http://www.forbes.com/global/2000/1030/0322084a.ht ml
This article talks about how the power density of chips have increased exponentially... as speeds and numbers of transistors crammed on a chip have increased.
I found this article to be very informative about this whole energy crisis piece.
Because I subscribe to Forbes, they gave everyone a cue:cat to use. They are going to have advertisements in the magazine with links to URL's where you don't have to type anything in... just swipe the cat.
When the package came in the mail, I was just going to throw the stupid thing away. But my girlfriend took one look at that and said, "that is _cute_!!" So, from that point on I had to install the cat on my computer and let her scan merrily way. I guess this is a form of cheap entertainment.
It's too bad that someone cam up with an actual _use_ for the stupid device. I'll probably get sued because I have a linux box in the same room that my GF uses to scan the ads in the magazine.
Yeah... I bet the general public is pissed.
Imagine your general CA consumer. I picture him/her getting home from the store with the latest copy of Windows XX. They are happy that they blew $150... because they can boast to all of their friends about how cutting edge they are. But no... the consumer's friends just laugh and tell him there is this thing called "Linucks"... The price tag for this: $0!!
Now, your average consumer would probably be pretty pissed. He'd shout and wave his fists in the air and cry out, "I got robbed! Micro$oft charged me $150 for something that should be free~!!"
Maybe this is the rationale behind the lawsuit. Who knows...
I think the biggest problem with DDR SDRAM is the lawsuits. According to this article: http://www.tech-report.com/news_reply.x/882,
June 16: Toshiba signed agreements with Rambus, Inc to pay Rambus royalties on SDRAM and DDR RAM based products. This development has the potential to seriously shake up the memory market. Toshiba has just set a precedent, and basically sold out the rest of the world's memory manufacturers.
Basically, Rambus is making Toshiba pay huge $$$ to make and market DDR SDRAM. In that article, it states that the royalty rate is even higher than RDRAM. (which we all know is way overpriced!)
Later on in the month, The Register ran this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/11576.html
This one is by Hitachi which is counter suing Rambus stating they have an unfair monopoly on memory. Now I'm no lawyer, but reading these articles... I get very angry at what Rambus is trying to do.
Taken from the register piece:
Hitachi admits that the '804 Patent was issued to Rambus on September 21, 1999, and is entitled "Synchronous Memory Device Having An Internal Register."
There's more legal stuff in there... but basically these lawsuits need to be cleared before companies will invest in mass production of these chips.
I thought I read this two weeks ago... Tom trashed Intel, then contacted Intel to report a possible flaky sample.
Hey, if you could get Intel to send you free 1+ Ghz chips, even after writing a poor review, I say go for it! Maybe Tom's can get them to send a few computers...
Now all I want is to have NVIDIA send me some more GeForce 2 Ultra cards...
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/00q3/000814/ index.html
It is great that when you first pull up the main page, you don't have to wait about 10 minutes for all the graphics to load.
One of the best things I like about the google main page is the funny graphics they use for special events. For example, on Father's Day, they used a colorfull necktie and hat on their google logo. Same thing for the other holidays. It just gives me that warm and fuzzy feeling inside. I like that in a company!
also with less money in the budget to go to the Russian Millitary, I'm sure some corners were cut.
A story that stands out in my mind was after the cold war, inspectors went to view the ICBM missle launch stations in Russia. When the American inspectors looked into the silos, they saw puddles of water and rusted metal. These locations would have a hard time launching a bottle rocket, let alone a full sized nuke.
I'm hopefully going to graduate in May with a dual EE / CE degree. Maybe I made a mistake! Looks like the only people making money these days are the lawyers!!
I work closely with a DIMM engineer working with PC100 and PC133 memory systems. We've been watching all the lawsuits flying recently. Here's a few links about royalty and patent lawsuits:
Rambus asks ITC to bar Hitachi, Sega imports: (3/24/00) http://www.eet.com/story/industry/semiconductor_ne ws/OEG20000324S0022
Will Rambus Go Bust?: (4/17/2000) http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issu es/200004/rambus&page=1
Toshiba Signs Patent License Agreement with Rambus
For SDRAM & DDR SDRAM Memory and Controllers: (6/16/00) http://www.rambus.com/general/press_releases/pr_06 1500.htm
Tech Report Analysis of Toshiba agreement: (6/16/00) http://www.tech-report.com/onearticle.x/881
RAMBUS using patent claims to lift RDRAM share: (6/25/00): http://www.ebnews.com/story/OEG20000623S0042
DRAM industry considers antitrust lawsuit vs. RAMBUS: (7/10/00) http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000710S0007
This actually has been happening. In an effort to port the DivX;-) codec to other platforms, a group called openCodex was formed. http://opencodex.com/ (please read... it's a great site)
Also, MSNBC news wrote an article about DivX;-) http://www.msnbc.com/news/433851.asp saying that a hardware implementation could be in the works.
Slashdot Mirror
Is it possible to randomize the gender?
It seems to me that every time I refresh, it is always female. Is that some kind of subliminal message?
http://www.forbes.com/global/2000/1030/0322084a.ht ml
This article talks about how the power density of chips have increased exponentially... as speeds and numbers of transistors crammed on a chip have increased.
I found this article to be very informative about this whole energy crisis piece.
~ADAM
Because I subscribe to Forbes, they gave everyone a cue:cat to use. They are going to have advertisements in the magazine with links to URL's where you don't have to type anything in ... just swipe the cat.
...
