It's not just about the graphics. GPUs are being called upon to do much more, from AI to Physics, to folding@home. Even encoding and decoding audio and video formats.
""First we got 64-bit Flash; then the beginnings of 64-bit Wine; now Sun is providing a 64-bit Java plugin. For most people there is nothing to hold you back from running 64-bit Linux."
"If the Uru community has shown anything, it is that they are resourceful, determined, and refuse to let Myst die no matter how much time or effort they need to spend."
Good. Now all they have to solve is the same problems all MMORPGs face. Who pays the bills?
"Some are suggesting that overpaid developers are the problem and the recession will soon lower the wages and costs for complex apps."
Will it lower the amount of time it takes to create these complex apps? All else being equal a complex app takes more time and hence it will cost more. But the question being put forth is. Can one charge more to an audience conditioned to believe that everything being offered should be free or 99 cents?
"Intel is obviously betting that its rapid-fire advancements will produce performance gains so jaw dropping that customers can't resist.""
Two things. One it doesn't matter how awesome your hardware is. If the majority can't afford it then it doesn't matter? Second as Microsoft is learning prior success can be a barrier to future growth. How many are going to throw out their Core 2 Duos in order to have the most amazing hardware from Intel?
I think AMDs strategy is overclocking and lots of it. Look at what it's introducing in it's latest and upcoming hardware. Features that make overclocking easier. Also I wouldn't count AMD out too soon. Amd is just one design correction away from having perfect hardware for HTPCs And their IGP is still better than Intels.
"Five years ago, a great game would have sold for a longer period of time than for a bad game â" which was essentially our incentive to make great games. But no longer. Now publishers and developers just see revenue the initial few weeks regardless of the game's quality and then gamers start buying used copies which generates money that goes into GameStop's pocket, nobody else's.""
And what do you do when the supply of used games runs out?
"How these people survived is beyond me, but it is not the language's fault any more than it is the house's fault when the 30 year old child refuses to move out of his parents' house."
I'm sorry but the basement door is jammed so yes it's the houses fault.
And that's what you get for writing e-commerce packages that rely on 3rd party sites for basic functionality...
Don't say I didn't tell you so...
osCommerce is an online shop e-commerce solution that offers a wide range of out-of-the-box features that allows online stores to be setup fairly quickly with ease, and is available for free as an Open Source based solution released under the GNU General Public License.
Oh man! My faith in open source software is shaken to it's core.
That's what you get... for not using Utilities.
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"Americans are pathetic sometimes -- they expect their government services to do as well as private industry, yet they don't give them the ability to charge what private industry charges. Amtrak is a similar situation, Amtrak is expected to be cash flow positive, yet they are not allowed to own their own tracks, those are owned by the freight companies, whereas their main competitors run on highways that are paid for completely by the taxpayer and gas taxes, or operate out of airports also funded by taxpayers."
Actually I'm glad to hear this. With IGP and Crossfire/SLI with dual-GPU in a quad arrangement. One could have an inexpensive (relatively speaking) supercomputer under their desks. Throw in the upcoming quad-core in 45nm fabrication and now is a good time to be into computers.
"Meanwhile, the manufacturers who play nice with Linux are reaping the benefits of the Linux-running hardware tinkerer's credit cards."
Obviously you didn't hear the news about the credit crunch. Anyway tinkerers have always been a small part of overall sales for a manufacturer. Not because they don't have the money but because most people buy hardware to solve a problem. Not tinker with endlessly into the night.
"This isn't rocket science... the more places your device can work, the bigger your market."
They're devices already WORK. Just because they don't play nice with a small subset of the population doesn't mean they're unsuccessful. They're a chip vendor, not Apple computers selling a finished product to discriminating buyers. The people who work with what they sell work for companies that already can afford NDAs.
"The article goes on to profile a doctor named Peter Pronovost, who has extensively studied the ability of the simplest of complexity tamers â" the checklist â" to save lives in the ICU setting."
1) Is patient alive? No check. 2) Search wallet. Check.
"When we do that, we notice that what goes on in the gaming industry, soon becomes standard everywhere else. And both modern platforms, the PS3 and XBox 360 (I'm not including the Wii as Nintendo has different goals that having bleeding edge tech.) have multi-core processors. Radically different architectures, but multi-core none-the-less. We are also seeing this, and have been for a while, multi-core entering the desktop."
You're leaving GPUs out of the equation. It doesn't completely leave out your "multi", but a multi-core CPU isn't the same as a multi-shader GPU. And with IGPs making an appearance in the chip sets GPGPU will become more common.
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It's not just about the graphics. GPUs are being called upon to do much more, from AI to Physics, to folding@home. Even encoding and decoding audio and video formats.
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How do you "turn off" electromigration?
""First we got 64-bit Flash; then the beginnings of 64-bit Wine; now Sun is providing a 64-bit Java plugin. For most people there is nothing to hold you back from running 64-bit Linux."
Owning a 32 bit computer might be an issue.
Hey I resent that. None of my DVDs have ever taken a bribe.
"Step 1. Print and execute the xHCI Contributor agreement. Note: The agreement must be executed by a corporate officer."
