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A close-up on Intel's <endeca_term>Knights</endeca_term> Ferry platform

A close-up on Intel's Knights Ferry platform

...massively parallel processors, which is scheduled to first appear in the upcoming Knights Ferry and Knights Corner platforms. The Knights Ferry chip, code-named Aubrey... Read more

1 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Knights Corner edges into supercomputing arena

...Intel has shown a Knights Corner chip reaching a teraflop of processing performance, the same as the... Read more

16 November, 2011 by Jack Clark

Intel unveils many-core Knights platform for HPC

...details of Many Integrated Core (MIC) and its initial appearance in the Knights Ferry and Knights Corner platforms. Skaugen said it combined standard Intel Architecture... Read more

1 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Intel's Knights Corner to debut in Texas supercomputer

...Knights Corner, Intel's greatest hope for next-generation exascale supercomputing, is set... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Intel pins exascale dreams to Knights Ferry

...has said the next wave of supercomputing will be founded on its Knights Ferry chip architecture. Photo credit: Jack Clark The many-integrated core (MIC... Read more

21 June, 2011 by Jack Clark
Intel's latest chip tech in action

Intel's latest chip tech in action

A screen from the Knights Ferry system running Wolfenstein 3D. The quality of the video is extremely... Read more

23 September, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Intel targets exascale computing with new technologies

...compared it to "building a high-speed subway system" beneath the memory. Knights Ferry Beyond changes to chip power and memory technologies, Intel is mounting... Read more

16 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Intel fuels exascale plan with QLogic InfiniBand buy

...in the last area, with its 50-core many-integrated core (MIC) Knights Corner architecture. In June, Intel said it hopes its exascale push will... Read more

24 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

AMD's Bulldozer rumbles off to server makers

...face competition in the supercomputer market from Intel's many-integrated core Knights Ferry architecture, which should have around 32 cores at launch. There is... Read more

7 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Tilera's 100-core processors take on Sandy Bridge

...in-development many-integrated core architecture, which is expected to debut in Knights Ferry in 2012. "An x86 is an x86, whether it's Atom... Read more

22 June, 2011 by Jack Clark
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: The morning after

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: The morning after

Having reviewed Precise Pangolin (Ubuntu 12.04), we gave it the responsibility of running on a work PC rather than a beta testing system. Here are some further observations on the latest LTS (Long Term Support) release. Read more

11 May, 2012 by Terry Relph-Knight
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is an extremely solid, usable, fast and secure desktop Linux OS. It continues to hone the Unity user interface introduced in earlier releases, and also migrates to a new version of the kernel. Read more

26 April, 2012 by Terry Relph-Knight
A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint

A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Linux Mint's recent climb to the top of the DistroWatch rankings and strong reactions to Ubuntu's Unity shell have led to speculation that Ubuntu's glory days could be over. We examine these two popular distros to see where they came from, where they stand and where they may be headed. Read more

10 February, 2012 by Terry Relph-Knight
After Effects CS6

After Effects CS6

...for framing as in Premiere Pro and Prelude CS6.Screenshots: Terry Relph-Knight/ZDNet UK Read more

23 April, 2012 by Terry Relph-Knight
Premiere Pro CS6

Premiere Pro CS6

...the Audio Meters panel are at the lower right.Screenshots: Terry Relph-Knight/ZDNet UK Read more

23 April, 2012 by Terry Relph-Knight

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

5 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

7 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

8 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

13 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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