Consumer Electronics Show 2004 Day 1: Motherboards at CES
by Anand Lal Shimpi, Kris Kubicki and Wesley Fink on January 9, 2004 4:48 AM EST- Posted in
- Trade Shows
The next unique system at FIC was a mobile Athlon XP based machine that was actually modeled after a ladies high-heel shoe.
The idea was to produce a sleek, stylish computer that didn't take up much room and the result was quite impressive. The product has had much success in Japan and is finally making its way over to the States.
Being the very popular OEM that they are, FIC showed off a Media Center PC design that they have for Gateway - a widescreen LCD/TV PC.
The PC runs Windows XP Media Center Edition and can actually accept up to a 3GHz Pentium 4.
We ended our visit to FIC on a lighter note, literally (ok that was a horrible pun):
Just like most motherboard manufacturers, FIC is diversifying by producing MP3 players. What sets FIC's MP3 players apart from the rest of Taiwan's? Bluetooth support. Wireless Bluetooth headsets will function with FIC's line of MP3 players, something that is desperately needed with MP3 players today. Although they won't be competing with the iPods of the world, maybe FIC will spark enough interest that more manufacturers will offer Bluetooth support in their MP3 players.
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Idoxash - Monday, January 12, 2004 - link
Wow, I think that "Mobile Athlon XP" computer by FIC is crazily kewl looking. I like to know more about it and such.--Idoxash
JADS - Monday, January 12, 2004 - link
Still no dual CPU enthusiast boards. Could be a good reason for the FX staying around if one of the HT links was re-enabled.sandorski - Saturday, January 10, 2004 - link
Don't worry, it'll become an issue in time. ;)mrprotagonist - Friday, January 9, 2004 - link
Can't believe that the nvidia/AMD/Intel fanboys didn't catch this snippet on page 4:"ATI has confirmed production of an AMD Athlon 64 core logic; NVIDIA is rumored to also have an Intel chipset in the works. With both ATI and NVIDIA producing both AMD and Intel chipsets, we will now have five major chipset manufacturers (six if you include ALi)."
klah - Friday, January 9, 2004 - link
JRun Connector Protocol Error.ehanneken - Friday, January 9, 2004 - link
Does the FIC small form factor PC that opens up like a Mac have an AGP slot?Evan Lieb - Friday, January 9, 2004 - link
Good job guys. Too bad I couldn't go. :)Tracy-Computer Franchise - Friday, July 27, 2012 - link
good post..i hope that i could visit..Most of us know that Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter on an atomic and molecular scale,but few of us knew that Nanotechnology entails the application of fields of science as diverse as surface science, organic chemistry, molecular biology, semiconductor physics, microfabrication, etc.http://www.cpr-franchise.com