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1394 TRADE ASSOCIATION PRESS RELEASE
Launch of 1394-Equipped PC Products from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Others Demonstrates FireWire's Continued Strength in the Personal Computer, Notebook, and Handheld Markets
Innovative New Companies Also Design FireWire into
“Briefcase Supercomputers” and Handheld “Talking”
Computers
DALLAS, Tex., USA -- July 5, 2007 –
FireWire, the leading standard for video and audio connectivity, has emerged
in an exciting new set of 1394-equipped PCs and handhelds from global
industry leaders and emerging companies this year. Companies such as Toshiba,
Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Fujitsu and Gateway – along with a group
of innovative designers of handhelds and high-performance computer products.
In late June, Toshiba Corporation launched its new 1394-equipped 14-inch
feature-packed Tecra X9 designed primarily for business users. The Tecra
X9 comes in a black or silver casing and includes a built-in fingerprint
reader along with the 1394a input and a DVD burner.
Hewlett Packard also continues to deliver 1394-equipped products, with
the introduction of its newest Pavilion notebook, the dv2500t, which includes
four-pin 1394a connectivity. The new dv2500t was launched in May; key
specifications include 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7300 processor, 2GB DDR2 memory,
and 160GB hard drive.
Announced last month, the Dell XPS M1710 is the company’s latest
premium gaming notebook, featuring 1394 and a 17-inch widescreen. On the
inside it houses the 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up to 4GB of RAM
and the NVIDIA Go 7900 GTX graphics card with 512MB of memory. Dell also
in late June announced a new set of Inspiron PCs featuring a full range
of standard connections including 1394 on its Inspiron 1420, 1421, 1520,
1521, 1720 and 1721 notebooks.
Among the most innovative developers is NextComputing, creators of the
first flextop computer, which announced its 1394-equipped NextDimension
portables family at the annual NetWorld Interop Conference in Las Vegas.
Featuring 1394a and the low voltage 50W version of Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor 5300 Series, the NextDimension provides up to eight cores in
the briefcase-sized "supercomputer."
Another new design with FireWire is the handheld Small-Talk Ultra from
GW Micro, which is based on the world’s smallest ultra personal
computer (uPC). Small-Talk Ultra is a full-featured talking Windows XP
computer, which contains a 1GHz processor, 30GB hard drive, 512MB of RAM,
built-in 57-key keyboard, a color transflective display, and integrated
wireless, Bluetooth, and FireWire. A full copy of Window-Eyes and external
CD-ROM are also included.
Other global leaders designing 1394 into new PCs and notebooks are the
following:
- Fujitsu Computer Products, which in June
introduced the new E8410 Lifebook notebook, featuring the Intel Centrino
Pro processor technology with 64-bit Core 2 Duo Processor along with
a 1394a port;
- Everex, with its new StepNote XT5000T,
a 17-inch notebook built around an AMD Turion X2 processor and NVIDIA
Go 7600 card, with 1394;
- Gateway, with two new 1394-equipped laptops,
the 15.4-inch E-475M and 14.1-inch E-265M, both of which come with
Intel’s Santa Rosa CPU platform includes: 800MHz front side
bus and 64-bit capability, Intel GM965 chipset, GMA X3100 graphics
or with Intel PM965 chipset paired with ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
HD dedicated video card.
“FireWire has become a standard fixture
on the new generation of personal computers, with particularly high penetration
in a compelling new generation of notebooks,” said James Snider,
executive director of the 1394 Trade Association. “Many of the new
systems just announced, such as the Dell M1710 and the Tecra X9, are designed
for very different markets – and are getting very good reviews from
the industry. We expect to see this trend continue as manufacturers realize
the value of 1394’s speed and reliability for specific applications
or for connecting with a home or business network.”
The 1394 Trade Association is a worldwide organization dedicated to the
advancement and enhancement of the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) standard. For
more information please visit www.1394ta.org
Contact:
Dick Davies
415 652 7515
ipra@mindspring.com
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