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Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 12-Nov-2009, 18:38
Replies: 9
Views: 2,003
Posted By Rufus
"A.M.D. said it would withdraw all regulatory...

"A.M.D. said it would withdraw all regulatory complaints worldwide."

Without AMD's complaints the state and federal cases fall apart. Basically AMD made all anti-trust cases go away and pocketed...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 08-Nov-2009, 00:53
Replies: 4,019
Views: 622,872
Posted By Rufus
Since when does a broken serial port render an...

Since when does a broken serial port render an entire console buggy as hell? Sure it's there and some peripherals use it, but it's far from the core functionality of a console. That's like...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 07-Nov-2009, 19:02
Replies: 218
Views: 38,071
Posted By Rufus
This brings up another interesting issue: the...

This brings up another interesting issue: the main (only?) marketing point for Lucid is heterogeneous multi-card, since if you want to do homogeneous you'd just use SLI or CF. What sort of...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 02-Nov-2009, 18:56
Replies: 2,725
Views: 332,566
Posted By Rufus
And Ruiz is gone after being linked to the...

And Ruiz is gone after being linked to the Galleon insider trading case. Anyone know anything about Alan Ross?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/bottomline/detail?entry_id=50791&tsp=1
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 28-Sep-2009, 01:25
Replies: 218
Views: 38,071
Posted By Rufus
It's much worse than that, especially for...

It's much worse than that, especially for geometry processing. If the 2 chips produce just slightly different rounded results for geometry you can easily have parts of the scene moving around by a...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 25-Sep-2009, 07:46
Replies: 218
Views: 38,071
Posted By Rufus
Did I really hear him correctly at about 3:15...

Did I really hear him correctly at about 3:15 into the interview that the chip is 23mm per side? I seem to remember them saying the new chip is in 90nm, but that's >500mm^2. For reference a G71 was...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 17-Sep-2009, 07:59
Replies: 6
Views: 1,904
Posted By Rufus
Erm, I'm lost. Anyone translate what this...

Erm, I'm lost. Anyone translate what this actually means?
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 11-Sep-2009, 16:39
Replies: 5,934
Views: 849,272
Posted By Rufus
HDMI uses an identical electrical link to DVI,...

HDMI uses an identical electrical link to DVI, and DP uses a very similar one. The difference is that DVI specs a clock frequency limit, so to do 25x16 you need 2 of the electrical links. HDMI...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 11-Sep-2009, 09:18
Replies: 5,934
Views: 849,272
Posted By Rufus
which is slightly less ambiguous than other...

which is slightly less ambiguous than other claims.[/QUOTE]

This slide makes it pretty clear that it's 6 display controllers on 1 chip:...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 08-Sep-2009, 18:19
Replies: 12
Views: 3,571
Posted By Rufus
A more practical solution to use in a PC would...

A more practical solution to use in a PC would probably be an MXM module (meant for laptops). They're not easy to find, but they're a standard interface you can find adapters for and normal drivers...
Forum: 3D Hardware, Software & Output Devices 08-Sep-2009, 07:06
Replies: 14
Views: 2,488
Posted By Rufus
Apparently something has changed in regards to...

Apparently something has changed in regards to video scaling with the current generation of NV GPUs. I was glancing through the linux driver readme...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 08-Sep-2009, 06:51
Replies: 12
Views: 3,571
Posted By Rufus
This almost certainly is not available to end...

This almost certainly is not available to end users. This is very targeted to OEM embedded designs - arcade / poker / pachinko machines, video-based signs, and possibly even some newer car in-dash...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 08-Sep-2009, 04:42
Replies: 19
Views: 3,883
Posted By Rufus
Here's an interesting rumor I saw mentioned in...

Here's an interesting rumor I saw mentioned in one of the ATIC/Chartered articles:
Rambus up on M&A talk, Samsung says no plan to buy (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/09/04/afx6851265.html)
...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 01-Jun-2009, 17:23
Replies: 3,096
Views: 362,622
Posted By Rufus
Well he was pretty much the only original member...

Well he was pretty much the only original member left from before Mike sold the site. Theo, Fuad, and Mike have all gone on to found new sites, so he might as well also.
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 13-May-2009, 08:18
Replies: 65
Views: 25,199
Posted By Rufus
The 4 blue bits are almost certainly the memory...

The 4 blue bits are almost certainly the memory controller connections - 4 of them right next to the 4 groups of I/O pads. It is a bit odd that the 4 memory controllers + pads aren't aligned at the...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 30-Mar-2009, 02:56
Replies: 96
Views: 13,400
Posted By Rufus
Interesting thing that just hit me from their...

Interesting thing that just hit me from their slides: none of the vector instructions can take constants. If you want a constant (like a looped (Va+Vb)/2 or something) you have to use an existing...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 30-Mar-2009, 02:15
Replies: 96
Views: 13,400
Posted By Rufus
I think it's pretty clear that some of the ops,...

I think it's pretty clear that some of the ops, most likely being the transendentals, will be multi-cycle ops even if they're logically a single instruction.
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 30-Mar-2009, 02:12
Replies: 312
Views: 45,260
Posted By Rufus
Why is that listed as if it's a good thing? We...

Why is that listed as if it's a good thing? We all know how well it turned out the last time Intel released a new architecture where that was true.
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 26-Mar-2009, 07:58
Replies: 96
Views: 13,400
Posted By Rufus
I looked over the ISA (or whatever you call this...

I looked over the ISA (or whatever you call this release), and here are some random thoughts of mine.

Has it been announced how large of a virtual address space LRB will support? I have to assume...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 03-Mar-2009, 06:36
Replies: 12
Views: 8,604
Posted By Rufus
Erm, how do you go from low-power integrated cpu...

Erm, how do you go from low-power integrated cpu to a console win? Atom's going to be in netbooks and eventually cell phones (probably?), LRB + Nehalem or something would be in a console.

Ars has...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 12-Feb-2009, 06:29
Replies: 21
Views: 5,918
Posted By Rufus
http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/DisplayFiling....

http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/DisplayFiling.aspx?TabIndex=2&FilingID=6398963&companyid=4967
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 07-Feb-2009, 18:04
Replies: 11
Views: 1,898
Posted By Rufus
Any interesting highlights for those of us that...

Any interesting highlights for those of us that don't feel like watching it all?
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 29-Jan-2009, 16:30
Replies: 19
Views: 3,028
Posted By Rufus
Davros: I assume it's something along the line of...

Davros: I assume it's something along the line of an IBM or Microsoft Fellow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow#Industry). The fact that he's made a huge contribution and deserves a title like...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 29-Jan-2009, 05:33
Replies: 19
Views: 3,028
Posted By Rufus
Here's Bill's webpage at Stanford:...

Here's Bill's webpage at Stanford: http://cva.stanford.edu/billd_webpage_new.html

From his website and from what I've heard from friends, Bill's extremely well known as a systems / network /...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 24-Jan-2009, 19:26
Replies: 2,725
Views: 332,566
Posted By Rufus
AMD purchased ATI for $5.4 Billion in July 2006...

AMD purchased ATI for $5.4 Billion in July 2006 when AMD's market cap was over $10billion. AMD's market cap has been continuously dropping down to $1.2billion right now. If you keep the original...
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