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Friday Morning #2
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Friday, 3-September-2004 10:50:48 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Dual-core CPUs are a hot topic this week. AMD released a PDF announcing their demonstration of a 90nm dual-core CPU. AMDZone offer their thoughts on this, as do EETimes and InfoWorld. AMD claimed it is the first company to directly connect two cores on the same die along with the memory controller, I/O and other processors.
Not to be outdone, Intel will apparently demo their first multi-core CPU at the IDF next week. Intel has said it will ship Montecito, a dual-core Itanium chip in mid-2005, making it the lead candidate for Otellini's demo. The company has also discussed plans for a dual-core X86 Xeon, but said it may not ship that part, called Tulsa, until 2006. Overclockers.com have published their thoughts on dual-core technology - mostly concerns about heat.
The SETI@Home project is in the news today, with reports it received a signal which could be from intelligent beings outside our solar system. Apparently, they are on a frequency which experts claim aliens are most likely to use. Other, more practical theories include hackers from Houston and even hairdryers in Hong Kong. There's a more level-headed statement here on Planetary.org. While this makes SHGb02+14a interesting, the chances that it actually represents an intelligent signal from beyond remain extremely slim. ... The Search for extraterrestrial intelligence continues at full speed, but as of now there is no breakthrough. OCAU has a SETI@Home Team which you can join if you want your CPU's spare processing power to help hunt for aliens.
Update: Iroquois spotted this article even more strongly downplaying this SETI development. "It's all hype and noise," said its chief scientist, Dr Dan Wertheimer. "We have nothing that is unusual. It's all out of proportion."
Kyle from HardOCP has his thoughts on NVIDIA's SLI two-videocard technology posted on ComputerPowerUser. From what information NVIDIA has shared with me, it looks as though a new SLI setup could give increased frame rates by up to 90%.
It seems Gateway will be the first to ship BTX systems. First highlighted at last year's Intel Developers Forum (IDF), BTX was developed as a follow-on to the widely used ATX (define) form factor. Intel expects to eventually replace ATX as the industry standard.
Maxtor have extended the warranty on their entry-level drives from one year to three years. This follows on Seagate's recent announcement of a 5-year warranty on all hard drive products.
ZZZ have published their 200th issue, full of the usual interesting sci/tech tidbits.
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