Apple will be able display the tons of technology Intel has developed. Look at the cool shit they have every year at the Intel Developer Forum. Look how little of it has been adopted into the mainstream (BTX for example). Intel can put Apple on the cutting edge.
Once the defect rate is low, the extra 50% more wires will just take up unnecessary space and increase production costs. But for now, it seems completely acceptable to up the production costs and size in order to get yields higher.
This kind of concept is already in use throughout the rest of the microprocessor world - Intel (maybe AMD too, I dunno) has extra cache lines in their microchips, and they deactivate defective cache lines, and reroute them to the "spare" lines to improve yield.
Meanwhile, AMD is also exploring developing and possibly embedding dedicated coprocessors to help with specific tasks, even computation, he said.
This is a mix between current x86 arch and a cell-like arch. Instead of generic processing elements, its areas dedicated to certain tasks. As long as AMD picks the correct things to make co-processors for...
Nonesense. Never came close to filling up the 8gig on my Xbox, but every game I've played has made use of the HD because they KNOW it will be there.
And the PS3 is only going to play games? Where did you get such an idea.
I'm willing to bet $100 on the fact that it wont be long before the PS3 has a HiDef PVR accessory, and have the ability to downlaod other stuff (music, movie trailers, etc) to the internal HD. Its *too*good* of a marekting tool to not have it be some sort of entertainment portal.
Its quite apparent that mainstream society doesnt get it. I surely dont have girls knocking down my door. And I'm a somewhat affluent home-owning 24 year old guy.
Communicating that far away requires pointing a parabolic satelite dish precicely at a single point in the sky. That would be rather difficult in an airplane moving side to side, up and down, etc.
You do realize that JetBlue has this on ALL their airplanes, right? How else do you think you get DirecTV serivce to your seat?
If you can get EVDO then I'd say go for it. I've used EVDO many times on my boss's laptop (testing it of course), and I would get about 512kbit/s down and 120kbit/s up. Not too bad for cellular access. If you cant get EVDO (and all they offer is 1xRTT or EDGE) then dont bother, its not worth the $80/mo. Wireless latency, while it isnt as bad as going out to a satellite 23,000 miles up in geo. orbit, is still enough to keep you from playing CS. Maybe you could play RTS games like Starcraft, but not FPS.
I suppose its whether or not the parents get a dichotomy (your kid might be normal or have disease X) vs a spectrum (your child only has a slight to no case of disease X). A dichotomy isnt really enough information to base a decision. A spectrum-type diagnosis is infinitely better... being able to determine the serverity is a big deal.
Intel and AMD went dual cores because they hit the wall in terms of clock speed, but yet die size keep shrinking in accordance with Moore's Law. So why not just dump two cores and on the same piece of silicon.
How useful will it be? Depends on what you do...
General office use (word, excel, internet, email): minimal impact (its not like this stuff is all that intense anyways)
Games: minimal impact for now, the next generation of games will probably be multi-threaded, so you'll start to see impacts around the holiday season
Multimedia: depends on whether or not the specific application you're using (encoders, video editing, etc) is multi-threaded or not. Also, whether or not how good of a multitasker you are (if you encode stuff in the background while doing some video editing in the foreground).
Yeah right. Sounds to me like only "approved" setups will be allowed. That is, any company that doesn't play by their rules (paying fees, restricting the technology of course) won't be allowed to make a TiVo-like device.
Indeed, this has already happened with DVD-CCA. There is no good way to have a "approval committee" and have it be an open and free market. Let me show you why...
The DVD-CCA is made up of content producers and consumer electronics companies. You think thats a good balance? You think CE companies are on your side? WRONG. The CE companies are just as greedy as the content producers. Look at Kaleidescape. They come out with an extremely innovative home entertainment device, allows you to put your DVDs on a hard disk and then watch them on demand from anywhere within the house. I've seen a demo of the system, it rocks, especially for those who have a pissload of DVDs. Its also expensive, but hey, its really good. You're kidding yourself if you think your Meedio or whatever DVD-On-Demand system you have setup equals this.
Needless to say, they've been sued. Why? They do hold a DVD-CCA license to decrypt the CSS on DVDs (and then turns around and encrypts the data again using its encryption to store it on the systems HD, in accordance with the DVD-CCA specification). The consumer electronics companies on the DVD-CCA panel want to keep this device off the market until they do the R&D, testing, etc needed for them to put their own device like this on the market. Or if they cant because Kaleidescape has the patents and want money, well then just kill off the idea permenantly. Its ugly. Its anti-competitive. Its probably illegal, but hey, you got millions to fund an anti-trust suit against DVD-CCA? (if you do, please donate to the EFF and ask them to fight this cause)
It just goes to further my opnion that the digital age will destroy these entertainment cartels. Maybe not for another 10 or 15 years, but it will, at some point.
