AMD has released the Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition quad-core processor featuring Clock Multiplier Control. Combined with AMD OverDrive software, the latest Black Edition processor enables customizable platform performance and tunability, highlighted AMD. Additionally, for energy-conscious users, the energy-efficient AMD Phenom X4 9350e and AMD Phenom X4 9150e processors, which consume no more than 65W, are now available.AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition features a core frequency of 2.6GHz and will be available priced at US$235. The AMD Phenom X4 9350e clocked at 2GHz will be priced US$195 and the AMD Phenom X4 9150e at 1.8GHz will cost US$175.

Leadtek Research has announced the launch of its latest hybrid TV capture card, the WinFast ExDTV2300 H which supports the ExpressCard interface.WinFast ExDTV2300 H supports DVB-T and worldwide analog TV reception, including NTSC, SECAM and PAL standards, and allows full screen stereo/SAP support. The card also allows consumers to choose from formats including MPEG-4/2/1/WMV/VCD/DVD/SVCD for recording. Equipped with a 10-pin connector that supports component video input up to 480p, the card can capture video from cameras/camcorders/VCR/DVD players or even games consoles.Included WinFast PVR2 software provides Time Shifting, Scheduled Recording, Power on/off by Remote, and TwinView.Leadtek WinFast ExDTV2300 H TV capture cardPhoto: Company

Ibase Technology has announced its MB935 motherboard, an Intel Q35 Express chipset-based networking platform supporting Intel Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo processors and has six Gigabit Ethernet ports, delivering high performance while enabling low-power and quieter systems in network service applications, according to the company.Adopting the Intel Q35 Express chipset, the MB935 supports LGA775 Intel Core 2 Quad or Core 2 Duo processors with core frequencies up to 4GHz and FSB up to 1333MHz. The motherboard also supports four DDR2 667/800 DIMM modules and six Intel 82574L network controllers and four SATA connectors onboard.Additional expansion is available to support two to four PCI slots with the IP325 backplane bridge board. Other features include four USB 2.0 ports, four COM ports, and a watchdog timer. Ibase MB935 motherboard specifications Item Detail CPU Supports Intel Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Celeron 400 sequence processors FSB 800MHz/1066MHz/1333MHz Memory 4x DDR2 DIMM support up to 8GB LAN 6x Intel GbE LAN, LAN1/LAN2 Bypass VGA Integrated VGA, CRT support Ports 4x SATA, 4x COM, 4x USB 2.0, 1x IDE, 1x CF socket and 1x PCI32 interface for backplane Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, June 2008Ibase MB935 motherboard Photo: Company

VIA Technologies has announced the VIA Epia P700 Pico-ITX motherboard that couples several features within a streamlined, ultra compact footprint designed for low profile systems, with extended I/O port options through two companion boards.The board featuring native SATA 3Gb/s support, Gigabit LAN, and support for GPIO, SM bus and LPC devices, and measuring 10×7.2cm is based on the VIA VX700 unified digital media IGP chipset and is powered by a 1GHz VIA C7 or fanless 500MHz VIA Eden ULV processor. An integrated power adapter coupled with the 5V S-SATA power cable negates the need for a separately powered daughterboard, saving considerable space for ultra compact systems.The VIA Epia P700 also features two companion boards – the P700-A board features an RJ45 port, a VGA port and a COM port, while the P700-B sports four USB ports and three audio jacks for multi-channel surround sound. The two companion boards fit seamlessly with the linear pin-headers on either side of the VIA Epia P700 to enable ultra low profile devices. VIA EPIA-P700 Pico-ITX motherboard specifications Item Detail Model Name VIA EPIA-P700-10L VIA EPIA-P700-05LE Processor 1.0GHz VIA C7 processor 500MHz VIA fanless Eden ULV processor Chipset VIA VX700 Unified Digital Media IGP chipset System Memory 1 x DDR2 533/667 SO-DIMM socket, Up to 1GB memory size VGA Integrated VIA UniChrome Pro II 3D/2D AGP graphics Onboard IDE 1 x UltraDMA 133/100 Pin Connectors with 2.0mm 44-pin right-angle type Onboard Serial ATA 1 x SATA connector 1 x SATA power connector (5V) Onboard LAN 1 x VIA VT6122 Gigabit LAN controller (a connector board is required or 1 x VIA VT6107 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller (manufacturing option) Onboard Audio VIA VT1708B High Definition Audio Codec Onboard I/O Connectors 1 x LAN pin header 1 x CRT/DVI pin header 1 x COM Port pin header 1 x CPU Fan pin connector 1 x Audio pin connector for Line-out, Line-in, MIC-in 1 x Front panel pin header 4 x USB 2.0 ports pin header 1 x PS2 mouse/keyboard pin header 1 x LVDS pin connector 1 x LPC/SM Bus/GPIO pin header 1 x +12V DC-In 2-pin jack with lock Operating System Windows XP, Linux, Win CE, XPe Form Factor Pico-ITX (10-layer) 10 cm x 7.2 cm Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, June 2008VIA EPIA-P700 Pico-ITX motherboard Photo: Company

