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Freescale promises 760 MIPS for dual issue PPC core at 400 MHz. This is somewhat optimistic, of course. Dual threading, instead of dual issue, would give 2 x 400 MIPS. Not much better efficiency, and you'd have to separate your workload into two threads. I'm predicting increased...

GNU GPL is free for commercial use. The limitations kick in only upon distributing the software. So, using GPL text editor or image editor or something like that is A-OK. Using a GPL compiler would be OK also, but if you include GPL libraries with the code, you must make the whole thing GPL...

When using analog signals, the sharpness of the picture is mostly a function of the analog parts on the card and your monitor cable - not the chip. At least with very high resolutions/refresh rates. I have experienced notable increase in image quality by replacing the standard D15-D15 with a...

MSI Neo 4 Platinum uses ALC850 for audio, and I think it lacks native 44.1k out. Dunno about the resampling, never had one. A discrete sound card is nice if you have some weird requirements about the connectors(I needed coaxial S/PDIF in&out). IEC61937 is an extension to...

If you are using SPDIF for music playback, you may want to make sure that your sound card supports 44.1kHz(CD audio) output. Many(most?) integrated audios and soundcards only support 48kHz, and the 44.1kHz->48kHz conversion is not always what it should be. This may have changed - I got a nice...

From what (very little) I have read about it, this "reverse hyperthreading" is some extra instructions to help with fine grained and low overhead threading. e.g. in case of A(B(), C()); where there are no dependencies between B and C, function(or code block inside a function) C could be...

Doesn't fit as well - true. But you'd get to rip out all Z/framebuffer compression logic, and have very low latency access to Z/framebuffer. I have no clue if this would enable any savings in latency hiding logic, though. And you'd save many a watt - driving 256bit external memory bus(and...

A few cooperation points. AMD is pushing for x86 everywhere in embedded space with its Geode series. They are going to need some kind of 3D accellerator soonish. Preferably one with good driver compatibility with PC accellerators. AMD CPUs have memory controller on die. IGP likes to be...