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Via launches PCI Express chipset for Via processor platforms.

VIA Technologies announced the Via CN800 digital media IGP chipset, featuring support for PCIe and integrated Via UniChrome Pro graphics with hardware MPEG-2 playback and DuoView dual monitor output. The IGP is designed as the companion chipset for the VIA C7-D processor.

ATI enters 2D graphics card market.

ATI plans to enter the 2D graphics card market for workstations and focus on customers including retailers and financial analysts. The company aims to grab 20% of the 2D professional graphic card market in the next few months, said Drew Singh, director of workstation sales at ATI Technologies.

Company Offers Mac Clone, Then Crashes.

Do you crave a Mac but baulk at shelling out thousands of dollars for Apple"s alternative PCs?A company by the name of Psystar may have the answer for you. On Monday it released what it calls an Open Mac, for 400 dollars. The clones, which are standard Intel-based machines, use a piece of software wizardry called an Extensible Firmware Interface to trick Apple"s Leopard operating system into thinking it is running on a genuine Mac.

Taiwan DVD disc makers enjoy booming business.

Leading manufacturers of DVD+R/-R discs in Taiwan, in light of growing orders and fully occupied production capacity, have increasingly been choosing the orders for more profitable 16x discs and contracting out the production of 8x discs or for relatively small volumes to second-tier or smaller makers, according to the leading makers.

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