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Intel debuts 48-core processor that could reshape how PCs are built

Stephen Shankland | Dec 03, 2009

Each node on the SCC chip includes two x86 cores with its own memory cache. (Credit: Intel)

Pushing several steps farther in the multicore direction, Intel on Wednesday demonstrated a fully programmable 48-core processor it thinks will pave the way for massive data computers powerful enough to do more of what humans can.

The 1.3-billion transistor processor, called Single-chip Cloud Computer (SCC) is successor generation to the 80-core "Polaris" processor that Intel's Tera-scale research project produced in 2007. Unlike that precursor, though, the second-generation model is able to run the standard software of Intel's x86 chips such as its Pentium and Core models.
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Intel unveils 48-core chip, paves way for multicore insanity

Damian Koh | Dec 03, 2009

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The multicore madness continues. And if Intel has its way, computers in the future could possibly mimic human behavior, bringing the bits and bytes from virtual reality into the physical world. When that happens, you simply need to think to process computer commands, bringing laziness to epic levels. You could also try on new clothes or learn how to dance without even stepping away from the PC monitor.
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Creative demos Zii-based videoconferencing

John Chan | Dec 02, 2009

A model with the Project Lionfish 003 tablet.
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SHENZHEN, China--Creative demonstrated the versatility of its Zii platform during its Zii Summit with different concept hardware and software products. These included various videoconferencing tools aside from yesterday's announcement of the Trinity smartphone platform.

When the Singapore-based company first announced its Zii platform, it was presented as a scalable computer that can be used to create a supercomputer efficiently. Thereafter, Creative showed off the Zii Egg, a portable media player very different from that initial idea as it now targets the consumer market. The Trinity concept smartphone is an extension of the Egg, adding cellular capabilities to the touchscreen media player.

The Trinity may be the highlight of the ongoing conference, but Creative's other concepts are worth mentioning, too. The device codenamed Project Turtle 002 is a portable videoconferencing camera with a fisheye lens so it's able to give an overview of the participants around a meeting table. Using the accompanying Zii Meet conferencing software, someone on the other end of the call can get a split-screen view and zoom in on specific participants, useful if you are addressing one person in a group.
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Wave energy generator provides Scotland with power

Martin LaMonica | Nov 30, 2009

The Oyster in the waters off Scotland is the only hydro-electric device producing power, according to its maker. (Credit: Aquamarine Power)

Wave energy got a boost with the connection of the Oyster hydro-electric device to the electricity grid in Scotland last Friday.

Aquamarine Power activated the connection of the Oyster in the waters off Orkney, marking one of the few ocean power devices to be producing electricity.

The device is a hydraulic pump operated by a "hinged flap", where a large metal piece moves back and forth from the motion of the waves. The movement moves a hydraulic piston that pumps water underground to a hydro-electric turbine that drives a generator to make electricity.
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Audiophile chair for the music lovers

Philip Wong | Nov 30, 2009

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I've come across plenty of hi-fi tweaks in my quest for music perfection, but this is probably the only one of its kind out there. The US$8,200 Ballerina Sweetspot is a specialized, purpose-build listening chair designed for optimum sound quality, versatility as well as comfort. Shaped like a ballerina lifting her ballet skirt, it features height adjustment to match your speakers and a narrow headrest to minimize sound blockage from the side and rear. The Ballerina Sweetspot even comes with vibration damping feet, although I'm not quite convinced that they are necessary in this case. After all, this technique is used primarily to fine-tune speaker performance.

Versatility- and comfort-wise, there are curling armrests for holding remote controls and cushions made out of memory foam. Extra details, including a lightly arched headrest and back, are catered specially for prolonged listening sessions, too. The Ballerina Sweetspot by Klutz Design is still in prototype stage and is scheduled for full production in 2010. International distributorship will be available when the audiophile chair is ready for launch according to the company's Web site.

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