1. GSBUG Hardware Info SIG July 11, 2002

2. 2 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Agenda – July 11, 2002 7:00 – 7:05 Administration 7:05 – 8:15 Featured Topic – Graphics Processors, Video Cards, and Monitors 8:15 – 8:30 Hardware News 8:30 – 8:55 Random Access (Q&A) 8:55 – 9:00 Recap, Preview, and Close

3. July 11, 20023 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Administration Welcome! Please Sign In. What the SIG is…and is not. Is – an information resource for computer users and potential computer users Is NOT – a way to get your computer built or repaired (contact the GSBUG Daytime Hardware SIG) Log – Random Access/Q&A (First Come…)

4. July 11, 20024 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Administration (continued): Presentation materials will be posted at: http://gsbug.apcug.org/hwinfosig.htm Prior presentation materials are also posted.

5. July 11, 20025 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards, and Monitors Graphics Processors: Discrete (separate chip), used on video cards with dedicated RAM Discrete (separate chip), integrated onto the motherboard with dedicated or shared RAM (typically for servers or OEM) Integrated into the motherboard’s Northbridge with dedicated or shared RAM

6. July 11, 20026 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) Primary Processor Suppliers - Discrete: 3Dlabs (Creative Labs) – GLINT and Wildcat (proprietary) ATI – RADEON and Fire GL (mixed proprietary and merchant) Matrox – G200/G450/G550 and Parhelia (proprietary) NVIDIA – GeForce3, GeForce4, Quadro2 and Quadro4 plus many older models (merchant) PowerVR – KYRO II (merchant)

7. July 11, 20027 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) Primary Processor Suppliers – Discrete (continued): S3 (VIA) – Savage4 and SavageXP (merchant) SiS – SiS3xx series and Xabre (merchant) Trident – BLADE family (merchant)

8. July 11, 20028 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) Primary Processor Suppliers – Integrated (into the Northbridge) ATI – RADEON IGP Intel – 810 series, 815 series (except 815EP), 845G and 845GL NVIDIA – nForce IGP SiS – multiple (typically SiS6x0, SiS6x1, or SiS7x0) VIA – ProSavage

9. July 11, 20029 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) Video Cards AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) – 266MHz (4X) and 533MHz (8X) PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) – 33MHz

10. July 11, 200210 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) Video Cards - Primary Suppliers 3Dlabs – Oxygen and Wildcat series (workstation); Creative Labs (mainstream & gamer) coming ASUSTeK (ASUS) – NVIDIA-based (mainstream & gamer) ATI – RADEON (mainstream & gamer) and Fire GL (workstation); many “partners” for non-workstation cards Gigabyte – ATI-based (mainstream & gamer) Hercules – 3D Prophet series, ATI and KYRO-based (mainstream & gamer)

11. July 11, 200211 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) Video Cards - Primary Suppliers (continued) Leadtek - WinFast series, NVIDIA-based (mainstream & gamer) Matrox – Parhelia and Millennium series (mainstream, gamer, and professional) MicroStar (MSI) – NVIDIA-based (mainstream & gamer) NVIDIA/PNY – Quadro2 and Quadro4-base (workstation) VideoLogic – Vivid! (KYRO-based, gamer) VisionTek – Xtasy, NVIDIA-based (mainstream & gamer)

12. July 11, 200212 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) Video Cards – “L&G” (Mainstream & Gamer) ATI (and “Partners”) RADEON 8500 (128MB, DVI-I/VGA, TV-out) All-in-Wonder RADEON 8500 (128MB, TV Tuner, video capture) R300 coming soon (also RADEON 8500 MAXX?) Matrox Parhelia (128MB, dual DVI-I, TV-out, triple-display capable) NVIDIA (through multiple card manufacturers) GeForce4 Ti 4600 (128MB, DVI-I/VGA, TV-out) NV30 coming (soon?)

13. July 11, 200213 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) Video Cards – “L&G” (Workstation) 3Dlabs Wildcat III 6210 (416MB, dual DVI-I, AGP Pro 50); 6110 ATI Fire GL 8800 (128MB, DVI-I/VGA) New product coming soon? NVIDIA (through PNY) Quadro4 900 XGL (128MB, dual DVI-I) Benchmarks - www.specbench.org/gpc/opc.data/vp7/summary.html

14. July 11, 200214 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) Monitors CRTs (cathode ray tubes) = standard “monitors” LCD Displays (flat panel monitors) Analog (VGA – 15-pin, D-sub) Digital (DVI-D) Dual input (VGA and DVI-D)