Those corporate officers have all the fun, executing this, executing that.
"And apparently, Microsoft thinks people like being forced to use their software. Well, guess what? They don't. "
Apple, Apple, Apple. Now what was your argument again?
Fear and it's two expansion packs are already out.
"If the Uru community has shown anything, it is that they are resourceful, determined, and refuse to let Myst die no matter how much time or effort they need to spend."
Good. Now all they have to solve is the same problems all MMORPGs face. Who pays the bills?
"Some are suggesting that overpaid developers are the problem and the recession will soon lower the wages and costs for complex apps."
Will it lower the amount of time it takes to create these complex apps? All else being equal a complex app takes more time and hence it will cost more. But the question being put forth is. Can one charge more to an audience conditioned to believe that everything being offered should be free or 99 cents?
"Intel is obviously betting that its rapid-fire advancements will produce performance gains so jaw dropping that customers can't resist.""
Two things. One it doesn't matter how awesome your hardware is. If the majority can't afford it then it doesn't matter? Second as Microsoft is learning prior success can be a barrier to future growth. How many are going to throw out their Core 2 Duos in order to have the most amazing hardware from Intel?
I think AMDs strategy is overclocking and lots of it. Look at what it's introducing in it's latest and upcoming hardware. Features that make overclocking easier. Also I wouldn't count AMD out too soon. Amd is just one design correction away from having perfect hardware for HTPCs And their IGP is still better than Intels.
"Five years ago, a great game would have sold for a longer period of time than for a bad game â" which was essentially our incentive to make great games. But no longer. Now publishers and developers just see revenue the initial few weeks regardless of the game's quality and then gamers start buying used copies which generates money that goes into GameStop's pocket, nobody else's.""
And what do you do when the supply of used games runs out?
"How these people survived is beyond me, but it is not the language's fault any more than it is the house's fault when the 30 year old child refuses to move out of his parents' house."
I'm sorry but the basement door is jammed so yes it's the houses fault.
And that's what you get for writing e-commerce packages that rely on 3rd party sites for basic functionality...
Don't say I didn't tell you so...
Oh man! My faith in open source software is shaken to it's core.
"Americans are pathetic sometimes -- they expect their government services to do as well as private industry, yet they don't give them the ability to charge what private industry charges. Amtrak is a similar situation, Amtrak is expected to be cash flow positive, yet they are not allowed to own their own tracks, those are owned by the freight companies, whereas their main competitors run on highways that are paid for completely by the taxpayer and gas taxes, or operate out of airports also funded by taxpayers."
Welcome to municipal broadband. Oh wait!
Actually I'm glad to hear this. With IGP and Crossfire/SLI with dual-GPU in a quad arrangement. One could have an inexpensive (relatively speaking) supercomputer under their desks. Throw in the upcoming quad-core in 45nm fabrication and now is a good time to be into computers.
"These are low-power transmitters, with a range of no more than a few feet, designed for use on otherwise unoccupied channels."
Hey, that's nice. I can do Mr Microphone into my laptop.
"(perhaps it's our effort to make everything smaller that has caused the decline in masculinity talked about earlier today)"
Hey! You can fit more of them in your pocket.
"Meanwhile, the manufacturers who play nice with Linux are reaping the benefits of the Linux-running hardware tinkerer's credit cards."
Obviously you didn't hear the news about the credit crunch. Anyway tinkerers have always been a small part of overall sales for a manufacturer. Not because they don't have the money but because most people buy hardware to solve a problem. Not tinker with endlessly into the night.
"This isn't rocket science... the more places your device can work, the bigger your market."
They're devices already WORK. Just because they don't play nice with a small subset of the population doesn't mean they're unsuccessful. They're a chip vendor, not Apple computers selling a finished product to discriminating buyers. The people who work with what they sell work for companies that already can afford NDAs.
"Don't they already have some kinds of checklists for "make sure we don't leave any sponges or scalpels in the patient.""
Corsec67, I'm sorry to tell you but we left a nurse inside you.
"The article goes on to profile a doctor named Peter Pronovost, who has extensively studied the ability of the simplest of complexity tamers â" the checklist â" to save lives in the ICU setting."
1) Is patient alive? No check.
2) Search wallet. Check.
"I assume y'all know about the upcoming Rebooting Computing summit, which aims to put the magic back into our field."
Wonder if the founders of the canning industry could put the magic back in their profession?
"Look at the people running free software projects: Linus, Richard, Theo, etc. They tend to be egotists and jerks too, for exactly the same reasons."
So what does that make the leader of the most trafficked site?
"When we do that, we notice that what goes on in the gaming industry, soon becomes standard everywhere else. And both modern platforms, the PS3 and XBox 360 (I'm not including the Wii as Nintendo has different goals that having bleeding edge tech.) have multi-core processors. Radically different architectures, but multi-core none-the-less. We are also seeing this, and have been for a while, multi-core entering the desktop."
You're leaving GPUs out of the equation. It doesn't completely leave out your "multi", but a multi-core CPU isn't the same as a multi-shader GPU. And with IGPs making an appearance in the chip sets GPGPU will become more common.