(AP) A months-long price war has driven the price of a 1 GHz Pentium III system down to around $700 as vendors try to gain market share. But that hasn't prodded consumers to increase their buying. On July 20, Gartner Dataquest, a research firm that tracks the personal-computing marketplace, said worldwide PC sales declined by 1.9 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period in 2000. That's not a big decline, but it is the first decline in 15 years of steady sales growth. For vendors of desktop PCs, mobile PCs and PC servers, the decline and what to do about it is a critical puzzle. Prices can't go much lower and, as Apple proved with its Power Mac G4 Cube, trendy design alone doesn't make a winner.
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(Press Release) ATI Technologies Inc. and Appian Graphics Corporation, a pioneer in the development of multiple monitor hardware and software solutions, today announced that ATI has acquired Appian's HydraVision desktop management software and technology for (US) $2 million. Under the terms of the agreement, ATI has acquired ownership of HydraVision desktop management software and related technologies, several multi-monitor related patents and the HydraVision trademark. In addition, ATI has hired several Appian Graphics employees to develop future enhancements to HydraVision software. The companies have also renewed a sales and distribution agreement they originally entered into in November 2000. Under this agreement, Appian Graphics will sell ATI products bundled with HydraVision software into the professional multi-monitor markets, including financial trading floor systems, audio and video editing systems, professional mapping systems and point-of-sale systems.
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(Press Release) The SigmaRAM Consortium announced that Alliance Semiconductor Corporation is the most recent memory supplier to join the SigmaRAM Consortium. Alliance Semiconductor joins GSI Technology, Integrated Silicon Solution Inc., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc., and Toshiba Corporation in supporting the SigmaRAM family of open-standard, JEDEC-approved, high-performance synchronous SRAM products for networking and telecom applications.
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(Press Release) Hitachi has added a value-priced, 19-inch display (18-inch viewable) to its flat-faced monitor line. The new CM721F offers an amazingly tight dot pitch of 0.20 mm horizontal, 0.13 mm vertical to form one of the tightest dot pitches available. The CM721F comes with Hitachi's 5-year branded CRT monitor warranty - the longest, most comprehensive warranty available in the industry. Flat-faced monitors are increasingly in demand because they eliminate glare and minimize distortion across the screen. With a maximum resolution of 1600x1200 at a flicker-free 75 Hz refresh rate, the Shadow Mask CM721F provides the vibrant, realistic images of flat-face technology at a value-price. The new monitor has an 18" viewable image area and an amazing new, super-fine dot pitch of 0.20 mm horizontal x 0.13 mm vertical dot pitch. It provides 202 MHz bandwidth. Using EasyMenu on screen controls with adjustments for color temperature, trapezoid, parallelogram, pincushion, and more, the TCO '99 approved CM721F will begin shipping to Hitachi's worldwide distributors within the next 30 days.
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Tweak3D has a new article posted which discusses how to buy hardware online - without getting ripped off. Check out the article right here.
"OEM and retail: these two words will pop up everywhere when shopping online, especially when looking for a new processor. When a product is OEM, it is a bare package. Nothing extra, just the product itself. You see this most often when dealing with CPUs. OEM CPUs do not come with a heatsink or fancy box, and the warranty is not as long as with retail CPUs. Retail CPUs usually come with 3 years of warranty, while OEM can vary from 30 days to a year."
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