ECS/Elitegroup

ECS presented several new PDAs at the Computex. The EPD30 series is based on the Motorola DragonBall CPU and comes with a 160x160 monochrome display. The 4 MB memory can be expanded with Sony memory sticks. Customers have two operating systems to choose: Penbox OS or Mine OS. The devices are expected to be available for less than $ 100.

ECS is ready for Brookdale: They presented two new motherboards (one ATX, one MicroATX). In addition, the current Pentium III motherboards have all been upgraded to the latest chipset versions, supporting Intel's Tualatin.

They have several motherboards that support both SDRAM and DDR memory. ECS decided to use blue colored DDR sockets in order to make it easier to tell them apart.

Azza

Some weeks ago, we reviewed one of Azza's motherboards in our review of special edition 815 motherboards with their most important feature being the Azza-Up Panel . This little box includes two USB ports and the line in/out connectors. After installing it into a 5.25" drive bay, you can conveniently use these connectors at the front of your computer.

Currently, the Azza-Up is being reworked: Versions with four and even six USB ports are ready to hit the market soon. In addition, Azza will release a universal version that can be used with non-Azza motherboards as well.

Power Color

CP Technology, a graphics cards and IA products manufactures in Taiwan, concentrates on graphics cards branded 'PowerColor'. Their portfolio includes many graphics cards based on various brand name chip sets, IEEE1394 FireWire controller, TV cards and other multimedia products, such as 2.4 GHz wireless devices. The PowerColor branded products are available not only in the Americas and the Far East, and Europe being sold by local distributors and resellers throughout these regions.