Micron to offer 2Gbit NAND flash by year-end

Micron Technology today announced that it will begin offering 90nm, 2Gbit NAND flash chips by the end of this year. The new product will target memory cards, USB devices and other mass storage applications. Micron is planning its production ramp to coincide with the flash card market's predicted transition from 128MB to 256MB density NAND as the volume leader. ...more

LaCie provides FireWire 800 via PC card

LaCie has announced a PC card adapter for laptops that provides two FireWire 800 and one FireWire 400 ports. The adapter is supplied with an external power supply, which if fitted provides bus power up to 18W to all three ports, effectively replacing three separate external power supplies. The LaCie FireWire 800 PC Card will be available in December 2003 for around ?49 (ex. ...more

Canon takes four more PowerShots

Canon has unveiled four new PowerShot digital compact cameras, ranging from the 3.2 megapixel PowerShot A400 at ?220 to the ?900, 7.1 megapixel G6. ...more

Pace bets the farm on digital TV

Set-top box manufacturer Pace has announced a rise in pre-tax profits of 61 per cent last year and states that its future depends on the success of digital TV. Pre-tax profits for the year ending 2 June 2001, before amortisation of goodwill and exceptional item reached ?44.3m, with a proposed final dividend of 0. ...more

Plextor claims World's first 12x external DVD writer

In the race to claim to bve the first 12x external DVD writer, Plextor's PX-712UF has adopted the unofficial 12x +R standard and connects using USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 (FireWire). The company says it is 'the fastest external DVD Re-Writer drive available in the world'. ...more