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Best Practices: Adoption of Symmetric Multiprocessing Using VxWorks and Intel Multi-Core Processors

Three main trends that are shaping the embedded device market today are smaller form factors, standardization, and improved performance per watt. In addition, applications across all device categories, from signal processing in aerospace devices to multimedia processing in consumer devices, continue to require higher performance. However, the traditional method of...

Tags: Multi-core Processor, Performance, Wind River VxWorks, Dissipation, Aerospace, Best Practice, Intel Corp., Performance Management, Aerospace & Defense, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

White papers 2009-01-01

Ethernet Power Study of Cisco and Competitive Products

Every Ethernet switch requires electricity to function. Efficiency is the measure of power relative to amount of work performed. When products use more power to perform the same amount of work, they are by definition less efficient. Low efficiency creates increased costs for a customer. Other factors that should be...

Tags: Power Consumption, Cisco Systems Inc., Dissipation, Ethernet, Networking

White papers 2008-04-01

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Maingear Shift

With its new Shift gaming desktop, Maingear joins the ranks of Alienware, Falcon Northwest, and Velocity Micro in providing its customers a distinctive-looking case you can't get anywhere else. And despite a misstep with the build and a questionable processor choice both of which should be easily remedied, we found...

Tags: Network technology, Most Unique, Maingear, cable, hard drive

Product reviews 2009-11-25

CoolBook 2.16 (Mac)

CoolBook lets you monitor CPU frequency, voltage and temperature. Registered users may set voltage and frequency manually. This can dramatically reduce heat dissipation, and fan noise. Use your MacBook with full performance without battery. This will reduce battery aging.

Tags: Frequency, Apple Macintosh, Battery, Voltage, Magnus Lundholm, Engineering

Software downloads 2009-11-17

From the ashes of Geode, AMD brings Bobcat with 1:1 possibilities

And, lower power consumption lowers prices across the board. Cheaper power supply, smaller cheaper batteries, less money spent on heat dissipation, and so on.Plus, you get a lighter weight computer.The sweet spot will probably be at about 11 inch screens with a close to full size keyboard.Errata: 800 Mhz...

Tags: Processors, Bobcat, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Reducing the Complexity of Sub-Band ADPCM Coding to Enable High-Quality Audio Streaming From Mobile Devices

The number of consumer audio applications demanding high quality audio compression and communication across wireless networks continues to grow. Although the consumer is increasingly demanding higher audio quality, devices such as portable media players and wireless headsets also demand low computational complexity, low power dissipation and practical transmission bit-rates to...

Tags: Complexity, Mobile, Mobile Device, APTX, Media Players, Wi-Fi, Digital Music, Wireless And Mobility, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2009-09-29

Samsung P2570HD

Great AlternativeFirst Impression on the p2570HD:The great: Samsung?s SyncMaster P2570HD offers plenty of inputs, a descent HDTV monitor, basic speakers, and a remote control with all necessary features. Also, great style and very good performance are included in a panel less than 2? deep.The bad: No VGA cable, no...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., monitor, TV

Discussion threads 2009-09-27

Samsung adds full disk encryption to solid state drives

Wave Systems and Samsung announced today new self-encrypting solid state drives that automatically encrypt information as it is saved to the drive, "an industry first" for SSDs, the companies say. While full disk encryption is a standard feature on typical HDDs, SSDs are...

Tags: Disk, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Wave Systems Corp., Solid State Disk, Hardware, Encryption, Disk Encryption, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Google reveals secret server hardware

Google reveals secret server hardwareHow green is that?Every battery goes bad eventually, and having THOUSANDS of them leads me to ask - what happens to them when they die?RE: Google reveals secret server hardwareI am interested in how they hook that 12 volt battery up to the mobo and whether...

Tags: Engineering, Normal PC, battery, secret server hardware, server, server hardware, Google Inc., hardware

Discussion threads 2009-04-03

Western Digital announces 'world's highest capacity drive' at 2TB

Western Digital today announced "the world's highest capacity drive" at 2 terabytes. The WD Caviar Green WD20EADS, a 3.5-inch hard drive with 500 GB/platter technology (with 400 Gb/in2 areal density) and 32 MB cache, can be had for $299.00 USD. Already some 10 percent...

