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16xGPU System
We know Roadrunner is the fastest supercomputer on Earth (for the moment at least), but how much does it cost to assemble and maintain such a behemoth? Millions of dollars? Not that much for a government-funded project. I guess the guys who assembled the Roadrunner didn’t take into consideration what NVIDIA CUDA can provide for [...]
Alien Mouse Concept
While IT analysts point out that computer mice might go extinct in the next 5 years, making way for mind-control interfaces, it is possible that the digital rodents are going to suffer some weird mutations, probably benefitting from alien technology. If that sounds a bit cryptic to you, check out the Alien Mouse concept and [...]
ATI Catalyst 8.7
The official WHQL Catalyst 8.7 driver from ATI has just been released. The new driver had to stay a bit longer into beta phase, but that is not because of the upcoming HD 4870X2.
ATI’s release notes inform that the newest version comes with some improvements for the Radeon HD 3600 and 3400 products in 3DMark [...]
DNA-based Computers
Scientists have been trying to come up with alternative forms of computing for a couple of decades now. The silicon-based chips may soon be reaching their limits, and scientists are still exploring other possibilities that could prove at least as fast as what Intel, IBM, Sun and AMD are offering now. One alternative was identified [...]
Asus Eee Stick
It seems AsusTek won’t stop its assault on all areas of the computing world, and I wouldn’t be amazed to see them showing up with some Eee Phone in a year or two. Anyway, there are other things to be released until then, and I think a game controller to get together with the Asus [...]