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X-bit labs CeBIT 2005 Coverage: Day 1

Category: Editorial

by Anton Shilov

[ 03/11/2005 | 01:38 PM ]

The world’s largest IT tradeshow kicked off in Hannover, Germany, attracting over five thousands of exhibiters and tens of thousands decision makers, analysts, observers and technology fans. In this coverage we are going to offer you the information from the show floor that touches upon such things like Dual-GPU mode on Intel’s chipsets, Shader Model 4.0, overclockability of NVIDIA’s latest nForce4 chipsets for Intel processors as well as some information on DDR 2 memory market penetration.

Table of contents:

• S3 Graphics: Skips Shader Model 3.0, Talks Shader Model 4.0
  
• VIA Technologies: K8T890, PT-Series Gain Acceptance Among Mainboard Makers
  
• VIA Technologies: Enabling Affordable High-Quality Audio on Laptops
  
• NVIDIA Corp: SLI Shipments Break Records, nForce4 Intel Edition Shows Up
  
• Intel’s 945 and 955 Chipsets Enable Dual-GPU Mode
  
• NVIDIA Shows Off 512MB GeForce 6800 Ultra, GeForce 6600 with Passive Cooling
  
• Corsair Memory: Customers Bid on Low Latency DDR SDRAM, But DDR2 Shipments Account for 20%
  
• XGI Technology: XG47 Taped Out, XG45 Enroute
  

Spring is again in Hannover, Germany and so is the world’s largest information technology trade event – CeBIT Hannover 2005. Just as in the recent years, the show occupies all Deutsche Messe pavilions and presents products from various areas of today’s IT, including computing, communications, personal technology, enterprise solutions, entertainment, security, health and many more.

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The sizes of CeBIT show are unbelievable and it will take at least a couple of days to view everything which is presented – this kind of presence is not intended for general observers, but actually for decision makers and professionals. This gives the show ability to sustain its leading position, as everyone is interested to exhibit provided that the attention of potential clients is virtually guaranteed.

Being strongly dedicated to personal technologies and entertainment, X-bit labs is on the CeBIT 2005 to bring you the latest information about present and future trends and products.