Real-time video engines

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Both the Matrox DigiSuite LE and the Pinnacle ReelTime dual-stream M-JPEG cards exhibited superior picture quality although the DigiSuite's images looked more natural because of a slightly softer quality. The data rates of the equally priced cards are impressive; the difference between Matrox's claim of 15 Mbps and Pinnacle's 13 Mbps are hardly discernable. Both cards use dynamic quantization, meaning they can capture most video material at significantly lower data rates while simultaneously achieving top quality. DigiSuite LE's realtime performance is excellent. Simultaneous manipulation of video streams is made possible by the card's two independent DVE channels. ReelTime, which comes bundled with Adobe Premiere 4.2, enhances Premiere's many-featured interface with realtime power, making it a good tool for high-end video editing.

Graphics accelerator/display board, Display adapters, Pinnacle Systems Inc., PCLE, Matrox Graphics Inc., Matrox Graphics DigiSuite LE (Graphics accelerator/display board), Pinnacle Systems ReelTime (Graphics accelerator/display board)

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Price-busting digital video

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Miro Computer Products' $999 miroVideo DC30, available for the Mac and PC, offers the best picture quality and data rate of seven evaluated digital-capture boards. The DC30 can capture 5.4MBps directly to AVI format. It comes with excellent, user-friendly software and fine documentation. Video pros should take a good look at Truevision's $1,695 Targa 1000, which offers tight integration with editing software, excellent image quality and versatile upgrade options. The Targa 1000 comes in both Mac and PC versions. Intel's $199 Smart Video Recorder III for Windows offers fine no-frills video capture, although its Indeo software relies on the CPU for on-the-fly compression.

Video capture boards, Truevision Inc., Full-motion video board, Full motion video boards, miro Computer Products Inc., 1US, video capture board, Intel Smart Video Recorder III (Video capture board), Truevision Targa 1000 (Full-motion video board), miro Computer Products miroVideo DC30 (Full-motion video board)

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Intel gets more speed from less chip

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The performance of Intel's Pentium II microprocessor has been enhanced from 15% to 20% by a new motherboard design and new manufacturing methods. By reducing the size between microprocessor components by approximately 30% (from 0.35 microns to 0.25 microns), Intel has made a smaller, cooler, faster Pentium II. New, smaller 233MHz Pentium IIs will start appearing in notebooks, while new, smaller 400MHz Pentium IIs are destined for top-performance workstations. In addition, Intel's new motherboard design with 100MHz system bus should accelerate the Pentium IIs' performance even further.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Microprocessor Chips, Computer hardware, Microprocessor, Product Announcement, Microprocessors, Integrated circuit fabrication, Product enhancement, Hardware product enhancement, Motherboard, Motherboards, Intel Pentium II (Microprocessor)

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