had enough of python and MVC designs than i can take this december :beaten:
Computers and Related Hardware/Software
Started by groink · 6 Oct 2003 · 5,867 replies
General Discussion
The first Friday Fry's ad is here:
750GB Seagate ATA100 HD w/16MB buffer, $310... That about $100 cheaper than it was a couple of months ago. :victory:
750GB external USB/Firewire HD w/16MB buffer, $320...
750GB Seagate ATA100 HD w/16MB buffer, $310... That about $100 cheaper than it was a couple of months ago. :victory:
750GB external USB/Firewire HD w/16MB buffer, $320...
The First BitTorrent Optimized Microprocessor
Marcus Yam (Blog) - January 11, 2007 12:09 PM
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We now have CPUs and GPUs, and soon we will have BPUs
IAdea Corporation, a Taiwan-based licensee of BitTorrent technology, and Star Semiconductor Corporation, an affiliate of the semiconductor giant UMC Group, jointly announced the availability of STR9810/20 -- the world's first BitTorrent-optimized microprocessor chip.
Most of the BitTorrent downloads today are done by software that runs on the PC. The new microprocessor will enable consumer electronics hardware makers to create devices that directly download and play BitTorrent content.
"I remember in the old days people first watched DVDs on the PC, like how BitTorrent is used on the PC today," says Steven Huang, Chairman and CEO of Star Semiconductor Corporation, the co-developer of the new chip. "Very soon our chip will enable millions of consumer devices to run BitTorrent and help consumers do what they do today on the PC using just a simple remote control."
The BitTorrent-optimized STR9810/20 microprocessors will be available in Q1, 2007. Two versions of the chip are available with various hardware-based acceleration levels. Both chips feature an ARM922-based core, network interface and dual USB 2.0 high-speed ports, allowing fast integration with existing embedded consumer products such as wireless routers, NAS, smart HDD enclosures, DVD players, set-top boxes and DLNA digital media appliances. The chips will be available to systems designers starting at $8.75 in quantities of 1,000.
"BitTorrent is going to fundamentally advance the Web to its next stage. New digital appliances utilizing our chip work cooperatively to deliver large media files. This new service architecture is infinitely scalable, delivers faster as more users join, and can be built at a fraction of the cost of a traditional server farm," says John C. Wang, CEO of IAdea Corporation, the developer of the technology inside the new chip. "We see this trend emerging as 'Web 3.0' where each consumer becomes part of a universal content storage and delivery system. Our new chip plays part in the new paradigm by making BitTorrent available efficiently and economically. You should not be surprised if you find your next car or cellphone enabled with our technology."
BitTorrent has signed content license agreements with over 20 leading entertainment companies, including 20th Century Fox, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, to deliver large media files to millions of viewers simultaneously without investing heavily in server hardware and bandwidth. BitTorrent also found its way into consumer electronic-level digital boxes from ASUS, Planex and QNAP, that do not require PC intervention to download files.
"BitTorrent continues to expand its roster of partners along the digital content value chain -- from content destination sites to the semiconductors that power the most popular consumer electronic devices," said Ashwin Navin, President and Co-Founder of BitTorrent. "The growing BitTorrent ecosystem reflects our vision for BitTorrent embedded everywhere people want an improved entertainment experience."
read this attendee's review of OLED monitors seen at this year's CES in Las Vegas:
OLED TVs
To me this was the most impressive item I saw even though it is not yet commercially available. OLED is short for organic LED which is a special type of light emitting diode (LED) that has is so bright it does not need a backlight and as a result has extraordinarily low power requirements.
The range of colors, brightness, and viewing angle possible with OLEDs are greater than that of LCDs because OLED pixels directly emit light. Because of this, OLED pixel colors appear correct and unshifted, even as the viewing angle approaches 90 degrees from the axis perpendicular to the display.
The radically different manufacturing process of OLEDs lends itself to many advantages over flat panel displays made with LCD technology. Since OLEDs can be printed using inkjet printer technology, they can theoretically have a significantly lower cost. The fact that OLEDs can be printed onto flexible substrates opens the door to new applications such as roll-up displays or even displays embedded in clothing.
One of the people I attended CES with was Justin Taylor who is the chief technology officer of Novell. He was Bill Gates equivalent at Novell and actually served as Eric Schmidt's primary technology assistant when he was CEO of Novell before he left to be the CEO of Google.
