Raleigh (ip-192.com): Processor performance can be boosted by an average of 21 percent, thanks to a new technique developed by researchers from North Carolina State University that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate. “Chip manufacturers are now creating processors that have a ‘fused architecture,’ meaning [...]
Enzyme: Kraken supercomputer used to simulate detoxification
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Oak Ridge (ip-192.com): The Kraken, a Cray XT5 supercomputer owned and operated by the University of Tennessee, did allow scientists unprecedented simulations of a key class of proteins involved in drug detoxification. Jerome Baudry and Yinglong Miao, who are jointly affiliated with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of [...]
Samsung: New dual-core mobile processor
September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Seoul (ip-192.com): A new processor for mobile applications has been released by Samsung. Orion features two 1GHz Arm Cortex A9 cores. Each core comes with a 32KB data cache and a 32KB instruction cache. A 1MB L2 cache will allow applications to run concurrently in a multi-tasking environment. The new processor is capable to encode/decode [...]
Atom N550: Dual-core processor for netbooks
August 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Santa Clara (ip-192.com): To beef up processing power, netbooks from manufacturers including Acer, ASUS, Fujitsu, Lenovo, LG, Samsung, MSI, and Toshiba ship now with a new Dual-core Intel Atom processor. The new chip provides a more responsive experience in the same compact form factor and DDR3 memory support. "In their short history, the netbook category [...]
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