![]() Miniaturized Full Color Laser Projector at the LASER 2007 show May 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Fraunhofer IPMS shows a full color laser projection system based on its own two dimensional micro scanning mirror. The system contains an ultra compact projection head and a separate laser and signal processing ... | |
![]() Two DVDs per second: a tiny chip processes data at extremely high speed May 12, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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Siemens researchers working in collaboration with specialists from Infineon have developed a receiver that converts Internet data from fiber-optic cables into electrical signals at breathtaking speed. At present, ... | |
![]() Researchers Set Speed Record for Silicon-Based Chips June 20, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz. Though the record performance was attained ... | |
![]() Samsung Introduces High-performance, Low-density, SATA II SSDs August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Samsung Electronics announced today that it has begun sampling low-density, higher-performance solid state drives (SSDs) that are only 30 percent of the size of 2.5-inch SSDs and highly cost-efficient to manufacture. ... | |
![]() The Multimedia Dome: Look, Listen and be Amazed September 01, 2006 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Making its first public appearance at the IFA international consumer electronics fair in Berlin, the Multimedia Dome is the first digital dome theater to feature natural spatial sound: it envelops visitors ... | |
![]() Iowa State To Have The Most Realistic Virtual Reality Room in the World May 09, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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More than $4 million in equipment upgrades will shine 100 million pixels on Iowa State University’s six-sided virtual reality room. That’s twice the number of pixels lighting up any virtual reality room in ... | |
Longer battery life for wireless devices? May 04, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Those worries about what happens when you need to make that urgent phone call on a dying cell phone, or having your laptop go blank mid-document could soon be lessened. Researchers at the University of Rochester say they've ... | |
![]() Samsung Develops 7-inch WVGA, Single-Chip LCD for Mobile Devices May 02, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the industry's first amorphous silicon (a-Si) seven-inch, single-chip TFT-LCD panel that reproduces colors in high resolution (WVGA-level, 800×480 pixels). | |
![]() Graphics processing installation to boost Argonne's Blue Gene/P visualization capabilities July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The IBM Blue Gene/P Intrepid at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, will soon have the data analytics ... | |
![]() Apple sways potential users with Boot Camp May 03, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Offer a choice and they will come. This appears to be the situation with Apple Computer's Intel-based computer line, released this year as part of the company's conversion to Intel logic boards and processors. | |
AMD Introduces the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series Graphics Cards September 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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AMD today announced the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series, mainstream graphics offerings that deliver exceptional gaming and HD multimedia performance while consuming less power than a standard light bulb. | |
![]() New Intel-Based Laptops Advance All Facets of Notebook PCs July 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Intel Corporation unveiled its Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology products for laptops today, powered by five new Intel Core2 Duo processors. Close to 250 innovative consumer and business notebook PC designs ... | |
![]() AMD Launches World's Fastest Motherboard GPU: AMD 790GX August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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AMD today announced the availability of the industry’s preeminent performance desktop platform, the AMD 790GX. Packing a host of innovations, the AMD 790GX integrates advanced performance tuning for AMD Phenom ... | |
AMD Launches ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 -- World's Fastest Graphics Card August 12, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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AMD today announced the world’s fastest graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, advancing visual computing ever closer to eye-definition computing gaming and cinematic experiences and delivering a whopping 2.4 teraFLOPS ... | |
![]() No Power Use in Standby: New Zero-Watt Monitor April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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Computer monitors in standby mode will soon save far more energy. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has developed the world’s first monitor that requires no electricity at all in idle mode. | |
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