Justin was in Japan in a private meeting with Sony about six months ago when they rolled out a 25 foot roll and placed it on the wall. Yes, you read it right, that was foot not inches. Anyway it was the most extraordinary piece of technology he ever saw.
Why is OLED the TV of the future?
The primary reason is that it has a superior picture. It is absolutely extraordinary. Once you see OLED you become spoiled and even a Panasonic plasma set seems inferior.
Aside from the bright 100% color reproduction. They are ultra thin and can actually be rolled up. They have no ghosting whatsoever or refresh issues. They have a fantastic contrast ratio of one million to one.
They also have very low power consumption, because they don't require any backlighting they have much lower power requirements than LCDs in notebooks There is no question that they will be the screen of choice in future notebooks.
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The picture above was the entire Sony OLED exhibit but they had one large prototype (in the center above) but it was only 27-inches.
The display below does NOT do the picture justice as you are most likely viewing it on an LCD monitor,, but it was BETTER than looking at a photo.
[image]
OLED TVs
To me this was the most impressive item I saw even though it is not yet commercially available. OLED is short for organic LED which is a special type of light emitting diode (LED) that has is so bright it does not need a backlight and as a result has extraordinarily low power requirements.
The range of colors, brightness, and viewing angle possible with OLEDs are greater than that of LCDs because OLED pixels directly emit light. Because of this, OLED pixel colors appear correct and unshifted, even as the viewing angle approaches 90 degrees from the axis perpendicular to the display.
The radically different manufacturing process of OLEDs lends itself to many advantages over flat panel displays made with LCD technology. Since OLEDs can be printed using inkjet printer technology, they can theoretically have a significantly lower cost. The fact that OLEDs can be printed onto flexible substrates opens the door to new applications such as roll-up displays or even displays embedded in clothing.
One of the people I attended CES with was Justin Taylor who is the chief technology officer of Novell. He was Bill Gates equivalent at Novell and actually served as Eric Schmidt's primary technology assistant when he was CEO of Novell before he left to be the CEO of Google.
Justin was in Japan in a private meeting with Sony about six months ago when they rolled out a 25 foot roll and placed it on the wall. Yes, you read it right, that was foot not inches. Anyway it was the most extraordinary piece of technology he ever saw.
Why is OLED the TV of the future?
The primary reason is that it has a superior picture. It is absolutely extraordinary. Once you see OLED you become spoiled and even a Panasonic plasma set seems inferior.
Aside from the bright 100% color reproduction. They are ultra thin and can actually be rolled up. They have no ghosting whatsoever or refresh issues. They have a fantastic contrast ratio of one million to one.
They also have very low power consumption, because they don't require any backlighting they have much lower power requirements than LCDs in notebooks There is no question that they will be the screen of choice in future notebooks.
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![[image]](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/2triky/ces01.jpg){kind=link}
The picture above was the entire Sony OLED exhibit but they had one large prototype (in the center above) but it was only 27-inches.
The display below does NOT do the picture justice as you are most likely viewing it on an LCD monitor,, but it was BETTER than looking at a photo.
[image]
![[image]](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/2triky/ces02.jpg){kind=link}
Plastic circuitry breakthrough may revolutionize electronics industry
by Ben Kage
(NewsTarget) Researchers from the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory have a chance to revolutionize the electronics industry if they can develop plastic semiconductors.
The idea is to replace the silicon wafers in standard microchips with layers or circuitry on plastic substrates. While the concept of plastic semiconductors may seem like a pipe dream, Cambridge-based startup Plastic Logic has been talking about commercializing the technology since 2000. The company is putting money where it's mouth is, too, as it has more than $100 million worth of investment funds for a factory that it plans to open in Dresden, Germany.
The technology has "tremendous potential," said Morry Marshall, vice-president for strategic technologies at Phoenix semiconductor research group Semico, adding that it was a "breakthrough that is waiting to happen."
The final product should be a plastic sheet roughly the same size as a piece of A4 sized paper, being produced at a rate of about 2.2 million a year. They will be composed of polyethylene terephthalate -- the same type of plastic used to make soft drink bottles -- and initially supplied to other companies as the basis for pieces of "electronic paper," which can display the pages of thousands of books.
