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</div> </div> <p> The Samsung MediaLive will be available in August 2008.</p> <div class="businesswire"> <pre class="businesswirepre"><br/><font face="Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif" size="1">Specifications<br/>----------------------------<br/> MediaLive<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Online Content -- Windows Media Center online media<br/> content providers<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Audio -- WMA, MP3, AC3<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Video -- WMV, MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264<br/> -- HDMI-CEC output<br/> -- Replay<br/> -- Down & Play of recorded TV program In<br/> PC<br/> -- AV Streaming with PC (Server)<br/> -- AV Streaming with PC (Client) - WMV,<br/> MPEG2 file Streaming<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Photo -- JPEG<br/> -- Zoom in/out, Rotation<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Input and Output -- DC Power<br/> -- USB 2.0 Slave<br/> -- USB 2.0 Host<br/> -- HDMI-CEC<br/> -- Ethernet (RJ45 LAN cable)<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/>Works With -- 2008-model Samsung HDTVs 450 series<br/> and higher, LCD, Plasma and DLP<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Dimension (W X H X D, mm) -- 270 x 48 x 155<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Weight -- 1.8 kg<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Estimated Selling Price $200<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Availability August 2008<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/>*Subject to change without notice.</font><br/><br/><br/></pre> <p> About Samsung Electronics America, Inc.</p> <p> Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., markets a broad range of award-winning, digital consumer electronics and home appliance products, including HDTVs, home theater systems, MP3 players, digital imaging products, refrigerators and washing machines. A recognized innovation leader in consumer electronics design and technology, Samsung is the HDTV market leader in the U.S. Please visit www.samsung.com for more information.</p> <p> Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. </p></div> <h6>MWW Group Dan Lantowski, 212-827-3748 dlantowski@mww.com</h6></div><br/><hr size="2" width="100%"/><font size="2" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img src="/images/31.png" style="height: 16px; width: 16px;"/>July 22<sup>nd</sup>, 2008<br/><img src="/images/28.png" style="height: 16px; width: 16px;"/><b style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">CNET News (nanotech: the circuits blog)</b></font><h1>Sandisk: Windows Vista not optimized for solid state drives</h1><b><span class="author">Posted by <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8300-13924_3-64.html?authorId=9848742">Brooke Crothers</a></span></b><span class="commentTease"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"/></span> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"> </a><div class="postBody"> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"> </a><p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"><i>SanDisk said Monday that Windows Vista is not optimized for solid state drives, delaying the delivery of optimized drives until next year.</i></a></u></p> <div class="cnet-image-div float-left" style="width: 186px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"><font size="1"><span class="image-credit"><br/></span></font></a></u></div> <p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"><img class="cnet-image" height="187" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20080721/sandisk-ssd.jpg" style="margin: 12px 12px 12px 0px; float: left; height: 187px; width: 186px;" width="186"/>Solid state drives (SSDs) are used instead of hard disk drives in select high-end notebook PCs today such as the Apple MacBook Air and Toshiba Portege R500. <br/></a></u></p><p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"><br/></a></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments">The next generation of SSDs will use multilevel cell (MLC) technology, which will require a more sophisticated controller--a crucial component in solid state drives. These drives will have capacities ranging up to 128GB, 160GB, and later, 256GB. MLC drives are expected to appear in a wider selection of notebooks later this year.</a></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments">Speaking during SanDisk's second-quarter earnings conference call, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Eli Harari said that Windows Vista will present a special challenge for solid state drive makers. "As soon as you get into Vista applications in notebook and desktop, you start running into very demanding applications because Vista is not optimized for flash memory solid state disk," he said. <br/></a></u></p><p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"><br/></a></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments">This is due to Vista's design. "The next generation controllers need to basically compensate for Vista shortfalls," he said. </a></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments">"Unfortunately, (SSDs) performance in the Vista environment falls short of what the market really needs and that is why we need to develop the next generation, which we'll start sampling end of this year, early next year," Harari said.</a></u></p><p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"><br/></a></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments">Harari said this challenge alone is putting SanDisk behind schedule. "We have very good internal controller technology, as you know...That said, I'd say that we are now behind because we did not fully understand, frankly, the limitations in the Vista environment," he added. </a></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments">In the very low-end of the market, however, this is not an issue. "In very low-end, ultra low-cost PCs, existing controllers can get the job done for 8-, 16-, and 32-gigabyte storage because these are relatively unsophisticated and demanding requirements," he said. </a></u></p> <p style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><u><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments">SanDisk has a production joint venture with Toshiba, which also makes solid state drives. </a></u></p> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"> </a></div> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"> </a></div></div> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20#comments"> </a></td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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