Yea, but you have to remember the distance required. They were chatting in real time, with no noticable lag over a very long distance (from the near center of the galaxy to planets on the outer rim). I suppose that they had to sacrafice high-resolution holographic images to get them to transmit with such low latency.
from turning around in 10 years and demanding back-payments on all patent encumbered features and technology in the kernel? A la Rambus.
(for those that dont know, Rambus put in a bunch of ideas into the JEDEC council for DRAM (SDRAM, DDR, etc) and some got used. They then turned around later and submarrined the DRAM industry by demanding payment on SDRAM, DDR, etc. They sued and lost I believe, but have won or settled other cases regarding anti-competitive tactics by the rest of the industry to stamp them out.)
Unfortunately, Kyle Bennett (the guy who runs HardOCP) spent just about his entire life savings defending himself against this bullshit lawsuit of ILs. He figures to never get that money back. Go USA legal system.
Like his pre-announcing of the details of the new version of Motion two weeks before NAB.
I'm not Steve and *I* knew that motion was being announced at NAB. Thats why they had to annouce tiger before NAB because the new version of motion required core image and the like (only found in tiger).
One thing not mentioned is censorship, and how scared networks are of the FCC. Hell, a crude but funny as hell line from Futurama was edited out when it got replayed on Cartoon network's [adult swim] at 11pm at night (something about fry's lower horn being jerked).
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Apple will be able display the tons of technology Intel has developed. Look at the cool shit they have every year at the Intel Developer Forum. Look how little of it has been adopted into the mainstream (BTX for example). Intel can put Apple on the cutting edge.
Once the defect rate is low, the extra 50% more wires will just take up unnecessary space and increase production costs. But for now, it seems completely acceptable to up the production costs and size in order to get yields higher.
This kind of concept is already in use throughout the rest of the microprocessor world - Intel (maybe AMD too, I dunno) has extra cache lines in their microchips, and they deactivate defective cache lines, and reroute them to the "spare" lines to improve yield.
Meanwhile, AMD is also exploring developing and possibly embedding dedicated coprocessors to help with specific tasks, even computation, he said.
This is a mix between current x86 arch and a cell-like arch. Instead of generic processing elements, its areas dedicated to certain tasks. As long as AMD picks the correct things to make co-processors for...
Nonesense. Never came close to filling up the 8gig on my Xbox, but every game I've played has made use of the HD because they KNOW it will be there.
And the PS3 is only going to play games? Where did you get such an idea.
I'm willing to bet $100 on the fact that it wont be long before the PS3 has a HiDef PVR accessory, and have the ability to downlaod other stuff (music, movie trailers, etc) to the internal HD. Its *too*good* of a marekting tool to not have it be some sort of entertainment portal.
Its quite apparent that mainstream society doesnt get it. I surely dont have girls knocking down my door. And I'm a somewhat affluent home-owning 24 year old guy.
Communicating that far away requires pointing a parabolic satelite dish precicely at a single point in the sky. That would be rather difficult in an airplane moving side to side, up and down, etc.
You do realize that JetBlue has this on ALL their airplanes, right? How else do you think you get DirecTV serivce to your seat?
on one charge. All the charge cycling I've tried doesnt work. I just want my battery replaced for free. How bout it apple?
If you can get EVDO then I'd say go for it. I've used EVDO many times on my boss's laptop (testing it of course), and I would get about 512kbit/s down and 120kbit/s up. Not too bad for cellular access. If you cant get EVDO (and all they offer is 1xRTT or EDGE) then dont bother, its not worth the $80/mo. Wireless latency, while it isnt as bad as going out to a satellite 23,000 miles up in geo. orbit, is still enough to keep you from playing CS. Maybe you could play RTS games like Starcraft, but not FPS.
I suppose its whether or not the parents get a dichotomy (your kid might be normal or have disease X) vs a spectrum (your child only has a slight to no case of disease X). A dichotomy isnt really enough information to base a decision. A spectrum-type diagnosis is infinitely better... being able to determine the serverity is a big deal.
