AMD unleashes triple-core, 5 new quad-cores Processors

Everything hasn’t exactly been great for AMD lately, but the plucky chip maker has some news for us today. Despite the tough times, the company earned a number of positive reactions from the recent 780G announcement, and it is following that up with three announcement today.First, triple-core is finally here. We have been hearing about this for months, and after all complaints about triple-core being nothing more than failed quad-core processors, consumers will be able to find out for themselves. The triple core Phenoms will launch as mainstream processors, aimed at users who are interested in additional performance relative to dual-core offerings, without having to substantially increase the amount they are spending. AMD says that triple-core Phenoms will be ideal for budget-minded users who have high-definition content in mind, and that the processor will be a great match for 780G.So far, we know about the Phenom 8600 (2.3GHz) and 8400 (2.1GHz). They will have L1 cache sizes of 64K of instruction and 64K of data cache per core (512KB total L1) and L2 will hold 512KB of L2 data cache per core (2MB total L2 per processor). These are 65 nm processors that are backwards compatible with AM2 motherboards. The TDP for both models is 95W. We are still waiting on pricing information, but it looks like they will be a bit over US$150.The next piece of news dropped concerned new quad-core processors, including the Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition and Phenom X4 9750. These are additions to AMD’s quad-core lineup that will run at 2.5GHz and 2.4GHz, with TDP ratings of 125W. The new in the 95W TDP are the 9650 and the 9550, which will come in at 2.3GHz and 2.2GHz. So, nothing groundbreaking, but the larger point is that AMD is aiming to make quad-core accessible, while maintaining it as the company’s high-end offering. A quad-core Phemon matched with the 790 chipset is the companies top-shelf offering for gaming, supposing you also pony up the dough for a competitive video card. These are bug-free B3 revision processors. link

Toshiba Announces Latest Performance Rich Satellite P205 Destop Replacements

LAS VEGAS (CES Booth #12832), (Jan. 7, 2008) – Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced two new additions to its performance rich Satellite P205D desktop replacement line featuring AMD processors and ATI graphics for greater gaming and productivity capabilities. The Satellite P205D notebook series provides a wide range of computing configurations that will meet the needs of both power and casual users. The Satellite P205D-S8812 incorporates ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 24001 and DirectX® 10 technologies to bring a superior gaming experience to the AMD platform and provide life-like realism and stunning visual effects to DirectX® 10 compatible games. Powered by the AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Gold Edition TL-642, the Satellite P205D-S8806 offers the power and performance of a desktop computer in a mobile form factor to provide users with a robust computing solution. With the combination of AMD’s most innovative dual-core mobile CPUs and Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system, the Satellite P205D notebook series provides advanced compatibility with today’s latest wireless LAN and graphic technologies. Such versatile computing solutions enhance the overall performance by allowing the computers to process more information with greater speed and efficiency, while using less power for an extended battery life, which makes for an ideal solution for families and students. Each Satellite P205D features a standard 17-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite® display that provides a clear, crisp and sharp image for viewing business related files and digital entertainment. For greater ergonomic comfort and easy data entry, each Satellite P205D notebook also sports a full-size keyboard with a 10-keypad. Additionally, each Satellite P205D notebook includes Dolby® Sound Room™ technology, which delivers an amazing virtual surround sound experience from either stereo speakers or a pair of headphones. Dolby Sound Room was designed for environments where multiple surround sound speakers are neither practical nor possible. The new Satellite P205D notebook series is currently available at www.toshibadirect.com and at a variety of major consumer electronics and computer stores nationwide, and has a starting price of $999.993....link

LG Laptops

LG revealed the P300 last December when it was programmed for its start-on in Korea, but LG has in conclusion done the well-mannered thing and brought it from corner to corner to Europe. In the course of action it has in addition provided the specifications a well-mannered upgrade, probably making LG's the 13.3 inch laptop to have, in anticipation of every other company makes similar developments to its lines. The progressions in question see the processor spiked from a 2.4GHz T7700 to a correspondingly clocked T8300 Penryn chip, with anticipation of rendering better battery life and performance. Units memory is spooked up to 3GB, with a non-specified NVIDIA graphics chip, most expected Ge-Force 8400M, providing ample graphics acceleration. The display panel is still the matching 1,280 x 800, LED-backlit concern is as experienced elsewhere, so no improvement in that section, and building up for the lack of a built-in DVD drive; a USB power-driven model is packed. Weight wise the LG P300 maintains itself at less than 1.7Kg, which while not to Toshiba R500 levels of fluffiness is certainly not going to fetter undue damage to anyone carrying the notebook around frequently. Oddly, the P300 is not updated on LG's UK site quite yet, but it is duly expected to be rectified soon link

