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Facebook Launch “Facebook Lite” – faster & simpler

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Facebook Launch “Facebook Lite” – faster & simpler

thesunz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:39:49 +0800

Facebook clearly up to something big. Facebook acquired Friendfeed. Facebook rolled out realtime search. And now, it looks like “Facebook Lite” is coming, because thousands of Facebook users have been chosen to test out Facebook Lite, including myself. And just as quickly, the message disappeared. What it is exactly…we’re not quite sure.

Here’s the full text you see on the homepage if you were selected:

“You have been selected as a beta tester for Facebook Lite!

We are building a faster, simpler version of Facebook that we call Facebook Lite. It’s not finished yet and we have plenty of kinks to work out, but we would love to get your feedback on what we have built so far.

Check out Facebook Lite now at http://lite.facebook.com

Facebook Lite is a faster, simpler way to keep in touch with your friends. If you like it, you may choose to use it instead of the regular Facebook. We still have work to do before it’s done, but we’d love to get your feedback on what we’ve built so far.

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Apple Fixes Flash Security Flaw, Bugs With OS X 10

thesunz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:24:48 +0800

Apple has released an important update for Mac users

On August 28, Apple began shipping OS X Snow Leopard. Soon after, it was discovered that Apple had shipped a vulnerable version of Adobe’smag glass 10x10 Apple Fixes Flash Security Flaw, Bugs With OS X 10.6.1 Update Flash player to customers. The Snow Leopard installer would actually downgrade users’ Flash players to the defunct version.

Now Apple has released a group of updates, which include a fix for this issue. The most significant of these updates is OS X 10.6.1, the first major update to the two week old OS.

The update installs Adobe Flash Player plug-in version 10.0.32.1, bringing the player up to speed. It also fixes a flaw in Motion 4 that could cause unresponsiveness, issues sending SMTP mail with some servers, and problems with the auto setup features of Mail (Apple’s mail client). It also offers a fix to compatibility problems with Sierra Wireless 3G modems, issues with finding printer drivers in the Add Printer OS option, issues with DVD playback suddenly stopping, issues with the Dock becoming unresponsive, and, lastly, issues with the keyboard shortcut Command-Option-T bringing up the special characters menu.

The download weighs in at 71.74 MB. Customers can get it direct from Apple, or wait for their Software Update to kick in.

Apple also released updates to many of its other OS’s. Apple’s new Mac OS Xmag glass 10x10 Apple Fixes Flash Security Flaw, Bugs With OS X 10.6.1 Update Server, also just shipped, received an update to 10.6.1. Apple released a pack of security updates dubbed Security 2009-005 for its Leopard Server (93.1MB), Leopard (93.14MB), Tiger Server (206.43MB), Tiger Server Power PC (132.53MB), and Tiger Intel (169.75MB) operating systems.

Apple released an update for its iMacs, which should help to fix some of the graphics issues with the ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics cards. The update is available for systems running OS X 10.5.2 or later. Apple also updated the firmware of its RAID Card, reportedly improving battery life, reliability on system crash (or power loss), improving Snow Leopard compatibility, and fixing a bug that would fill the onboard flash memory with garbage.

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AMD’s DX11 GPU, Eyefinity and 6 Display Outputs

thesunz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:23:14 +0800

Introduction

That’s six Dell 30″ displays, each with an individual resolution of 2560 x 1600. The game is World of Warcraft and the man crouched in front of the setup is Carrell Killebrew, his name may sound familiar.

Driving all of this is AMD’s next-generation GPU, which will be announced later this month. I didn’t leave out any letters, there’s a single GPU driving all of these panels. The actual resolution being rendered at is 7680 x 3200; WoW got over 80 fps with the details maxed. This is the successor to the RV770. We can’t talk specs but at today’s AMD press conference two details are public: 2.15 billion transistors and over 2.5 TFLOPs of performance. As expected, but nice to know regardless.

The technology being demonstrated here is called Eyefinity and it actually all started in notebooks.
Not Multi-Monitor, but Single Large Surface

DisplayPort is gaining popularity. It’s a very simple interface and you can expect to see mini-DisplayPort on notebooks and desktops alike in the very near future. Apple was the first to embrace it but others will follow.

