Category: CPU

AMD is set to debut its Vega graphics platform at CES

AMD is finally set to show off its Vega graphics platform at CES 2017. Built upon a new architecture and acting as a sequel to the mainstream-focused Polaris, rumors about Vega suggest it will be powerful and should offer solid competition for Nvidia’s top-end graphics processors .

What the Mac needs in 2017

As sure as the Earth sweeps through its orbit around the sun, the changing of a calendar year is a time to reflect about what’s happened and ponder what’s to come. Last year I made a list of things I wanted to see from the Mac in 2016; the results were fair to middling .

USAID Project supports seed sector

The Feed the Future-Ghana Agriculture Technology Transfer Project is partnering reputable financial institutions in northern Ghana with a loan programme of $ 9 million to stimulate improved seed production, processing, and marketing. The programme is to fuel the nascent private sector seed business that serves farmers in Upper East, Upper West, and Northern Regions.

As it Happened: Leap Second 37

At the end of 2016 timekeepers added an extra second to the time we use to track our everyday activities. This is needed to match the astronomical time, measured through the Earth’s slightly irregular rotation frequency, to the exact duration of a second defined through our atomic clocks.

ISPs face volume and velocity challenges

By 2020, IoT will include 26 billion units installed generating large quantity of Big Data that needs real time processing and analysis. Gordon Moore, who created the Moore’s Law, has predicted that technological advances would lead to doubling of the number of transistors on a chip approximately every two years.

Intel’s i7-7700k overclocked to a ridiculous 7GHz thanks to liquid nitrogen

Intel’s much-anticipated high-performance Kaby Lake processors are almost here, which means anyone with a PC built for gaming or other heavy lifting tasks will have to decide whether or not it’s time for an upgrade. The i7-7700k chip, which will likely succeed the 6700k as being the go-to for overclockers and enthusiasts, will definitely be in high demand, but just how much room is there for tweaking? Well, if you happen to have a bit of liquid nitrogen sitting around, the answer is a whole lot.

anthemav added to PyPI

This is a Python package to interface with Anthem AVM and MRX receivers and processors. It uses the asyncio library to maintain an object-based connection to the network port of the receiver with supporting methods and properties to poll and adjust the receiver settings.

the Navy’s New Torpedoes: They have longer range and are…

Modifications to the weapon improves the acoustic receiver, replaces the guidance-and-control hardware with updated technology, increases memory, and improves processor throughput to handle the expanded software demands required to improve torpedo performance against evolving threats, according to Navy information on the weapon.

WhySoSlow 1.0 checks your PC for performance issues

System utility developer Resplendence Software has released WhySoSlow 1.0 , a “performance and responsiveness analyzer” for Windows 7 and later. The program’s analysis function monitors various performance indicators, including CPU clock speed, temperature and load; memory load; hard page faults; application responsiveness; latencies, BIOS interrupt delays and more.

Ethiopia: Sharing Animal Husbandry Experience

In spite of the fact that Ethiopia has abundant resources of livestock, it has not exploited the prevailing potential due lack of skilled power and proper technology. In spite of some efforts to encourage crossbreeding between local and exotic breeds of almost all domestic livestock, the number of crossbreeds remain to be negligible.

AMD Unveils Radeon Instinct Chips

The new Radeon Instinct GPU-based accelerators unveiled yesterday by chipmaker AMD are aimed at dramatically improving the capabilities of machine intelligence in server computing, the company said. In addition to the new hardware, AMD also announced new software frameworks and a new open source library for GPU-based machine learning implementations.

Alexa, can you help with this murder case?

Amazon is pushing back against an Arkansas prosecutor’s demand for information from a murder suspect’s Echo smart speaker, setting up another legal battle over investigators’ quest for technology-based evidence and American privacy rights. Benton County Prosecuting Attorney Nathan Smith hopes the voice-activated Echo — which answers users’ questions, plays music, reads news and connects to other smart devices — will provide information on how a man came to be found dead in 31-year-old James Bates’ hot tub.

Carrie Fisher’s Ex Husband Paul Simon Responds to Her Passing; She’ll Appear in “Family Guy”

Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old convicted of killing nine black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, told a judge Wednesday he has “no pl… — German authorities have detained a 40-year-old Tunisian man who “could have been involved in the attack” on a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany’s federal prosecu… Wheat buyers, millers and processors in South Asia have a better understanding of the quality of this year’s hard red winter wheat crop, thanks to U.S. Wheat Associates’ … UNDATED _ The Minnesota Golden Gophers have capped a tumultuous football season with a very satisfying victory.

Qualcomm hit with $853 billion fine by South Korea over antitrust issues

Qualcomm is was issued a more than $850 million fine by a South Korean regulatory commission Wednesday on accusations it has forced cell phone manufacturers in unfair licensing deals for its near-standard wireless technology chips. The Korea Fair Trade Commission accused Qualcomm of breaking antitrust laws by limiting access of its customers to patents it licenses and forced phone companies into unfair deals because of the essential phone parts it makes, issuing the company an $852.9 million fine.