Chip off the shoulder
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Shoulder Shock: The New Rite of Spring
Shoulder Shock: The New Rite of Spring
03/30/2005 06:14 PMThe oil industry's equivalent of sticker shock offers pain for
consumers, but a potential opportunity for investors.
A Chance to Peek Over the Quarterback's
Shoulder
A Chance to Peek Over the Quarterback's
Shoulder
01/05/2005 10:11 PMHovering over a football field on a cat's cradle of cables, aerial
camera systems provide a unique viewpoint for fans watching at home.
Shoulder surfing as dangerous as online
theft
Shoulder surfing as dangerous as online
theft
03/30/2005 09:29 AMKshb.com - Wed Mar 30, 01:06 pm GMT
Hotmail giving cold shoulder to Google
mail?
Hotmail giving cold shoulder to Google
mail?
06/15/2004 03:03 PMUsers of Google's soon-to-be launched Gmail service say they can't get
messages through to users of the rival Microsoft service.
Intel gets cold shoulder from Orange
delegates at Code Camp
Intel gets cold shoulder from Orange
delegates at Code Camp
09/16/2004 05:17 AMNot ready for message
Indian voters turn cold shoulder to high
technology
Indian voters turn cold shoulder to high
technology
05/12/2004 02:24 PMCNET May 12 2004 6:35PM GMT
Taiwan chip giant TSMC upbeat on global
chip industry this year and next
Taiwan chip giant TSMC upbeat on global
chip industry this year and next
06/05/2004 11:44 AMCanadian Press Jun 5 2004 4:17PM GMT
Good Chip/Bad Chip
Good Chip/Bad Chip
03/19/2005 02:23 AMMaking computer chips is not as easy as it sounds. Manufacturers
throw out 20–50% of the chips they make because of defects. According to a USC professor, Melvin Breuer, many
of these defects are so minor that the chips could still be used in
video cards and audio applications without a problem. He feels that if
the manufacturers could identify these chips, they could resell them
and drive the cost of electronic devices down to an amount in the
billions of dollars each year of savings.
The technique doesn't have to be limited to chips that are
consistent in their errors. Chips that make errors only once in a
while can also be spared, according to Breuer. They just need to end
up in devices where humans can tolerate a glitch in the output from
time to time. For instance, a video card could mark one pixel
in a million as red instead of blue and an end user probably wouldn't
even notice the difference. The same goes for a soundcard in a
voicemail application that blurs one word in every thousand. At
present, chips failing these tests are usually tossed.
"A Chip in Every Pot"
"A Chip in Every Pot"
11/19/2003 02:10 PMResearch firm In-Stat/MDR expects to see chips in almost everything in
the home, including pots: The firm predicts that the networking
silicon market will grow from $650 million in 2002 to $1.07 billion
this year, driven by Wi-Fi and other networking technologies. In fact,
wireless LANs will be the biggest revenue opportunity for this market,
according to the study....
Chip Off the Old H&R Block
Chip Off the Old H&R Block
06/10/2004 09:27 AMThe tax prep specialist announces its seasonally strongest quarter.
My chip is bigger than yours
My chip is bigger than yours
05/19/2004 07:25 AMIt was five years ago today... 19 May 1999
Chip off the block
Chip off the block
05/18/2004 02:56 PMCypress Semiconductor's outspoken CEO, T.J. Rodgers, sounds off on
everything from stock options to Larry Ellison.
AMD chip security
AMD chip security
08/15/2004 01:57 PMThis months
Cryptogram, a publication on security, technology
and much more, has an interesting snip on a problem with the new
AMD chips. AMD have
recently been shouting about how exciting their
No
e
Xecute technology is on the Opterons, and how it will stop
nasty code from executing. However, they don't seem to keen to discuss
a potentially major security flaw in the chips.
Essentially, the problem lies in the K8 line of chips, which includes
the much celebrated 64 bit Athlon and the Opteron chip, and the way
they update themselves. A Microcode (or bios updates) update allows
chip makers to change code on the chip where it is faulty, saving the
hassle of an expensive product recall. Using this technique, AMD
patched up a problem
discovered recently. A useful feature, one
might think. However, AMD chips that do this (K7's don't/didn't after
they discovered a problem with it!) don't appear to have any security
or validation checks on Microcode updates. As such...
"
If one is able to get root access on a machine even once, it
is hypothetically possible to install a microcode update specifically
to help compromise security from userspace at a later time. Such an
update could be flashed into the BIOS to make it persistent across
reboots."
Intel has had a
problem with this (Microcode validation), but have got around it via
implementing
encryption and authentication technology; AMD have
yet to do this.
Real World Tech, the discovers of this issue, also
speculate that, in a hypothetical situation, it might be possible also
to do serious physical damage to a AMD K8 chip.
All in all, a rather depressing report for users that have shelled out
big bucks for these new chips. Certainly not the kind of performance
one would expect from AMD, a company that needs a tip top reputation
to maintain it's level of high regard from the IT professional
community to successfully compete with chip giant Intel.