The OEMs asked AMD for six possible outputs for DisplayPort from their notebook GPUs: up to two internally for notebook panels, up to two externally for conncetors on the side of the notebook and up to two for use via a docking station. In order to fulfill these needs AMD had to build in 6 lanes of DisplayPort outputs into its GPUs, driven by a single display engine. A single display engine could drive any two outputs, similar to how graphics cards work today.

Eventually someone looked at all of the outputs and realized that without too much effort you could drive six displays off of a single card – you just needed more display engines on the chip. AMD’s DX11 GPU family does just that.

AMD’s software makes the displays appear as one. This will work in Vista, Windows 7 as well as Linux.

The software layer makes it all seamless. The displays appear independent until you turn on SLS mode (Single Large Surface). When on, they’ll appear to Windows and its applications as one large, high resolution display. There’s no multimonitor mess to deal with, it just works. This is the way to do multi-monitor, both for work and games.

Note the desktop resolution of the 3×2 display setup

I played Dirt 2, a DX11 title at 7680 x 3200 and saw definitely playable frame rates. I played Left 4 Dead and the experience was much better. Obviously this new GPU is powerful, although I wouldn’t expect it to run everything at super high frame rates at 7680 x 3200.

With six 30″ panels you’re looking at several thousand dollars worth of displays. That was never the ultimate intention of Eyefinity, despite its overwhelming sweetness. Instead the idea was to provide gamers (and others in need of a single, high resolution display) the ability to piece together a display that offered more resolution and was more immersive than anything on the market today. The idea isn’t to pick up six 30″ displays but perhaps add a third 20″ panel to your existing setup, or buy five $150 displays to build the ultimate gaming setup. Even using 1680 x 1050 displays in a 5×1 arrangement (ideal for first person shooters apparently, since you get a nice wrap around effect) still nets you a 8400 x 1050 display. If you want more vertical real estate, switch over to a 3×2 setup and then you’re at 5040 x 2100. That’s more resolution for less than most high end 30″ panels.

Any configuration is supported, you can even group displays together. So you could turn a set of six displays into a group of 4 and a group of 2.

It all just seems to work, which is arguably the most impressive part of it all. AMD has partnered up with at least one display manufacturer to sell displays with thinner bezels and without distracting LEDs on the front
The First Generation Holodeck by 2016

When AMD first told me about the RV770 they told me another interesting story. For the past several years AMD (and ATI before it) has been obsessed with trying to figure out when it would be possible to render an image so convincing that it was indistinguishable (at least mostly) from reality.

Given the right art and a good technique to render the scene, this is totally possible not only within our lifetimes but within the next decade. Unfortunately, that’s not enough.

Carrell estimates that the human eye can directly resolve around 7 million pixels, almost twice the resolution of a 30″ display. But that’s just what it’s directly focusing on, all of the peripherial vision brings the total up to around 100 million pixels. The Eyefinity demo I showed earlier was running at 24.5 million pixels on a single GPU; you can estimate that at this generation we’ll be able to do about 50 million pixels with two GPUs and one more generation from now we’ll get to that 100 million pixel marker. That’s two years for a single GPU. Then give it a few more years to be able to render that many pixels but with enough complexity to actually look real.

Rendering something at the max resolution that the human eye can resolve isn’t enough however; you have to feel immersed in the graphics. That’s where Eyefinity comes in, at least what it starts to come in.

Carrell believes that in seven years we can have the first generation Holodeck up and running. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Trek reference, Carrell believes it’ll take seven years to be able to deliver a 180 degree hemispherical display (you’re not completely surrounded by displays but at least your forward and peripheral vision is) with positionally accurate and phase accurate sound (both calculated by the GPU in real time). The GPU will also be used to recognize speech, track gestures and track eye movement/position.

It doesn’t solve the issue of not being able to walk forward indefinitely, but again this is only the first generation Holodeck.

First person shooters pretty much dictate that you’ll need an odd number of displays to avoid your crosshairs spanning multiple monitors. With three displays you can begin to get the immersion effect, but buy five and you’ll be completely surrounded by your game. And as I mentioned before, it doesn’t require any special application or OS support, the drivers take care of everything: it just appears as a single, large, surface.

