New Hardware & Standar For Computer In 2008

The Most Thin Screen

Industry Technology Research Institute (ITRI) introducing the newest flexible display technology. It's looks like screen that Sony ever showed, ITRI show a screen that have size 10.4 inc cholesteric LCD flexible display and flexible LED backlighting unit (BLU). This color flexible display so thin just 10 mm. The design it's very simple, thin and light. Beside that it have 57 percent NTSC color gamut.

Beside that, ITRI also demonstrate monocrom Ch-LCD flexible display that also made from plastic. The screen wide is 3.5 inc and this screen can be produce how long the customer want it because it can be roll.

4 Gigabytes RAM : Laptop New Standart in 2008

Year 2008 is gonna become a new step for some laptop company to make a new variation in their product. Some of laptop company such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Toshiba have plain to launch laptop with memory 4 Gigabytes (4GB) in the beginning of year 2008. It can bring a positive effect to the market of DRAM. In year 2007 common specification for laptop in market is 1GB. However, in the end of year, sell price for 1GB DRAM get down in level US$ 16. And according the prediction in the end of Desember, 2GB DRAM will down lower than US$60 in first cuartal 2008.

From this prediction, price that use for 4GB RAM just contribute less than 6 percent from laptop that sell with price US$1000. This price much lower compare than the first price that usually use 10 percent from laptop selling price for DRAM. It predicted that with demand that come when this new product launch, DRAM market maybe didn't see access of suply in 2008.