It’s the PlayStation 4 Pro feature we’ve been waiting for. The new boost mode – coming soon in the 4.5 system software upgrade – opens up the power of the Pro to unpatched base PS4 titles.
Category: CPU
Intel invests $7 billlion to bake 7nm chips in Fab 42 in Arizona
Intel announces it will invest over $7 billion to complete its Fab 42 in Chandler, Arizona for the production of 7nm computer chips. The plant was originally intended for 14nm production but got mothballed for a couple of years due to lack of demand for the company’s chips.
Graphics programming language
I am a professional graphics programmer and I create scripting/programming languages as an hobby. I got this idea that I wanted to share with you.
Shure Debuts IntelliMix P300 Audio Conferencing Processor At ISE 2017
At this year’s ISE, held February 7 – 10 in Amsterdam, Shure is introducing the IntelliMix P300 audio conferencing processor, a new digital signal processor created specifically for conferencing applications. The P300 offers Shure IntelliMix DSP algorithms that enhance the audio quality in video meetings, a variety of connectivity options, plus seamless operation with Shure Microflex Advance and Microflex wireless microphone solutions for AV conferencing.
Zezulka on The Digital Footprint and Principles of Personality Protection in the European Union
Ondrej Zezulka, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law, has published The Digital Footprint and Principles of Personality Protection in the European Union as Charles University in Prague Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2016/III/2.
Minnesota co-op plans to build soybean plant in North Dakota Wednesday, February 8
Officials with Minnesota Soybean Processors, or MnSP, say the co-op has selected a site on 150 acres near Spiritwood, in eastern North Dakota. The group says the facility would produce 900,000 tons of soybean meal and 490 million pounds of soybean oil a year.
China urges cornbelt regions to offer subsidies to boost use -sources
Feb 8 Beijing is urging regional authorities in the nation’s top four corn producing regions to offer subsidies to livestock feed companies, the latest move to boost demand for a bumper crop, according to a source briefed on the matter. The country’s State Administration of Grains and the Ministry of Finance issued a joint document dated Jan. 13 outlining the recommendations to northeastern regions of Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning and Jilin, according to the source and local media.
SAPVoice: Why IoT Tech Will Help Smart Cities Make Better Decisions
Advancements in analytics and artificial intelligence have allowed cities to become more efficient and autonomous than ever. As a result, the concept of a Smart City has transformed from simple traffic cameras and motion sensors to a real-time grid, capable of generating insights from traffic patterns and foot traffic — elements of a Live Connected City.
The latest Opera version begins loading webpages before you finish typing
Opera Software has released the latest version of its popular web browser, Opera 43. Opera’s executive vice president, Krystian Kolondra, said on Tuesday that this release is the fastest version thus far, and packs a new feature called instant page loading. It incorporates predictive technology that begins to load a website in the background before the user finishes typing its full web address.
Pre-order listing shows AMD’s Ryzen desktop CPUs may roll out this month
AMD customers eagerly waiting to get their hands on the company’s new Ryzen desktop processors won’t have to wait long if a recent listing is correct. After a leaked lineup of 17 Ryzen processors appeared over the weekend , a shipping date has surfaced for AMD’s upcoming processor family for desktops: February 28. The date was discovered through AMD Shanghai’s Taobao distribution channel , allowing customers to pre-order the listed chip for $295.
i7 6820k or i7 7700hq8
I am in the process of buying a gaming laptop and want to keep my budget below $2,000. I was wondering would it be worth it to get the MSI GT73VR Titan-017 with the i7 6820hk or the MSI GT72VR Dominator Pro-448 with the newer i7 7700hq.
U.S. Plastic-to-Fuel Market Forecasted to Be Worth US$ 98.26 Million by 2020
Future Market Insights announces the release of its latest report titled, ” Plastic-to-fuel Market : U.S. Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2015 – 2020″. As per FMI’s projection, the U.S. Plastic-to-fuel market is estimated to generate US$ 42.78 million in revenues in 2015, which is likely to reach US$ 98.26 million in 2020 representing a CAGR of 6.79% through the forecast period of 2016 to 2020.