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CryptogramRead full story...New Chip Competitor
New Chip Competitor
12/11/2003 02:33 PMJust what the market needs, another chip maker: Cambridge Silicon
Radio, traditionally a Bluetooth chip maker, said it will soon ship a
combined 802.11a/b/g chip. The company is apparently trying to leave
us in suspense by saying it will offer improvements in speed, size,
"or" cost....
New chip learns on the job
New chip learns on the job
04/26/2004 01:05 PMZDNet Apr 26 2004 5:13PM GMT
New AMD chip moves away from the PC
New AMD chip moves away from the PC
01/04/2005 12:32 AMTaipei Times Online Jan 4 2005 3:56AM GMT
NEC develops 16X DVD+/-R chip set
NEC develops 16X DVD+/-R chip set
06/23/2004 09:16 AMNEC Electronics Corp. has developed a chip set that will help pave the
way towards DVD+/-R drives capable of 16X speed writing, the company
said Tuesday. The chip set consists of an analog signal processor,
which is used to control the laser and servo systems of the optical
pick-up unit, and a digital signal processor with ATAPI interface.
No Chip in Arm, No Shot From Gun
No Chip in Arm, No Shot From Gun
04/15/2004 04:59 AMA new chip that would be implanted into a gun owner's arm and matched
up to a particular gun will make the gun inoperable for anyone else.
The chipmaker says it will lead to greater gun safety, while the NRA
and police departments are leery.
Nvidia's HIS is two way chip
Nvidia's HIS is two way chip
05/21/2004 08:31 AMChip rewires itself on the fly
Chip rewires itself on the fly
04/26/2004 12:58 PMA start-up called Stretch says that its new software-configurable
design allows processors to add instructions while they're operating.
Other News: New G5 Chip
Other News: New G5 Chip
02/13/2004 11:54 AMIBM is manufacturing a new generation of the "G5" chip, and it looks
quite promising. (Apple's apparently using it for the Xserve G5.)
Sun talks up another chip
Sun talks up another chip
02/12/2004 11:18 AMZDNet UK Feb 12 2004 3:10PM GMT
Techs down with the chip
Techs down with the chip
09/03/2004 02:30 PMCNN Sep 3 2004 6:13PM GMT
The Millipede Chip
The Millipede Chip
03/14/2005 06:06 PMAnother from New
Scientist:
A super-dense memory chip that stores data in the form of nanoscale
holes in a plastic film has made its public debut at the CeBIT
electronics exhibition in Hanover, Germany.
[The] "Millipede" technology from IBM's Zurich lab promises very
high capacity thanks to its use of holes just 10 nanometres wide. This
means that a square chip measuring 2.4 centimetres on a side should be
able to store 125 gigabytes, says the company, equivalent to 25
DVDs.
Apparently, some are questioning the need for a mechanical version
of technology already available in other mediums.
Chip Company
Chip Company
08/22/2004 01:19 PMGame concept overview published
Hippocampus on a chip
Hippocampus on a chip
03/13/2003 10:20 AMChip rewires itself
Chip rewires itself
04/27/2004 08:50 AMSympatico Apr 27 2004 12:38PM GMT
Service with a chip
Service with a chip
03/29/2005 04:30 AMCNET Asia Mar 29 2005 8:37AM GMT
Features: XML on a Chip
Features: XML on a Chip
03/14/2005 05:43 PMJimmy Zhang asks whether custom processors can speed XML applications,
and whether they can speed them enough to be worth the effort.
Does AMD want out of the chip making
game?
Does AMD want out of the chip making
game?
11/14/2003 06:58 AMAnalysis Choice of next fab more about AMD's role than location
Revenues up at UK chip designer
Revenues up at UK chip designer
04/20/2004 02:58 AMARM Holdings gives an upbeat outlook for the semiconductor sector as
it reports better-than-expected profits and revenues.
AMD chip for PC-less digital fare
AMD chip for PC-less digital fare
01/03/2005 09:45 PMIHT Jan 4 2005 12:14AM GMT
Motorola Spins Off Chip Biz
Motorola Spins Off Chip Biz
12/17/2003 06:10 PMUnstrung.com Dec 17 2003 4:57PM ET
Chip biz IPO pushes Motorola into the
red
Chip biz IPO pushes Motorola into the
red
07/21/2004 04:12 AMBut big handset sales yield big income growth
VIA announces new secure chip
VIA announces new secure chip
05/20/2004 05:29 AMFavorite PowerPC Chip?
Favorite PowerPC Chip?
07/20/2004 08:03 PMNew NEC 3G Chip for Mobile Phones
New NEC 3G Chip for Mobile Phones
07/19/2004 06:03 AM3G Jul 19 2004 9:39AM GMT
Chip Traders Keep Cool
Chip Traders Keep Cool
01/04/2005 05:38 PMTheStreet.com Jan 4 2005 9:24PM GMT
AMD looks to India for new chip skills
AMD looks to India for new chip skills
04/22/2004 06:57 PMBangalore bits
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