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Focuses on the products to be released by Intel Corp. and other vendors to help computer manufacturers offer faster machines for industrial application. Features of Intel's Coppermine, Cascade, Camino and Carmel processors; Factors that drive the development of Camino and Carmel processors.

The article offers information on several military and aerospace electronic devices including CUBE desktop expansion enclosures from One Stop Systems Inc., 3U and 6U VPX single-board computers from PCI-Systems Inc., and RIO-NG modular digital processor from Aitech Defense Systems Inc.

The article offers information on the availability of various mobile displays including touchscreens and flexible devices. Jennifer Colegrove, director of display technologies at DisplaySearch LLC, notes the possibility of touchscreens to undergo strong growth in large-size applications such as all-in-one personal computers (PCs) and mini-note/slate PCs. The essentiality of flexible displays to easily fit within compact and large designs is mentioned.

The article focuses on personal computer (PC)-based scopes and related instruments. When PCs became sufficiently fast and their displays good enough, data acquisition boards were coupled with scope application software in order to make PC-based scopes. Several PC-based scope manufacturers have been asked to rank characteristics that distinguish their products from stand-alone scopes. PC-based scopes are said to have a lower cost of materials and the advantage of capabilities such as better signal analysis.

A directory for personal computer-based test products and companies is presented.

Presents the PC-Based Test Buyers Guide, a list of companies that manufactures personal computer-based test products. Keithley Instruments; Microcaft; Agilent Technologies; Nematron.

Features several electronic components for microcomputers and other electronic devices. DAP 5200a PCI board from Microstar Laboratories; SedNet family of communications adapters from Sederta Inc.; CPCI-3750 board from Force Computers Inc.; CardPAC system from Cell Computing Inc.; IP236 Industry Pack mezzanine module from Acromag Inc.

Reports on the increasing demand for small and micro computering programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the workplace industry in an effort to meet the demands of personal computer (PC) users. What PC users need; Trends of the PLC; Networks users have to choose from; Details on how most micro PLCs are gaining capability; Features of the PLCs. INSET: Common open buses and networks..

Features computer-related products. Autosketch 2.0 for Windows; Asymtek's A-400 and A-600 automated fluid dispensing systems; SPARCclassic workstations and NeWSprinter CL+ printer; HI LDS 5,000 and LDS 5,000 scanners; Surfcam 4.0; Cosmos/M 1.70; DesignMate plotter; CADverter software; PowerPC-based systems.

Features various computer products. Includes eight-axis motion controllers; Compact PCI buses; Pentium II microprocessors; Motherboards.

Focuses on several computer manufacturers in the United States that have incorporated the multimedia processing capabilities on their central processing unit products. Includes Digital Equipment Corp.; Sun Microelectronics Inc.; Silicon Graphics Inc.; Advanced Micro Devices Inc. INSET: Multimedia without extensions..

Features several computer system equipment. Includes Lucent Technologies' reach channel; Seagate Technology Inc.'s Medalist family of hard disk drives; VERO Electronics Inc.'s VME chassis; Interlink Electronics Inc.'s touchpad; Interphase Corp.'s 6200 baseboard; Altec Lansing Technologies' Universal Serial Bus.

Presents products for microcomputers. Includes peripheral that resembles a pair of sunglasses which enables users to see three-dimensional imagery on a standard VGA monitor; Computer architecture which employs Xilinx FPGAs as parallel-processing elements; ProMedia Reader CD-ROM drive for portable platforms.

Presents products for microcomputer design. Includes 2.5-inch disk drive which can hold 1.336 Gbytes; PC displays which have a 16:9 aspect ratio; Macintosh video accelerator.

Reports on the development of CL-GD5462, the first commercial graphics controller with a Rambus port. Transfer of data at rates of 500 Mbytes/s; Higher bandwidth, such as second RDRAM interface port, which can double the memory bandwidth to almost one Gigabyte/sec in future versions.

Introduces various products of computer and peripherals. Direct PCMCIA modem from Apex Data Incorporated; Proline CX QIC 10 from Tecmar Incorporated; CardBay-AT drive by Cardwell International Corporation; Freedom Series 6000 line of graphic subsystems from Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation; RAMBIST technology from LSI Logic Corporation; R3752A network analyzer from Tektronix Incorporated, Test & Measurement Group; TestGen Version 2.0 from Sunrise Test Systems; More.

Discusses power-management switches for PCMCIA-cards. Outline of PCMCIA-cards; Power management functions; Description of PCMCIA power-interface switch TPS2201IDF; Pin pairs and its applications; Implementation of voltage setting function; Features of TPS2201; PCMCIA standards; Various switches; Price.

Focuses on the development of high-performance graphics cards for personal computers (PC) that employ dedicated acceleration support to improve drawing speeds of central processing units (CPU). Video Equipment Standards Association (VESA) local bus and peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus; Increase in screen resolutions of PC graphics subsystems. INSET: Are your graphics balanced?..

Presents developments on video equipment for personal computers. Video-data standards; Original applications of video technology for compact disks; Operating procedures; Quality maintenance.

Introduces various electronic apparatus and appliances. Includes the Desktop Video Teleconferencing System (DVTS) from GTE and portable Add-in Computer (PAC) from Dolch; TekMeter autoranging true-RMS digital multimeter (DMM) and autoranging 5-MHz oscilloscope from Textronix Inc.; Hewlett-Packard's logic-gate optocouplers; New Media Graphics Corp.'s TapeIt! Portable VGA-to-VCR/TV converter box.

