AMD To Talk Up Dual Cores In October

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Photo: Say hello to dual cores

Photo: Say hello to dual cores 04/18/2005 04:38 PM
PC makers roll out their first dual-core desktops; they're based on Intel's Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840.

Intel strikes first with dual cores

Intel strikes first with dual cores 04/18/2005 02:48 PM
Dell and others unveil desktop PCs with dual-processing chips from Intel, just days ahead of AMD.

Dual cores to lead Intel show

Dual cores to lead Intel show 09/02/2004 12:16 AM
Get your blue golf shirt on. The Intel Developer Forum is back. Servers a central focus.

Intel shoots for dual-cores, wireless
profits

Intel shoots for dual-cores, wireless
profits 05/13/2004 07:51 PM
At the company's spring analyst meeting, executives outline Intel's plans, which include delivering dual-core chips and expanding in markets such as wireless communications.

AMD Adds Turion, Dual Cores To Official
Roadmap

AMD Adds Turion, Dual Cores To Official
Roadmap 03/14/2005 04:32 PM
Advanced Micro Devices has clarified its roadmap, officially identifying several future processors as dual-core devices.

Intel, AMD Pack Dual Processing Cores on
Single Chip

Intel, AMD Pack Dual Processing Cores on
Single Chip 09/06/2004 01:38 AM
Upcoming dual-core chips pack twice the performance.

PowerPC 970MP to pack dual cores for
future Apple hardware

PowerPC 970MP to pack dual cores for
future Apple hardware 07/25/2004 03:52 PM

Antares: PowerPC 970MP to pack dual
cores for future Apple hardware

Antares: PowerPC 970MP to pack dual
cores for future Apple hardware 07/23/2004 08:09 PM
osOpinion Jul 23 2004 10:14PM GMT

News Bits: Notebook Sales Growth,
Averatec Grows, Intel Dual-Cores, T42
Gets Award

News Bits: Notebook Sales Growth,
Averatec Grows, Intel Dual-Cores, T42
Gets Award 12/19/2004 02:56 PM
NotebookReview.com Dec 19 2004 2:52PM GMT

News Bits: Dell Coupon, New Gateway
Notebooks, ThinkPad Fuel Cell, Dual
Cores Soon, $100 Laptops

News Bits: Dell Coupon, New Gateway
Notebooks, ThinkPad Fuel Cell, Dual
Cores Soon, $100 Laptops 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
NotebookReview.com Apr 13 2005 5:38AM GMT

Dual-Core G4 To Be Unveiled In October

Dual-Core G4 To Be Unveiled In October 08/19/2004 12:51 PM

Nu Technology DUAL F/W Release - BenQ
Offers Dual Format Firmware

Nu Technology DUAL F/W Release - BenQ
Offers Dual Format Firmware 01/17/2004 11:00 PM

Liteon SOHW-832S 8x Dual Layer Dual
DVD-RW Drive Review at 3DX

Liteon SOHW-832S 8x Dual Layer Dual
DVD-RW Drive Review at 3DX 09/03/2004 04:05 PM

Lets Talk Computers: Chris Repetto from
Intuit and Luke Chung from FMS featured
on this week's Let's Talk Comp

Lets Talk Computers: Chris Repetto from
Intuit and Luke Chung from FMS featured
on this week's Let's Talk Comp 08/28/2004 02:46 PM
Investors Business Daily Aug 28 2004 6:33PM GMT

Alienware pledges dual plans for dual
graphics

Alienware pledges dual plans for dual
graphics 06/29/2004 07:05 PM

Intel decides two cores are better than
one

Intel decides two cores are better than
one 05/07/2004 07:19 PM
Intel Corp.'s decision to scrap its single-core processor road map in favor of chips with two cores will help the company improve the performance of its future chips without having to rely on a power-centric design, analysts said Friday.

For Intel, the future has two cores

For Intel, the future has two cores 09/08/2004 10:09 PM

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“Intel is trying to make the case that a collection of chips is worth more than the sum of its parts. The chipmaker presented its argument in several ways on Tuesday. For one, Intel said it has seen a benefit in marketing several chips together, as it has done with Centrino, its bundle of technology for wireless notebook PCs. Speaking at the Intel Developer Forum here, Intel President Paul Otellini said the next target for…

"Ice cores unlock climate secrets"

"Ice cores unlock climate secrets" 06/14/2004 09:52 AM

Rambus offers DDR controller cores

Rambus offers DDR controller cores 05/11/2004 04:54 AM
DDR, GDDR and - surprise - XDR support

Ice cores unlock climate secrets

Ice cores unlock climate secrets 06/09/2004 03:34 PM
A three-kilometre long column of ice drilled from the Antarctic has revealed climate patterns for last 740,000 years of Earth's history, Nature reports.

