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      AMD RELEASES NEW PROCESSORS

   At the Microprocessor Forum exhibition the company
Advanced Micro Devices plans to introduce
install your new 64-bit K8 processor,
being AMD's answer to Intel's
Merced.  Simultaneously with K8 it is planned
introduce 700 MHz Athlon and Athlon models
Ultra, with bus clock speed over 200
MHz. However, Intel is not going to give up
positions - 733 MHz version is expected to be released
Coppermine processor.

        SUN OPEN SOLARIS CODE

   Sun Microsystems continues
support software from
covered source code. Quite recently,
beer company Star Division, Sun retained
StarOffice open source code -
- an office suite that competes with MS Of-
face. There were rumors that the company
plans to make Solaris open source,
powerful operating system for servers.
Although this information is not yet available
received official confirmation, there is
reason to believe that Solaris codes will
open. The issue is probably being resolved now
about the legal side of this project.

          NEW GIANT PROVIDER

   Two large American providers
EarthLink and MindSpring are joining forces in a new...
new company with 2.8 million customers and
worth about 3 billion dollars.
The purpose of the merger of these two companies is to dis-
expanding its market share and strengthening
competitiveness.  After the merger
the newly formed company will become the second largest
largest provider in the world. (First place
ranks America online). Creation of this
the company should end in the first quarter
tale 2000.

                NEW iMAC

   Apple continues to expand
its share of the home computer market.
This time the new iMac series is presented
ov, consisting of three models - iMac, iMac
DV (Digital Video) and iMac DV SE (Special
Edition). New versions of iMacs have
based on: PowerPC G3 processors, in
depending on the model, operating on a takto-
frequencies from 350 to 400 MHz, 15'' monitor
torus, ATI Rage 128 VR video card with 8 MB
SDRAM, as well as new 4x DVD-ROM drives with
improved disk loading mechanism. Cro-
Moreover, all three new iMacs have
new sound system from Harman has been updated
Kordon, which is complemented by the absence of ku-
lera, which makes the sound even better -
nom (there is no rumbling, usual for PCs, when
computer bot). Expanded andcommunication-
active capabilities of the system - added support -
support for AirPort technology, which is designed
intended for building a wireless network,
56kb modem, 10/100Base-T Ethernet, and 2 USB
port. In addition, the iMac comes with
hard drive 6 GB and 64 mega-
bytes of RAM. iMac features -
Xia from iMac DV with the presence of the latter two
FireWire ports, 10 GB hard drive,
and pre-installed iMovie software for creating
and video editing. iMac DV SE is
iMac DV with 128 MB memory and hard drive
capacity 13 GB. All three models have already been
stupidly on sale at prices: iMac for $999,
iMac DV for $1,299 and iMac DV SE for $1,499. K
the release of new computers, Apple released
three very beautiful commercials in the form
mate QuickTime. A video demonstrating the ra-
bot with video, accompanies a menacing warning
warning: "Don't try to do this before-
ma. Don't try this on a PC."

           AMD IS GAINING MOMENTUM

   Advanced Micro Devices announced
announced its transition to 0.18 micron technology
nology and reported that its first 1 GHz
the processor is planned to be released for sale
in the third quarter of 2000. In addition,
according to unofficial information, at the very
Athlon will be announced soon
750 MHz, and Athlon supplies with a frequency of 800
MHz, demonstrated at a recent pro-
walkingMicroProcessor Forum'99, should
start already at the beginning of November. If AMD succeeds
If you can maintain such a pace, it is very likely
but that it will be able to greatly displace Intel
in the home PC market.

      MERCED TURNS INTO ITANIUM

   Intel Corporation has provided its
customers the first samples of the Itani processor -
um. Itanium is a family of processors with
architecture IA-64, previously called
Merced. Start of mass production
tsessora is planned for mid-2000
yes. Servers and workstations based
Itanium will go on sale in the second half
wine 2000.

            ATI BUILDS AURORA

   ATI was able to respond adequately
to its competitors by announcing the Auro-
ra. Aurora is 2 ATI Rage 128 Pro chips,
placed on one map and working in
parallel mode. However, this option
parallel rendering is slightly different
differs from what is used in Voodoo
SLI. If in Voodoo SLI each chip is calculated -
it takes half a frame, i.e.  top of frame
calculates one chip, and the lower one - another,
then in Aurora each chip is calculated in turn -
frame completely, thus calculating
Typing frames through one. Each chip supplies
There is 32 MB of SDRAM, which gives a total of 64
MB of memory per card. It is expected that the
Aurora's work will increasehigher than that
GeForce 256. Maximum supported
resolution 1920x1200/32-bit color, bus -
- AGP 4X. All this is planned for November
price $299.

               W2K PROBLEM

   Analysts' forecasts are beginning to come true.
It's very likely that Windows 2000
will not be released this year, despite all the
the beliefs of Microsoft management. How did it happen?
known from official sources, presented
The launch of the new operating system will take place in
San Francisco at the Windows Conference
2000 as part of the IDG World Expo, co-
The second one will take place from February 15 to 17.
Before this exhibition, Microsoft plans to
edit beta testers third beta version
Windows 2000 Release Candidate 3. But this
almost no one has any hope for an hour now
that the finished product will be released this year.

          72X CD-ROM ANNOUNCED

   Kenwood has announced a 72-speed
growth CD-ROM, created on the basis of technology
TrueX logy. This technology allows you to re-
produce information at 72-fold speed
growth, reading data simultaneously with 7
tracks. This approach allows you to increase
speed of CD-ROM operation without significant
increasing the number of revolutions of the compact
-disk: in the new Kenwood model the disk makes
only 2700-5100 rpm, while
time as in 60-speed CD-ROMscompetition
rents it rotates at a speed of up to 11000
revolutions per minute, which creates a very un-
pleasant noise when the device operates. Except
Moreover, Kenwood managed to raise such an important
new characteristic, such as price - it finds -
around $130.

           S3 + VIA = S3 - VIA

   Well-known manufacturer of graphics chips
Pov company S3 has created a joint company with
Via Technologies. The new company received
very original name - S3-Via. New
a self-made company will produce chipsets
Via supplemented with integrated graphic
some chips from S3. According to the S3 statement,
development of the first product that
places the Savage 4 chip and one of the new chips
Comrade Via has already been completed, and it will appear in production
even at the beginning of 2000. Considering the problems
Intel with i820, we can assume that but-
your company will be able to take over quite quickly
to gain a larger market share.

               DVD HACKED

   Until recently, DVDs were
protected from unauthorized copying
nia. But as it turned out, not for long - cooperation
nicknames of the Norwegian company MoRE (Masters of
Reverse Engineering) managed to crack the
DVD shield, however, thanks to an error,
by Xing Technologies. Nor-
Vezhians created the DeCSS program,
of only 60 KB, which allows you to
copy VOB filesfrom DVD. Used in
DVD protection system - CSS (Content Scramb-
ling System) makes it impossible to copy
Removing files from DVD if there is no special
40-bit key. Each player, including prog-
frame players and video consoles,
has its own unique key, which
which must be encrypted by the manufacturer
lem. However, for some reason, Xing OS
left her key unencrypted, as
allowed us to reveal CSS technology.
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