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Sony still subsidizing US military supercomputer efforts
The PlayStation 3's price drop was a boon for more than just consumers. The US military is now snapping up a few thousand more of the consoles to add to its (Sony-subsidized) supercomputer.
Consumers aren't the only ones enjoying the PlayStation 3's recent price drop. The US military has announced...
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New Processor Will Feature 100 Cores
Forget dual-core and quad-core processors: A semiconductor company promises to pack 100 cores into a processor that can be used in applications that require hefty computing punch, like video conferencing, wireless base stations and networking. By comparison, Intel’s latest chips are expected to have just eight cores.
“This is a...
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Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research
Intel’s six- and eight-core processors are the fastest chips that consumers can get their hands on. But if you are among the research elite, the company has a new experimental chip that can offer nearly 20 times the computing power.
Intel showed an 48-core processor nicknamed the “single-chip cloud computer” that...
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Ostendo now selling CRVD display directly; multiple CRVD display rig blows minds on video: "
We first saw Ostendo's crazy CRVD monitor at CES 2008 with Alienware branding, and then again at Macworld 2009 with an NEC label, but it looks like those were just flirtations: the monster 2880 x 900 quad-DLP display has been quietly on sale directly from the mothership since late August. Ostendo tell us...
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3D renderings of the Mandelbrot set: "
A big Keanu 'Whoa' over these gorgeous 3D renderings of fractals. The article offers a fascinating back story about the 20-year quest to adequately display a Mandelbulb, such a 3D analog rendering of a Mandelbrot set.
The Unraveling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot
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OCZ's Colossus desktop SSD gets reviewed: oh yeah, it's fast: "
It's been a long time coming, hasn't it? OCZ Technology's Colossus is the outfit's first in the desktop SSD space, and with capacities scaling as high at 1TB, it's certainly tempting for performance junkies who just can't pry themselves away from their tower. The benchmark-minded kids over at PC Perspective were able to get a drive...
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Modded Sony UMPC runs four operating systems: "Modded Sony UMPC runs four operating systems
A Micro PC Talk member named 'anh' has radically modded a Sony UX490 UMPC to run four operating systems, including Windows 7/Vista/XP and Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7.
'Instead of a 1.2GHz Core 2 Solo U2200 and 48GB SSD, the uber-UX490 has a 1.33GHz Core 2 Duo U7700 – overclocked to 1.438GHz – and a...
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HPC colonises the desktop
The HP Z800
Computers are continuing along their astounding path down the price/performance curve to the point where you can literally put the power of what we not long ago considered a supercomputer on or beside your desk in an office environment.�Paul Schreier�reviews some of these powerful systems
Scientific Computing World:...
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Asustek teams with Nvidia on 1.1 Teraflop supercomputer
The ESC 1000 is the size of a large desktop computer and uses 960 Nvidia GPU cores
Dan Nystedt�(IDG News Service)��from:�http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/323713
Asustek's ESC 1000
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Asustek Computer unveiled its first supercomputer on Monday, the desktop computer-sized...
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AsusTek unveils the ESC 1000 - 1.1 teraflop ‘personal supercomputer’
Goodbye to the days when supercomputers had to fill a room and welcome Asus, purveyor of all things�Eee�and its first ever supercomputer - the ESC 1000. Produced in conjunction with�NVIDIA�and the National Chiao Tung university in Taiwan, the desktop-sized machine is capable of speeds up...
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�Wink - the world's smallest 16Gb Flash drive
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The diminutive 16GB Wink USB Drive
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The humble USB�Flash drive�has been hit by the miniaturization ray again with Active Media Products introducing what it claims is the world’s smallest 16GB USB drive. The Wink measures just 1.2 x 0.5 x 0.1 inches and weighs in at only...
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Xerox develops silver ink to usher in new era of low cost printable electronics
The silver ink developed by Xerox scientists that could make things like electronic clothing and inexpensive games a reality
Silicon is the main substrate used for the integrated circuits found in almost all electronic equipment available today. However, silicon could soon be replaced by...
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Tilera unveils Tile GX100, the 100-core general purpose processor
Thanks to a new bus architecture, the Tilera Tile Gx processor family can cram as many as 100 cores on a single chip.
