CHIP FIRM Advanced Micro Devices said it has designed a flash device which will speed the adoption of Bluetooth and GPS modules in personal digital appliances (PDAs). The eight megabit AM 29SL800D is a 1.8 volt device with read times of 90 nanoseconds and will give 22MB/s read throughput. It has a standby current of two micro amps for saving battery life but only uses five micro amps during operation, the firm claimed.
The low power consumption is important because Bluetooth, named after a wicked Viking ruler, eats battery life like he probably consumes chicken bones in Valhalla. The tiny devices cost $1.30 each when you buy 10,000 of them.
News source: The Inq
The low power consumption is important because Bluetooth, named after a wicked Viking ruler, eats battery life like he probably consumes chicken bones in Valhalla. The tiny devices cost $1.30 each when you buy 10,000 of them.
News source: The InqDuring first stage of V5 beta, we will be concentrating on two major issues:
WU Web Site beta testing - including gross and detailed site functionality, site UI, and site text
- WU content Beta testing - all content delivered through the WU site (with the exception of Security Updates, there is another channel for those) will have a specific beta release/test period. This includes driver update content.
- After the initial beta period, the WU V5beta program will continue to be involved in Beta update testing of software and driver content prior to their RTW ('going live') on the v5 site.
- Platform - current plans for V5 Beta are that all beta testers will require a platform of windows 2000 SP2 and later, for a testing platform.
- No one in either WU Beta or Office Beta groups have been enrolled in the V5 beta program, yet.
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