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HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE
NEWS
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During the technical session on designing the future of supercomputing, presenters from TACC (Texas Advanced Computing Center) went into detail on creating the Stampede supercomputer.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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Three weeks ago Intel launched their Xeon Phi coprocessor card with much fanfare. We took the time to analyze some technical details about the chip that cast some doubt on Intel's claim of x86 compatibility.
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HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE
NEWS
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HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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Californians think they have the corner on Silicon Valley, but similar congregations exist in France, Germany, India, and Canada. Even Russia is getting into the act.
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HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE
NEWS
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Intel and Micron showed the Hybrid Memory Cube. This is the first public showing of the jointly developed high performance memory architecture, a purpose designed memory solution for their exascale computing effort.
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DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
ANALYSIS
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Did you go to bed with a headache after watching 3D TV, or after seeing Avatar or Cars 2? If so, you are not alone. 3D causes eye strain, headaches, and blurry vision according to a study published in the Journal of Vision.
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GRAPHICS, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
ANALYSIS
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Nvidia’s chief scientist, William Dally, gave attendees a sneak peak at the company’s efforts at SC'10 yesterday. Nvidia is working in concert with the U.S. DoD on an exascale computer called "Echelon" scheduled for 2018.
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ENTERPRISE, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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HARDWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS
NEWS
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A team at MIT has created a simple, inexpensive eye test using a cell phone. Software in the cell phone works in conjunction with an eye piece attachment.
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GRAPHICS, ENTERPRISE, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
NEWS
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A lot was said about the efficiency differences between CPU and GPU. But when we leave benchmarks and move into the real world, things tend to develop in a way you do[n't?] expect.
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