Tags: Database Administrator, Hard Drive, Western Digital Corp., Vibration, Sales Strategy, Sales, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-27

New MacBook Pro performance degrades with the battery removed

New MacBook Pro performance degrades with the battery removedActually......the batteries degrade faster if they are not used. I have an HP Laptop about 2 years old, when I stored it last December it had a battery life of about 2-2.5 hours. When I took it out in August the...

Tags: Engineering, New MacBook Pro performance, battery, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-11-23

Microsoft Xbox 360 (60GB, HDMI)

Microsoft's Xbox 360 was the first "next-generation" game console to hit the market in November 2005, and consequently has had a year over its competitors to improve upon its faults. Now with the upcoming fall "New Xbox Experience" update on the horizon, the 360 is further positioning itself to become...

Tags: Game players, Games, HDMI, Anecdotal Evidence, Microsoft Corp., console, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox

Product reviews 2008-10-15

First true 3-D processor runs in labs

First true 3-D processor runs in labsYes, but will it make it out of the labs?Sounds cool - but will we really see this come to be? Or will it become yet another good idea, forgotten?I like the ideal of a 3D chipI like the idea of a 3D chip..,...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, 3D, chip, true 3-D processor, processor

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Reducing Power Consumption: Improving the Heat and Power Efficiency of Switching and Telephony Equipment

Enterprises around the world are seeking out IT suppliers whose products and solutions take the environment and human health into account. Reducing power consumption ranks high on the list of companies' environmental priorities - especially given its attendant benefits of bringing down operating and capital expenses. This paper looks at...

Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Telephony, Power Consumption, Alcatel, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2008-09-15

NVIDIA slapped with securities lawsuit

NVIDIA slapped with securities lawsuitLooks like some lawyers are going to get rich.Looks like some lawyers are going to get rich. man them guys are blood sucking leaches. they are akin to sharks. they smell blood and they go in for the kill. they try and make you think they...

Tags: Notebooks, Investment, NVidia Corp., securities lawsuit, GPU

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Will the Olympics melt the Internet?

Okay, sky-is-falling fans and network neutrality proponents: We’re about to find out whether the Internet can â€" or will â€" break down under the strain of mass consumption of streaming video. At least that’s the opinion of Brick Eksten, the president and CEO...

Tags: corporate communications, internet, marketing, NBC Universal Inc., network, stream, tom steinert-threlkeld, video, web site development

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Predictive-Flow-Queue Based Energy Optimization for Gigabit Ethernet Controllers

This paper presents an energy-efficient packet interface architecture and a power management technique for gigabit Ethernet controllers, where low-latency and high-bandwidth are required to meet the pressing demands of very high frame-rate data. More specifically, a Predictive-Flow-Queue PFQ based packet interface architecture is presented, which adjusts the operating frequency of...

Tags: Optimization, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE, Adjustment, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2008-07-29

Characterization of RF Propagation in Muscle Tissue for Passive UHF RFID Tags

This paper presents an analytical analysis and study of the propagation of Radio Frequency RF energy in muscle tissue. The workings of passive UHF RFID tag backscatter are studied. Backscatter field strength propagation models are used to describe the skin effect on muscle tissues. Energy dissipation and field intensities are...

Tags: Propagation, University Of Texas, Network Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing

White papers 2008-07-17

Specific Absorption Rates in Muscle Tissues for UHF RFID Reader Systems

This paper describes the Specific Absorption Rates SAR of Radio Frequency RF energy in muscle tissues for UHF RFID reader systems. Energy dissipation of electric fields are studied for muscle tissues of humans and large vertebrates. An analytical evaluation is conducted for the SAR in muscle tissues for the near-fields...

Tags: Radio Frequency, Radio, University Of Texas, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Marketing, Networking

White papers 2008-07-16

Is there really a market for an open source router?

Is there really a market for an open source router?Certainly isAs someone who installed Tomato on an old Linksys router, I think there is a market for this. Myself and others like me have looked on places like Craigslist to find the particular models that the open source firmware will...

Tags: Routers & switches, NETWORKING, Home networking, ShadeTree, Linkys Routers, open source, open source router, router, DD-WRT Firmware

Discussion threads 2008-06-30