GlobanWIN has formed a reputation so quickly, it's incredible. The orignal FOP32 helped out with that. However, the original FOP32 was not recommended for AMD's range of CPU's because of fear of cracking / crumbling the core. They realised this, and started work on the FOP32-1 which is now one of the most used and popular choice for anyone which has an Athlon or Duron. The FOP38 was then released for extra performance.
A reliable-ish source sent us some information but he has a very valid reply as to where he saw the information so I am going to pass it along. I would consider this out of the rumor mill till we can prove otherwise. Here is a cut and paste:
NVIDIA has agreed to support and release new drivers and software for 3DFX products till February 2002. Voodoo5 5500 AGP and PCI will still be made available. I was shown an inter-manager memo by a manager at Electronics Boutique stating such.
The Compaq Cambridge Research Laboratory seems to have a cool project named "Mercury". They are integrating an iPaq running Linux with many diffrent types of wireless alternatives like 802.11b, Bluetooth, GSM, CDMA via PCMCIA. The linux version seems to be the same one that Handhelds.org has. I certainly wouldn't mind having an iPaq that runs Linux! It'd be pretty darn sweet if you ask me!
Toshiba has released the PC Card Fingerprint Reader, a product that attaches to a standard PC card and uses the power of biometrics technology to provide increased security. The device stores the prints of one or more fingers of a user, then allows access to the notebook system when those fingers are scanned into the reader. More information here. My only question is this - does this work with other operating systems or is it only for Windows. Anybody have more information?
EPoX? Now that is name we have not concerned ourselves with for a while. We have used EPoX's boards in the past and were not really impressed. They recently contacted us and said they had something they wanted to show off. I figured either their marketing guy was smoking crack or their engineers had finally pulled a performance board out of their bag of tricks. Just for the record, their marketing guy was NOT smoking crack. Check it out over at HardOCP.
Got this from our affiliates, Geeknews.com:
3DRage has posted a solid review of the Plextor 12x10x32A focusing on the question of how well Burn-proof technology actually
works. The reviwer tried out recording CDs while playing UT, listening to mp3s, and even while ripping mp3s. The verdict? Check it out
here to find if it passed the test.
Sun has announced their new product line, which includs the UltraSPARC-based Netra X1. The Netra X1 is priced at under $1000 and it's packaged in a slim 19" rack-mountable case. Hmmm... this sounds almost as sweet as what I heard from OB-1 yesterday -- that he got this kickin' SONY VAIO for FREE! Dammit! How come I never get any cool free stuff!?
Attempting to reinvent the dying Cyrix name brand, VIA recently announced a third version of the Cyrix III chip. This time made on a 0.15 micron process, VIA is hoping that the Samuel2 based Cyrix III will help them reach their goal of 10% processor market share. There is no question that the chip's manufacturing process is highly advanced, but how does the rest of the chip fare? Read all about it at AnandTech.
Several manufacturers have released all-encompassing solutions that offer more integrated features than one person could ever hope to use. None have seen quite as much success as ATI's All In Wonder line. Their fifth generation solution, the All-In-Wonder RADEON, features the RADEON GPU, 32MB of DDR memory, and a host of capabilities to make this the most potent poison ATI has ever concocted. Do some clicking at SharkyExtreme or follow this link.