It seems trivial but honestly we haven’t had the ability to easily support the ridiculous display setups we always see in sci-fi movies. Eyefinity at least makes it look like we can build the PCs from the Matrix.

Will it succeed? Who knows. Does it sound gimmicky? Sure. Is it cool? Yeah, I’d say so.

If panel prices could drop significantly enough where putting together an Eyefinity display setup didn’t cost more than the graphics card, I think it’d be a much easier sell. Obviously AMD’s next-generation GPU is more than just Eyefinity, but you’ll hear about the rest late this month.

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Silverlight 4 to do for PCs what HD DVD couldn’t

thesunz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:10:04 +0800

A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed planning to demonstrate technology currently being planned for version 4 of Silverlight, its media distribution platform based on .NET, designed to provide both an interactivity layer and digital rights management services for movie studios and other content providers. These services, the company now says, are intended to “enable movie studios and retailers to provide the same rich interactive experiences via digital copy and Internet distribution as consumers get with DVD or Blu-ray.”

As many DVD and Blu-ray Disc collectors already know, “digital copy” in this instance refers to a separate file distributed with a disc that usually plays in ordinary DVD or BD players, but which plays interactively on PCs. If Microsoft’s plan as it currently describes it becomes successful, movie discs produced in the near future could bear the Silverlight logo.

Microsoft “buried the lede,” in this case, in an announcement late yesterday that ostensibly referred to the company’s pending demonstration next week at a broadcasting conference in Amsterdam, of the next generation of streaming media for its Internet Information Services Web server platform, which is being upgraded to version 7.5 for Windows Server 2008 R2. But that streaming platform is for Web sites that publish video; arguably, you don’t need IIS to watch a disc. Or at least you shouldn’t, perhaps except for the fact that Microsoft is intending Silverlight 4 to pave the way for its latest DRM platform. PlayReady DRM was announced in 2007, and Microsoft’s first partnerships were revealed a full year and a half ago.

But that was when the platform was being discussed as the “mobile version” of Microsoft’s desktop-level DRM, which either was being called PlaysForSure or waiting on a new name, depending upon whom at Microsoft one asked. Now it appears that name will be PlayReady; and this week’s news appears to indicate its lead-off product will not be on mobile platforms after all.

Though distribution of Silverlight 3 has been ongoing for the last two months, and what was described as an “official launch” took place last July 10, Microsoft held what its marketing team described as an “official Silverlight 3 launch event” yesterday at the Amsterdam conference. There, S3 shared the stage with Expression 3, the company’s Web development system geared toward designers, which utilizes the S3 platform. But the “official” official launch event appears to have been the debut, at least in the public conscience, of Silverlight 4, with what promises to be a next-generation smooth streaming system building on the 1080p, H.264-based model that debuted in S3.

Conceivably, movie discs bearing the Silverlight logo may very well also make use of the IIS 7.5 Web platform, essentially as an authentication system for S4’s PlayReady DRM.

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Price List Updated | Active Xtream Technology

thesunz — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:16:49 +0800

Active Xtream Technology Price list updated on 07-09-2009

Computer Parts
Desktop Computer
Notebook/ Netbook

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Update : Nokia Booklet 3G Specifications

thesunz — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:40:42 +0800

For as popular as Nokia has been worldwide, it is just not a brand that Americans particularly care about. Even though it has consistently been the most prolific shipper of mobile devices worldwide, Nokia has only an 8% market share in the United States according to IDC, and even that is slipping.

So when Nokia unveiled its first netbook — the Nokia Booklet 3G — which has mobile consumers elsewhere in the world taking note, all American consumers seem to do is laugh. Even though DisplaySearch rankings for last quarter showed that we are eating up netbooks almost twice as fast as we are consuming full-sized notebooks, to us, Nokia still doesn’t click.