We hope to make it as easy to carry around large amounts of written information using devices based on our technology as it is now to have easy access to large amounts of music using an iPod or MP3 player," said Hermann Hauser, one of Plastic Logic's founders and a Cavendish Laboratory alumnus.
The proposed plastic semiconductors will have one disadvantage compared to traditional silicon-based substrates: There is between 5 and 10 micrometers (1 micrometer is 1 millionth of a meter) between adjacent circuitry lines in the plastic semiconductors, whereas the same space in traditional semiconductors is measured in nanometers (1 nanometer is a billionth of a meter). However, Plastic Logic Chief Executive Officer John Mills said that they are developing plastic circuits with only 60 nanometers between adjacent circuitry lines.
If they could be made smaller, plastic microchips could be used for tasks for which it would not be cost-effective to employ silicon microchips. For example, a toy could have a surface where it could display its own instruction manual.
"Plastic electronics could lead to a fundamental revolution in the way the electronics industry evolves", said Mr Hauser, who also said he would not be surprised if Plastic Logic's chief scientist Henning Sirringhaus was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in the field.
The Cavendish Laboratory has been lauded for it's discoveries during the past 136 years, including the genetic building blocks known as DNA and the electron.
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by Ben Kage
(NewsTarget) Researchers from the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory have a chance to revolutionize the electronics industry if they can develop plastic semiconductors.
The idea is to replace the silicon wafers in standard microchips with layers or circuitry on plastic substrates. While the concept of plastic semiconductors may seem like a pipe dream, Cambridge-based startup Plastic Logic has been talking about commercializing the technology since 2000. The company is putting money where it's mouth is, too, as it has more than $100 million worth of investment funds for a factory that it plans to open in Dresden, Germany.
The technology has "tremendous potential," said Morry Marshall, vice-president for strategic technologies at Phoenix semiconductor research group Semico, adding that it was a "breakthrough that is waiting to happen."
The final product should be a plastic sheet roughly the same size as a piece of A4 sized paper, being produced at a rate of about 2.2 million a year. They will be composed of polyethylene terephthalate -- the same type of plastic used to make soft drink bottles -- and initially supplied to other companies as the basis for pieces of "electronic paper," which can display the pages of thousands of books.
We hope to make it as easy to carry around large amounts of written information using devices based on our technology as it is now to have easy access to large amounts of music using an iPod or MP3 player," said Hermann Hauser, one of Plastic Logic's founders and a Cavendish Laboratory alumnus.
The proposed plastic semiconductors will have one disadvantage compared to traditional silicon-based substrates: There is between 5 and 10 micrometers (1 micrometer is 1 millionth of a meter) between adjacent circuitry lines in the plastic semiconductors, whereas the same space in traditional semiconductors is measured in nanometers (1 nanometer is a billionth of a meter). However, Plastic Logic Chief Executive Officer John Mills said that they are developing plastic circuits with only 60 nanometers between adjacent circuitry lines.
If they could be made smaller, plastic microchips could be used for tasks for which it would not be cost-effective to employ silicon microchips. For example, a toy could have a surface where it could display its own instruction manual.
"Plastic electronics could lead to a fundamental revolution in the way the electronics industry evolves", said Mr Hauser, who also said he would not be surprised if Plastic Logic's chief scientist Henning Sirringhaus was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in the field.
The Cavendish Laboratory has been lauded for it's discoveries during the past 136 years, including the genetic building blocks known as DNA and the electron.
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Tu_triky wrote:To me this was the most impressive item I saw even though it is not yet commercially available. OLED is short for organic LED which is a special type of light emitting diode (LED) that has is so bright it does not need a backlight and as a result has extraordinarily low power requirements.
Canon-Toshiba is planning to release it's SED (Surface Emitting Diode) displays... A variant of the OLED.
Article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-conduction_electron-emitter_display
bmwracer wrote:
Canon-Toshiba is planning to release it's SED (Surface Emitting Diode) displays... A variant of the OLED.
right on...i read talk of this on GIZMODO many moons ago.
Article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-conduction_electron-emitter_display
thanks.
Tu_triky wrote:thanks.
Sure thing.
With this increase in competition, it'll drive the prices down even more and we can legitimately watch these widescreen dramas on a nice, big wide screen. :victory:
BTW, the changeover to HDTV is about two years away... :sweat:
bmwracer wrote:
Sure thing.
