Acer is going to enter the ultra portable market that competes with Asus Eee PC, by planning to launch low-cost notebooks available with 8- and 9-inch displays late in the first quarter or early second quarter of this year. According to the report, the prices of Acer’s low-cost notebooks will be as competitive as those of the Eee PCs.
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Intel has released the detail of its low-cost notebook platform, the Intel Shelton’08. The platform adopts Intel’s single-core Diamondville CPU with a core frequency of 1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB and power consumption of 3.5W. The platform’s total power consumption is around 8W, translating to battery usage time of between 3-4 hours. The Shelton’08 also consist of a 945GSE chipset, which includes built-in DirectX 9 graphics and supports single channel DDR2 memory. A 802.11g Wi-Fi module, USB/PATA port SSD (solid state drive), and a 7- or 8-inch panel will typically round out the platform, noted the sources.
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After introducing its Cruzer Titanium Plus USB Drive and Cruzer Micro 8GB, SanDisk has unveiled a few more more products in CES 2008, e.g. the SATA solid state drive (SSD) 5000 with 72GB storage capacity, and SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire USB flash drive. The SATA SSD 5000 is a slimmed-down 1.8-inch Serial ATA (SATA II) model, it is aimed at a new generation of ultralight notebooks. Designed to be a drop-in replacement for hard disk drives, the new SATA drive is just 5mm thick and weighs 40 grams ? about 30 percent less than a same-size hard disk drive. It uses a SATA II interface, and consumes only 0.85 watts in read/write mode and 0.2W when idle. The SanDisk SSD SATA 1.8-inch 5000 offers a sustained read rate of 66 MB/sec, a random read rate of over 7000 inputs/outputs per second (IOPS) for a 512-byte transfer ? more than 100 times faster than any hard disk drive, and an average file access rate of 0.1 milliseconds. The SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire USB flash drive is portable drive that lets you store PC game data, music and video, and any important documents on the go.
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Marvell has just announced an 802.11n 3×3 WLAN solution with three spatial streams, the industry’s first 802.11n chip operating at 450 Megabits-per-second (Mbps), the Marvell TopDog 11n-450. With maximum bandwidth more than eight times faster than 802.11g 54 Mbps versions and 1.5 times faster than current 802.11n 300 Mbps offerings, the new product will enable significant performance enhancements for notebooks and desktop PCs, printers, routers, set top boxes, digital TVs, gaming devices and DVD players and recorders. The TopDog 11n-450 provides 500 percent increased range over 802.11g, as well as 160 percent increased range compared to competing 802.11n solutions.

“Marvell is first-to-market with an 802.11n 450 Mbps solution so manufacturers can deliver industry-leading wireless range and performance to consumers who are seeking faster and more powerful Wi-Fi capabilities,” said Sameer Bidichandani, senior director of technology strategy, Marvell Semiconductor. “Compliant with the 802.11n specification, the new Marvell TopDog 11n-450 chip also offers Marvell-engineered enhancements to the specification, such as Space-Time Block Coding (STBC), that helps maintain higher throughput over longer distances.”

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After previous release, Toshiba has now announced another five new small form 1.8-inch factor hard drives. All the new hard drive are targeted for notebooks, UMPCs, and portable handheld CE devices. The new 1.8-inch HDDs for PC applications include the 120GB MK1214GAH, the 60GB MK6028GAL and the lightweight 80GB MK8025GAL, weighing two grams less than traditional 5-millimeter-high 1.8-inch HDDs. All three models are equipped with a PATA interface, 2MB buffer and 512 byte-per-sector format.
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Dell is going to launch its first tablet PC, Dell Latitude XT. It aims to become one of the lightest weight convertible tablet PC in the market place, designed specifially for education/healthcare/corporate sector. This portable tablet PC features a 12.1-inch LCD display with dual-bulb CCFL/LED-backlit WXGA 1280×800 pixel resolution. It is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo ultra low voltage processor (1.2GHz U7600) and features up to 3GB of RAM, ATI Redeon Xpress 1250 256MB Hypermemory, Bluetooth, Wireless 802.11n, there USB ports. It runs on Windows Vista OS.
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Samsung has started shipping its 2.5-inch 64GB SSD (Solid State Disk) to the world?s second largest PC maker Dell. Samsung said the new drives will be supplied to other major PC makers as well. Demand for Flash chips is expected to surge once Dell starts mass-producing notebooks with Samsung?s SSDs. The new Samsung SSD will be installed in Dell?s premium notebooks, which will go commercial late this year.
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Logitech is introducing a new speaker product that offering notebook users exceptional digital audio, Logitech AudioHub. It combines a unique 2.1 one-piece speaker system and three integrated Hi-Speed USB ports in a compact design that fits neatly behind most notebooks. The Logitech AudioHub speaker system features an adjustable one-piece, three-chamber speaker system with an integrated subwoofer that creates balanced audio with clear highs and solid lows. At just three and a half inches in height, the AudioHub presents a sleek, low-profile design that fits almost anywhere in the home ? even in the living room. And the AudioHub speaker system?s unique adjustable-width speakers effectively position the satellites around most notebooks. Along the back of the AudioHub, a cable hook efficiently manages cable clutter.
And a useful Mute button turns off the sound without cutting power to the integrated USB hub.
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