Following the overwhelming success of the full tower HAF 932, Cooler Master extends the HAF (High Airflow Flow) line to a mid tower in the HAF 922. Cooler Master HAF 922 supports up to seven fans in total, including three of those that support 200 mm fan (which are swappable for smaller 120mm or 140mm fans) for maximum airflow while maintaining a quiet environment.
Fujitsu and Fujitsu Frontech today announced the development of a compact automatic teller machine with the fastest banknote-handling performance in Japan, making it an optimal ATM solution for train stations, shopping centers and other locations with tight space requirements. Sales of the new ATM will begin in Japan today. The banknote dispensing speed of the new Fujitsu ATM (ten banknotes per second) is 30% faster than in previous Fujitsu models, making it the fastest compact ATM model in Japan.
Created exclusively for LaCie by the award-winning 5.5 designers firm, the LaCie Data/Share is an inventive product designed to combine these standard memory cards and the ubiquitous USB interface to enhance and simplify user’s digital lives. Customers can insert their SD and microSD cards into the corresponding LaCie Data/Share slot and instantly create a USB-ready storage key, or just a quick and easy way to access their SD and microSD card information on their computers. The LaCie Data/Share is compatible with all the latest SD and MicroSD cards.
MSI launched the new X58 Pro-E to satisfy the top-category of gamers and overclockers. The MSI X58 Pro-E equips a set of unique designs like Split Thermal system and True Blu-ray audio to create a new highlight in price-performance.In order to satisfy the demand of Blu-ray HD movie, MSI X58 Pro-E is using the ALC889 audio chip, which does not only support 7.1 audio channels, but also True Blu-ray Audio decoding.
MSI today announced their latest 40 nanometer AMD Radeon HD 4770 GPU-based graphics card, the MSI R4770 series. In contrast to the traditional 55 or 65 nanometer graphics processors, the MSI R4770 is using the brand new 40 nanometer graphics processor allowing the overall design to dramatically reduce the space being occupied by the power circuitry and pipelines. This effectively results in improved power efficiency and also brings about a better signal quality. The brand new 40 nanometer process graphics processor combined with high-speed GDDR5 memory truly make the MSI R4770 an astoundingly powerful graphics card.
Capcom Entertainment of Dark Void, an upcoming science fiction action adventure, are reaching for the skies in the way they have adopted Nvidia PhysX and Apex technologies to deliver stunning in-game physics effects. When it ships in the fall of 2009, Dark Void will be the first game to use dynamic, accurate smoke effects and smoke trails for the game’s innovative jetpack, UFOs, and spaceships, all of which will be hardware-accelerated by GeForceGPUs when played on compatible desktop PCs.
Toshiba will start shipping NAND flash memory products fabricated with world's first 32nm process technology. Samples of the world's first 32nm generation, 32-gigabit single chips (4 gigabytes (GB)), offering the largest density of any NAND flash chip, are available from today, and 16Gb chip (2GB) products, the current mainstream density, will be available in July in Japan. The 32 Gb chips will first be applied to memory cards and USB memories and subsequently extended to embedded products.
Toshiba will bring its new series of energy efficient LED lighting products to LIGHTFAIR International 2009, one of the world's largest lighting exhibitions. Toshiba's LED lighting product lineup will include E-CORETM 2000, which has a luminous flux of 2000 lumens, LED light bulbs, a series of pear-shaped light bulbs with LED as light sources, and LED units, which feature high brightness and energy efficiency in compact designs. Toshiba expects cumulative shipments of its E-CORETM series LED down lights in Japan to reach 100,000 units this month, indicating their growing popularity and long-term market potential.
The new PQI 2.5” SATAII SSD X25M has a maximum read speed of 250MB/sec and a maximum write speed of 70MB/sec. Its idle power consumption is rated at 0.06W and operating power consumption is rated at 0.15W. This translates into roughly 30% extra usage time on laptops. PQI’s 2.5” SATA II SSD X25M uses Intel SSD utilizing MLC flash modules and is rated with a 0.85ms access time latency.
