Evening Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 11:03 PM CEST - Aug,24 2003
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- University of Kentucky Supercomputer Breaks The $100 Per GFLOPS Barrier
- Researchers at the University of Kentucky have constructed and
demonstrated
an innovative new, scalable, parallel supercomputer that achieves
application performance of more than 1 billion floating point operations per
second (GFLOPS) for every $100 spent on building the machine. The approach
used to design and build this machine makes it cost-effective for solving a
wide range of problems, from drug design using computational chemistry to
design of quieter printers using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Thus,
this breakthrough, that was not reached with Opteron processor but plain old
Athlon XP2600+ Barton, is not only a milestone, but also will enable many more
scientists and engineers to use computational models.
- Red star at night is their delight - Mars holds court in the
sky this week as the
Red Planet makes its closest approach to Earth since our ancestors lived
in caves. "It is amazingly bright," said David Hudgins, a lecturer in
astronomy at Rockhurst University. "You cannot possibly miss it." The fourth
planet's lopsided orbit around the sun has been bringing our neighbor ever
closer to us until early Wednesday, when it will be less than 34.65 million
miles away -- barely a ringtoss in celestial terms. According to a computer
model, the last time Mars was closer to Earth was 57,617 B.C.
- Japan ready to market "robot suit" - Japanese companies are
preparing for the
commercial launch of a "robot suit" that helps aged or physically disabled
people walk, get up the stairs or seat themselves to relax without a chair.
Trading house Mitsui and Co. and some 30 other Tokyo firms plan to set up a
joint-venture in April or May next year to market the powered suit developed
by Yoshiyuki Sankai, professor and engineer at Tsukuba University, officials
said Thursday.
- LANMash 2: The LAN That Overcame All Odds - While the rest of
the THG Lan Party Squad was busy covering Quakecon,
THG covered a LAN party in Canada that almost never happened due to the
largest power outage in North American history. Gamers will not be denied. The
staff running the LANMash 2 event in Toronto put the pedal to the metal and
found a way to make this lan party happen despite all of the odds.
- VIA KT600 Boards Roundup - VR-Zone has posted
a roundup
of nine different VIA KT600 boards.
- Nero 5.5.10.50 - AHead Software has released
an update for the old 5.x
serie. (thanks
SavagenNews)
- VisualBoy Advance 1.6a -
Visual Boy Advance (download
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what's new) is a GBA/GB emulator that runs with Windows systems.
- CPUCooL 7.2.7 -
CPUCooL (download)
is a program that monitors temperature, fan speed, and voltages for many
motherboards. This new version adds SIS963 south bridge and a few new
motherboards.
- Remove Hotfix Backup Files 1.2.0 -
Removes Hotfix Backup files and the Add/Remove Programs Registry entries.
- Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 3.51 -
The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition software package provides
support for high-performance Serial ATA RAID 0 arrays and redundant RAID 1
arrays on select Intel 865 and 875 chipset-based platforms using WinXP or
Win2k.
- Jet-Audio 5.17 -
Jet-Audio (download
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what's new) features an impressive home audio system interface, including
independent A/V components for Digital Signal Processor, Audio CD Player,
Digital Audio (MP3, RA, etc.), MIDI (MID, MOD etc.), and Digital Video (AVI,
MPG, MOV, etc.), along with a Mixer and a Remote Controller.
- Coding Workshop Ringtone Convertor 4.5.1 -
The Ringtone Converter (download)
is a software program for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac systems that
allows you to add new ringtones to your mobile phone without the need for
cables or expensive premium rate SMS services. The Ringtone Converter supports
most makes and models of phone including Audiovox, Alcatel, Ericsson, HTC,
Kyocera, Motorola, Nokia, NEC, Panasonic, Philips, Sagem, Samsung, Sony,
Sendo, Sharp and Siemens handsets, with more added every month.
- Fresh Diagnose 6.20 -
Fresh Diagnose (download)
is an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can
analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, hard
disk performance, video system information, mainboard information and more.
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