I’m so glad I didn’t go to Computex this year. It’s not the humidity, or the torrential rains, or even 130,000 people in my way at the show. No, it’s the almost overwhelming slew of new products all at once. A firehose treatment my little brain can’t absorb. Intel had over a half dozen significant things to show. From new … Read more
Cray Computer was founded in 1972 in Minneapolis by Seymour Cray (1925–1996). The company shipped its first Cray supercomputer, the Cray-1 to Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1976 and it cost $8.8 million. It boasted a world-record speed of 160 MFLOPS and an 8 MB of main memory. Seymore Cray standing next to his supercomputer. (Source: Cray Research) The … Read more
Facebook now offers three Oculus VR head-mounted display (HMD) systems, a revamped Rift S, all-in-one portable Go, and the latest, a gaming HMD, the Quest. Facebook’s VR HMDs For reference, a can of tomato soup weighs about 350 g so wearing a VR HMD would be like strapping one and a half cans of soup to your head, how long would … Read more
Hands-free voice commands, 4K HD adjustable, rotating camera, no wires or earbuds surround sounds, with bone-conduction (AVIwear) $350 (4K), $250 (1k), $150 audio only JP’s rules for AR: Don’t be ugly or obnoxious Don’t be expensive or heavy Don’t be proprietary For AR to realize its potential, to become a consumer product and be as critical and ubiquitous as … Read more
It will also see everything around you
Nvidia reported revenue from some platforms—Gaming and Automotive were up, while Data center, Professional Visualization, and OEM saw a decline quarter-to-quarter. The company’s GPU business revenue was $2.02 billion, down 27% from a year earlier and up 2% sequentially. “NVIDIA is back on an upward trajectory,” said Jensen Huang, founder, and CEO of Nvidia. “We’ve returned to growth in … Read more
If you got a mid- to high-end AV amplifier within the last 10 years, it came with a mic that you could use to calibrate your 6 or 8 speakers to their environment. Today’s high-end TVs with 4K resolution and HDR offer similar set up once they're installed in your home or office. Portrait Displays, who has been supplying color calibration software to … Read more
I didn’t get to see this new machine from Lenovo, but like others, I am fascinated by its potential, and curious about its durability. The new PC was unveiled in a conference in Orlando, Florida, and comes with a foldable 13.3-inch touch screen display and a keyboard attachment. The display was made in collaboration with South Korean company LG and … Read more
Before our cars can become the robot slaves we want them to be, taking us here and there and not making us tell them how or when. Before they can have some sense of vision and common sense, robot slave cars have to be able to reliably see their surrounding environment. Right now, their vision is limited. Environmental factors such … Read more
9th gen things and more
Intel has built a special processor just for workstations
Intel’s latest generation of Xeon processors are specifically designed for workstations, and the company has cleverly designated them the W series. Workstations are a growing market segment and have been for quite some time. They run 24-7, are extremely reliable, and have features and specifications you can’t find in a PC. Therefore, workstations can command high price points because of … Read more