GE Global Research today announced a major breakthrough in the development of next generation optical storage technology. GE researchers have successfully demonstrated a threshold micro-holographic storage material that can support 500 gigabytes of storage capacity in a standard DVD-size disc. This is equal to the capacity of 20 single-layer Blu-ray discs, 100 DVDs or the hard drive for a large desktop computer. GE’s micro-hlographic discs will be able to be read and recorded on systems very similar to a typical Blu-ray or DVD player. Holographic storage is different from today’s optical storage formats like DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
Asus has released the new Asus G Series power supply. Encompassing both 1000W and 850W versions, the G Series allows users to easily achieve stable, high voltage performance. Equipped with cutting-edge innovations and capable of delivering reliable, constant high-voltage power, this state-of-the-art power supply is capable of conforming to the demanding needs of today’s ever-changing hardware requirements for overclocking—where stable and high performance power is paramount. The Asus G Series makes use of a Japan-made capacitor that provides enhanced stability, performance and durability, while the enlarged venting holes, 13.5cm ball-bearing fan and cable sleeves ensure better ventilation and internal airflow within the system.
The new Asus Express TV Stick features high quality digital (DVBT) and analog TV signal reception, plus a host of versatile utilities. This innovative product from Asus allows users to conveniently watch TV and enjoy access to multimedia entertainment wherever they may be. One of the best features of the Asus Express TV Stick is the free 4GBs of added memory. In addition to the convenience of auto-installation, users can utilize the extra storage just like any other thumb drive for data transfers. This makes it ultra convenient for users to record and store programs onto the Asus Express TV Stick, then share them with their family or friends.
NVIDIA today announced that NERO has released an update to its Nero Move it software that reduces video encoding time by up to five times by utilizing NVIDIA’s CUDA computing architecture built inside select NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). NVIDIA CUDA technology dramatically reduces the time it takes to transfer video files to portable devices, while freeing up the CPU to perform other tasks.
Supporting all formats for music, videos and photos, Nero Move it lets you enjoy your multimedia files on the most popular portable and mobile devices, and take control of your digital media library.
Fujitsu Micro today introduced the world’s first 1394 Automotive controller that transmits high-definition video over the 1394 in-vehicle multimedia network. The new Fujitsu MB88395 controller can simultaneously transmit multiple streams around the vehicle, such as HD video (1,280 dots x 720 lines) from Blu-Ray DVDs, digital TV, and car navigation images. The Fujitsu MB88395 uses a high-speed 800Mbps physical layer and link layer, along with the Fujitsu proprietary SmartCODEC, which provides high compression and can transmit HD video without perceptible latency. This combination brings the rich-HD experience to rear-seat entertainment, reduces vehicle weight and improves fuel efficiency. The combination reduces the system cost of in-vehicle multimedia networks by up to 30 percent, while reducing the number of wire harnesses by a maximum of 70 percent, and can reduce the environmental impact by approximately 10kg of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year for a car traveling 10,000km. That roughly translates to the amount of CO2 a beech tree absorbs in one year.
Eizo Nanao today introduced two monitors, the 23-inch FlexScan EV2303W and the 20-inch FlexScan EV2023W. The monitors are among the world’s first group of products to receive the just-announced
TCO Displays 5.0 certification. They are also the first EIZO products to achieve EPEAT Gold status.
EIZO FlexScan EV2023W and EV2023W debut several features including a slimmed-down cabinet design, a motion sensor that saves energy by activating the screen only when a user is present. EIZO’s new integrated EcoView Sense feature offers convenience and energy savings by detecting when the user is present. EcoView Sense will prompt the monitor to switch to power save mode when it does not detect anyone for 40 seconds, and then resume normal operation when the user returns. EcoView Sense can differentiate between animate and inanimate objects so it will still enter power save mode if it detects an object such as the backrest of a chair.