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To: DiViT who wrote (34306)	7/14/1998 11:56:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Matsushita-Kotobuki Sells Thin DVD-ROM Drive For Notebooks July 14, 1998 (TOKYO) -- Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd. put on the market a miniaturized DVD-ROM drive called SR-8171 -B, which is only 12.7mm thick, to be built into notebook computers. A new optical pick-up was developed to allow for a smaller and lighter body. It has lasers for CD-ROMs and for DVD-ROMs, and both CD-R and CD-RW can be played back on the device. Enhanced integrated device electronics (IDE) or the AT attachment packet interface (ATAPI) are used, and the device has 512KB as a buffer memory. The DVD-ROM is accessed by the constant angular velocity (CAV) format, which enables reading at speeds of 11.08MB per second (normal speed) at the inner-most track section and 22.16MB per second (double speed) at the outer-most track section. The CD-ROM's maximum speed is 20x. The power supply voltage is 5V. The device measures 128mm x 129mm x 12.7mm, and it weighs 290g. The sample price is 50,000 yen (US$350). Matsushita-Kotobuki officials said in the company's next major product it will adopt a system that will enable faster reading. (Nikkei Electronics) nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com

To: DiViT who wrote (34306)	7/15/1998 4:32:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

VCD in India? This company has 2 VCD players, both based on the CL-680. They only have 60 employees, and VCD is a new product for them.................................. m-g-a.com India does have some VCD titles out now. Two years of trying, and a small market must be emerging.......................... youngindia.com

To: DiViT who wrote (34306)	7/15/1998 5:59:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

C-Cube on that Matrox card G-200.................................. newmedia.com Digital Radar C-Cube's new MPEG 2 codec, AGP 3D accelerators cards, and Intel's Xeon. Hardware New chips are cranking up performance levels for a new generation of AGP 3D acceleration cards. Boards such as Matrox's Millennium G200 and Number Nine's Revolution IV are ideal for general 3D content creation; they support both DirectX and OpenGL for 3D and include MPEG 2 playback. At the professional level, Dynamic Pictures' powerful new Oxygen RPM features an optional field-upgradable daughtercard, which can almost double the card's performance. So is AGP ready for prime time? radar/0998_AGP