Although small-form-factor (SFF) PC vendors do not in general offer customers the option of purchasing motherboard for upgrading their systems, Shuttle is displaying a number of XPC accessories at Computex 2005 to enhance and expand its current XPCs on the market, including a slim 300-watt power for its G-chassis, according to Ken Huang, chief architect of the XPC platform.
Motherboard maker and Pentium M desktop specialist AOpen introduced a Pentium M-based mini PC, codenamed Pandora, at Computex 2005, with the Wintel-based small-form-factor (SFF) PC matching the Apple Mac mini in size, performance and price, according to sources at the company.
Twinhead International is exhibit its new series of “Durabook” notebooks at its Neihu headquarters during this year’s Computex Taipei. The Durabooks are designed to withstand the hazards that may harm notebooks during daily usage. They are available in both Intel and AMD flavors.
Handset maker Wistron NeWeb (WNC) and Senao International, a handset distributor and a wireless phone manufacturer, introduced wireless IP phones supporting WiFi at Computex 2005.
Arima Computer has launched the SW500 server board and SW5001U barebone system, which adopt dual-core AMD Opteron 800 Series CPUs in a 4-way configuration, for the demanding four-way 64-bit architecture server market. The board and barebone system are moving into mass production this quarter, according to the company.
Sampo and Tatung will be the only two Taiwan-based vendors to showcase 42-inch and 50-inch PDP (plasma display panel) TVs at Computex 2005 (May 31- June 4).
TwinMOS will display a series of computer and consumer application products at Computex 2005 (May 31-June4), including Bluetooth speakers, Bluetooth microphones, flash cards, flash disks, MP3 players and DDR2 memory modules.
