Fujitsu Siapkan Prosesor Tercepat di Dunia

Hati-hati Intel, ada vendor lain yang siap melansirkan CPU tercepat di dunia.
Dengan nama kode prosesor "Venus", Fujitsu baru-baru ini mengaku sedang mengembangkan chip 8 core bertajuk Sparc64 VIIIfx yang terkencang di dunia. Prosesor Venus diprediksikan mampu menyediakan performa setara dengan 128 milyar kalkulasi per detik, yang berarti 2,5x lebih cepat dibandingkan chip mahal manapun yang disediakan Intel saat ini.
Didesain untuk memanfaatkan teknologi CMOS 45nm yang dimiliki Fujitsu, prosesor canggih ini juga disebut-sebut 3x lebih kencang dibandingkan SPARC64 VII yang dirancang oleh Fujitsu sebagai CPU quad core dengan teknologi proses 65nm. Harapan sang Vendor, chip ini akan diadopsi oleh superkomputer serta dapat membantu mengurangi kebutuhan tenaga sampai sepertiga level normal.
Hmm, jika produk ini benar adanya. berarti Intel harus mempertimbangkan slogan lain untuk prosesor tercanggih yang disebut-sebut sebagai "The Fast Prosesor on The Planet".

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COMPACT FANLESS COMPUTER IN AN INDUSTRIALGRADE ENCLOSURE

The PL-60590 is a compact fanless appliance in a rugged compact aluminum chassis (8.7″ W × 8.5″ D × 3.5″ H). The small device is designed for kiosk, digital signage, vehicle, gaming/entertainment, and industrial automation applications.
The enclosure is sealed from environmental intrusion and is designed for antivibration for high reliability.
The scalable unit is powered by a choice of Intel Core 2 Duo/ Core Duo/ Celeron M processors supported by Intel 945GME and ICH7R chipsets. The Intel 965GME chipset supports dual independent displays with CRT, DVI, and 24-bit LVDS technology. An Intel 82573L Ethernet controller provides support for two GbE LAN ports. The robust unit features four COM ports, six USB 2.0 ports, dual GbE, VGA, a PS/2 port, and one MIO module that can be used for the expansion of I/O functions. The unit supports a 2.5″ hard disk for high-capacity storage and one DDRII 533/667 DIMM socket for up to 2-GB system memory.
The RoHS-compliant product is currently available. Unit pricing for the PL-60590 begins at $448 in OEM quantities. Linux, Windows Embedded XP, and FreeBSD are supported.

WIN Enterprises, Inc.
www.win-ent.com

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ETHERNET CARD FOR THE HYDRA SYSTEM

The Hydra EtherX is an Ethernet card designed to interface to the Hydra system via the expansion port. The card is built around Wiznet’s W5100 hardwired TCP/IP Ethernet chip and interfaces to the Hydra using SPI.

The Hydra allows designers to develop games, graphics, and media applications with the Propeller-powered game console. The Hydra EtherX card comes with a complete eBook describing how the sample EtherX card driver works from the ground up.
The manual covers SPI, Ethernet, and Internet protocols (IP, TCP, and UDP). With this knowledge, designers will be able to write their own drivers for the W5100 or expand on the previously written sample driver. The driver includes an easy-to-use API with source code, examples, tutorials, and detailed explanations. You can use the EtherX card to turn the Hydra into a web server, access a file server, or play games over the Internet.

The Hydra EtherX Card costs $59.99.
The Hydra Game Development kit costs

$199.99.
Parallax, Inc.
www.parallax.com

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