Jumat, 24 Juni 2011

Toshiba L775D, a 17-inch laptop with AMD


Toshiba , one of the brands most powerful of the market for computers has made ​​the sale of its PC range currently being renovated , the L700 . This is the Toshiba L775D , a laptop to large . It has a 17-inch screen , but can not give us a resolution FullHD . The most reaches are 1,600 x 900 pixels . If you are looking for a computer large , it can be highly recommended for you.

The processor that takes the firm puts AMD dual-core and consists of . It is an AMD A6 , and the speed of each is 2.8 GHz . The graphics card is a Radeon HD 6520m and the RAM reaches 4 GB DDR3 . For a 17-inch computer, is perhaps a little short of power for some games. It would not hurt a little extra speed . Of course, that then is reflected in the final price .

The computer is designed to draw attention . In bright colors and with all corners rounded . The texture also has been designed to be striking . It incorporates a 640 GB hard drive, WiFi to connect to the Internet without cables, card reader, webcam and DVD burner . It also has an output HDMI , if we want to see content on a display that accepts high definition ( HD ) .

The operating system is preinstalled 64-bit Windows 7 . It has a 6-cell battery and a theoretical duration of 4 hours , and does so with a weight around 3 kilograms . The price for the United States will be around $ 600 , which at current exchange rates in Spain are just over 400 euros . Is expected to be available within two weeks in North America , we have to wait a bit to be viewed in the shops of the old continent .
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Intel thinks big with future


Perhaps the title you dream of something . Yes, I believe that we have entered a competition to see who 's got bigger is better, or who is going to have bigger will be better in a few years. Anyway, that's always good to know what companies think of their future. And here both AMD and Intel , who will speak today, play some cards face up.

Intel has announced future plans for the market of supercomputers, which are gradually trying to make a hole traditionally led by IBM and where AMD has managed to scratch something . Intel Knights Corner will present the evolution of Knights Ferry , and as all changes will bring significant improvements.
First we talk about 50 core process, based on 22 nanometer and Trigat transistors that will continue the x86 architecture , but will be very basic and simple compared to any general-purpose processor. Knights Corner come as his predecessor in a card format PCI-Express, although it may also be sold at racks for use in large servers and data centers.

It is this last his great use: large data centers and supercomputers , as the Japanese supercomputer 'K' which has recently been located on the first position in the TOP500. This weekend will discuss the new most powerful supercomputer in Spanish, of course, has replaced the familiar MareNostrum .

Obviously, neither Knights Corner Knights Ferry and reach the domestic market and its price is still unknown. According to Intel, Knights Corner , which belong to the new architecture MIC ( Many Integrated Core ) can be programmed in C, C + + and FORTRAN ( do i = 1, n ... enddo ) and will always support other architecture ( ie, we have a CPU principal, for example Intel Xeon, and a PCIe-connected Knights Corner), being much more efficient and powerful parallel computing. As you will have of course the great difficulty of this new architecture is to get efficient algorithms that maximize the capabilities of existing hardware
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AMD FX are presented and made to pray


We forgot to comment on the presentation of the processors AMD FX Series . It's been done in the past E3 and now there is more detail than what we already assumed: the long-awaited Zambezi will be officially called AMD FX , ranking as the most powerful of the range offered by AMD . It is expected to stand up to the high ranges of Intel models, ie the Core i7 .

Processors will feature up to 8 cores that we had seen before , and whose prices could put around $ 300 or so. Bring the 32-nanometer (the first of AMD ) and use the AM3 socket and chipset + AMD 9-Series, which have also been presented recently.

The doubts are dispelled and we approach the launch date . It is still unknown, but in a few days we will go to a world premiere of AMD in which we expected to see the new platform AMD Fusion 'Llano' . Will we have also the opportunity to greet the new AMD FX ?
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AMD Introduces AMD Series APUs


The new AMD Fusion APUs allow bright graphics, and supercomputer-like performance batteries that last all day. AMD today announced the next generation of consumer computing with the availability of the new Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) AMD Fusion Series of high performance. AMD Series APUs generate truly immersive computing experiences to notebook and desktop PCs, HD graphics can create bright, provide supercomputer-type performance and offer more than 10.5 hours of battery life.

