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ViewSonic Corporation announced a number of consumer-focused display products at the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show, including its first wide-format smart display capable of high-resolution data and video, along with two new lightweight, affordable, feature-rich projectors. In addition, the company unveiled a prototype for a new category of wireless monitors that will enable users to experience always-on, anytime mobile connectivity to a PC from anywhere in the home.

"ViewSonic is committed to delivering next generation, wireless display technology to the home as well as the traditional business sector," said James Chu, ViewSonic president and CEO. "By capitalizing on the latest technology we are bringing new options to consumers that will alter the way people work and play in the home."

Among ViewSonic's consumer products featured in Las Vegas:

• The VX3600 MegaMonitor® is ViewSonic's first offering in a new category of large-screen, high-definition monitors that allow users to view multiple forms of digital entertainment from one display-VCR, DVD, camcorder, digital camera, cable box, game player, television and PC signals-at resolutions up to four times higher than standard television images.
• The PJ500 and PJ550 are two projectors designed not only to meet the stringent requirements of business professionals, but also deliver the versatility and ease of use demanded by home theater enthusiasts. With estimated street prices (ESP) starting at $1895, both are affordable alternatives to stationary, bulky and expensive big-screen TVs. Weighing just five pounds, the PJ500 and PJ550 offer compatibility and excellent image quality in a lightweight, mobile form factor.
• The ViewSonic airpanel™ 150 is a 15-inch, wireless LCD display prototype based on Mira, a set of Microsoft® Windows technologies that extend the rich capabilities of the PC to smart displays anywhere in the home. The airpanel 150 allows users to access their PC and any files, applications and/or data— wirelessly from any room of the home, without having to be directly in front of their PC.

News source: Designtechnica - ViewSonic Brings Next Generation Technology Home

Still, Intel's far smaller rival did well against Intel in 2001. AMD gained 3.5 points of the market for microprocessors last year against Intel, according to figures released this week by Mercury Research.

AMD increased its share of the microprocessor market to 20.2 percent in 2001 from 16.7 percent in 2000, while Intel closed out 2001 with 78.7 percent of the market, down from 82.2 percent during 2000.

The Athlon 4 processor 1500+ is the first mobile chip from AMD that uses a model name rather than its clock speed to distinguish it.

AMD claims that the performance of a microprocessor is determined by more than just its clock speed and should include how many transactions per minute the chip can perform, among other measures.

The company first moved to the model name branding strategy with its Athlon desktop PC processor late last year, and it introduced the Athlon 4 mobile processor in May 2001.