AOpen Unveils Fun, New XC Cube Small Form Factor Bare System Entertainment PC.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2003 Stylish & Compact, XC Cubes Provide Outstanding Performance with Flexible System Configurations & Easy Installation for Everyone AOpen(R) Inc., an award-winning leader in PC motherboard and component design and manufacturing, today announced its new small form factor (SFF (Small Form Factor) Refers to a device that is smaller than others in its field. For example, a miniature display on a cellphone is an SFF device because displays can be extremely large on monitors and TVs by comparison. See form factor. ) product line, the XC Cube Series of bare system PCs. Available in both Intel(R) and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. (R) versions, these exciting new entertainment PCs are as well-suited for desktops as they are for coffee tables. "We recognized that the market is ripe for a small box equipped with a lot of options that would appeal to everyday PC users and make a real fashion statement," said Dale Tsai, director, XC Cube product line, AOpen Inc. "We've included all the powerful computing essentials in a stylish, tight little package, enabling users to accomplish their day-to-day PC tasks, yet empowering them to freely enjoy the entertainment features that the XC Cube has to offer." The AOpen XC Cubes feature ultra-silent operation with noise levels below 30dB; highly-efficient thermal solutions to keep temperatures low for optimal performance; a comprehensive roundup of I/O ports; and a power rating of 220 watts. The XC Cubes will initially be available in two models, with shipping in North America beginning late November, 2003: The XC Cube PC EZ65 - Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 (Celeron(R)) CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , 400/533/800MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus. FSB - front side bus with the Intel 865G+ICH-5 chipset, with an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $330. The XC Cube PC EZ18 - Socket A AMD Duron, Athlon and Athlon XP CPUs, 200/266/333MHz FSB with the nVidia nForce2-GT + MCP-T chipset, with an MSRP of $310. Initial models of the XC Cube will come in brilliant white, with matching drive bay covers, and soon thereafter will be available in black as well. Future models of the AOpen XC Cube are slated to be available in various designer colors adaptive to most interior environments. The XC Cubes come with a 1-year limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. . For more information about the XC-Cube Series from AOpen, please visit the AOpen web site at: http://solution.aopen.com.tw/xc/ About AOpen Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with AOpen America's headquarters in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , AOpen Inc. is the world's largest total PC component solutions manufacturer and a member of a $14 billion technology group. Leveraging more than 28 years of technology manufacturing experience and more than 1,000 Group patents, AOpen designs, manufactures and markets high-quality, state-of-the-art motherboards; housings; VGA cards; white-box notebooks; optical drives; multimedia headsets and headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. ; multimedia and network solutions; as well as numerous other PC component products sold through VARs to institutional, corporate, education and government customers, and via retailers to small business and end-user customers. Editor's Note: For additional information, evaluation units, product photos or executive interviews at AOpen, please contact Fred Gillaspy, InterSight Communications Corporation, 831-239-4292. More information about AOpen, AOpen Products, services, and business partners is available at: www.AOpen.com. AOpen is a registered trademark of AOpen Inc. All other products, brand names or companies are trademarks or registered marks of their respective companies. |
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