Tech Week In Review
2001.06.11 - 2001.06.17
A summary of the past weeks technology news. Updated every Sunday.

General IT
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Nokia stock dives after the company's profit warning.
429 million Internet users according to latest stats.
US Supreme Court rules against free surveillance for feds.
Palm splits into two companies?
GSM association launches "M-services" standard.
The AOL vs Microsoft fight continues.
Verbatim claims CD-R units certified for 24x.

CHIP (CPUs, CHIP-SETs, MEMORY) Roundup
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Transmeta to ship 1GHz Crusoe CPU on June 26:th?
VIA to launch DDR chipset for P4 in August.
Intel confirms 2GHz P4 in Q3 2001.
Intel researchers build transistor just 20nm in size.
VIA CPU:s to reach 2GHz 2H 2002.
VIA wants USB 2.0 dead?
Motorola's ARM license results in a 200MHz chip for Palm computers.
AMD soon at 30% market share?
AMD adds "Slim Form Factor" Athlon's to their product line.
Enhanced QDR SRAM to sample in Q4 2001.
RAMBUS presents a 5 year roadmap.
Hynix increases DDR SDRAM production.
ARM CPU gets FPU "add-on".
Intels cuts Celeron prices.
Motorola presents it's next embedded PowerPC design.

Software Roundup
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MP3 Pro, successor to the MP3 fileformat, makes it's debut.
Fathammer, a Finland Based company presents the first cross-platform 3D engine for PDA's and mobile phones.

Misc Science Roundup (Astronomy & other)
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NASA has approved a Mercury orbiter mission.
NASA to chart remains of Big Bang with new probe, set to launch soon.