Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has announced the availability of the EHP-B02, a RGB full color LED in a new SMT package. The EHP-B02 combines the benefits of high power and high efficiency, and each LED has sufficient brightness to replace a lighting fixture consisting of neon lights, CCFL and LED arrays.The Everlight EHP-B02 LED consists of three chips mounted onto an aluminum-cored printed circuit board (PCB). It produces three watts of power with typical light flux output of 35 lm (green color), 25 lm (red color), and 8 lm (blue) at 350mA. The EHP-B02 is a RoHS-compliant component and meets green environmental initiatives. With its 130-degree viewing angle and low thermal resistance, the EHP-B02 is suited for a variety of applications, including decorative, entertainment, architectural lighting, TFT LCD display backlight, signal and symbol luminaries for orientation marker lights, and exterior and interior automotive illumination.Everlight EHP-B02 RGB SMT LEDPhoto: Company, April 2009

A-Data Technology has launched a 2.5-inch SATA SSD for notebooks, the A-Data X25-M, under a co-branding strategy with Intel.Featuring Intel MLC NAND flash memory, the new A-Data 2.5-inch SSD is constructed by 10 parallel-channel architecture with 50nm MLC ONFI 1.0 NAND, and delivers read speeds up to 250MB/sec and write speeds up to 70MB/sec.A-Data's new 2.5-inch SSD is available in capacity of 80GB and 160GB.A-Data X25-MPhoto: Company, April 2009

Sony on April 7 unveiled two Cybershot H-series digital cameras, DSC-HX1 and DSC-H20, and three W-series models, DSC-W290, DSC-W270 and DSC-W230, for launch in the Taiwan market soon, according to Sony Taiwan. Sony: Cybershot digital cameras specifications DSC-HX1 DSC-H20 DSC-W290 DSC-W270 DSC-W230 Resolution (megapixel) 9.0 10.1 12.1 Main features 224-degree panoramic, 10 pictures per second, 1080p video recording 10x optical zoom, 720p video recording 5x optical zoom, 720p video recording Recommended retail price (NT$) 16,980 (US$505) 9,980 9,490 8,980 7,980 Source: Sony Taiwan, compiled by Digitimes, April 2009Sony Cybershot DSC-HX1Photo: Company

Fujitsu will push two notebooks with built-in discrete graphics cards during Softex Taipei (April 9-13)– the 13.3-inch LifeBook S6420 and 14.1-inch Fujitsu L1010.The LifeBook S6420 comes with S3's Graphics Chrome 430 ULP GPU while the Fujitsu L1010 is equipped with Nvidia's GeForce 9300M GS.Fujitsu will price the LifeBook S6420 at NT$45,000 (US$1358) and L1010 at NT$39,800 at the showFujitsu LifeBook S6420 notebookPhoto: Company

Taiwan-based graphics card makers including Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International and Leadtek Research have all launched new graphics cards based on AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4890 or Nvidia's GeForce GTX 275 GPUs.Asustek EAH4890 series graphics cardPhoto: CompanyAsustek ENGTX275 series graphics cardPhoto: CompanyMSI R4890-T2D1G graphics cardPhoto: CompanyMSI N275GTX Twin Frozr graphics cardPhoto: CompanyGigabyte GV-R489-1GH-B graphics cardPhoto: CompanyGigabyte GV-N275UD-896H graphics cardPhoto: CompanyLeadtek WinFast GTX 275 graphics cardPhoto: Company

Sony on April 2 unveiled the NWZ-X1060, its new Walkman digital music player for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$15,900 (US$470) on June 2, 2009, according to Sony Taiwan.NWZ-X1060 features a 3-inch OLED touch screen, 32GB storage capacity, a dimensions of 52.5(W) × 97.4(H) × 10.5mm(D)and a weight of 98g, Sony Taiwan indicated.In addition, Sony will launch another new Walkman, the entry-level 2GB NWZ-W202, on May 5 at NT$2,990, Sony Taiwan said.Sony's new Walkman model, NWZ-X1060Photo: Terry Ku, Digitimes

AMD has introduced the ATI Radeon HD 4890 GPU while Nvidia has announced the GeForce GTX 275 GPU.The ATI Radeon HD 4890 GPU boasts 1.36 teraflops of compute power, GDDR5 memory, and engine clock speeds capable of nearly 1GHz, according to AMD.By harnessing ATI Stream technology in combination with a number of ATI Stream-enabled applications, the ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics card can help accelerate the conversion of standard and HD video into multiple formats for use on differing consumer electronics devices as well as harness AMD's second generation Unified Video Decoder (UVD 2.0) to play back smooth HD video, the company highlighted.The ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics card is supported by partners including Asustek Computer, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, Force3D, GeCube, Gigabyte Technology, Hightech Information Systems (HIS), Jetway, Micro-Star International (MSI), Palit Multimedia, PowerColor, Sapphire Technology, VisionTek and XFX. It is available immediately for US$249.Nvidia's GeForce GTX 275 GPU is based on its GT200 architecture and features 240 processor cores operating at 1404MHz, 80 texture processing units, a 448bit memory interface, and an 896MB framebuffer. GeForce GTX 275-based graphics cards will have a price range of US$229-249, noted Nvidia.The GeForce GTX 275 supports Nvidia PhysX technology for interactive gaming experiences, Nvidia Cuda for accelerated desktop applications, and Nvidia 3D Vision for stereoscopic gaming.The GeForce GTX 275 will be available globally on or before April 14, 2009. Some regions are available now; other regions are available for pre-order. Current availability varies by region and the related graphics cards will be supported by the company's partners including Asustek, BFG, Colorful, EVGA, Gainward, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Innovision, Leadtek, MSI, Palit, Sparkle, Zotac, PNY, Point of View, and XFX.AMD ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics cardPhoto: CompanyNvidia GeForce GTX 275 graphics cardPhoto: Company

Dell has announced the launch of five Intel Xeon 5500-based servers in the Taiwan market.The servers launched are Dell's PowerEdge M610 and M710 blade servers, R610 and R710 rack servers, and T610 tower server. The company will also launch T710, R410 and T410 models at a later time.Dell PowerEdge M710 blade serverPhoto: CompanyDell PowerEdge R710 rack serverPhoto: Company

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched its 12.1-inch Pavilion dv2 ultra-thin notebook in the Taiwan market. The notebook adopts AMD's Yukon platform and is manufactured by Flextronics.HP has set the price of the Pavilion dv2 at around NT$27,000 (US$806).HP Yukon-based Pavilion dv2 ultra-thin notebookPhoto: Terry Ku, Digitimes, April 2009

Leadtek Research has announced its Quadro professional solution family which includes the FX 3800, FX 1800, FX 580 and FX 380.The Leadtek Quadro FX 3800 professional graphics solution features 192 "Cuda parallel processor cores", a 1GB GDDR3 frame buffer memory and 256bit memory interface. The card's second generation unified GPU architecture was designed to dynamically allocate compute, geometry, shading and pixel processing power to deliver optimized GPU performance, according to the company.The Quadro FX 1800 mid-range solution, features 768MB of video memory.The entry-level FX 580 and FX 380 feature 32 "Cuda parallel computing processor cores" for compatibility with all Cuda accelerated applications and plug-ins, said Leadtek.Leadtek Quadro professional graphics card familyPhoto: Company