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Jepsen writes that Billy Edwards, AMD's chief strategy officer "describes our design of the $100 laptop as the first fundamental revisit of personal computer architecture since IBM launched the PC in 1981. Twenty-five years, and now, for the first time, we're redesigning the whole architecture - hardware, software, display - and we're coming up with some remarkable inventions and innovations.". The $100 laptop, which will have online capability, will also have features that most typical laptops... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 17, 2006—Virtutech, Inc., the leading provider ofsimulation-based solutions for software development and test, todayannounced that site licenses of Simics are now provided free of ...','lightyellow','500')";onMouseout="hideddrivetip()">Virtutech Announces Free Academic License For Simics Jul 20, 2006
The world's leading computer system simulation platform with the capability to simulate any computer system, ranging from single boards through multicore and multiprocessor computers to arbitrary networks of computers, Virtutech Simics enables comprehensive software development, test, system studies and computer architecture research in a simulated environment ... More than 1,000 universities worldwide are already using Virtutech Simics in classrooms and research related to operating systems,... (MCADCafe)
Terror threat suspect seeks protection Jun 24, 2006
He did very well in his computer architecture course, but didnt excel at bowling and beginning swimming, according to Buddhis grade records. Before attending Purdue, Buddhi received a masters degree in math from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, where he graduated at the top of his class. (Post-Tribune)
Objects of Affection May 26, 2006
On the phone from Los Angeles, Lynn explains, "Ross is evangelical about new materials and technology." I'd expected L.A.'s king of computer architecture to be the high priest of material innovation, but Lynn says that title belongs to Lovegrove, adding, "Ross looks for interesting ways to manufacture, and that makes him think of new things. Instead of it being simply 'I want legs of a chair as fast as possible,' it's, 'So what is this material and what can I do with it?'" Each of them is always... (BusinessWeek)
Students earn Intel awards May 4, 2006
Kumar, also a third-year graduate student, plans to use his award to further his research on computer architecture, focusing on interconnection networks. His advisors are Professors Niraj Jha and Li-Shiuan Peh. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Intel boosts support for Apple developers Apr 6, 2006
To help smooth the transition to an Intel-based computer architecture, the company has released free beta versions of its Intel Fortran Compiler, Intel C++ Compiler, Intel Math Kernel Library and Intel Integrated Performance Primitives for Apple developers. In addition, Intel has made available to assist developers with dual-core threading and migration issues. (ComputerWorld)
Launch Of New Peer-to-peer Technology For Television Mar 24, 2006
-- Grid computing is an emerging computing model that provides the ability to perform higher throughput computing by taking advantage of many networked computers to model a virtual computer architecture ... -- Blue Gene is a computer architecture project designed to produce several next-generation supercomputers, designed to reach operating speeds in the petaflops range, and currently reaching speeds over. (Science Daily)
Review: Apple's MacBook Pro With Intel Core Duo Chip Mar 11, 2006
I stand before the apotheosis of Apple's new computer architecture direction, a MacBook Pro containing an Intel Core Duo, and all I can say is, "Cord goes in, cord goes out, cord goes in, cord goes out.". Why. (InformationWeek)
Intel and Transitive team on RISC gender bender Mar 10, 2006
"One of the biggest barriers to upgrading from one computer architecture to another is just how to migrate the installed base of in-house developed software and commercial software, said Bob Wiederhold, CEO of Transitive Corporation. With Intel, we are focused on providing binary translation technology products to easily shift existing legacy code or application packages that have been compiled on non-Intel platforms to run without modification on Intel Itanium and Intel Xeon processor-based... (Register)
'Synthetic Validity': Selection Tool Could Revolutionize Hiring, Online Dating Mar 9, 2006
Posted: March 8, 2006. Synthetic Validity': Selection Tool Could Revolutionize Hiring, Online Dating. (Science Daily)
Software To Bring Order To Information Chaos Mar 7, 2006
-- Grid computing is an emerging computing model that provides the ability to perform higher throughput computing by taking advantage of many networked computers to model a virtual computer architecture. . (Science Daily)
Computer Scientist Sorts Out Confusable Drug Names Mar 4, 2006
-- Blue Gene is a computer architecture project designed to produce several next-generation supercomputers, designed to reach operating speeds in the petaflops range, and currently reaching speeds over. . (Science Daily)
Digital moves to top-tier cameras Feb 26, 2006
" Sony has already risen to the No. 3 spot in digital camera sales in the United States, with 15.8 percent of the market, just , at 17.2 percent, and Kodak, at 16.9 percent, according to Current Analysis, a research firm in Sterling, Va. And as the competition gets keener, life becomes fundamentally different for camera companies, which used to operate at a stately pace with new product cycles measured in years. Nikon's top-of-the-line F-series of cameras, for example, has been revamped only six... (CNET News.com)
A 1,000-processor computer for $100K? Feb 25, 2006
--It's not easy to get hardware designers and software developers in sync when it comes to developing a new computer architecture, according to Dave Patterson, one of the pioneers of the original RISC architecture. The hardware takes years to develop, and work on affiliated software doesn't start in earnest until the hardware is done. (ZDNet News)
Researchers Develop Quantum Processor (NewsFactor) Jan 13, 2006
The quantum computer architecture can store quantum bits (qubits) of information, where each qubit can hold the numbers one or zero, or even both digits simultaneously. When a qubit is added to a quantum system, the computing power doubles. (RSS - Yahoo News - Technology)
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