supercomputers

A supercomputer is a computer that is at the frontline of processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation (at the time of its introduction). The term "Super Computing" was first used by New York World newspaper in 1929.Supercomputers introduced in the 1960s were designed primarily by Seymour Cray at Control Data Corporation (CDC), and led the market into the 1970s until Cray left to form his own company, Cray Research. He then took over the supercomputer market with his new designs, holding the top spot in supercomputing for five years (1985–1990). Cray, himself, never used the word "supercomputer"; a little-remembered fact is that he only recognized the word "computer".A supercomputer generates large amounts of heat and must be cooled. Cooling most supercomputers is a major HVAC problem.Information cannot move faster than the speed of light between two parts of a supercomputer. For this reason, a supercomputer that is many meters across must have latencies between its components measured at least in the tens of nanoseconds. Seymour Cray's supercomputer designs attempted to keep cable runs as short as possible for this reason: hence the cylindrical shape of his Cray range of computers. In modern supercomputers built of many conventional CPUs running in parallel, latencies of 1-5 microseconds to send a message between CPUs are typical.Supercomputers consume and produce massive amounts of data in a very short period of time. According to Ken Batcher, "A supercomputer is a device for turning compute-bound problems into I/O-bound problems." Much work on external storage bandwidth is needed to ensure that this information can be transferred quickly and stored/retrieved correctly.Technologies developed for supercomputers include:Vector processiLiquid coolingNon-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)Striped disks (the first instance of what was later called RAID)Parallel filesystems

Artificial Intelliegence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is both the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science which aims to create it.Artificial intelligence has successfully been used in a wide range of fields including medical diagnosis, stock trading, robot control, law, scientific discovery and toys. Frequently, when a technique reaches mainstream use it is no longer considered artificial intelligence, sometimes described as the AI effect. It may also become integrated into artificial life.The broad classes of outcome for an AI test are:optimal: it is not possible to perform betterstrong super-human: performs better than all humanssuper-human: performs better than most humanssub-human: performs worse than most humansFor example, performance at checkers is optimalperformance at chess is super-human and nearing strong super-human and performance at many everyday tasks performed by humans is sub-human

Latest Informaton on Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop computers

Both the midtower and the slim chassis offer two hard drive bays (which you can populate with two 500GB drives for a 1TB of storage) and the option for a PCI Express graphics card (the half-height variety for the 530s and 531s units). Also available in all models but particularly useful in the slim models, which are likely candidates to be shoehorned into home theater racks, is an optional 802.11b/g (but sadly, not 802.11n) Wi-Fi card, which will save you from having to run an Ethernet cable through your living room. Another living-room friendly technology, Bluetooth, is an option, and a Blu-ray drive is offered on a higher-end model. One note about the optical drive: the Intel G33 motherboard features only serial ATA connections, meaning you're out of luck if you want to add in an old parallel ATA optical drive you may have lying around. Aside from the slim/non-slim choice, the Inspiron range is split up into two types, an Intel based platform, which has the model number 530, and an AMD one, which you'll no doubt be flabbergasted to know is called the 531 (the slim versions are 530s and 531s). Both come with the same shiny white case and configuration options, though our particular review sample had a number of components and peripherals that are not currently available on the UK Dell website and the case was even wrongly labelled as a 531. We are assured that these issues will soon be ironed out though. Dell's Inspiron 530 desktop is a very flexible system that can be configured as a low cost budget system or as a mainstream system. In terms of those looking for a moderately priced performance system, it has potentional for those willing to go through the process of customization and parts selection to get it configured just right. While the key difference between the two models is the pick between AMD and Intel microprocessors, there are a few other differences that are noteworthy as well. For instance, since Dell employs Intel's motherboard in its 530 series, the onboard graphics adapter is Intel's Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 as opposed to NVIDIA's Integrated GeForce 6150 in the 531. Then there's the inclusion of Intel's Pentium Dual Core E2140 microprocessor with 1.60GHz clock speed, 1MB of L2 cache and 800MHz system bus. 531, on the opposite end, packs an AMD Dual Core chip, albeit a faster one. Since this particular machine is also a bit cheaper, system memory is dropped from 1GB to 512MB, Microsoft's Windows Vista is downgraded from Home Premium to Home Basic and of course, the obvious difference in clock speeds, and therefore, performance difference between the two systems is present as wel "Dell's latest range of home user PCs are better looking than ever and for the basic models, they're still as cheap as chips. However, as soon as you start adding extras to your configuration the price quickly rises and alternatives from other manufacturers may be worth a look. Also, the down turn in the quality of Dell's monitors means I'd recommend looking elsewhere for your display............link