But why? Here are the specs that were released today:

- Intel Atom Z530, 1.6 GHz

- Intel US15W fanless chipset (formerly “Poulsbo”)

- 1 GB DDR2 533 Mhz RAM

- 120 GB, 8 MB cache, 4200 RPM SATA HDD

- Windows 7 Starter Edition, Home Premium or Professional

- Built-in 3G/HSPA modem, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS

- 10.1″ glass display (1280?-720)

-$817 retail (€575)

Aside from the heavy pricetag, it looks like a solid mobile device which could offer some serious competition to HP’s Mini-Note and the Acer Aspire One if it was subsidized by a mobile carrier. But it’s immediately hindered because it’s a Nokia device.

For starters, it’s still meant to be a companion to a user’s Nokia mobile phone, so they’re already limiting themselves to 8% of the U.S. market. This companionship is achieved through an integration with Nokia’s Ovi suite of tools. The Booklet will include the Ovi Suite 2.0 for photo, music, calendar and contact syncing, Nokia Music for PC, and Ovi Maps.

This stuff is just not happening in the United States. Forrester Research analyst Mark Mulligan told Forbes that Nokia is having success in emerging markets, but in developed markets, it is falling way below expectations. And this is not only its handsets, but its services too. Because of this, Nokia has already put its Comes With Music unlimited download service on hold several times in North America.

As blogger Robert Scoble Tweeted this morning: “As far as I can tell Nokia still has a sucky user experience. Until they fix that [the Booklet 3G] will be off the rails.”

Whether Nokia’s insignificance in the American market is due to its refusal to play ball with wireless carriers that control the way phones are packaged and sold, or if it’s due to a fundamental incompatibility with the yen of the American buyer, the Booklet 3G has a lot of wasted potential because of its integration with Nokia’s unpopular services.

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Intel Core i7 870 Preview

thesunz — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:57:57 +0800

Benchmark results of new Intel Core i7 870 (Lynnfield) CPU did appear a month ago along with some announcements about new CPUs (Core i7 870, Core i7 860 and Core i5 750) and new chipset (P55). We managed to get our hand on fully functional configuration based on Intel Core i7 870 CPU paired with Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 motherboard.

One of the new features of new chipset and CPUs is support for SLI and CrossFire. Of course we were very interested in SLI performances on an Intel based motherboard so we used two ASUS GTX260 Matrix models because those present optimal combination of price and performances. Hard drives can be “bottleneck” so we used two WD 500GB disks in RAID 0. Memory used was 2 x 2GB Kinston HyperX DDR3 that operates at 1600MHz in dual channel mode (Intel Core i7, Core i5 and Core i3 LGA 1156 CPUs don’t have triple channel support).
New Chipset

Intel P55 chipset continues the development path set by X58 chipset. Instead of north and south bridge, there is one chip – P55 Platform Controller Hub. Memory controller is integrated into CPU which allows it direct access to memory and eliminates bottleneck that FSB can create. We should underline that although P55 has nothing to do with memory, on Socket 1156 (Lynnfield) motherboards only DDR3 memory will be supported starting from DDR3 800 up to DDR3 2000 and even faster. Intel P55 Express chipset also grants control of 16 PCI Express 2.0 lines to CPU, while the rest 8 will control chipset (Hub). Since the majority of motherboard will have 3 PCI Express slots that will operate in x16/x4 or x8/x8×4 mode, only real difference are first two slots that will be controlled by CPU. This should minimize latencies in GPU-CPU communication.

We already mentioned that new P55 motherboards will have support for SLI and CrossFire. These are good news since Intel users will no longer be restricted to ATI graphics cards when creating multi GPU systems. By moving memory and PCI Express controller into CPU, chipset no longer needs fast QPI interface used in X58, so slower 2GB/s DMI connection is used instead. Data and media support are now similar to well known ICH10R south bridge: 14 USB ports, 6 SATA with support for RAID (0/1/5/10), audio and gigabit LAN.

