Alienware Announces New Ultimate Gaming Machine With 1066MHz RDRAM; Area-51 Takes Full Advantage of the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with 1066MHz RDRAM.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002 Alienware Alienware is an American computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Computer Corporation. It mainly produces desktops and laptops that are specialized for video editing, audio editing, and especially gaming. (R) Corporation announced that their flagship system, the Area-51, is now available with Rambus See RDRAM. 1066MHz (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. RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) Pronounced "r-d-ram." A dynamic RAM chip technology from Rambus, Inc., Los Altos, CA (www.rambus.com). Rambus licensed its memory designs to semiconductor companies, which manufactured the chips. memory. Alienware's impressive lists of award-winning systems are aimed at providing gaming enthusiasts with the ultimate gaming experience. The Area-51 is the first system with 1066MHz RDRAM memory to hit the consumer desktop market. By pairing the newly released Pentium 4 Processor with 533MHz front side bus and 1066MHz RDRAM memory, the Area-51 delivers a seamless 4.2GB/s of memory bandwidth Memory bandwidth is the rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by a processor. Memory bandwidth is usually expressed in units of bytes/second, though this can vary for systems with natural data sizes that are not a multiple of the commonly used for optimal gaming performance. "For performance that is truly out of this world, Alienware uses Samsung 1066 RDRAM memory," said Tom Quinn Tom Quinn is the fictional Senior Case Officer, Section D, at MI5's Counter-Terrorism Department, as seen in BBC spy drama Spooks. He was portrayed by actor Matthew Macfadyen until his departure in the third season. , vice president of marketing for Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. "Samsung's advanced memory technology empowers our customers to bring you the future faster." The latest Alienware Area-51 system consists of the following components for The Ultimate Gaming Experience: -- Intel(R) Pentium 4(R) Processor at 2.53GHz -- 533MHz front side bus with 512KB Cache -- 512MB 1066 MHz RDRAM, expandable to 2GB -- NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 with 128MB Dual Monitor Support -- SoundBlaster Audigy 5.1 Sound Card "We are excited to offer 1066 MHz RDRAM memory," said Kevin O'Neill Kevin O'Neill may refer to:
Alienware's full line of products can be found at www.alienware.com or by visiting any Best Buy retail stores nationwide via their Computer Creation Station. Each Alienware system goes through a stringent 200 point quality control process; each is extensively tested for reliability and performance for a minimum of 72 hours and is available in any of eight "extraterrestrial" colors. For more information about Alienware and its products visit www.alienware.com or call 800/494-3382. About Alienware(R) Alienware(R) Corporation, established in 1996, manufactures high-end computer gaming systems, DV systems, and high performance workstations. Alienware(R) has earned numerous awards for excellence in the computer industry and is a respected, globally recognized brand name. Our company motto is "build it as if it were your own." |
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