* Posts by markx

4 publicly visible posts • joined 26 Nov 2009

Intel's new chips are from 'Purley' – know what I mean? Know what I mean? Say no more

markx

Re: There's always one...

Except it says "persistent data". So it can't be something like HBM. Unless it is just battery-backed RAM?

Intel Xeon Phi battles GPUs, defends x86 in supercomputers

markx

Re: Stampede

No, not right. Stampede is a work in progress. If you go back to the original article you will see it says:

*Once completed* [it] will pull 6MW, and that is for an estimated 9PFlops. But that is probably peak rather than Linpack flops. Anyway, it is certainly not as bad as your numbers suggest...

3D TV: Avatar or Ishtar?

markx

3d without glasses

Most of the negative comments here relate to the requirement to wear glasses. If you listen to the content producers, they are pretty clear that their ultimate goal is display systems that do not require glasses, and as someone posted up above there are already sets out there that do not require them (eg Philips.) For now they are very expensive, but there is no reason to think they will not come down in price eventually.

So the real question is, if you can get stereoscopy without the glasses, would you get it? Once the premium gets down to a certain level, it seems pretty clear that almost every set will be stereoscopy-enabled.

Of course those who buy a glasses-encumbered set now will have to shell out again in a few years, but such is the fate of the early adopter.

Replace Bulldog gridiron mascot with robot, PETA demands

markx

Eugenics

@flawedlogic, actually you have it backwards. These animals are genetically inferior because of the way they have been bred by humans over the decades. The ethical issues are with those who breed animals like this that have all kinds of health problems for their own selfish ends.