New CPU

First CPU models that were announced for Socket 1156 are: Core i7 870 (2.93GHz), Core i7 850 (2.80GHz) and Core i5 750 (2.66GHz). First two models have 4 cores that will be presented to OS as 8 thanks to Hyper Threading technology, while Core i5 doesn’t support Hyper Threading and will be recognized as standard quad-core CPU. On the other side will be Core i3 CPUs with their two cores with support for Hyper Threading thanks to which OS will register 4 cores. In our configuration we found Core i7 870 CPU at 2.93GHz – fastest CPU in this group. CPU is made in 45nm manufacturing process with TDP set at 95W which is better result compared to 130W Core i7 CPUs for LGA 1366 socket. CPU has 256KB of secondary cache per core and 8MB L3 cache which allows similar performance levels to Core i7 9XX models. Turbo Boost technology is also supported (Turbo Mode) that allows CPU cores to operate at higher frequencies than default. Thanks to this technology individual active cores can raise their frequencies in 133MHz steps but within limits of maximal voltage and TDP (Thermal Design Power).

Benchmarks

Two NVIDIA graphics cards in SLI allowed us to test how new features operate on new chipset in combination with (also) new CPU. All benchmarks were conducted on Windows 7 with performance levels similar to those achieved by Core i7 920. Of course direct comparison cannot be made since sockets are different, but Core i7 920 proved that it works better with memory since it supports triple-channel mode. Unfortunately we had the system just for few hours so thorough testing of SLI and CrossFire performances are lacking. We even didn’t have enough time to dismount cooler, clear it from thermal paste residues, take a picture of it and put all back together. More detailed and comparative benchmarking will be done upon official presentation of new chipset and CPUs.
Conclusion

If price of new Core i7 870 CPU will be around 500€ (as we were told) than is seams that Core i7 920 is much better solution. With very similar results CPU that costs the half of that amount offers better price/performance ratio. Even when you add up price of expensive X58 motherboard Core i7 920 still looks as better purchase. Nevertheless, users that go for “the best of the best” when it comes to new LGA 1156 CPUs, Core i7 870 is the only real choice. For everybody else we suggest you to wait a bit for Core i7 860 that should cost around 250€. On the other side there will be also Core i5 750 that will be priced below 200€ and will be great choice for cheaper gaming rigs. Lack of Hyper Threading will be important to users that work with 3D rendering applications and for transcoding, while gamers will enjoy in high FPS values.
Intel Core i7 870
Frequency 2.93Ghz
BUS Speed (FSB) 133Mhz
Multiplier 23
L2 Cache 4 x 256KB
L3 Cache 8M
Manufacturing process 45nm
TDP 95W
Intel Core i7 870 – Results
Everest
Memory read / write / copy [MB/s] 16,111 / 13,809 / 16,174
Memory Latency 50ns
7-Zip x64 Compres / Decompress [KB/s] 16,066 / 208,733
WindRAR x64 3,238KB/s
Nucleraus Multicore v2.0.0 rc1 20,894
Blender 2.48a 8-threads 32,4
Cinebench R10 xCPU 18,913
1920 x 1080 Max AA and AF
3DMark 06 – CPU / Score 5,653 / 15,902
Crysis Very High 28.85FPS
Unigine Tropics – Score / FPS 571 / 22.6
Unigine Sanctuary – Score / FPS 1,210 / 28.5
Call of Juarez – min / avg / max [FPS] 16.7 / 27.3 / 42.1
Cryostasis – min / avg / max [FPS] 32.1 / 78.9 / 171.5
Street Fighter – Score / FPS 7,183 / 74.8
Test configuration:Intel Core i7 870 2,93 GHz, Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5, 2×2GB Kingston HyperX 1600 MHz, 2xAsus GTX260 Matrix 896 MB DDR3, 2xWD 500GB, Cooler Master UCP 800W

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[addedon]September 1, 2009, 9:22 pm[/addedon]cool ya~?

AMD’s six-core, ultra-low-power Opteron EEs

thesunz — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:04:33 +0800

There are three “rails” of wattage in AMD’s architectural plan for its CPUs: its higher-performance SE line, its lowest-power EE line, and its hybrid HE line that trades some performance for power savings. Two months ago, AMD introduced its first six-core Opterons in the SE flavor first, setting the general trend for future rollouts; last month, it trotted out the HE hybrid line in that same series.

Today, as expected, the company is announcing stage 3 of its plan: the rollout of its first ultra-low-power six-core Opteron series, including the model 2419 EE, with 40 watts of average power consumption (ACP) clocked at 1.8 GHz. This time, AMD’s value proposition is this: Server centers that already have quad-core 75W Opteron-based units can replace them for dropped in 40W six-core units, and see better performance per watt while gaining two cores per socket in the process.