Can A Leopard Change Its Spots?
The prospect of Intel licensing AMD’s GPUs is as unlikely as Intel licensing ARM technology to let Intel’s customers make ARM-based chips in Intel fabs. “Our 10 nm design platform for foundry customers will now offer access to ARM Artisan physical IP, including POP IP, based on the most advanced ARM cores and Cortex series processors,” said Intel’s Zane Ball at that time.
Digital Signal Processors Market 2017 Share, Trend, Segmentation – Global Forecast to 2021
A digital signal processor is a specialized microprocessor which processes the digital data by mathematical manipulation to analyze the information contained in them. The parameters which can be manipulated range from temperature, pressure to voice and audio.
MIT Makes Strides Toward Renewable Diesel
Energy management and automation specialist Schneider Electric acquires MWPowerlab s.r.l., a software company with 3D real-time technology. The acquisition adds advanced virtual reality and augmented reality technology to Schneider Electric’s industrial software portfolio.
Timber a viable option for high-rise buildings in quake zones
Jon Tanner, chief executive of the Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association says a wooden building weighs less than a steel concrete structure with obvious benefits in both construction and resilience in an earthquake. After all it is standard for aircraft components to be monitored for performance real time – so why not buildings in quake zones? But Callaghan Innovation’s apparent sole focus on finding more earthquake resistance through concrete technology, and particularly how to prevent steel rods from rusting when water gets through from earthquake cracks, is a one trick structural pony.
Intel Shows 2.5D FPGA at ISSCC
SAN FRANCISCO Intel gave the most detailed look at its lower cost alternative to 2.5D packaging in a paper on its Stratix X FPGA at the International Solid State Circuits Conference here. In the same session, AMD showed its Zen x86 processor sports a 10 percent smaller die than Intel’s latest 14nm CPUs.
SonicsGN Provides Integration Fabric for Nexell NXP5540 Application Processor
San Jose, Calif. – February 7, 2017 – Sonics, Inc. , the world’s foremost supplier of on-chip network and power management technologies and services, today announced that Nexell has implemented the flagship SonicsGN® NoC as the integration fabric in its recently introduced NXP5540 application processor.
AMD jumps again, stock may now getting into frothy territory
AMD executives answer questions at a San Francisco press event in August 2016 on the company’s new chip family, Zen. stock soared 11.36%.
Lenovo ThinkPad P Series mobile workstations unveiled
Lenovo has taken the wraps off its latest lineup of the ThinkPad P Series mobile workstations, the P51, P51s, and the P71. The product line features the latest Intel and NVIDIA hardware, and couples that with the military-grade durability we’ve come to expect from Lenovo.
Understanding Error Propagation in GPGPU Applications
GPUs have emerged as general-purpose accelerators in high-performance computing and scientific applications. However, the reliability characteristics of GPU applications have not been investigated in depth.
Raytheon to provide Navy with satellite processer under $50M contract
Navy PEO C4I provides the fleet with effective and affordable naval information warfare capabilities necessary for warfighters to accomplish their missions, according to the Navy’s website. The Environmental Satellite Receiver Processor is for engineering, production, procurement, in-service engineering agent, and support services, the Defense Department said in a release.
New Lenovo Mobile Workstations At SOLIDWORKS World 2017
As SOLIDWORKS World 2017 opens, Lenovo is announcing three new mobile workstations laptops with the ThinkPad P51s, ThinkPad P51, and ThinkPad P71. All three have common traits such as 4K UHD display, NVIDIA Quadro graphics processor, and Intel processors.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Receives “Buy” Rating from Loop Capital
‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at Loop Capital in a note issued to investors on Monday. They presently have a $12.00 target price on the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock.
Configurable Microprocessor for Life Essential Devices
As new use cases emerge in the personal electronics market, the processors that run them must evolve to meet the changing requirements. In 1990, the productivity era drove growth in personal computers and laptops.
Overclock running hot?7
I slapped a h115i on my 7700. Went into the bios and got it at 5.0 without a hitch at 1.375.
