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EPIA SP Mini-ITX Preview:

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that the new VIA EPIA SP Mini-ITX mainboard featuring the VIA PadLock Hardware Security Suite and the VIA CN400 Digital Media chipset with hardware-based MPEG-4 acceleration will be on display at Computex 2004, starting next week in Taipei.

AMD Alchemy™ DBAU1550:

AMD today announced the AMD Alchemy™ DBAu1550™ security network processor development board, designed for network access devices. Using the new board, developers can accelerate the design and production of next-generation wired and wireless devices that leverage the security features in the high-performance, low-power AMD Alchemy Au1550™ processor, which operates at only a half a watt.

Corsair Announces XL Memory:

Corsair Memory announced today a new family of "XL" memory modules that supports 2-2-2-5 latencies at 400MHz, making the XL family the highest performing PC3200 memory in the world. All these parts are available immediately from resellers worldwide, and are also available as individual 512MB XL modules, as TwinX matched memory pairs and as Pro Series extreme gaming memory with activity LEDs.