Philips vertelde ons eerder al dat zij de eerste werkende USB 2.0 chip ontwikkeld hadden, NEC en In-System zeggen dat zij de eerste beschikbare chip gaan fabriceren. Dat is te lezen in dit artikel bij e-inSite. Dat ontwikkelen kunnen de nieuwe partners kennelijk heel snel, want zij verwachten dat het design nog deze maand klaar is, en dat zij in november de eerste werkende chips kunnen laten zien. NEC gaat de USB 2.0 componenten, die 40 keer zo snel moeten zijn als die met de huidige USB 1.1 standaard, fabriceren. Ook draagt NEC een steentje bij aan het design:
“We are gaining a known and proven source for our USB 2.0 transceiver,” said Jack Wood, USB 2.0 program manager for In-System, in a statement. “NEC is by far the leader in the analog portion of USB chip design. In addition to our respective design strengths, the fact that OEMs will be able to obtain their USB2.0 I/O chip from the same foundry that manufactures their host controller or hub chip should resolve potential conflicts.”
Voor de duidelijkheid: deze chips moeten dus terecht komen in USB 2.0 apparaten, niet in je computer.
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Flatstream klanten hebben bij de start van de nieuwe dienst ervaren dat de surf snelheid naarmate de dag vorderde van aangenaam snel veranderde in een opvallend lage snelheid. De reden hiervoor is dat de transit-verbinding met de uplink naar internet per abuis nog was ingesteld op een bepaald bandbreedte plafond. Omdat dit ongemak laat aan onze zijde opgemerkt werd, hebben wij pas in de namiddag van vrijdag 1 september acties kunnen starten om het openstellen van de transit-verbinding naar zijn volle bandbreedte uit te laten voeren. Voor deze redelijk eenvoudige handeling is een samenwerking vereist tussen de engineers van Quickonline en de leverancier van de glasvezel-verbinding. Het antwoord op de vraag waarom het allemaal nog zo lang duurt voordat de volle bandbreedte aan u beschikbaar gesteld wordt, heeft te maken met het moeilijk kunnen bereiken van de hiervoor noodzakelijke monteurs (dit als gevolg van weekend-verlof).
That's 2 billion pages, as the Web's content has doubled in size this year alone. Plus, the Internet is no longer strictly a U.S.-centric phenomenon, a new study finds.
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Leading the pack of second-generation Athlon cored processors is the "Mustang". Similar in concept to Intel's XEON line, Mustang is targeted at the high-end server market. With support for 1-4MB of full-speed, on-die L2, Mustang looks to be highly competitive in a market dominated by 512k-2MB XEON's, running from 500 to 700MHz. Not only does Mustang double the XEON's cache, it also doubles the clock speed: Mustang is set to debut at 1.4GHz, and quickly ramp higher with the addition of AMD's copper .13Micron process. Mustang will be the first to take advantage of a 133MHz DDR FSB (266MHz bus).
Trailing the Mustang by a month, Palomino will bring the second-gen Athlon core to the mainstream/performance desktop market. Built to compete directly with Intel's Pentium 4, Palomino will include the same enhancements as the Mustang, minus a large amount of L2 cache, and support for the 770 chipset. Initially debuting with 512K of L2 running at full speed, as opposed to Pentium 4's 256k, Palomino already has a leg up. Like the Mustang, the second-gen Athlon core allows increased clock speed on an identical process, allowing 1.5GHz using AMD's standard copper .18Micron process. Greater speeds will be possible with a die shrink to .13Micron, occurring in Q3 2001. Some versions will share the Mustang's 133MHz DDR FSB. This processor will also have reduced power consumption considerably, allowing mobile Athlon platforms for the very first time.
Taking the baton from the Duron is AMD's Morgan, set to debut 2 months after Mustang. The performance of this processor, however, is far from what we traditionally associate with "value", as it shares its core with both the Mustang and the Palomino. Debuting at a lower clock-speed, in the 900MHz range, and a lower system bus speed, 100MHz DDR, will assure that it doesn't interfere with the sales of the higher-end parts, and the lower-end Duron. Sporting 64-128K of L2 cache rounds out this attractive value package.
A federal judge has ordered Microsoft to pay $1 million to a small Connecticut company against which she said the software giant engaged in "wanton, reckless" and deceptive business practices. U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall ordered Microsoft to pay the fine to Bristol Technology Inc., following an earlier decision which awarded the Danbury, Conn., software firm just one dollar in damages.
Bristol had a contract with Microsoft from 1994 to 1997, under which it was given access to the source code for an earlier version of the Windows NT operating system. Bristol filed suit against Microsoft in August 1998, after they were unable to reach an agreement on a contract for the newest versions, claiming that Microsoft had violated U.S. antitrust law in doing so.
Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to launch its long-delayed UltraSPARC III processor on Sept. 11, but
growing concern over the company's apparent inability to resolve a year-old server problem could cast a
dark cloud on the company's otherwise bright outlook for its high-end servers.