With this increase in competition, it'll drive the prices down even more and we can legitimately watch these widescreen dramas on a nice, big wide screen. :victory:
BTW, the changeover to HDTV is about two years away... :sweat:
yeah it's exciting to see competing technologies emerging.
from Gizmodo:
First Pirated HD DVD Movie Weighs in at 19GB
It's only been a few weeks since Muslix64 bypassed HD DVD's DRM protection and now it appears the first HD DVD movie has made its way onto BitTorrent. The movie of choice is the sci-fi flick Serenity, which weighed in at 19.6GB. The .EVO file is playable on most DVD software packages like PowerDVD, the question is will people be willing to download such a hefty file and how will the Hollywood honchos respond. Either way it looks like it's score 1 for the Pirates, 0 for DRM. – Louis Ramirez
First Pirated HD DVD Movie Weighs in at 19GB
It's only been a few weeks since Muslix64 bypassed HD DVD's DRM protection and now it appears the first HD DVD movie has made its way onto BitTorrent. The movie of choice is the sci-fi flick Serenity, which weighed in at 19.6GB. The .EVO file is playable on most DVD software packages like PowerDVD, the question is will people be willing to download such a hefty file and how will the Hollywood honchos respond. Either way it looks like it's score 1 for the Pirates, 0 for DRM. – Louis Ramirez
Tu_triky wrote:from Gizmodo:
First Pirated HD DVD Movie Weighs in at 19GB
It's only been a few weeks since Muslix64 bypassed HD DVD's DRM protection and now it appears the first HD DVD movie has made its way onto BitTorrent. The movie of choice is the sci-fi flick Serenity, which weighed in at 19.6GB. The .EVO file is playable on most DVD software packages like PowerDVD, the question is will people be willing to download such a hefty file and how will the Hollywood honchos respond. Either way it looks like it's score 1 for the Pirates, 0 for DRM. – Louis Ramirez
That should take a bit of time to download, much less burn to disc. :beaten: :sweat:
bmwracer wrote:
That should take a bit of time to download, much less burn to disc. :beaten: :sweat:
seriously, who is going to want that? unless you have a dedicated T1 line or better at your disposal and about 50 spare hard drives.... :sweat:
Tu_triky wrote:seriously, who is going to want that? unless you have a dedicated T1 line or better at your disposal and about 50 spare hard drives.... :sweat:
It does prove one thing: Never bet against a hacker.
bmwracer wrote:
It does prove one thing: Never bet against a hacker.
I'm waiting for the Chinese bootlegs to show up on the streets of Shanghai.
Tu_triky wrote:I'm waiting for the Chinese bootlegs to show up on the streets of Shanghai.
But it'll be labeled "Selenity." :hehe:
bmwracer wrote:
But it'll be labeled "Selenity." :hehe:
haha..
that reminds me, man. I read this article on Digg that said there was a Chinese bootleg of Episode III with Engrish subs....and it had "Revenge of the Sith" translated as "The backstroke of the West"
i was crackin' the hell up!
Tu_triky wrote:it had "Revenge of the Sith" translated as "The backstroke of the West"
WTH??
:lol: Hilarious...! :hehe:
![[image]](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/2triky/sw12ty8.jpg){kind=link}
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I love Engrish..... :hehe:
But you wait....... in a few years from now, downloading a 19G file will be nothing...... If you had told me a few years ago that I would be downloading a 5G torrent, I would have laughed at you. Now i've already downloaded 2.... for me it's slow, but for others it would not be too bad.
I love Engrish..... :hehe:
But you wait....... in a few years from now, downloading a 19G file will be nothing...... If you had told me a few years ago that I would be downloading a 5G torrent, I would have laughed at you. Now i've already downloaded 2.... for me it's slow, but for others it would not be too bad.
Anime Dad wrote::rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I love Engrish..... :hehe:
But you wait....... in a few years from now, downloading a 19G file will be nothing...... If you had told me a few years ago that I would be downloading a 5G torrent, I would have laughed at you. Now i've already downloaded 2.... for me it's slow, but for others it would not be too bad.
yeah true...well in japan they already have Fiber Optic networks in many places with speeds up to 100Mbps.
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