Today modfactor.com has their latest review posted on the 12 inch (pcmods) and 4 inch (zxmods) Blue Cold Cathode Light Kits. These lights from pcmods.com (12inch) and zxmods.com (4inch) can turn any ordinary computer into a great looking machine that will amaze not only you but all your friends and the guys at the next LAN party.

X-bit Labs have posted a short article in which they quickly summarize what we already know about Nvidia'S upcoming NV18 chipset that has appeared in many motherboards @ Computex in various manufacturers booths.

As far as I'm aware so far NV18 has not been officially launched but that doesn't stop rumors and OEM's from showing off their motherboards with that particular chip.

If you missed the pics and specs of various NV18 based motherboards, feel free to look HERE.

Read more for more information on the X-bit Labs news story.

The Inquirer has just posted some more info on ATi's R300 and RV250. Seems so far its ATI rumors day today. Well, I say we were long overdue for some :D

"The ATI 300 will support DirectX 9.0, will have as many as 107 million transistors, and have eight pipes with 16 textures. It will include 4 vertex shader engines, and use 256-bit DDR memory, and use a technology called HyperZ III.

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Anandtech has posted another article from day 3 of Computex. This time they have some cool scoop on ATI's R300 and RV250.

"The RV250 chip will be the mainstream part that will take over once the R300 launches. While we can't disclose the specific specifications of the part, our board manufacturing contacts today informed us that the performance of the RV250 is very close to that of the R200 (Radeon 8500).

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I was just over @ Ocworkbench.com and I spotted their Computex Taipei 2002 coverage. Check out the great looking heatsink pipes from Zalman for your VGA graphics cards.



And not forgetting these decent looking ATI Radeon cards from Gigabyte. Hit read more for the pic and links.

Ibelite.com says this: Check out this MSI flash presentation including a ClawHammer board! And I've spotted a AMD Thoroughbred CPU on sale! AMD Athlon XP 2200+ RETAIL @ $214.90USD! Seems cheap for a new CPU.

Theinquirer.net have snagged some screenshots of AMD's New Hammer Motherboard from SIS , FIC , Gigabyte!

Anandtech has spotted ATI's R300 GPU used @ VIA's booth to show off the AGP 8x capabilities of their upcoming KT400 chipset. According to their report the card only ran 3DMark2001 SE in demo mode with benchmarking beeing out of the question. Read more...

Looks like the site AthlonXP.com has some pictures of Matrox's yet to be released Parhelia video card. I would take those with a grain of salt though...

Well, as many predicted NV18 based boards have showed up on 1st day of Computex in various manufacturers booths.

Asus, Epox, Abit, Soltek, MSI, Leadtek, Chaintech, Shuttle, etc - they all had NV18 motherboards on display today @ Computex.

Check out the coverage of day 1 @ Computex in which you can see pics and specs of these NV18 boards and also much more over @ Tom's Hardware and T-Break and HardOCP and PC Watch.

Tweakers Australia has just added 5 new socket 478 coolers to the roundup, bringing the total to 10! This time we check out coolers from Zalman, Bitspower, Arkua and Sibak. Once again, Tweakers Australia do their very own tests using special acoustic and temperature recording equipment. Press Read More for further info.

Yamaha Corporation today unveiled the CRW-F1, a high-quality, full CAV CD-R/RW recorder that promises unmatched stability, efficiency and offers the new "Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording" and the revolutionary "DiscT@2" laser drawing system. The new CRW-F1 recorder features a 2'42" recording time for full 80-minute CD-R discs (at full CAV speeds of 44x) along with up to 24x in CD-RW Rewriting. Read speed and digital audio extraction speeds reach 44X, while delivering maximum quality and compatibility.

Jazz Hipster Corporation is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of audio speaker solutions for the computer and consumer electronics markets. They introduced J-9940W, a wireless 5.1 digital home theater system which features wireless rear left and right speakers that eliminate messy speaker cables. Read more...

VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the release of the VIA Envy24HT, a new high performance Audio Controller with superior recording and playback features that marks a new level in PC audio performance. The Envy24HT PCI multi-channel audio controller is a no compromise PCI solution that brings professional studio quality sound to the home PC user. With 24-bit resolution and sampling rates up to 192kHz, the VIA Envy24HT enables the highest recording quality in its class, and provides two inputs and 10 outputs that connect to the latest 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound systems for perfect home theatre performance. Partners for the EnvyHT chipset are among others TerraTec.

S3 Graphics, Inc. today announced the launch of their first Certified Partner Program. The program provides for a formal structured working relationship with selected leading PC Graphics solution providers, ensuring highest quality technical exchange and smooth product introduction. Tyan Computer Corporation becomes the first Certified Partner with the introduction of their exciting new Tachyon? G3300 graphics board, featuring the S3Graphics SavageXP graphics processor. Tyan brings their long-standing reputation for performance, reliability and stability to the growing graphics card market.

Check this out! ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES opened Computex by demonstrating a four way Opteron box and motherboards from a range of partners including Nvidia, Via, SiS, Asus and others at a press conference this morning.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, June 3, 2002 - ALi Corporation, today introduces a new generation chipset - M1687 north bridge and M1563 south bridge, supporting AMD (NYSE: AMD) OpteronTM and eighth-generation AMD AthlonTM processors - the industry?s first x86-64 microprocessor technology. ALi?s M1687 equipped with AGP-8X support and HyperTransportTM bus to link to M1563 south bridge, provides the necessary capacity to fully unleash the power and performance of AMD eighth-generation platforms.

"The PC market place is driven by consumers? demand to attain enhanced performance for the graphics intensive computing experiences. AMD OpteronTM and eighth-generation AMD AthlonTM platforms offer increased CPU processing speed, and their HyperTransportTM interfaces enable AGP-8X and other system I/O peripheral to achieve optimal performance," said Dr. Chin Wu, president of ALi Corporation "ALi?s M1687/M1563 coupled with AMD?s eighth- generation processors are a high-performance, scalable solution for the mainstream PC market."

Triton Labs has created a Gameboy Advanced with an internal lighting system called the Afterburner. It looks exactly the same as a regular Gameboy Advanced with the exception of a new switch that turns the light on and off. A single kit is only $30.00 USD, so all of you GBA freaks go check it out. Press Read More for further info and pictures!!

Transmeta?s premier product is the Crusoe processor. It is a revolutionary x86-compatible family of solutions specially designed for the handheld and lightweight mobile computing market. The high-performance Crusoe processor consumes 60 to 70 percent less power and runs much cooler than competing chips, by transferring the most complex part of a processor?s job ? determining what instructions to execute and when ? to software in a process called Code Morphing. Because it enables a battery charge to last twice as long, this technology allows all-day computing. Press Read More for further info.

On January 19, 2000, Transmeta Corporation introduced Crusoe, a new microprocessor, into a market long controlled by one dominant company. Over the years, many companies have tried to do the same, and none of them has been very successful. But unlike all those other companies, we believe that we produced something truly revolutionary. And that it?s destined to change everything. Now, just about this time you?re thinking, Ah, just what the world needs, another processor company making big promises. And that sentiment would certainly be understandable, if Crusoe were just another processor. But it?s not. Unlike everything else that?s come before it, the Crusoe processor is not technology for technology?s sake. It?s technology with a purpose. Crusoe is the first processor designed from the ground up to solve the problems of mobile and Internet computing in ways other processors can?t. And in doing so, Crusoe is the first processor to offer benefits that really matter to people. Press Read More for further info.