In 1956 I had two weeks of Army training in electronics. When it was over, I was satisfied that a vacuum tube would die when its filament burned out. Although I had no formal training after that, I did conclude that semi-conductors and transistors were probably the same thing, but it took a...
Huge changes in software and microchips needed
A new report from the US National Research Council has warned that technology growth will grind to a halt unless a new generation of hardware and software is developed. The catchy-titled “The Future of Computing Performance: Game over or next...
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Digitimes says that Intel plans to launch several new desktop processors in the third quarter of 2010 to replace some previous models, and that the chip giant will also reduce some CPU prices to boost demand. They are basing all their thoughts from sources inside motherboard...
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Multicores are bull, parallel is the bomb
Although one would think that Nvidia is keeping busy these days in trying to catch up with its red competitor, it...
If the Link Removed due to 404 Error were a car engine, it would've been made by Porsche. With "only" six cores, each core in the new Xeon offers almost twice the performance of the competition. A 32nm CPU that only occupies 248 mm2 the Westmere Xeon EP embodies pure refinement and intelligent...