When the package came in the mail, I was just going to throw the stupid thing away. But my girlfriend took one look at that and said, "that is _cute_!!" So, from that point on I had to install the cat on my computer and let her scan merrily way. I guess this is a form of cheap entertainment.
It's too bad that someone cam up with an actual _use_ for the stupid device. I'll probably get sued because I have a linux box in the same room that my GF uses to scan the ads in the magazine.
... sigh
Yeah ... I bet the general public is pissed.
... because they can boast to all of their friends about how cutting edge they are. But no ... the consumer's friends just laugh and tell him there is this thing called "Linucks" ... The price tag for this: $0!!
...
Imagine your general CA consumer. I picture him/her getting home from the store with the latest copy of Windows XX. They are happy that they blew $150
Now, your average consumer would probably be pretty pissed. He'd shout and wave his fists in the air and cry out, "I got robbed! Micro$oft charged me $150 for something that should be free~!!"
Maybe this is the rationale behind the lawsuit. Who knows
Here's the links to the patents ... pretty interesting stuff if you ask me
6,092,124 Method and apparatus for accelerating the rendering of images
6,023,738 Method and apparatus for accelerating the transfer of graphical images
5,758,182 DMA controller translates virtual I/O device address received directly from application program command to physical i/o device address of I/O device on device bus
5,721,947 Apparatus adapted to be joined between the system I/O bus and I/O devices which translates addresses furnished directly by an application program
5,687,357 Register array for utilizing burst mode transfer on local bus
I think the biggest problem with DDR SDRAM is the lawsuits. According to this article: http://www.tech-report.com/news_reply.x/882,
... I get very angry at what Rambus is trying to do.
... but basically these lawsuits need to be cleared before companies will invest in mass production of these chips.
June 16: Toshiba signed agreements with Rambus, Inc to pay Rambus royalties on SDRAM and DDR RAM based products. This development has the potential to seriously shake up the memory market. Toshiba has just set a precedent, and basically sold out the rest of the world's memory manufacturers.
Basically, Rambus is making Toshiba pay huge $$$ to make and market DDR SDRAM. In that article, it states that the royalty rate is even higher than RDRAM. (which we all know is way overpriced!)
Later on in the month, The Register ran this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/11576.html
This one is by Hitachi which is counter suing Rambus stating they have an unfair monopoly on memory. Now I'm no lawyer, but reading these articles
Taken from the register piece:
Hitachi admits that the '804 Patent was issued to Rambus on September 21, 1999, and is entitled "Synchronous Memory Device Having An Internal Register."
There's more legal stuff in there
:P
I thought I read this two weeks ago... Tom trashed Intel, then contacted Intel to report a possible flaky sample.
...
/ index.html
Hey, if you could get Intel to send you free 1+ Ghz chips, even after writing a poor review, I say go for it! Maybe Tom's can get them to send a few computers...
Now all I want is to have NVIDIA send me some more GeForce 2 Ultra cards
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/00q3/000814
:P
I must agree with you there!
It is great that when you first pull up the main page, you don't have to wait about 10 minutes for all the graphics to load.
One of the best things I like about the google main page is the funny graphics they use for special events. For example, on Father's Day, they used a colorfull necktie and hat on their google logo. Same thing for the other holidays. It just gives me that warm and fuzzy feeling inside. I like that in a company!
:P
from the article: Gnome's stated purpose, its whole reason for existence,is to kill KDE. Nice, huh?
What I want to see is MTV have a celeberty deathmatch, Gnome vs. KDE. Lets get this thing settled once and for all!
:P
also with less money in the budget to go to the Russian Millitary, I'm sure some corners were cut.
A story that stands out in my mind was after the cold war, inspectors went to view the ICBM missle launch stations in Russia. When the American inspectors looked into the silos, they saw puddles of water and rusted metal. These locations would have a hard time launching a bottle rocket, let alone a full sized nuke.
Maybe we should sue them ...
Seems like that's what everyone else is doing.
I'm hopefully going to graduate in May with a dual EE / CE degree. Maybe I made a mistake! Looks like the only people making money these days are the lawyers!!
d'oh
I work closely with a DIMM engineer working with PC100 and PC133 memory systems. We've been watching all the lawsuits flying recently. Here's a few links about royalty and patent lawsuits:
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u es/200004/rambus&page=1
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Rambus asks ITC to bar Hitachi, Sega imports: (3/24/00) http://www.eet.com/story/industry/semiconductor_n
Will Rambus Go Bust?: (4/17/2000) http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=iss
Toshiba Signs Patent License Agreement with Rambus
For SDRAM & DDR SDRAM Memory and Controllers: (6/16/00) http://www.rambus.com/general/press_releases/pr_0
Tech Report Analysis of Toshiba agreement: (6/16/00) http://www.tech-report.com/onearticle.x/881
RAMBUS using patent claims to lift RDRAM share: (6/25/00): http://www.ebnews.com/story/OEG20000623S0042
DRAM industry considers antitrust lawsuit vs. RAMBUS: (7/10/00) http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000710S000
This actually has been happening. In an effort to port the DivX ;-) codec to other platforms, a group called openCodex was formed. http://opencodex.com/ (please read ... it's a great site)
;-) http://www.msnbc.com/news/433851.asp saying that a hardware implementation could be in the works.
;-) is not going away ...
Also, MSNBC news wrote an article about DivX
DivX
I think we should "slashdot" the president of that company and let him know that it isn't OK to do business like that.
...
I've already sent him an e-mail
lets let him know how we feel.
(the president's e-mail address)
mailto:twilliams@THEOS-SOFTWARE.COM