15. July 11, 200215 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) CRT Monitors – Primary Suppliers Eizo – high-end & professional, expensive Hitachi – mainstream through professional Iiyama – mainstream through professional KDS – mainstream Mitsubishi – mainstream through professional NEC – mainstream through professional

16. July 11, 200216 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) CRT Monitors – Primary Suppliers (continued) Panasonic – mainstream Samsung – mainstream Sony – mainstream through professional ViewSonic (incl. Nokia & Optiquest) – mainstream through professional

17. July 11, 200217 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Graphics Processors, Video Cards…(continued) LCD Displays – Primary Suppliers Eizo – mainstream analog & dual input KDS/Radius – mainstream analog NEC/Mitsubishi – mainstream analog & dual input Samsung – mainstream analog & dual input Sony – mainstream analog & dual input ViewSonic – mainstream analog & dual input NOTE: Virtually all CRT manufacturers also produce LCD displays.

18. July 11, 200218 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Hardware News Processors AMD released the Athlon MP 2100+ (.18 micron) – simple line extension. Intel released the Itanium 2 (previously code-named McKinley) – 900 and 1000MHz, 32K L1, 256K L2, 1.5 or 3.0MB L3 (all on-die); 400MHz FSB; 128-bit data path to chipset; impressive “results” against Sun UltraSPARC III 1050MHz; 1K pricing $1338-$4226; 28 server vendors and 1 workstation vendor (HP) announced they will ship systems based on this processor. Press release at http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2002070 8comp.htm http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2002070 8comp.htm

19. July 11, 200219 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Hardware News (continued) Core Logic (chipsets) Intel announced the E8870 server chipset (no AGP support) – will be released in September; support up to 16 processors HP using its own chipset for its Itanium 2 workstations - starting at $5865 for 900MHz processor (1.5MB L3), 1GB RAM, 40GB IDE hard drive, ATI RADEON 7000 video card (mainstream desktop class, NOT workstation), chassis, keyboard, mouse and UP Unix OS (no monitor) System RAM – nothing new

20. July 11, 200220 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Hardware News (continued) Motherboards Intel announced server “building block” support for Itanium 2 – the SR870BN4 for 4-way, 4U rack mounts – available in the “second half” of 2002 (unclear whether this is a motherboard or bare bones unit – numbering suggests motherboard)

21. July 11, 200221 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Hardware News (continued) Graphics processors & cards 3Dlabs released the Wildcat VP series of workstation cards – based on the new P10 VPU; to replace Oxygen line and compete against NVIDIA Quadro4 GPU-based cards. Wildcat VP 970 - 128MB RAM, DVI-I/VGA, $1199 SRP. Matrox released the first in a series of Parhelia cards – 128MB, dual DVI-I, $399 SRP.

22. July 11, 200222 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Hardware News (continued) Hard Drives IBM announced the 146Z10 series (U320 SCSI, 10K rpm, 18-146GB, 8MB cache, 825Mb/sec internal transfer). Maxtor announced the Atlas 10K IV series (U320 SCSI, 10K rpm, 36-146GB, 8MB cache, full spec not released). Also announced plans for a 15K rpm follow-on. Seagate released the Barracuda ATA V series – ATA/100, 7200 rpm, 40-120GB (60GB/double-sided platter), 570 Mb/sec internal transfer rate. MP in Q4; native Serial ATA version in the Fall.

23. July 11, 200223 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Hardware News (continued) Hard Drives (continued) Western Digital announced a series of Caviar drives with 60GB/platter – ATA/100, 7200 rpm, 120-200GB, full spec not released. To ship in July. Hard Drive Controllers Highpoint released the RocketRAID 1520 PCI adapter card - serial ATA, dual-channel (max 2 drives), IDE RAID. Also released the RocketHead 100 serial-ATA-to- standard-ATA HDD adapter (to attach non-serial-ATA drives to this controller – upgrade later to serial ATA drives).

24. July 11, 200224 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Hardware News (continued) Other Drives LG Electronics (stealth) released a 32x10x40 CD-RW with 16X DVD-ROM combo drive. Shipping now. Sound processors & cards – nothing new Modems & NICs – nothing new Chassis & power supplies – nothing new Misc Sigma Designs released the REALmagic Xcard – an MPEG-4 PCI decoder card for lower performance PCs. Supports MPEG-4 and DivX content.

25. July 11, 200225 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Random Access (Q&A)

26. July 11, 200226 GSBUG Hardware Info SIG Recap, Preview, and Close Recap Preview Featured Topic for August 8 – Sound Processors, Sound Cards, and Speakers Close (please police up the area)