Sunday, April 28, 2013
Intel's Haswell on June 6th
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Intel's fab 42 delayed !
"Intel's not using its fab capacity. They have so much more fab capacity than they need right now," said Jim McGregor, president and principal analyst at TIRIAS Research in Arizona.
The new plant is also the first volume production facility that is compatible with big 450 mm wafers
And Fab 42 isn't the only facility feeling the effects, McGregor said. He said another Intel factory in Arizona, an older facility called Fab 12, is running well below capacity.
In November, The Irish Times reported that Intel was delaying introduction of its forthcoming, 14-nanometer chip technology at a fab near Dublin as a result of flagging demand for its microprocessors.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK:"The PC has always been the leading tide for the industry," McGregor said. "It's not that leading tide anymore."
Monday, April 22, 2013
10 years of 64 bit X86
Here.
Now we have 64 bit ARM. Things go away from Intel.
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Now we have 64 bit ARM. Things go away from Intel.
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Enough is enough: Excel error drove UN droves into severe austerity measures
Page 13: “Thus, in the highest, above-90-percent public debt/GDP, GDP growth of 4.1 percent per year in the 1950-2009 sample declines to only 2.5 percent per year in the 1980-2009 sample” is corrected to read "Thus, in the lowest, 0–30-percent public debt/GDP, GDP growth of 4.1 percent per year in the 1950–2009 sample declines to only 2.5 percent per year in the 1980–2009 sample."
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Even president Reagan borrowed his policy (with formidable interest) from George Orwell's 1984: Peace through strength
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Here is the best picture of Moon landing site Armstrong ever had to practice at home
11 km above the Sea of Tranquility, 5 seconds before the impact of Ranger 8, taken on February 20th, 1965
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Would you like to try park your spaceship here, some 380 000 km , above Earth ? No, thanks, taking in account that 6 previous Ranger missions failed. :)
High-power lithium ion microbatteries
High-performance miniature power sources could enable new
microelectronic systems. Here we report lithium ion microbatteries
having power densities up to 7.4 mW cm−2 μm−1, which equals or exceeds that of the best supercapacitors, and which is 2,000 times higher than that of other microbatteries.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
NASA's First Laser Communication System
LLCD will demonstrate laser communications from lunar orbit to Earth at six times the rate of the best modern-day advanced radio communication systems.
LLCD will demonstrate optical communication from lunar orbit using a ground receiver 39-inches in diameter.
The main goal of LLCD is proving fundamental concepts of laser-based communications and transferring data at a rate of 622 megabits per second, which is about five times the current state-of-the-art from lunar distances. If some think that 622 Mbit is a lot of data, that is only two 4K HD Moon RAW color shots.
I hope stereo ones. Than big 4K LED screen at NASA and what a spectacle . Just as you are 50 miles above Moon surface. And so a few months, during the mission life time.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Detailed picture of Apollo 11 landing site ? Still no? Though from much higher altitude and even through Marsian athmosfere we can easily spot Curiosity parachute flopping around !?
LLCD will demonstrate optical communication from lunar orbit using a ground receiver 39-inches in diameter.
The main goal of LLCD is proving fundamental concepts of laser-based communications and transferring data at a rate of 622 megabits per second, which is about five times the current state-of-the-art from lunar distances. If some think that 622 Mbit is a lot of data, that is only two 4K HD Moon RAW color shots.
I hope stereo ones. Than big 4K LED screen at NASA and what a spectacle . Just as you are 50 miles above Moon surface. And so a few months, during the mission life time.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Detailed picture of Apollo 11 landing site ? Still no? Though from much higher altitude and even through Marsian athmosfere we can easily spot Curiosity parachute flopping around !?
Intel under attack of deadly ARMed tablets
Intel's revenue down 6%, profits whopping 25%
Seems, this is not the end of big troubles looming, as Intel believes. Attack of 4core ARMed tablets follows.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: However, after this 3Q Win 8.1 together with cheap Ultrabooks (below $600) is announced, things might look easier for old dynamic PC duopoly.
Seems, this is not the end of big troubles looming, as Intel believes. Attack of 4core ARMed tablets follows.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: However, after this 3Q Win 8.1 together with cheap Ultrabooks (below $600) is announced, things might look easier for old dynamic PC duopoly.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Microsoft gathering parts for a watch-like device
Microsoft gathering parts for a watch-like device. Microsoft has been asking for 1.5-inch touchscreens
Microsoft launched its Smart Personal Object Technology (Spot) in January 2003, promising watches and a service based upon it (MSN Direct) in November of that year.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Well , some 10 years later seems the market is ready. :)
Hmm, laptop guardian ? Great ! Beside you couldn't fake watch as some can Microsoft's licence. OR, buy our licenses and you will get Microsoft watch free. TM for this commercial.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Apple III, one of the worst designed computer ever !
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Designed by the marketing , not the engineering team ! Pop corn chips inside ! Disks would melt.
Friday, April 12, 2013
4TB HD drives.
Back in the early 1980s, no one could fathom a hard drive approaching even 1TB, so limiting the logical block address (LBA) range to 2.1TB was thought to be more than adequate. As a result, operating systems, BIOS controllers, host interface drivers and device drivers have used the same basic limitation of 2.1TB.
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USB group shows off a 100W bidirectional power delivery prototype
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Well, that is called a BIG bug !
