsung 245T

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PCI-E x16 to PCI-E x1 adaptor   Posted on 28/08/2007 at 22:50 by Nicolas - source: Kuroutoshikou

	The conception of PCI Express making it more or less flexible, the Japanese company Kuroutoshikou took advantage of this to commercialize a physical adaptor which allows a PCI-E x16 card to fit into a PCI-E x1 port. Of course, as we already have seen with external 3D cards, this strongly limits the performances of graphic cards, but this doesn’t mean their existence isn’t justified. Note that when a PCI-E port is not physically «enclosed », it is still possible to insert a card equipped with a longer connector. For example, this was true for MSI’s K8N Neo4 which allowed the use of SLI with an nForce4 Ultra chipset. Beyond the limited 3D and SLI performances, of course the interest of this type of solution is to multiply the number of graphic cards in relation to the number of screens or more simply to be able to use a graphic card on certain motherboards only equipped with x1 ports. A series of feedback is already available.

Acer : Gateway and Packard Bell next?   Posted on 28/08/2007 at 22:19 by Nicolas - source: Digitimes

	Acer has announced having made an agreement on the buyout of Gateway, fourth in sales on the American market, for a total of around $710 million. The transaction should be finalized from now until the end of the year. This acquisition will allow the Taiwanese firm to benefit from synergies of $150 million per year, and to reinforce its presence in the USA and other markets, making its position as number 3 worldwide in the sector more solid. Also, Gateway will exercise its right of refusal to acquire all of the shares of PB Holding Company, the parent company of Packard Bell, and the latter will also fall under Acer’s control according to its president, JT Wang. This second buyout isn’t without interest because Packard Bell is despite everything still number three in Europe on the retail market. This rather sudden external growth strategy will allow Acer to definitively establish itself amongst the key players in this domain next to Lenovo, HP and Dell.

LCD 24'' : Iiyama B2403WS, Samsung 245T   Posted on 28/08/2007 at 12:32 by Vincent

	Iiyama is releasing the first 24" TN 3 ms with a vertically adjustible base and precalibrated colors for 499 € ! Samsung is launching the SyncMaster 245T, the 1st LCD with MPA technology (artificial screening) and multiple inputs (HDMI, YUV, hub USB...). 24 inch monitors are going to topple the 22 inch! > LCD 24" : Iiyama B2403WS, Samsung 245T