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The Memory Revolution | Sven Andersson | EE Times
In almost every kind of electronic equipment we buy today, there is memory in the form of SRAM and/or flash memory. Following Moores law, memories have doubled in size every second year. When Intel introduced the 1103 1Kbit dynamic RAM in 1971, it cost $20. Today, we can buy a 4Gbit SDRAM for the same…
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Google announces Project Tango, augmented reality for all
Originally posted on Tech News for Geeks: http://wimages.vr-zone.net/2014/02/tango-2.jpg Google officially unveils project Tango, an initiative that seeks to utilize smartphones to build upon Google’s already dominating mapping empire. Project Tango, a project that involves ‘specialists’ from the world over, will put the ability to create augmented reality data into the hands of co… Read more:…
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Extending SSD’s Lifespan
Originally posted on cheapchipsmemory: Thanks to my fellow blogger Carpetbomberz, I now have something to write. Thanks, mate! Well, today I will go around talking about SSDs. As a PC owner, I know for a fact that you experienced quite a number of problems on this department. On my case, there are instances when my…
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Group Forms to Drive NVDIMM Adoption | EE Times
As NAND flash is supplemented over the next few years by new technologies with improved durability and the same performance as system memory, “we’ll be able to start thinking about building systems where memory and storage are combined into one entity,” he said. “This is the megachange to computer architecture that SNIA is looking at…
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AnandTech | The Pixel Density Race and its Technical Merits
If there is any single number that people point to for resolution, it is the 1 arcminute value that Apple uses to indicate a “Retina Display”. via AnandTech | The Pixel Density Race and its Technical Merits. Earlier in my job where I work, I had to try and recommend the resolution people needed to…
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Jon Udell on filter failure
It’s time to engineer some filter failure Jon’s article points out his experience of the erosion of serendipity or at least opposing view points that social media enforces (somewhat) accidentally. I couldn’t agree more. One of the big promises of the Internet was that it was unimaginably vast and continuing to grow. The other big promise was that it…
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My First Original Arduino Project: What I Learned About Learning
Very nice write-up on a first time Arduino project. With a good demo video at the very end. Highly recommended.
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nVidia Gsync video scalar on the horizon
http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1320783 nVidia is making a new bit of electronics hardware to be added to LCD displays made by third party manufacturers. The idea is to send syncing data to the display to let it know when a frame is rendered by the 3D video hardware on the video card. Having this bit of extra electronics…
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There’s something rotten in the state of online video streaming, and the data is starting to emerge
Originally posted on Gigaom: If you’ve been having trouble with your Netflix streams lately, or maybe like David Rafael, director of engineering for a network security company in Texas, you’re struggling with what appears to be throttled bandwidth on Amazon Web Services, you’re not alone. It’s an issue I’ve been reporting on for weeks to…
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Follow-Up – EETimes on SanDisk UltraDIMMs
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1320775 “The eXFlash DIMM is an option for IBM‘s System x3850 and x3950 X6 servers providing up to 12.8 TB of flash capacity. (Although just as this story was being written, IBM announced it was selling its x86 server business to Lenovo for $2.3 billion).” Sadly it seems the party is over before it even…