Dual 6600GT vs Dual 6800: the SLIdown

Dual 6600GT vs Dual 6800: the SLIdown 04/01/2005 09:31 AM

MIPS: hard intellectual property cores

MIPS: hard intellectual property cores 07/07/2004 10:56 AM
ECE Jul 7 2004 2:12PM GMT

Arctic cores offer climate clues

Arctic cores offer climate clues 06/04/2004 05:49 AM
An international science team is to take seabed cores from the Arctic Ocean to probe how climate change has developed.

Apple Overripe Waiting On IBM's New
Cores

Apple Overripe Waiting On IBM's New
Cores 04/29/2004 02:46 PM
This BusinessWeek article details some of the troubles that IBM has had producing PowerPC chips, the same ones that power Apple's G5 PowerMacs and Xserves. The snarl in manufacturing has caused delays for Apple's upgrades to the line and make's Steve Jobs's promise of 3.0GHz PowerMacs by summer look increasingly...

Intel Will Not Enable 64-Bits in
Existing Prescott Cores

Intel Will Not Enable 64-Bits in
Existing Prescott Cores 05/19/2004 01:12 PM
At the spring analyst meeting, Intel's President stated that the company will not enable 64-bit functionality in existing Prescott cores that have already shipped.

Modern Day “Dr. Doolittle”, Joy Turner,
Debuts on Internet Talk Radio Network
VoiceAmerica Radio with Show Talk With
Your Animals

Modern Day “Dr. Doolittle”, Joy Turner,
Debuts on Internet Talk Radio Network
VoiceAmerica Radio with Show Talk With
Your Animals 01/04/2005 04:14 AM
The new radio show dedicated to helping people learn how to communicate effectively with their animals, airs at a new time starting on January 7, 2005 on VoiceAmerica. [PRWEB Jan 4, 2005]

MIPS Technologies Announces Availability
of Hard Intellectual Property Cores

MIPS Technologies Announces Availability
of Hard Intellectual Property Cores 07/06/2004 11:37 AM
Linux Electrons Jul 6 2004 3:46PM GMT

Sundance Enters the IP Fray and Offers
IP Cores Through Xilinx XPERTXS Program

Sundance Enters the IP Fray and Offers
IP Cores Through Xilinx XPERTXS Program 01/07/2005 04:14 AM
Sundance, a worldwide supplier and manufacturer of signal processing and reconfigurable computing systems for an extensive range of embedded designs and applications, today announced it has joined the Xilinx XPERTS Program. [PRWEB Jan 7, 2005]

Ace's Server Guide: Dual Xeon, Dual
Opteron and Quad Opteron

Ace's Server Guide: Dual Xeon, Dual
Opteron and Quad Opteron 12/10/2003 06:40 PM

Dual G5 vs. Dual Opteron

Dual G5 vs. Dual Opteron 12/29/2003 07:19 AM
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To talk or not to talk - that is the
question

To talk or not to talk - that is the
question 08/09/2004 05:44 AM
What's the future of in-flight mobile comms?

GDA Technologies Licenses its 10 Gigabit
and 1 Gigabit Ethernet MAC IP Cores to
inSilica

GDA Technologies Licenses its 10 Gigabit
and 1 Gigabit Ethernet MAC IP Cores to
inSilica 05/31/2004 02:06 PM
GDA Technologies, Inc., a fast growing supplier of Intellectual Property (IP) and Electronic Design Services (EDS), today announced that it has licensed its 10 Gigabit (XGEMAC) and 1 Gigabit (GEMAC) Ethernet MAC IP cores to inSilica Inc., a leading supplier of customer specific SoC solutions. XGEMAC is industry’s first UNH_IOL compliance validated 10 Gigabit Ethernet MAC IP core targeting LAN, MAN, WAN switches and routers, traffic aggregators, multiplexers and test equipments applications. inSilica will be incorporating the XGEMAC IP core into its next generation communication products. [PRWEB May 13, 2004]

Dual Xeon, Dual Opteron and Quad Opteron

Dual Xeon, Dual Opteron and Quad Opteron 12/05/2003 07:52 AM

Dynamically Typed: Walk the walk vs.
talk the talk

Dynamically Typed: Walk the walk vs.
talk the talk 09/10/2004 07:30 AM
About two years ago you may remember we were in the throes of the SOAP revolution. "Web services everywhere!" was the cry and have to confess I'm one of those guilty of having gone for it, for a while. There were going to be these giant UDDI servers that would aggregate everyone's web services and the Internet would never look the same again...