If you thought Intel's plans to embed eight cores in its high-end processors were a bit too out there, you'll find that the latest processor developed by semiconductor start-up...
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Easel Netbook
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It's been a while since we saw a new netbook (approximately a day and a half, to be precise) so we'd started to worry that the tiny�laptop�gods had forsaken us. Petrified, we did a little rain dance before our�netbook shrine�and the diddytop deities blessed us with the litl Easel.
This device looks like no other netbook we've seen before. Its...
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�Cocoa for Scientists
By drewmccormack at MacResearch
Articles in this series include:
Hello Brave New World
Classy Cocoa
Living Objects
Good References
It's All in the Genes
Jekyll and Hyde
Into Xcode
IB, Therefore I am
MVC is not the 'Motor Vehicle Commission'
Popping Up All Over the Place
The Value in Keys
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It’s alive!
Bitquid overview
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Bitquid close-up
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Bitquid 1st renders
It was hard work, but finally it is there. From the 2nd of Arpil till the 13th Bitquid is exhibited at the STRP Festival in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. So far the system works really great and I already have got lots of positive feedback.
The concept...
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�Via Amos 3000 Computer
Check out the Via Amos 3000 - this is a fanless computer that won't mind sitting in the palm of your hands comfortably, leaving room to spare as well. It is roughly half the size of the Mac mini, being powered by a 500MHz processor while being armed with VESA mounting tracks, enabling you to just about screw it to the back of most generic monitors. Other features...
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�Manual Hard Drive Destroyer Looks Like Fun
By Andrew Liszewski
This Manual Hard Drive Destroyer kind of reminds me of those hand-cranked quarter stamping machines you see all over touristy towns like Las Vegas. But this contraption doesn’t leave your hard drives imprinted with an image of the Luxor. Oh no. Once you’ve inserted your drive, using one of the drive height...
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�Sharp Develops A Five-Primary-Color Display
By Andrew Liszewski
Sharp has announced that they’ve developed a five-primary-color display that is capable of reproducing more than 99% of real surface colors that the human eye can discern. The new display features something the company calls�“Multi-Primary-Color Technology”�which is a combination of special...
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SATA HDD Multimedia Player Adapter
The SATA HDD Multimedia Player will take any SATA 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch�hard�drive, and you can connect it direct to your TV via HDMI to play�video�files on your TV.
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It comes with a remote, and will play AVI, MP4,DIVX, MPG,MPEG and VOD video files, here are the specifications.
Supports both SATA...
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�New GPU-based SuperServer delivers 12X more computing power
from�www.gizmag.com
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June 1, 2009 NVIDIA and Supermicro today announced the immediate availability of a new class of server that combines massively parallel NVIDIA Tesla GPUs with multi-core CPUs in a single 1U rack-mount server. This unique configuration delivers 12 times the performance of a...
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2.5″ DIY SSD Kit - uses Compact Flash to create IDE / SATA drive
Posted on 18 May 2009, at 12:03 pm, by�Wayne Schulz
Here’s an interesting 2.5″ SSD Do-It-Yourself kit that transforms relatively cheap and abundant Compact Flash cards into a 2.5″ SSD IDE / SATA drive that’s suitable for mounting in your computer - or just bragging about...
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NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 For Mac Every Mac Pro Deserves Pro Graphics Quadro FX 4800 for Mac delivers ultra-fast performance and realistic effects for industry-leading applications to visualize and solve the world’s most complex scientific, architectural, and digital content creation challenges. Whether creating the next blockbuster film, providing a diagnosis of a patient’s condition or...
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HP offers server for under $600
Written by Chris Tangora
http://www.macmod.com/apple/1724-hp-offers-home-server-for-under-600
HP has announced the HP MediaSmart Server ex485and ex487 (750GB & 1.5TB) for Mac and Windows users.� The server allows a heterogeneous computing environment to share iTunes library and other files.� It also allows Time Machine backups and...
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Mud: radical new computer interface
By�Brian Lam,�5:58 PM�on Sun May 10 2009, 24,444 views
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Tom Gerdhardt's computer is disgusting. I found it by following the squishing noises at�NYU's ITP�spring show. The entire UI and display is basically a giant pile of wet dirt. That's right. Mud.
By sloshing, squishing, pulling, punching, etc...users control...
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