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AMD Cracks Open Geode
The fastest most power efficient chip yet manufactured
by AMD, the Geode LX 800 is set for release for
use in a range of products.
Intel Launches Two New Dual-Core Products
Aimed at making a transition to widely used multicore
processing, Intel released its sequel to the Pentium
Extreme Edition, Pentium D.
It Can Do What? Tech Giants Look Into Phase-Change Memory
Macronix, Infineon, and IBM are combining efforts
to investigate the potential of a new kind of computer
memory that may change the face of processing. It’s
called phase-change memory (PCM).
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NASA
Gets A Good Look At Deep Impact
It sounds like something out of a science fiction
movie but it's real. NASA lined up the Tempel-1
comet in its sights aka Spitzer and Hubble telescopes
and gets ready to grab the proverbial snake by the
tail, all in a project called Deep Impact.
AMD Lines Up Support For Dual Core Starting In Taiwan
AMD said their dual core is ready to roll into new
PCs and companies are lining up with them saying
they're ready too. Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers
announced at Computex in Taipei the product is ready
handle dual core power.
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06.03.05
Samsung
Boosts Wireless With New Laptop
 By
David Utter
A new notebook computer from Korean manufacturer Samsung will
come with mulitple radios inside.
The technology concept of Multiple In Multiple Out (MIMO)
delivers faster wireless speeds, and expands the signal range
from 300 to 900 feet.
Samsung will have two wireless chipsets in its model X20
and X25 laptops. Those chipsets will be provided by Airgo
Networks, and are an alternative to the dominant Intel Centrino
chipset found in most wireless-networked laptops today.
"Given their significant technology lead, Airgo's True
MIMO is the best fit for embedded wireless in our new high-performance
Samsung X20 laptops,"K.H. Uhm, Samsung's vice president
of marketing, said in a statement.
To achieve a data transmission speed of 100MBits, the MIMO
technology sends several data signals out over one radio channel.
The Samsung laptop will be the first in the industry to use
MIMO, according to Airgo.
The new laptop will be compatible with 802.11b and g networks.
Airgo has been promoting the MIMO technology as the best technology
for a new 802.11 wireless standard.
Additional details on the laptops' specs or pricing have
not been released yet.
About the Author:
David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology
and business.
Molecular
Nanotechnology Switches On In Canada
By John Stith
A new age in computing or at least the scale of computing
and a whole host of other technologies could be coming very
quickly based on the research published in today's issue of
the science journal, Nature.
Dr. Bob Wolkow working with his team at the University of
Alberta through the National Institute of Nanotechnology in
Canada appears to have achieved a major break through in technology
by taking it down to the molecular level.
In many respects the technology is simple and the same as
all other transistors. Current flows through the transistor,
in this case very tiny transistor, and it's commanded to switch
on and off. Transistors have an in, out and control aspect.
Normally it takes about a million electrons to turn change
the transistor. With this process, it takes one electron.
As
a comparison, look at Marconi's original wireless radio system.
When he first started sending signals across the Atlantic
to England, he used a 400 ft antenna and required and entire
power station generating many megawatts of power. Today, I
can put a radio in my pocket and with small batteries about
the size of my finger or smaller. This is that kind of leap
or perhaps even bigger.
The real wonder of this is it's 1 billionth of a meter wide.
That's smaller than red blood cells or any other cells for
that matter. It takes one electron to change current. And
keep in mind this is the first time it's been done. The work
will be checked and rechecked with scientists all over the
world and surely will be improved upon. The efficiency of
this process has jumped magnitudes and should continue to
get better.
The possibilities for this are endless and while the Wolkow
advises that practical use of this development is still decades
away, the future for nanotechnology certainly looks hopeful.
About the Author:
John Stith is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology
and business.
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