BenQ Releases Ethereal, Classy 24-Inch LCD Display - it's so thin that you can almost see through it

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BenQ has just introduced its new V2400W premium LCD display, touted as the world's slimmest 24-inch monitor. Unlike TV displays, computer LCD monitors have hardly been part of the quest for
ultra-thinness. However, the BenQ V2400W can easily be labeled as "anorexic", given the fact that it's 24 percent thinner than any other existing monitors on the market.

The 24-incher from BenQ is here to set a trend on the computer monitor market by merging exquisite style with state-of-the-art technology, that qualified it for the iF Design Award, an internationally-recognized distinction. The monitor's design has been inspired by the B-2 stealth bomber, and its manufacturers used a new plastic injection technique that not only curves the back of the display, but also allowed BenQ designers to make it one of the thinnest monitors on the market.

According to the monitors' technical specifications, the display measures 6 centimeters at its thickest point, and only 2.28 centimeters at its thinnest. The monitor is a fine blend between asymmetry and aerodynamics and is a preview of the company's new Kinergy Design, that shifts its focus from utility to art.

Anyway, the computer's specifications don't quite live up to its ethereal design. The LCD display offers a dynamic contrast ratio of 4,000:1, new RHCM injection process, full 1080p HD support, 2-ms gray-to-gray response time, touch control panel and a wide variety of connectors, such as HDMI, DVI and VGA ports. However, the monitor lacks HDCP support for the DVI connector, and does not shine when it comes to brightness, panel resolution and backlighting.

The ethereal LCD monitor from BenQ will be available at the end of this month on the Asian market, but it will be also introduced on the North America and Europe markets in April. There is no word on pricing yet.

AMD Informs Its Partners About Delayed RV770 Chips - The first graphics cards are expected to hit the shelves in May

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AMD has just issued a memo for its technology partners, detailing upon the current progress with the upcoming graphics chips in the RV770 family. According to the memo, the chip manufacturer
will release the RV770-powered graphics cards in late Q2, which means they will be ready before the Computex show starts.

The RV770 chips will replace the RV670 offerings on the high-end market. The exact technical specifications are still unknown, but it is rumored that the RV770 graphics chip will come with up to 640 stream processors and 32 texture map units / ROPs.

The chip will function at frequencies that won't exceed 1 GHz, but they will be substantially higher than the previous RV670 graphics cores. The chip's yield rate is as much as 71%, and, according to the leaked specification, the upcoming cards will come with GRRD5 memory.

The new type of memory will be able to deliver insane frequencies that can reach 2.5GHz / 5GHz effectively, which is more than two times faster than the maximum frequencies for the GDDR4 memory. GDDR5 promises some crazy frequencies all the way up to 2.5GHz / 5GHz effectively, which is more than two times faster, as compared with what you can achieve today with GDDR4.

The final GPU revision on the ready to retail cards will be A11. Moreover, it is alleged that the card-to-card performance would result in some 40 percent gains for the RV770-based cards.

AMD is currently focusing on the multi-core graphics technology, and the recent availability of the CrossFireX technology is part of a greater plan than offering the best bang ratio when it comes to video gaming.

The IT industry expects that the upcoming versions of the Catalyst driver pack to bring significant improvements in respects of multi-GPU scaling. Given the fact that the R700 family is based on the R600 architecture with its multi-GPU orientation, it is assumable that the chip manufacturer will also focus on the upcoming chips' multicore part.

When the chips are finally available, they will be commercially known as the Radeon HD 4000.