Fuji Xerox on June 26 unveiled three high-end printers, the color laser A3 DocuPrint C2255, color laser A4 Phaser 8560DN and monochrome MFP Phaser 3200MFP, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$89,900 (US$2,952), NT$54,900 and NT$17,900, according to the Taiwan branch of Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific.Fuji Xerox expects its 2008 sales volume of printers in Taiwan to grow by 30% from 2007, to become one of the top-three vendors, the branch indicated.Fuji Xerox Phaser 3200MFPPhoto: Company

MSI and GeCube have unveiled ATI Radeon HD 4870-series graphics cards.ATI Radeon HD 4870 series graphics cards integrate ATI's PowerPlay power-saving technology and UVD 2.0 video decoder core.ATI Radeon HD 4870 is the industry's first graphics card that comes with the GDDR5 memory, which can operate under lower voltages while still provide high frequencies compared with GDDR3 memory. GDDR5 memory also features 256-bit memory interface to provide a higher memory bandwidth. MSI: R4870-T2D512 specifications Item Detail Graphics Engine ATI Radeon HD 4870 Bus Standard PCI Express x16 2.0 Memory Type GDDR5 Memory Size(MB) 512 Memory Interface 256-bit Core Clock Speed(MHz) 750 Memory Clock Speed(MHz) 1800 Memory Bandwidth(GB/sec) N/A Texture Fill Rate(billion/sec) N/A DVI Output 2 D-SUB Output 1(via DVI to D-Sub adaptor) TV-Output 1(via S-Video to Composite) HDMI-Output 1(via DVI to HDMI adaptor) VIVO(Video-in/out) N/A HDTV Support Y HDCP Support Y HDMI Support Y Dual-link DVI Y Display Ouput(Max Resolution) 2560×1600 RAMDACs 400 DirectX Version Support 10.1 OpenGL Version Support 2.1 CorssFire Support Y Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, June 2008 GeCube: GC-HD487XTG5-E3 specifications Item Detail ASIC RV770XT (55nm) Core/Memory 750MHz/3.6GHz Unified shader Yes Shader Model 4.1 DirectX 10.1 Memory Bus 256-bit Memory Type GDDR5, 512MB Video Processing Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD) Interface PCI Express 2.0 TV-Out S/HDTV-out DVI Dual DVI (Dual-ink, HDCP) D-Sub Yes (by Dongle) Built-in HDMI Yes (by DVI to HDMI dongle) HDTV HDTV by S to YPbPr cable (default included) Multi-VPU Support Native ATI CrossFireX Support Cooling Dual Slot Fansink Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, June 2008MSI R4870-T2D512Photo: CompanyGeCube GC-HD487XTG5-E3Photo: Company

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched two color laser printers, the Color LaserJet CP1215 and CP1518ni, in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$9,999 (US$328) and NT$13,999 respectively, according to HP Taiwan at a press conference on June 25.Both models feature HP's in-line printing technology and third-generation ColorSphere toner and appeal to small business and SOHO users, according to HP Taiwan. CP1518ni supports PictBridge photo print format and the average printing cost of NT$5 for a 4×6-inch photo is much lower than NT$8-10 incurred by color inkjet printers, HP Taiwan claimed.Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet CP1518niPhoto: Company

This year at the International Supercomputing Conference, Nvidia has introduced the new Tesla 10-series computing solutions. Binary compatible and supporting the industry standard language of C, the new products enable developers to solve computational challenges in a common and familiar development environment that scales effortlessly from one generation to the next with no re-coding required, according to the company.The new Tesla product family includes the Tesla S1070 1U computing system and the Tesla C1060 computing processor and delivers up to four Teraflops per 1U system, support for IEEE 754 arithmetic, 16GB of memory per 1U system and a more efficient computing environment.When combined with the Cuda C-language development software for parallel computing, the new Tesla products extend the reach of GPUs to any computationally intensive applications requiring double precision accuracy. To date, over 70 million Cuda enabled GPUs have been sold into the market and over 60,000 downloads of the C-compiler have been recorded through the community web site, according to Nvidia.The Tesla S1070 1U computing system and Tesla C1060 computing processor board will be available for purchase for US$7999 and US$1699 respectively. These products are sampling today and will ship in August 2008.Nvidia Tesla S1070 1U computing systemPhoto: CompanyNvidia Tesla C1060 computing processorPhoto: Company