Intel and AMD went dual cores because they hit the wall in terms of clock speed, but yet die size keep shrinking in accordance with Moore's Law. So why not just dump two cores and on the same piece of silicon.
How useful will it be? Depends on what you do...
General office use (word, excel, internet, email): minimal impact (its not like this stuff is all that intense anyways)
Games: minimal impact for now, the next generation of games will probably be multi-threaded, so you'll start to see impacts around the holiday season
Multimedia: depends on whether or not the specific application you're using (encoders, video editing, etc) is multi-threaded or not. Also, whether or not how good of a multitasker you are (if you encode stuff in the background while doing some video editing in the foreground).
So I've been living on the alpha version this entire time?
So that would explain all the trolls. Hmm... it neatly coincides with the introduction of CAPCHA techniques...
because I got one of those password reset emails from /. a few days ago, even though I didnt request it.
A similar concept of a stopped 'analog' watch is right accurate a day.
A broken analog watch is correct twice per 24-hour period (assuming a 12-hour clock).
Yeah right. Sounds to me like only "approved" setups will be allowed. That is, any company that doesn't play by their rules (paying fees, restricting the technology of course) won't be allowed to make a TiVo-like device.
Indeed, this has already happened with DVD-CCA. There is no good way to have a "approval committee" and have it be an open and free market. Let me show you why...
The DVD-CCA is made up of content producers and consumer electronics companies. You think thats a good balance? You think CE companies are on your side? WRONG. The CE companies are just as greedy as the content producers. Look at Kaleidescape. They come out with an extremely innovative home entertainment device, allows you to put your DVDs on a hard disk and then watch them on demand from anywhere within the house. I've seen a demo of the system, it rocks, especially for those who have a pissload of DVDs. Its also expensive, but hey, its really good. You're kidding yourself if you think your Meedio or whatever DVD-On-Demand system you have setup equals this.
Needless to say, they've been sued. Why? They do hold a DVD-CCA license to decrypt the CSS on DVDs (and then turns around and encrypts the data again using its encryption to store it on the systems HD, in accordance with the DVD-CCA specification). The consumer electronics companies on the DVD-CCA panel want to keep this device off the market until they do the R&D, testing, etc needed for them to put their own device like this on the market. Or if they cant because Kaleidescape has the patents and want money, well then just kill off the idea permenantly. Its ugly. Its anti-competitive. Its probably illegal, but hey, you got millions to fund an anti-trust suit against DVD-CCA? (if you do, please donate to the EFF and ask them to fight this cause)
It just goes to further my opnion that the digital age will destroy these entertainment cartels. Maybe not for another 10 or 15 years, but it will, at some point.
Spellbound is your friend. A forms spell checking extension for Mozzy/FF.
Maybe because I was trying to be funny.
Yea, but you have to remember the distance required. They were chatting in real time, with no noticable lag over a very long distance (from the near center of the galaxy to planets on the outer rim). I suppose that they had to sacrafice high-resolution holographic images to get them to transmit with such low latency.
from turning around in 10 years and demanding back-payments on all patent encumbered features and technology in the kernel? A la Rambus.
(for those that dont know, Rambus put in a bunch of ideas into the JEDEC council for DRAM (SDRAM, DDR, etc) and some got used. They then turned around later and submarrined the DRAM industry by demanding payment on SDRAM, DDR, etc. They sued and lost I believe, but have won or settled other cases regarding anti-competitive tactics by the rest of the industry to stamp them out.)
That'd be funny... except that I've met his parents. They aren't *that* clueless. My parents on the other hand...
into a computer (linux preferably). Then I dont have to worry about this body craping out on me.
You'd think so. But why bother recovering $200,000 of court costs when Infinium Labs only has about $20,000 or so in cash at any time?
Unfortunately, Kyle Bennett (the guy who runs HardOCP) spent just about his entire life savings defending himself against this bullshit lawsuit of ILs. He figures to never get that money back. Go USA legal system.
Like his pre-announcing of the details of the new version of Motion two weeks before NAB.
I'm not Steve and *I* knew that motion was being announced at NAB. Thats why they had to annouce tiger before NAB because the new version of motion required core image and the like (only found in tiger).
... and statistics.
Not to say there was, but its very hard to prove (from a scientific standpoint) something did not occur (or does not exist).
One thing not mentioned is censorship, and how scared networks are of the FCC. Hell, a crude but funny as hell line from Futurama was edited out when it got replayed on Cartoon network's [adult swim] at 11pm at night (something about fry's lower horn being jerked).