AMD Next Two Catalysts: Vega And Ryzen
Advanced Micro Devices’ fourth-quarter results should put away any doubt about the company turning itself around. AMD’s release of Ryzen in desktops, then for servers, and finally for notebooks will give consumers an alternative to Intel’s chips.
Lenovo Announces Yoga A12 Android Tablet
If you’re after a new tablet that you plan to use for work or school, you might be interested to learn that Lenovo has recently taken the wraps off its latest Android tablet offering: the Lenovo Yoga A12 . This is an affordable Android tablet that according to the company, is aimed at users looking for that all-day productivity.
How Open Sourcing Made Apache Kafka A Dominant Streaming Platform
Open sourced in 2010, the Apache Kafka distributed streaming platform is now used at more than a third of Fortune 500 companies . An anonymous reader writes: Co-creator Neha Narkhede says “We saw the need for a distributed architecture with microservices that we could scale quickly and robustly.
CEVA: Is It A Buy Or A Hold?
Its IP is used in the development of a wide variety of applications, which include communications & connectivity, audio & voice, imaging & vision and storage. CEVA expects significant growth in its unit shipments for non-handset baseband applications, up from approximately 167 million royalty-bearing units annually in 2015 to 700-900 million units annually by 2018.
A ship loaded with containers the Port of Ningbo in Zhejiang province. Photo: Reuters
At present, evidence of malevolent intent is weak – but the balance of maritime power now needs to be monitored with care Some truths glare at you. Some sneak up from behind, no matter how obvious they ought to be.
Imagination Technologies Group plc’s (IMG) “Buy”…
‘s stock had its “buy” rating restated by equities researchers at Liberum Capital in a research report issued on Wednesday. They currently have a GBX 325 price objective on the communications company’s stock.
Privacy-Centric Linux Distro Tails 3.0 Will Drop 32-Bit Processor Support
All of its outgoing connections are routed through Tor, and it even blocks non-anonymous connections. You can carry it around on a USB stick, and Edward Snowden uses it.
Making knowledge work visible
Invisibility is an accidental and troublesome characteristic of knowledge work in a digital world. What makes it invisible? Why does it matter? What can you do about it? As a knowledge worker, I get paid for what happens inside my head but not until I get the work outside where it can be seen.
Last chance to get this Windows 10 pocket PC for under $200
This is a paid placement and if you buy something through this article or on the BGR Store we will receive compensation from retail partners. Technology has evolved to make portability an especially important feature, and the Ockel Sirius B Windows 10 Pocket PC is just about the pinnacle of portability.
Intel Pentium G4560 review: the ultimate budget CPU?
So here’s a thought. Buy a Core i5 or Core i7 processor for gaming and the bottom line is this: on the majority of titles out there, its resources are highly underutilised.
Leaked Samsung Galaxy S8 pictures tease radical redesign and m…
The Samsung Galaxy S8 release date is on the horizon, and we’ve just been offered a new look at the eagerly awaited handset. While we’ve already seen leaked renders and even the odd photo of the upcoming Galaxy S8 pop up online, now the phone’s schematics have surfaced via CNET Korea, claiming to show off the phone’s exact dimensions.
The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon…
The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Examining the observational evidence for dynamical dark energy To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. We examine the ability of the $>$CDM model to simultaneously fit different types of cosmological observations and apply a recently proposed test, based on the Kullback-Leibler divergence, to quantify the tension between different subsets of data.
Bradykinesia and impairment of EEG desynchronization in Parkinson’s disease.
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. It has been suggested that the basal ganglia control the release of cortical elements from low-frequency rhythmic idling activity during voluntary movement.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 sale on Mi.com today at noon
Xiaomi ‘s Redmi Note 4 will be on sale today on Mi.com, which is the company’s own e-commerce portal in India.The sale starts at 12 noon, and it looks like Xiaomi is offering all three versions of the phone up for grabs, which is a first since the phone was officially launched in India on January 19. So far on Flipkart only the 3GB RAM+32GB storage and 4GB RAM+64GB version were available for sale. This time the 2GB RAM is also up on Mi.com, and is priced at Rs 9,999.