Re: Meh. Call me when the 10Tb SSD ships in consumer bulk.
Don't most SSDs today hit 450 MB/s for sequential writes? Are you talking about an SSD that was in the 100-300 MB/s range?
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Whopping 10TB disks spin out of HGST – plus 3.2TB flash slabs
HAMR time for Google's MapReduce, says not-so-startup
Intel launches skinny nippy Core M – its new BRAIN for fondleslabs
Saturday 6th September 2014 00:01 GMT
Re: Selling nearly $300 CPU into tablet market?
If it's a 2 in 1 you can argue it's enough of a laptop to command a laptop's price, with the convenience of turning into a tablet. That was the Metro dream after all. We'll see if consumers take the bait.
These chips have a 4.5 Watt TDP and really low idle frequencies. They may end up landing into some ultrabooks. I guess they might have less performance than some of the U/Y chips that were being used in ultrabooks, I haven't checked.
Gee, everyone who wants a tablet has a tablet. Waiddaminute....
Jimbo tells Wikipedians: You CAN'T vote to disable 'key software features'
Wednesday 3rd September 2014 14:03 GMT 
Wikipedia:humor redirects here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_climbing_the_Reichstag_dressed_as_Spider-Man
From my seconds of Google-based research, it looks like this is a "humorous" 2006-era joke policy that Jimbo referenced, perhaps in an attempt to add some levity to the debate. Or you could say that Jimbo is cheapening the Wikiplebians even Führer!
Not so Instagram now: Time-shifting Hyperlapse iPhone tool unveiled
Wednesday 27th August 2014 08:33 GMT
the hyperlapse
I wonder how this compares to the technique that Microsoft demonstrated. I didn't see a lot of intentional head/arm movement in the video.
Leak: Intel readies next round of NUC
Your move, sucker! Microsoft tests cloud gaming system that cuts through network lag
Not really very live at all from London - It's the Vulture News videocast
Yes, but what are your plans if a DRAGON attacks?
Take the shame: Microsofties ADMIT to playing Internet Explorer name-change game
Rosetta's comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is one FUGLY space rock
WinPhone's Halo hottie Cortana to hit desktop in next Windows – report
Another step forward for diamond-based quantum computers
Monday 11th August 2014 07:26 GMT 
eh?
So, why are 4.5 billion qubits needed for Shor-2048?
There's this bit in the paper:
"For a logical error rate pL ≤ 10^-18, d ≥ 32 is required [73]. Therefore, a logical cell requires V = (5d/4)^3 = 40^3 cluster cells. To perform a logical CNOT gate requires a cluster volume 2 × 2 in cross section and two logical cells in temporal depth."
40 ^ 3 = 64,000
64,000 x 2048 = 131,072,000
131,072,000 x 8 = 1,048,576,000
Maybe "d" actually equals 52? (((5*52)/4)^3)*2048*8 = 4,499,456,000
...and that's where I stop making stuff up.
Awooga: August Patch Tuesday incoming – with two remote-code exec bugs in IE, Windows
NASA tests crazytech flying saucer thruster, could reach Mars in days
Monday 4th August 2014 20:01 GMT
Re: At last
If this works, maybe the "2G" version of the EmDrive will work as well...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmDrive
http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/80-ton-lifter-possible-in-6-years-interview-with-emdrive-inventor
"BTE-Dan: You describe a 2nd generation of EmDrive which uses a superconducting microwave cavity where 1kW of input power is capable of lifting 3 tons of mass. Of course if this worked it would be mind blowing. When do you think a prototype of a 2nd generation EmDrive could be built given adequate funding of a development project?
Roger: A prototype 2G thruster, giving 3kN for 1kW microwave input could be available in 3 years. A large prototype 2G thruster giving 800kN [80 metric ton-force] for an 80kW input would take 6 years."
Remember Palm's WebOS? LG does – check out its smart TVs
The answer to faster wireless is blowing in the wind
Japanese artist cuffed for disseminating 3D ladyparts files
Google Glass faces UK cinema ban: Heaven forbid someone films you crying in a rom-com
You are ALL Americans now: Europeans offered same rights as US folks in data slurp leaks
Supercomputing speed growth hits 'historical low' in new TOP500 list
Wednesday 25th June 2014 02:05 GMT
All is normal. Big 100 petafloppers will appear in 1-3 years. China could replace all the Knights Corner coprocessors in Tianhe-2 with Knights Landing and achieve (maybe) 100 petaflops in 2015.
As for the aggregate PFLOPS and #500 position stagnation, is it really the end of the world?
http://www.hpcwire.com/2014/06/23/breaking-detailed-results-top-500-fastest-supercomputers-list/
"When examined as a whole, we're falling off except at the highest end...but what does this mean for end user applications? Is high end computing getting smarter in terms of efficiency and software to where, for real-world applications, FLOPS no longer matter so much? Many argue that's the case...and some will await the new HPCG benchmark and forgo Linpack altogether in favor of a more practical benchmark. That hasn't had an impact yet on this summer's list but over time it will be interesting to watch... Of course, keep in mind that a tapering off of GPU or other accelerated systems doesn't exactly mean that there is an overall slowdown. This is one segment of the HPC arena-there are many, many machines from academia and enterprise, that do not choose to run the HPL benchmark. Even if there are 20% of these machines missing from the list, the effect on that list would be felt in such a graphic. We asked Addison Snell of Intersect360 Research about the accelerator graphic above and he echoed this, noting that 'Change in share in the Top 500 doesn't necessarily reflect market trends.'"
Look out for:
OpenPower
ARM64
Knights Landing
Supermodel Lily Cole: 'I got a little bit upset by that Register article'
Monday 16th June 2014 18:38 GMT 
BTFO yet again
El Reg tells it how it is, startlet complains.
A sampling of #wi$hes so you don't have to #gothere yourself:
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"I wish I could find a cheapish small one bedroomed cottage/studio in rural Norfolk to rent in exchange for creating a beautiful garden and redecorating inside and out. #accommodation"
"A female penpal that is quirky, slightly eccentric, has a love of life, doesn't mind strange random conversations and loves chocolate chip cookies. #things"
"someone could give my daughter a leg-up in the media world - she's just graduated from Greenwich Uni with a 2.1 in Film Studies. She'd be into an internship type thingy - she speaks Spanish and English #creative"
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