Introduces various products for personal computers. Includes IDE cache-controller kits from BusLogic Inc.; Bt895 video controller from Brooktree Corp.; SCSI switches from Applied Concepts Inc.; Protege T3400CT notebook-size computer from Toshiba America Inc.; RCV144ACi-BA chip from Rockwell International Corp.; Optima 288 V.FC-Fax modem from Hayes Microcomputer products.

Features design products for microcomputers. ZT 89LT02 STD 32 single board computer from Ziatech Corp.; VideoSpectrum VL from Cardinal Technologies Inc.; Megakey Green PC keyboard BIOS from American Megatrends Inc.; Switchless host adapter from Acculogic Inc.; Matrix color panel from Sharp Electronics Corp.; VESA Advanced Feature Connections from Cirrus Logic Inc.; More.

The article offers brief information on several electronics equipment and supplies including the Freescale MC68040 32-bit microprocessor (MPU) from Rochester Electronics, the Xpand6903, a rugged, sealed and compact fanless embedded-box personal computer (PC) from Extreme Engineering Solutions Inc. (X-ES), and the QSW 150 Watt (W) direct current-direct current (dc/dc) converters from Calex.

The article offers information on the PC43d and PC43t desktop printers from Intermec Inc.

The article evaluates Power Panel 500 generation for personal computers, from B & R Industrial Automation Corp.

Presents an automatic switchover circuit allowing a computer user to switch from a standard serial mouse to a trackball without requiring to change connectors and reboot the personal computer (PC). Explanation of how the circuit can be connected to the PC; Signal detectors that controls the circuit; Requirement for experimenting with self-powered configurations.

Presents video compact disk equipment for personal computers. Video chip set by Texas Instruments Incorporated; Video decoder; Video encoder.

The article offers brief information on the PSA40W-190 desktop adapter from Phihong USA Corp.

The article reports that the Toughbook handheld PC from Panasonic Solutions Co. has been upgraded by the company and named it Toughbook U1 Ultra.

Presents information on a mouse pad developed by Atomic Bolt LP of Austin, Texas. Material used in the Banshee Pad; Advantages of the pad's low-friction surface to gamers; Features of the mouse pad.

Features the activities at the 2004 Bus and Board Conference held in Long Beach, California. Keynote speech given by General Paul J. Kern, commander of the U.S. Army Material Command; Exhibition of VME computer buses during the conference; Presentations of a wide range of Compact-PCI boards; Display of a number of FPGA-based boards using a pair of Xilinx II Pro chips.

Introduces a redesigned brand of personal computing devices from IBM Corp. What differentiate the products; Description of a device from industrial designer Richard Sapper.

Provides information about devices that can speed up the clock frequencies of computers' central processing units (CPU). Kingston Technology's TurboChip 333 central processing unit replacement device; Evergreen Technologies' add-in Peripheral Component Interconnect card; Components of Evergreen's PCU Upgrade Platform; Prices.

Focuses on the dual-central processing unit system from Compaq company. Components of the system; Benefits of dual-peer personal computer interconnect.

Provides information on the peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus. Enhancements made on the PCI; Features.

Presents Integration Technology Systems Inc.'s enclosure system for personal computers. Features and functions; Contact information.

Features various products for computer motherboards and buses. Includes evaluation kit for miniature VGA-resolution, gray scale display; Field-programmable timing generators; Low-power pipeline-burst static random access memories.

Presents information on a series of products developed for personal computers. Details on the products; Contact information.

Presents news briefs relating to equipment and supplies for personal computers (PC), available in the United States. Introduction of the HiPerCam 1 from American Eltec, the first PowerPC camera; Review of the applications package Data Secure!; Features of the EZFlyer 230, an internal removable cartridge; Other products.

Features various personal computer products. WideNote notebook computer from Sharp Electronics Corp.; OPEN/stor 2.0 hierarchical storage management software; Epson LQ-2070 dot-matrix printer.

Presents information on personal computer products. Developers uses of HTML Transit from InfoAccess; Latest release from Industrial Computer Source; Availabilty of a beta release of Mustang Software's Wildcat.

Features microcomputer equipment and supplies. Description; Applications; Pricing; Product support; Performance; Contact information.

Presents information on several microcomputer products in the United States as of January 16, 1995. Product features and capabilities; Price; Contact information.

Reports on components for microcomputers. Availability of Fast-20 SCSI controllers that can transfer data up to 40 Mbytes per second; Western Digital's controllers for both inside the disk drive and the host system; PCI-hosted reference-board design.

Reports on developments regarding equipments for microcomputer design. FDC37C669 equipment designed to support Windows 95 features which combines a multimode parallel port, a pair of serial ports, and a floppy-disk controller; ISA-to-SCSI controller; Am486/120 microprocessor.

Features various personal computer (PC) products. Convert-a-Port printer cable extender from Belkin Components; Spinwizard software from Tanisys Technology; Minifont software from Ares Software Corp.

Presents new products for personal computers. Includes an information resource for network professionals called Decision Works; Free-D Model FD-01 desktop microphone.

Presents computer board products. SCSI adapters, scalable DSP system, VMEbus and Futurebus+ bridge systems.

Presents products for personal computers. BridgePoint 3.0 software from Project Technology; Freedom Graphics card from Evans & Sutherland; ActivAda for Windows NT from Thomson Software Products.

Presents two personal computer (PC) products. Jack of Diamonds version 3.4 multifunction PC card; High-performance Ethernet network adapter; High-speed cellular data/fax modem; Comprehensive driver support; Access to a 24-hour BBS; Compatibility with computers incorporating the PCMCIA standard and slots; Peace of Mind version 3.0; Online access to support professionals for help in fundamental Macintosh problems troubleshooting.