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Monday, 19-December-2005 01:31:46 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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HWSecrets explain Intel's Virtualisation Technology. Formerly known as Vanderpool, this technology enables a CPU to act as if it were several CPUs working in parallel, in order to enable several operating systems to run at the same time in the same machine. They also cover Intel's EM64T 64-bit extensions.
Xbit have a look at Arctic Cooling's Silentium range of quiet cases, as well as Infineon's range of Aeneon memory products.
In contrast to some of the bad press it's been receiving lately, Wikipedia is apparently almost as accurate as Encyclopaedia Britannica across a wide range of topics, according to a recent study. Predictably enough, this announcement triggered a surge in vandalism and spoof entries on Wikipedia. The army of 600 volunteer editors were rapidly updating and amending the falsified entries, but the continued assault highlighted flaws in one of the best-loved and most successful websites. I think it also highlights some of its strengths.
HardOCP and Tech-Report are the latest to report on the new cinematic effects in Valve's Source engine. DriverHeaven meanwhile attended an Editor's Day at Valve.
ProCooling have an article about using copper die simulators instead of actual CPUs, for heatsink and watercooling testing.
PenStarSys have some quick musings on what NVIDIA's acquisition of ULi will mean for ATI. For customers that are currently shipping motherboards with the ULI southbridge, they can choose to continue to ship with the ULI southbridge or, they can switch to an ATI southbridge.
Phoronix consider the effect of cache size on 2.5" laptop HDD performance. The two contenders for our 8MB versus 16MB HDD cache comparison are Hitachi's Travelstar HTS541080G9AT00 and Toshiba's Slim MK1032GAX.
Dan has more letters! In this issue: Reversing MD5, silencing a Shuttle, audio mixing, and power factor correctors large and small.
David sent word that there's now a 64-bit driver available for FusionHDTV. 32bit version is also integrated.
Tech-Hounds investigated transparency anti-aliasing modes on 7800GTX and 7800GT cards. The conclusion: 4x transparent SSAA is definitely not really attaininable even on the 7800GTX.
DriverHeaven cover Catalyst 5.12 optimisations and an interview with ATI. ATI also bundled what could prove to be quite a useful feature in the future. Dual core CPU optimisations.
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