The Top Spec’s - Value For Money
Posted by Simon Whiston in General News on 21. Apr, 2008 | No Comments
Its Monday again. Over the weekend I thought I’d do some research into the current top specifications of motherboards and other related components. I looked at many sources over the weekend, totally for my own research. My main concern was trying to find value for money and this was something that was hard to find.
I [...]
Graphene to replace Silicon transistors
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 18. Apr, 2008 | No Comments
The University of Manchester (My Home City) have managed to carve transistors using the material Graphene one atom by 10 atoms in size.
Graphine is a one atom thick sheet which consists of a densely packed honeycomb crystal lattice. In basic terms under a microscope it is said to look like chicken wire! Simple.
By using this [...]
Microprocessor hacking
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 18. Apr, 2008 | No Comments
Hacking software is said to be the old technique to gaining access to someone else’s computer system. The University of Illinois say the next level is for microprocessor hacking itself.
The research found that altering the processor could actually leave computer systems helpless to back-door attacks. Apparently hacking the chip was the easy part. The process [...]
ATI Fire GL Display Port
Posted by Simon Whiston in Graphics on 16. Apr, 2008 | No Comments
AMD have claimed to have created the first workstation graphics card with Display Port support. The AMD/ATI graphics cards are from their FireGL range which are aimed at computer aided design.
ATI stated that they would create the first display port at the start of 2007, it looks like ATI have made their so called dead [...]
Intel Online Store
Posted by Simon Whiston in General News on 15. Apr, 2008 | No Comments
The online shopping store ebuyer who sell a wide range of electrical goodies have now implemented a Intel Store section. The webpage is called Intel Components Store.
There are three different categories for your disposal, there are Desktop, Mobile and Server. The structure of their product range is shown below.
[DESKTOP]—>
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IBM number 1 in High-K & Metal Gate
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 14. Apr, 2008 | No Comments
High-K dielectric refers to a material with a high dielectric constant. The High-k is used in semiconductor manufacturing processes to replace the silicon dioxide within gate dielectrics. By implementation of the material, high-k further lowers the die size of processors. The technology is currently used in the Penryn Intel Processors.
IBM and partners have the lead [...]
