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CeBIT 2008: the big wrapup
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CeBIT 2008: the big wrapup

by William Maher  on May 22, 2008
Tags: CeBIT | 2008
Altech's 128GB SSD
Altech's 128GB SSD (desktop version shown): fast, fast storage for your PC

Laptop users will also drool over Altech's 128GB solid state drive. SSD is rapidly becoming the storage flavour of the month thanks to notebooks like the Eee PC, though it doesn't automatically mean amazing performance, as our tests have shown. The version shown is Altech's 32GB model, though they also had 128GB desktop models on show. Now, if those prices can come down…

AMD Phenom Black Label 9850: It's black (well, the box is), it's fast, and it stops AMD being embarrassed
AMD Phenom Black Label 9850: It's black (well, the box is), it's fast, and it stops AMD being embarrassed

Our benchmarks of AMD's Phenom chip have left us underwhelmed (see our in-depth report here), but there is one CPU to get excited about. We glimpsed the CPU that Altech proudly points out is the fastest chip from AMD on the market - the Black Label 9850. The quad Phenom 64 CPU clocks in at 2.5GHz (with 4MB cache), but with some gentle prodding can be pursuaded to hit the 3GHz mark. Above that and you're in liquid cooling territory.

DigiSlide's tiny pocket projector - we'll skip the
DigiSlide's tiny pocket projector - we'll skip the "is that a projector in your pocket" jokes this time (image source: digislide.com.au)

We're able to confirm that portable projectors so tiny they literally fit in your pocket do exist, and not just in grainy YouTube videos. We saw one in operation at CeBIT, and it looks promising, if a little less than home theatre resolution.

The DigiSmart Pocket Projector is about the size of a really, really chunky mobile phone (ok, we couldn't think of a similar sized gadget), and can supposedly project an A3 image in ambient light (the image we saw was not that big).

It's for showing off Excel spreadsheets, and Powerpoint slides, but the company is not blind to the possible gaming and video potential, mentioning home theatre, iPods, and even the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 in its press release.

But here's the kicker - the projector's light source is LED, so there's no replacement bulbs or fans. The demo unit we saw was an engineering sample, and we're told will run anything with composite video, and has a VGA port for connecting to laptops. It will be interesting to see if it shapes up to be anything like the pico-projector, or the PicoP cell-phone projector. Movies on the back seat of the bus, maybe?
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