Asustek Computer has introduced overclocked graphics cards based on Nvidia's latest GeForce GTX 280 and 260 GPUs.The Asustek ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G graphics card boosts the core, shader, and memory clock performance up from 600MHz to 670MHz, 1300MHz to 1460MHz and 1100MHz to 1215MHz, respectively. The performance boosts help raise the graphics card's 3DMark Vantage Extreme Preset score from 4877 to 5440, an improvement of 12% in speed compared to reference designed board, claimed Asustek.The Asustek ENGTX200 series graphics cards also feature a 50% performance boost over the previous generations graphics cards, the company claimed. Asustek: GeForce GTX 200-series graphics card specifications Model ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G ENGTX280/G/HTDP/1G ENGTX280/HTDP/1G ENGTX260/G/HTDP/896M ENGTX260/HTDP/896M Graphics Engine GeForce GTX 280 GeForce GTX 280 GeForce GTX 260 GeForce GTX 260 GeForce GTX 260 Video Memory 1GB DDR3 1GB DDR3 1GB DDR3 896MB DDR3 896MB DDR3 Engine Clock 670MHz 600MHz 600MHz 576MHz 576MHz Shader Clock 1460MHz 1300MHz 1300MHz 1242MHz 1242MHz Memory Clock 2.43GHz (1215MHz DDR3) 2.2GHz (1100MHz DDR3) 2.2GHz (1100MHz DDR3) 1.998GHz (999MHz DDR3) 1.998GHz (999MHz DDR3) Memory Interface 512-bit 512-bit 512-bit 448-bit 448-bit DVI Max. Resolution 2560×1600 2560×1600 2560×1600 2560×1600 2560×1600 Bus Standard PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 DVI Output DVI-I DVI-I DVI-I DVI-I DVI-I HDCP compliant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes D-Sub Output Yes, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor Yes, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor Yes, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor Yes, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor Yes, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor HDTV Output YES, via HDTV Out cable YES, via HDTV Out cable YES, via HDTV Out cable YES, via HDTV Out cable YES, via HDTV Out cable TV Output YES, via HDTV Out cable YES, via HDTV Out cable YES, via HDTV Out cable YES, via HDTV Out cable YES, via HDTV Out cable Adaptor/Cable Bundled DVI-to-D-Sub adapter HDTV-out cable Power Cable DVI-to-D-Sub adapter HDTV-out cable Power Cable DVI-to-D-Sub adapter HDTV-out cable Power Cable DVI-to-D-Sub adapter HDTV-out cable Power Cable DVI-to-D-Sub adapter HDTV-out cable Power Cable Software Bundled ASUS Utilities & Driver ASUS Utilities & Driver Alone in the Dark ASUS Utilities & Driver ASUS Utilities & Driver Alone in the Dark ASUS Utilities & Driver Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, June 2008Asustek ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G graphics cardPhoto: Company

Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Leadtek Research have unveiled their latest Nvidia GeForce 200 series-based graphics card. The GTX 280 GPU features 240 processor cores and 1GB graphics memory, while the GTX 260 features 192 processor cores and 896MB graphics memory.The GPUs feature Nvidia's second generation unified architecture and support Nvidia PhysX technology, which enables a new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience. Nvidia GeForce GTX 200 series: Specifications Graphics Engine GeForce GTX 260 GeForce GTX 280 Bus Standard PCI Express x16 2.0 PCI Express x16 2.0 Memory Type GDDR3 GDDR3 Memory Size (MB) 896 1024 Memory Interface 448-bit 512-bit Core Clock Speed (MHz) 576 650 Memory Clock Speed (MHz) 1998 2300 Memory Bandwidth (GB/s) 111.9 141.7 Texture Fill Rate (billion/s) 36.9 48.2 Display Output (Max Resolution) 2560×1600 2560×1600 RAMDACs 400 400 DirectX Version Support 10.0 10.0 OpenGL Version Support 2.1 2.1 SLI Support Y Y 3-way SLI Y Y Source: Companies, compiled by Digitimes, June 2008MSI N280GTX-T2D1G graphics cardPhoto: CompanyLeadtek WinFast GTX 280 (left) and WinFast GTX 260 (right) graphics cardsPhoto: Company