PHASE 5 ANNOUNCE NEW AMIGA!
Yes, no need to pinch yourself, PHASE 5 have announced that they are to release a new computer called the A\BOX! Although it will have completely different hardware specifications to anything else available, it will be able to run most
current Amiga Software, and will, once again, be based around custom chip sets, together with super speedy data busses.
Here are the specs, from Phase 5's Web site:
Specifications:
- 128-bit high performance UMA (Unified Memory Architecture) controller, using
fast SDRAMs with a clock frequency of 100 MHz and a maximum band width of up to
1.6 G-bytes/second
- 64-bit processor bus with a maximum clock rate of 100 MHz
- two 24-bit video DMA units with freely addressable access, with integrated
24-bit video DAC's
- four 16-bit audio outputs, 44.1 KHz with any number of virtual tracks,
sample output, FM and AM synthesis
- video-in ports for 2 independent
video inputs in Y/UV 4:2:2 quality
- audio inputs in 16-bit stereo CD quality
- LCD (TFT) controller according to the VESA standard
- a PCI-bus interface for medium-performance I/O applications
- a local 16-bit DMA bus with 66.7 MHz and a maximum band width of 132 M-bytes/second for universal low-cost applications
- an integrated IEEE 1394 firewire controller for digital I/O applications
- a desktop bus interface.
For more up to date info and an in depth report, check out Phase 5's Web Site
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