“We’re still able to achieve up to 30% higher performance, as well as just above 30% higher performance-per-watt in that particular processor,” stated AMD Senior Product Manager Brent Kirby in an interview with Betanews. Another formula that works to AMD’s advantage in this demonstration: A rack with 24 servers, all using AMD’s current line of six-core Opteron SEs at the 75W power range, could be traded for a rack of 42 servers using new six-core Opteron EEs at 40W, and stay within the same power envelope.

But what is the performance trade-off, if any? Or to put it more bluntly, will those 42 EE servers perform any better, or even worse, than those 24 SE servers? We asked this question a number of different ways, and the answers we got harked back to a now-familiar AMD theme: For the customers who would consider buying EE in the first place, raw performance isn’t a real factor.

“For a lot of the cloud [server] guys, honestly, they realize that their computational utilization is not as high. It’s more about I/O and memory bandwidth, and getting them more memory,” responded Kirby. Of course, they’re trying to get the right balance of cores, but they’re also wanting to make sure they get enough memory capability, as well as I/O capability, within these servers. It becomes a more important criteria than just raw compute power.”

The importance seems a bit clearer when you consider AMD’s assertion that the power savings per server rack could come up to $50,000, or could surpass $1 million per year for a data center with 25 racks. But that assumes workloads stay the same, and a more accurate assessment of actual power savings when two racks so configured are given similar workloads, has yet to be conducted. Suffice it to say that the EE’s SPEC scores are indeed impressive: A two-way server running a pair of Opteron 2419 EE six-core processors scored a 1,614 on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark test, compared to the same brand of server (ZT Systems 1224Ra) running a pair of quad-core Opteron 2384s, which scored a 1,166 on the same test. That’s to say, the 2419 delivered better efficiency for the performance it did deliver.

The EE rollout isn’t the only news from AMD this morning: Senior Product Manager Bart Arnold confirmed to Betanews that throughout the first half of next year, the company will bring back its 4000 and 6000 product line designations, to accompany the 2000 and 8000 series it’s been running with this year. This according to a plan first put forth last April.

“The 6000 series will be aimed at the performance market; that’s our ‘Magny-Cours’ product. It’s going to have two variations: one 12-core and one 8-core,” stated Arnold. “Then in the second quarter, we’re going to be releasing our C32 ‘Lisbon’ platform, the 4000 series. That is going to be aimed at the market that is very concerned with power efficiency as well as cost-efficiency; the people who are looking to get a little more bang for their buck. It’s not going to be quite as robust, it’s not going to support as much memory, but…when we release the EE version of that platform, it’s going to be really eye-popping low. I can’t really tell you at this point exactly how low yet, because we haven’t been able to test it, but we are planning on setting the power efficiency market on-end with that particular product.”

But once again, the questions will probably include, how much or how little of a performance tradeoff will there be, for those investing in the 4000 series; and what gains will data centers experience by going all the way with a 12-core setup?

“I think the answer to that is found in consolidation,” Arnold responded. “I think that the number of cores that the product is going to have, along with the memory scale with its four memory channels, will allow them to run, in the case of virtualization, a whole lot of virtual machines to consolidate their data center further.”

Here, AMD’s director of client marketing, Bob Grim, chimed in: “One of the key things, from a power perspective, we’re driving home all the time: If you move to a 12-core Magny-Cours in a single socket, versus two six-cores on a two-socket platform, the move to that single socket has a profound effect on reducing power consumption or inefficiencies at the platform level. From the onboard CPU power supplies, the drn’s [drain voltages] are reduced…Power supply sizes can be reduced. You can put 12 cores in a single socket…at a lower power threshold than having to power two CPU cores. Then you have two separate memory VRMs [voltage regulator modules] on a two-socket versus a single-socket. Then the extra fans required to cool that. So there can be some power efficiency benefits to moving to a single socket 12-core.”

