Viking Components Ships Memory Upgrades For Apple's New Dual-Processor Power Mac G4 and iMAC Line.Business Editors/High Tech Writers RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2000 Viking Components, a registered Apple(R) Developer and one of the world's largest and fastest-growing manufacturers of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and upgrade component technology, announces the immediate availability of its memory upgrades for Apple's recently announced dual-processor Power Mac(TM) G4s and the new iMac(TM) line. "Viking memory modules are guaranteed to be 100 percent compatible with the new dual-processor G4s and the new iMacs due to Viking's Apple Developer status, extensive in-house testing and lifetime warranty on all memory upgrades," said Laura Bonomo, product marketing manager, Viking Components. "As Apple expands its product lines, Viking will continue to offer high-quality memory support to ensure users can maximize the performance-enhancing features of each Apple system." Viking is now shipping PC100 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. memory upgrade solutions in capacities ranging from 64 MB to 512 MB, enabling a maximum memory capacity of 1.5 GB in the dual-processor Power Mac G4s, and 1 GB maximum memory capacity in the new iMacs. As a registered Apple Developer, all Viking memory upgrades are guaranteed to be 100 percent compatible with Apple's system hardware and software, and ship with a lifetime warranty and free 24/7 support. Upgrades are now available through resellers worldwide. Pricing and part numbers are as follows: Dual-Processor Power Mac G4 iMacs Capacity Part No. Capacity Part No. 64 MB MG4/64P 64 MB MIMACDV/64 128 MB MG4/128P 128 MB MIMACDV/128 256 MB MG4/256P 256 MB MIMACDV/256 512 MB MG4/512P 512 MB MG4/512P About the Dual-Processor Power Mac G4 The new Power Mac G4 line features two models that are the first mainstream personal computers to come standard with dual processors. The 450 MHz and 500 MHz Power Mac G4s each contain dual PowerPC G4 processors with Velocity Engine(TM), delivering up to 7 billion calculations per second (each processor has a sustained performance of more than 3 billion calculations per second). The Power Mac line comes standard with Gigabit Ethernet, an industry first. And all three G4 models feature 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet built-in on the motherboard. For more information on the Apple dual-processor Power Mac G4s, visit the Apple Web site at www.apple.com. About the iMac Line The new iMac family includes four new models: the iMac, a low-cost Internet applicance; the iMac DV for desktop video editing; the iMac DV+ for increased speed and storage as well as a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. drive; and the iMac DV Special Edition which ships with a 500 MHz PowerPC processor, 30 GB hard disk drive and 128 MB of DRAM. For more information on the new iMacs, visit the Apple Web site at www.apple.com. About Viking Components Viking Components Inc. is best known for its leadership position in the computer memory, flash and communication product marketplaces. Viking offers more than 2,000 products to leading OEM, VAR and retail businesses and markets its products through a broad network of worldwide distributors, resellers and retail chains. Viking products include SDRAM, SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory , DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory , Rambus, and EDO memory modules; CompactFlash(TM), SmartMedia(TM) and ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment PC Cards; IntelliFlash(TM) USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. flash memory reader/writer; internal and external modems including USB, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). and ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. ; and PC Card modems. Viking, one of three CMTL CMTL Chief Military Training Leader CMTL Center for Mathematics, Teaching and Learning (SM) Gold Certified Memory Manufacturers, has ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. registered facilities in its Rancho Santa Margarita, headquarters (ISO 9001) and its European facility based in Dublin, Ireland (ISO 9002). For more information about Viking Components, call 800/338-2361 in the United States, +353-1466-0090 in Europe or visit the Viking Web site at www.vikingcomponents.com. Note: Apple, Power Mac, Velocity Engine and iMac are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple. |
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