Bitboys Introduces New Graphics
Processorsfor Wireless Devices - Small,
Smart and Efficient Processor Cores
Bring Advanced Graphics Capabilities to
Handheld Products

Bitboys Introduces New Graphics
Processorsfor Wireless Devices - Small,
Smart and Efficient Processor Cores
Bring Advanced Graphics Capabilities to
Handheld Products 08/10/2004 03:08 AM
(Los Angeles, California and Espoo, Finland – August 10th, 2004) -- Bitboys, a provider of graphics hardware solutions, today announced and demonstrated the company’s new graphics processor product line for wireless and embedded devices at SIGGRAPH 2004 in Los Angeles. [PRWEB Aug 10, 2004]

October Surprise

October Surprise 09/22/2004 02:56 PM
"Tom Ridge unveils a redesigned Air Force 1, painted like the General Lee car from Dukes of Hazzard. No longer will there be a carpeted stairway; instead passengers will have to enter through the windows and holler like they're feeding pigs when boarding the President's jet." Enter the Guess the October Surprise contest and win a coffee mug.

October 13, 2003

October 13, 2003 10/28/2003 11:07 PM

Exceptions

People have asked why I don't like programming with exceptions. In both Java and C++, my policy is:

1. Never throw an exception of my own
2. Always catch any possible exception that might be thrown by a library I'm using on the same line as it is thrown and deal with it immediately.

The reasoning is that I consider exceptions to be no better than "goto's", considered harmful since the 1960s, in that they create an abrupt jump from one point of code to another. In fact they are significantly worse than goto's:

1. They are invisible in the source code. Looking at a block of code, including functions which may or may not throw exceptions, there is no way to see which exceptions might be thrown and from where. This means that even careful code inspection doesn't reveal potential bugs.
2. They create too many possible exit points for a function. To write correct code, you really have to think about every possible code path through your function. Every time you call a function that can raise an exception and don't catch it on the spot, you create opportunities for surprise bugs caused by functions that terminated abruptly, leaving data in an inconsistent state, or other code paths that you didn't think about.

A better alternative is to have your functions return error values when things go wrong, and to deal with these explicitly, no matter how verbose it might be. It is true that what should be a simple 3 line program often blossoms to 48 lines when you put in good error checking, but that's life, and papering it over with exceptions does not make your program more robust. I think the reason programmers in C/C++/Java style languages have been attracted to exceptions is simply because the syntax does not have a concise way to call a function that returns multiple values, so it's hard to write a function that either produces a return value or returns an error. (The only languages I have used extensively that do let you return multiple values nicely are ML and Haskell.) In C/C++/Java style languages one way you can handle errors is to use the real return value for a result status, and if you have anything you want to return, use an OUT parameter to do that. This has the unforunate side effect of making it impossible to nest function calls, so result = f(g(x)) must become:

T tmp;
if (ERROR == g(x, tmp))
errorhandling;
if (ERROR == f(tmp, result))
errorhandling;

This is ugly and annoying but it's better than getting magic unexpected gotos sprinkled throughout your code at unpredictable places.

PHP

If someone wants to write up a nice article about how to develop multilingual, Unicode applications with PHP or point me to an existing article on the subject I will link to it here. Right now both the PHP documentation and a google search for "PHP Unicode" make it look like you're pretty screwed if you really want to do Unicode in PHP. There is some existing documention of mb_ functions that people have pointed me to, which is badly written and confusing, and appears to only support a handful of encodings, not Unicode in general. It also seems to be an extension that you have to turn on, which means, I think, that the average PHP installation does not support this out of the box.

New MSN TV2 Set-Top Box to Debut October
5

New MSN TV2 Set-Top Box to Debut October
5 09/24/2004 02:08 PM
Microsoft plans to take the wraps off the "MSN TV2 Internet & Media Player," its latest incarnation of a set-top box, at the TechXNY show in New York on October 5. The product, which is designed to allow users to display photos, music and video content streamed over broadband to TV sets, is due to hit retailer shelves in mid-October.

October 14, 2003

October 14, 2003 10/28/2003 11:07 PM

PHP and Unicode

Scott Reynen shows how to use integer arrays in PHP to handle Unicode manually.

There are also functions available called the Multi-Byte String Functions which handle many encodings. Please ignore the part in the documentation that says that this is "developed to handle Japanese characters." It actually appears to handle lots of encodings including the Unicode ones. However it is turned off by default so you must recompile PHP to enable it.

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