So it would appear that AMD’s typical value proposition, including with its latest EE announced today — just drop it in place of your old Opteron — has a limited shelf life to it. Once the 8-core and 12-core era is upon us by Q2 2010, the argument will change to one that emphasizes the benefits of moving from a two-way to a one-way server. Just after that time also, AMD’s Brent Kirby confirmed to Betanews, the company will begin making its argument in favor of shifting from DDR2 to DDR3 memory, once costs are no longer a prohibitive factor — Kirby’s timeframe sounded to us very much like August 2010.

Many of our regular talks with AMD thus far have begun with the oft-repeated phrase, “The market is moving,” which is sometimes augmented by “The market is broadening.” Come next July, we expect to hear both phrases used again, but in new and different ways.

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[addedon]September 1, 2009, 9:23 pm[/addedon]lol, when it come to desktop home pc base?

ATI Radeon Used In Next Generation Apple Computers

thesunz — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:02:55 +0800

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that the world renowned ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series, now found in some of the highest performance iMac and Mac Pro configurations, complements Snow Leopard’s fully compliant OpenCL Version 1.0 implementation. As an open standard specification, OpenCL is a key enabler of ATI Stream technology, which allows developers to create highly efficient applications balanced across CPU and GPU resources for superior performance running on Snow Leopard systems.

“Software developers can better serve end-users through open standards and OpenCL, a major component of Snow Leopard, that enables AMD’s ATI Stream technology to accelerate mainstream applications through the processing the power of a GPU,” said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Products Group. “Whether you’re enjoying HD multimedia content or playing the newest games, the ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 and ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 in the latest Mac Pro and iMac help ATI Stream-enabled applications run faster.”

* ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics are available in the latest Mac Pro, while the ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics power the latest iMac. Designed as high-performance parts for the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 family of products, these feature-rich graphics processors redefine computer entertainment with advanced capabilities including support for the latest games and a home theater-quality HD multimedia experience on HD-capable monitors for use at work, at home or at play.
* ATI Stream technology leverages multi-core CPU and GPU architectures to accelerate the execution of stream-enabled highly parallel functions enabling software developers to enable improved performance and interactivity across a broad range of OpenCL capable compute platforms.

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ASUS EeeTop PC ET20/22 Series, Touch Screen

thesunz — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:12:23 +0800

Experience a World of High Definition Entertainment at Your Fingertips

The new ASUS EeeTop PC ET20/22 Series is a range of touch*-enabled, all-in-one PCs that provides users with the fundamentals of everyday computing and multimedia entertainment in an elegant space-saving design. Its forte lies in its ability to provide users with the ultimate home entertainment experience. The EeeTop PC ET22 and EeeTop PC ET20 feature a flushed 22-inch and 20-inch touch*-enabled display respectively that provides high definition images through the use of state-of-the-art graphics processors. The resulting visual spectacle is complemented by a surround sound experience delivered by the Dual Hi-Fi speakers with SRS Premium Sound™. The ASUS EeeTop ET20/22 Series also lets users communicate via the easy-to-use Eee Cam, while the Eee Bar gives them access to their commonly-used applications. Users can also organize their photographs with FotoFun, and leave notes for their family and friends with Eee Memo. Simply put, the new ASUS EeeTop PC ET20/22 Series is the ideal all-in-one communications and entertainment PC for the family.
The Absolute Pinnacle of High Definition Home Entertainment

The ASUS EeeTop ET20/22 Series delivers high definition multimedia entertainment at a touch*. Users can choose between a 20-inch or 22-inch flushed high definition display with a 16:9 aspect ratio. The ASUS EeeTop ET20/22 Series features a dedicated ATI Radeon™ HD4570 or NVIDIA® ION™ graphics processor to deliver clear and vibrant true-to-life images, while a pair of embedded Hi-Fi speakers with SRS Premium Sound™ delivers an immersive virtual surround sound experience. Users can watch high definition movies on Blu-ray via a Blu-ray disc drive** (Available only on selected models). The ASUS EeeTop ET20/22 Series can connect to external monitors, game consoles and other home entertainment devices via HDMI-in and SPDIF outputs (only for ET22 Series). The ASUS EeeTop ET20/22 Series also features the touch*-enabled Total Media Center (only for ET22 Series)—a one-stop, intuitive interface which allows users to browse, view and organize multimedia files. These cutting-edge technologies come together to provide users with the best in home multimedia entertainment.
Discover the Power to Connect at Your Fingertips