In a world increasingly geared to the visual and digital, consumers are giving greater priority to multi-tasking, colorful graphics, realistic games, videos without delay and multimedia performance. To meet these needs, the AMD Series APUs combine up to four CPU cores with powerful x86 discrete graphics for DirectX ® 11 and 400 cores with Radeon ™ HD video processing on a single chip dedicated. AMD Series APUs also provide advanced capabilities such as gestural interfaces, support for multiple monitors, 3D entertainment and image stabilization in real time " "The Series APU AMD represents a turning point for AMD and perhaps one of the architectural changes largest in the industry since the invention of the microprocessor, "said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, Products Group, AMD. "Announces the arrival of computing experiences and enables entirely new graphics and video performance unprecedented in laptops and desktop PCs.

From this day, we discrete graphics to the mass market. " The APUs AMD Series (previously known by the codename "Plain") and are being delivered and are scheduled to join over 150 laptops and PCs escritorioiv of major OEMs throughout the second quarter of 2011 and beyond. With powerful computing capabilities for serial and parallel HD video, 3D design and high workloads with data requirements in a given single processor, the AMD Series APUs provide software developers with unprecedented power in a package more small. AllDay Energy ™ AMD: Long battery life The Series APU AMD provides ideal power level for the way consumers use their PCs, all day, without sacrificing performance. With more than 10.5 hours of battery life-an increase of over 50% compared to the AMD Mainstream 2010 - users can work or watch several movies in one cargav HD. Also, the dynamic exchange of AMD graphics optimize battery life on PCs that have AMD dual graphics solutions, since the energy levels are managed wisely in the APU and GPU AMD Radeon ™ independent. "

The battery life of AMD APU Series represents a quantum leap and will surprise many consumers and business customers, "said Chris Cloran, vice president and general Client Division, AMD. "In addition, the performance of supercomputer type will give people some innovative capabilities such as image stabilization in real time, eliminating the time jumps in the videos played on portable devices." brilliant HD: every pixel counts People is producing, sharing and enjoying digital content more than ever on their PCs, and AMD VISION-engine hardware and innovative software presented with all A-series APUs AMD helps digital content such as videos, games and pictures look better. The unsurpassed clarity of HD video is possible thanks to the technology of video playback and dedicated postprocessing dynamic, while the websites are processed faster with accelerated performance HTML5 Direct2D. Edit, transfer and view HD content is quick and easy with support for advanced connection standards, including HDMI 1.4a, USB 1.1 and DisplayPort 3.0 and native support for multiple monitors. Videovi AMD Steady, a new feature introduced in conjunction with the AMD APU Series is designed to stabilize the videos during playback, so the content looks unstable and inconsistent and seamless fixed.

The Series APU AMD also provides advanced capabilities such as gestural interfaces, 3D games and video entertainment 3D Blu-ray - features that have become part of the experiences and expectations of consumers. All PCs that incorporate AMD APUs HD Series offers bright thanks to its ability to DirectX ® 11 discrete graphics-with models available at different prices. APUs Only AMD graphics offer Dual AMD Fusion, with performance up to 75% higher than a discrete graphics card AMD Radeon ™ vii. This capability faster, higher quality, more intense and more realistic feel makes consumers present in the digital world, especially when they play. Supercomputing personal unmatched performance Consumers are doing more than ever with their PCs, both at work as in the game, and with the AMD-series APUs, including their laptops can keep up thanks to parallel processing of next generation. The APUs AMD Series, starting with up to 400 gigaflops for laptops and PCs with 500 gigaflops of escritorioviii, ensure that users get power to run even more demanding applications such as video and image processing, face recognition, gesture recognition and multitasking.

As for more complex environments, the AMD Fusion Series APUs offer AMD Turbo Core, which promotes and dynamically optimizes the performance of the CPU and GPU to reduce power consumption depending on the application being used. The growing AMD Fusion ecosystem AMD has accumulated great achievements in the software development community since the launch of AMD Fusion APUs in January 2011, with over 50 leading applications now accelerated by the family of APUs AMD Fusion and advanced browsers such as Internet Explorer 9, offering next-generation Web experiences more immersive PCs with AMD Fusion APUs. Also, the Inaugural Summit of AMD Fusion Developer, open until June 16 in Seattle, Washington, will offer developers, academics and innovators to collaborate on a forum about parallel programming and industry standards, such as OpenCL ™, which will help the software ecosystem to deliver on the promise of new computing methodologies.
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