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Samsung announces several new semiconductor achievements.
Samsung introduces Industry's first 60-Nanometer 8-Gigabit NAND Flash
Memory, which makes it possible to build 16GB flash memory cards.
Samsung's 60nm process technology is two thousandths the width of a
piece of human hair, and achieves approximately 30 percent reduction in cell
size over the 70nm 4Gb NAND Flash memory developed last year. The result
is the world's smallest 0.0082㎛2 per bit cell size.
The key to development at such high densities and fine circuitry design
is a 3-D cell transistor structure and high-dielectric gate insulating technology
that minimizes the interference level between cells.
Read about more Samsung Semiconductor announcements.
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Posted by i4u on Wednesday, September 22 2004 @ 03:46:38 EDT (239 reads)
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Sony Blu-Ray 1 Layer Disc (hi-res)
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Sony makes some more headlines in high capacity Blu-Ray disc space.
Sony confirmed again (see our report from early August) that the Sony Playstation 3 will have a blu-ray disc drive with a press-release.
Sony also is about to show a 200GB Blu-Ray disc that they developed.
This new Blu-Ray disc has 8 layers. Current Blu-Ray discs have a capacity
of 54GB. The 200GB blu-ray disc is a technology show-case and no plans are
yet made when it comes to market. See PCWorld story on Yahoo.
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Posted by i4u on Wednesday, September 22 2004 @ 02:25:24 EDT (156 reads)
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Casio shows off a LCD display with the world's highest resolution.
The 2.2 inch LCD display features VGA!! resolution. The Casio innovation
has 368ppi (pixels per inch). The power consumption and size is the same
as with current QVGA (320x240) displays. Meaning current mobile phone models
could directly be upgraded with a VGA display. So we could very soon see
2.2 inch Mobile phones with VGA resolution. See the photo where a full Windows
browser is shown on 2.2 inch.
Samsung had the World's highest resolution with 300ppi in early August. Casio took now the lead.
More details in Casio Press-Release (Japanese).
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Posted by i4u on Wednesday, September 22 2004 @ 01:59:44 EDT (250 reads)
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Sony has introduced the VAIO B-Series notebook PC specifically designed for businesses.
The Sony Vaio B-Series is based on the Z1 design concept.
The 14 inch notebooks weigh under 5lbs and feature a full-sized keyboard.
Prices start at about $1,150 for the VAIO B-Series notebooks. More details in Sony Press-Release. Sony recently announced also the Sony VAIO T-Series.
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Posted by i4u on Tuesday, September 21 2004 @ 10:30:00 EDT (393 reads)
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The photo shows one happy 25 year old Jens of Sweden (Jens Nylander).
Jens of Sweden was founded in February 2003 by then 24-year-old entrepreneur
Jens Nylander. The company designs and produces digital media products in
collaboration with Asian manufacturers, for sale on the Nordic and U.S. markets.
In 2003 Jens of Sweden became market leader for MP3 players in Sweden.
The MP-300 (I4U Review),
became known for its FM transmitter, which Sweden’s National Post and Telecom
Agency later had removed. Jens of Sweden says that they have several new
products are under way for the autumn.
More details in Jens of Sweden Press-Release.
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Posted by i4u on Tuesday, September 21 2004 @ 10:00:00 EDT (372 reads)
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When we reported on August 27th that Valve started to pre-load Half-Life 2 over their distribution network steam, I thought the release is maybe days away.
Now it is 3 weeks later and Half-Life 2 is still not released. What is
actually happening is that Half-Life 2 is pre-loaded in phases. The phase
3 was made available on September 10th on the Steam Network. Well, this is really only for very patient people.
On top of that there is a legal battle between Sierra/Valve and
Vivendi Universal going on that could delay the release of Half-Life 2. Gamespot
has an indepth coverage of this situation. On the positive side Valve has
shipped the release canidate of Half-Life 2 last week to Vivendi Universal,
who is publishing the game (see GamesIndustry). Still no release date though. The wait continous.
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Posted by i4u on Tuesday, September 21 2004 @ 03:58:04 EDT (254 reads)
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International Truck and Engine Corp. is producing the world's biggest production pickup truck.
The International monster truck lets Hummers appear like toy cars.
The International 7300 CXT is nine feet tall, eight feet wide, 21 1/2 feet long and needs a gallon of diesel on seven miles.
The
14,500 pound pick-up truck is capable of towing 20 tons and seats 5. The
7300 CXT runs on the International® DT 466 diesel engine with a horsepower
rating of 220 hp and 540 lb.-ft. of torque.
The International 7300 CXT starts at $93,000. More details in this press-release and on International 7300 CXT product page.
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Posted by i4u on Monday, September 20 2004 @ 00:00:00 EDT (1212 reads)
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A team of Computer Science Students at the University of Freiburg in Germany hacked a Robosapien to make it autonomous.
This very cool hack of the Robosapien is a bit cruel. They amputated the head and the arms of the Robosapien.
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head got replaced with a Pocket PC and a digital camera on top. The arms
got removed because the Robosapien, called NimbRo-RS was competing at the
RoboCup 2004 in walking and balance competitions. The arms of the RoboSapien
are very heavy and make it difficult for the Robosapien to walk straight.
Interesting videos of the Robosapien walking can be found here. The University published the C++ API for the Robosapien Hack. (news via Slashdot)
The standard edition Robosapien sells usually between $89 and $99.
Check the cheapest online store offers. Amazon.com sells the Robosapien now for $89.99.
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Posted by i4u on Sunday, September 19 2004 @ 04:47:25 EDT (538 reads)
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Bose announces a Digital Music System for the Apple iPod.
The iPod accessory market is booming. Now high-end Audio player Bose gets in the game and offers a speaker and docking station system for the iPod.
The Bose SoundDock system includes a proprietary acoustic design that
delivers clear, full sound across the entire musical spectrum. Using an integrated
system approach, the amplifiers, equalizers and speakers are matched; there
is no need for the user to make complex adjustments to ensure superb acoustic
performance. Patented integrated signal processing automatically adjusts
tonal balance, so music sounds natural at any volume.
The SoundDock system seamlessly integrates with third and fourth-generation
iPods, as well as the iPod mini. A iR remote is included.
The price will be most likely $299 and available at Bose and Apple stores in October.
More details in Bose Press-Release.
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Posted by i4u on Saturday, September 18 2004 @ 00:00:00 EDT (598 reads)
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LG WM-2277HW
| Japanese Dai Nippon Printing Co. has developed a washing
machine that can read smart tags and inform users of the best method of washing
of clothes.
The washing machine has a LCD panel and a internet connection.
If smart tag enhanced clothing (All my clothes have of course smart tags)
is placed into the washing machine, the machine will read the tags to identify
the material and the number of past washings. When finished washing the machine
can send a SMS or email - yeah!
More details on Nikkei.Net (subscription).
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