Thousands of light bulbs at Berlin airport illuminate the gigantic main terminal and unused
parking lots around the clock, a massive energy and cost drain that
appears to be the result of a computer system that's so sophisticated it's almost impossible to operate.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Flying in darkness , like a bat ?
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Flying in darkness , like a bat ?
IPv6 based Internet of things
Zigbee releases spec for IPv6-based wireless mesh networks
According to Tobin Richardson, chairman and CEO of the ZigBee Alliance, ZigBee IP is the first open standard for an IPv6-based full wireless mesh networking solution and provides seamless Internet connections to control low-power, low-cost devices.
He said the ZigBee IP specification builds on the current IEEE 802.15.4 standard by adding network and security layers and an application framework. It incorporates a scalable architecture with end-to-end IPv6 networking, laying the foundation for an Internet of Things without the need for intermediate gateways.
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According to Tobin Richardson, chairman and CEO of the ZigBee Alliance, ZigBee IP is the first open standard for an IPv6-based full wireless mesh networking solution and provides seamless Internet connections to control low-power, low-cost devices.
He said the ZigBee IP specification builds on the current IEEE 802.15.4 standard by adding network and security layers and an application framework. It incorporates a scalable architecture with end-to-end IPv6 networking, laying the foundation for an Internet of Things without the need for intermediate gateways.
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PC disaster in making
First-quarter shipments of PCs fell 14 percent worldwide from the same time last year, according to International Data Corp. That's the deepest quarterly drop since the firm started tracking the industry in 1994.
PCs are going out of style because they typically cost more than smartphones and tablets, and aren't as convenient to use. Most PCs sell for $500 to $1,500 while the initial out-of-pocket expense for a smartphone runs as low as $99 while an array of tablets sell for $200 to $300.
But the companies most threatened by the mobile upheaval are those that depend on PCs to make most of their money. This group includes technology heavyweights such as Windows maker Microsoft, PC makers Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. and PC chip maker Intel Corp.
"It's time for these companies to make some critical decisions and ask themselves, 'How are we going to turn this ship around?'" said technology industry analyst Patrick Moorhead.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: PC is facing mainframe destiny. Adapt or vanish.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
What after Apple's burst ?
So at the core of Apple’s problem is the fact that we really don’t have a good process to fix a bad board. Of course, this isn’t just Apple’s problem, it is a national issue, and that is why so few companies last more than a couple of decades. This came up when I had a review of IBM, the only century old tech company, and we realized that only a small handful of companies that were around at IBM’s 50th anniversary still exist today.
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Sad future of TV
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Top terorist like all youngsters like rap
Yeah, you see below recently killed terorist? by drone.
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Here's The Real Reason Marissa Mayer Bought A 17-Year-Old's Startup For $30 Million
Here's The Real Reason Marissa Mayer Bought A 17-Year-Old's Startup For $30 Million
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Security devices without any security !
"It's a massive security failure," said HD Moore, chief security officer
of Rapid 7, who operates a private version of a Shodan-like database
for his own research purposes.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Did you ever think about drone attack on your fridge? USing your security cameras.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Did you ever think about drone attack on your fridge? USing your security cameras.
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Houston, we have a big floating problem !
Tales of floating turds, sticky poop and inventive use of napkins is rather... eye opening.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Oh, help please! There is an floating alien among us !
99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Oh, help please! There is an floating alien among us !
US navy laser cannon shoots down planes
Down with drone syndrome.
Klunder said the navy expected that someday incoming missiles would not be able to "simply outmanoeuvre" a highly accurate laser beam fired at the speed of light.
The prototype, which one official said cost between US$31m and $32m to make, will be installed aboard the USS Ponce, which is being used as a floating base in the Middle East, sometime after October 2013.
The Office of Naval Research's Solid State Laser (SSL) portfolio includes LaWS development and upgrades providing a quick reaction capability for the fleet with an affordable SSL weapon prototype.
The improved efficiency, reduction in weight, volume, prime power, etc., defines a fiber laser as the best pathway to provide Naval aviation and the Navy with a 100 kW laser weapon.
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Monday, April 08, 2013
Microsoft is dead, Windows has expired, Office has ceased to be
Microsoft is dead ?, Windows has expired, Office has ceased to be
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: The research-cum-analysis firm says Android will smother it into near-joint-third place with Apple, by 2017.
Saturday, April 06, 2013
NAND flash scaling roadmap
99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: 22nm in 2013, 18nm 2015, 14nm 2017
Friday, April 05, 2013
Ethernet future
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Thursday, April 04, 2013
Non-volatile DIMM cards coming soon to a server and array near you
Viking Technology is shipping a memory board that combines DRAM and NAND flash memory to create a non-volatile standard DIMM card that can be
used in servers and storage arrays.
The NVDIMM can achieve up to 1.5 million 4K block I/Os per second or 10GB/s throughput, Proctor said.
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The NVDIMM can achieve up to 1.5 million 4K block I/Os per second or 10GB/s throughput, Proctor said.
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013
New Hybrid Memory Cube spec to boost DRAM bandwidth by 15X
The first Hybrid Memory Cube specification will deliver 2GB and 4GB of capacity, providing aggregate bi-directional bandwidth of up to 160GBps compared with DDR3's 11GBps of aggregate bandwidth and DDR4, with 18GB to 20GB of aggregate bandwidth
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