As intuitive computing becomes ever more prevalent, the need for an instinctive user interface is more apparent. The high definition 20-inch or 22-inch touch*screen of the ASUS EeeTop PC ET20/22 Series gives users fingertip access to a suite of touch*-enabled programs. Users can leave virtual ’sticky notes’ for their family with Eee Memo, or video messages via the embedded Eee Cam which features Real-time Image Capture technology. This exclusive technology delivers superior image quality at 30 frames-per-second*, as well as enhanced light sensitivity for low-light environments. Users can doodle or add special effects to snapshots of themselves and even create customized emoticons for use in web messaging applications such as Skype®, MSN Messenger™, Yahoo® Messenger and AIM®. FotoFun lets users organize their customized emoticons, photographs and pictures like they would in a photo album, or upload them onto their blogs. Finally, the Eee Bar provides speedy access to commonly used applications, as well as system management settings at a single touch*.
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The ASUS EeeTop PC ET20/22 Series is the perfect blend of form and function. Its frameless screen and slim profile not only bring a touch of class to every home, but save space as well. Finally, an elegantly-designed stand on the rear bezel of the EeeTop PC ET20/22 Series completes the minimalist design, while providing an added touch of mobility.

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Nokia first netbook Booklet 3G

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Nokia first netbook Booklet 3G

thesunz — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:33:13 +0800

Nokia is rocking the world this morning by introducing its spin on the netbook, called the Booklet 3G. If you’re the rude sort you could call it a fancy netbook, what with its Atom processor and 10.1-inch display, but that screen is higher res than your average Eee, and it also sports integrated 3G wireless and a hot-swappable SIM card, so it definitely is pushing the boundaries of that classification. It also has integrated A-GPS with a copy of Ovi Maps, HDMI output, a rated 12 hour battery life, and the usual Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, all that in a 2cm (.78 inch), 2.7lb aluminum body that’s understated, sophisticated, and should make most Nokia fans very happy. No word on anticipated release date or price just yet, but we’ll be learning more at Nokia World 09 in a few weeks.

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Mozilla chief: Microsoft ballot screen leaves IE ‘

thesunz — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:30:43 +0800

In the first comprehensive statement representing Mozilla’s viewpoint on the issue of Microsoft’s compliance with the European Commission’s recent Statement of Objections, Mozilla Foundation CEO Mitchell Baker wrote earlier this week that a “ballot screen” giving Windows 7 installers the option of setting up Firefox or another browser instead, is not enough to level the playing field. Internet Explorer, Baker fears, will continue to received favored placement elsewhere in the system, including on the desktop and the taskbar.

“Choosing another browser as a ‘default’ does not mean that the other browser takes the place of IE,” Baker writes. “For example, the IE logo (’shortcut’) still remains unchanged on the desktop. The shortcut / logo of the browser the user has selected does not replace this, it is added elsewhere. As a result, the familiar location remains IE, not the user’s choice.”

Baker’s comments come in response to Microsoft’s suggestions to the European Commission about how it can best comply with the lawmaking body’s demands — suggestions which await the EC’s formal response upon return from summer vacation. Those suggestions, as far as we know, have not included actual software demonstrations, but rather screenshots of mockups of how such a ballot screen may be presented.

Indeed, one of those screenshots as presented publicly by Microsoft itself does show an Internet Explorer logo adorning the title bar of the window where the browser screen appears. Although this screenshot does not necessarily depict how the end result of Microsoft’s work might appear, if the company left a few too many of these little logos in its other screenshots presented to the EC — for instance, in the taskbar or on the desktop — it might have left holes for its own arguments, holes that Mitchell Baker and others are already discovering.

“Even if everything in the currently proposed settlement is implemented in the most positive way,” she writes, “IE will still have a unique and uniquely privileged position on Windows installations.”

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Price List Updated -18th August | Active Xtream

thesunz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:08:46 +0800

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thesunz — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:06:42 +0800

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