China developes fastest SuperComputer

China has developed a supercomputer that runs at more than one quadrillion (one thousand million million) calculations per second, making it the fastest one in the country, experts have said.The supercomputer named "Xingyun", has been developed in Tianjin, and works at double the speed of "Tianhe-1", the previous fastest machine in China.The Tianhe-1 was developed by the National University of Defence Technology in October 2009, Li Jun, president of the Dawning Information Industry Co Ltd, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

"Its peak performance reaches nearly three quadrillion calculations per second, three times the peak speed of Tianhe-1," Li said.

Experts say one second of its work may take a whole day for a dual-core personal computer."Xingyun" is the server of "Dawning 6000", jointly developed by the company, Chinese Academy of Sciences Calculation Institution, and the South China Supercomputing Centre, for cloud computing and DNA sequencing purposes, officials said.By the end of 2010, "Dawning 6000" will be delivered to the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen in Guangdong province for use in information services in southern China, including Hong Kong and Macao.Beijing-based Dawning Information Industry Co Ltd was founded in 1995 and is the country's leading company in the field of high-performance computers.

AMD new range of processors

Advanced Micro Devices is the latest to up the processing core ante with a 12-core chip. Intel is expected to follow this with a chip that contains eight cores.Both of these chips move beyond the traditional two- and four-core processors that have been around for years. Chips integrating six or more cores are targeted at pricey, high-end server computers that need to process huge workloads in parallel. Ideally, the more cores, the faster the processing, though software has to be properly "parallelized" to take advantage of multiple cores.Servers using these chips typically cluster together scores, if not hundreds, of processors.The AMD Opteron 6100 series processors will come in eight- and 12-core flavors. Large server vendors such as Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Cray are all expected to announce systems with the chips.A 12-core 2.3GHz AMD 6100 series chip will be priced at $1,386, while a 2.4GHz eight-core chip will cost $744.

Mini Laptop from Sony

Sony unveiled a mini notebook computer aimed at the hearts of environmentalists.Vaio W Series notebooks have chassis made of plastic consisting of about 20 percent recycled compact disks and will be shipped in a "stylish reusable" carrying cases made from recycled plastic bottles."The W series is so green it doesn't have a printed manual," Sony president Stan Glasgow said while unveiling the line at the Consumer Electronics Show taking place in Las Vegas."Sony is out to lower the power consumption of products and greenhouse gas emissions at its facilities."Vaio W series machines were billed by Sony as ideal "secondary" personal computers for light tasks, Internet browsing, and online social networking.The notebooks have high-definition, 10.1-inch screens and hard drives with 250 gigabytes of storage. Vaio W notebooks come in "sugar white" but the interiors are, naturally, green.Vaio W notebooks were available for pre-order online at sony.com/pr/wseries at prices starting at $450.

LG unveils 'world's thinnest LCD TV'

South Korea's LG Display said that it has developed the world's thinnest LCD television panel, measuring 2.6 millimetres (0.1 inches).The company, the world's second largest maker of liquid crystal displays (LCDs), said the panel uses an ultra-slim, edge-lit light emitting diode backlight system and proprietary optical film technology.It said in a statement the 42-inch panel weighs less than 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds), making it ideal for wall-mounted TVs.LG Display said it would showcase the product at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas early next year.

Samsung launches N140 Netbook

Korean giant Samsung has launched an ultra-sleek Netbook N140 powered by newly launched Windows 7 OS in the Indian market.Targetting both home and enterprise users, Samsung N140 comes with a 10.1-inch LED Backlit display and a spillproof keyboard. The Netbook supports 11 hours with a 6 cell battery and has 250GB hard disc drive.In addition, the Netbook promises high multimedia experience and SRS effects that produce clear High Definition 3D sound. Weighing 1.27 kg, N140 packs a vast array of the latest wireless communication technology and data-sharing capabilities. Other key features include three USB 2.0 ports, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and a 3-in-1 memory card reader.The Samsung Netbook N140, with its features like LED Backlit display, digital motion camera, high quality SRS Wow sound and enhanced battery life is set to redefine user experience in Netbooks.

Microsoft Arc

The unusually designed object you see here is one of the latest pointing device from microsoft, and it’s called the Arc. The Arc looks something like the Logitech MX Air, but is in fact just another mouse with a different design.

The Arc is a wireless mouse that comes with a tiny little bluetooth dongle which also attachs itself neatly to the back and controls the device upto 30 feet range. The mouse can fold, very much like the foldable phones we see everyday. This both turns off the mouse and also useful for carrying it around.With it folded, the Arc can easily fit into any shirt or pant pocket. Its also very good looking, with its dark color and the transparent glossy finish.There are no issues with using it despite the unusual shape. It has more or less the same comfort levels as any other mouse. Performance doesn’t suffer either. There is no lag whatsoever. It makes a good desktop mouse, but the same can’t be said as a gaming mouse. the mouse feet aren’t very large and don’t seem to help the mouse slide around as easily as the other mice we’ve tested.The scroll wheel is OK, and apart from the standard three button setup, a fourth button is available on the left side that can be customize through the IntelliPoint drivers.

The mouse runs on two AA batteries, but is still pretty lightweight. The folding mechanism is sturdy and doesn’t look like it will give way anytime soon. The mouse is symmetrical, so left handed users will have no cause for complaint. A small pouch is also supplied, to help you carry the mouse.The price for the Arc is around $85 and laptop mouse can be bought for well under this price tag. If you want something light and compact, with a stylish design, this is a good buy.

500 GB discs by GE

Very soon you will see discs that can contain 500 GB of data because GE(General Electrics) is going to launch these discs.The technology that is used in these discs is holographic technology and because of this these discs are also known as micro-holographic discs.The size of these discs is almost same as of the normal DVD discs.As all we know that blue ray discs already launched in market that can store about 25 to 50 GB of data.

The main reason behind the high storage of data on the micro-holographic discs is that they store information on the disc in three dimensions, rather than just pits on the surface of the disc.Here the capacity of the disk is directly proportional to the amount of reflectivity offered by the holographic material,that means higher the reflectivity higher the capacity of disc.Now we can say that the launching of these steps is a huge step toward bringing our next generation holographic storage technology to the everyday consumer.

Rs 20000 laptops from Wipro

Now Wipro India in collaboration with Middle East IT Business of Wipro Ltd launched a premium series of laptops which is given a name of "e.go".The main reason behind this name "e.go" that is given to this series is because these laptops represent the bold Indian look.The specialty of these laptops is that these are available at the cost of only Rs 20000 which is the lowest in the whole computer market.According to the Wipro officials these laptops definitely help the consumers in this time of global crisis.The range of these laptops started from Rs 19,999 and available in very attractive colors like chrome red, ocean blue, racer yellow, autumn red and coral blue.If we take a look at the configuration of these laptops then these laptops are available in 12 and 14 inch screen,having 2 GB RAM,2 Mega Pixel camera and with Windows operating system.One of the striking feature of these "e.go" laptops that these are environmental friendly.

1990 Vs 2008

Blu-ray Disc

Blue Ray Disc is an optical storage device that is used to store high quality video definition.This disc is developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association, a group of companies representing consumer electronics, computer hardware, and motion picture production.The name that is given to this optical storage device has a logic behind it,because this device uses blue-violet laser used to read and write data.This disc has the same dimensions as the DVD or CD.The storage capacity of dual layer Blu-Ray disc is about 50 GB that is much higher than the capacity of dual layer DVD.The Blu-ray Disc format is not compatible with other next-generation optical storage medium, HD-DVD.

Memory Stick

A Memory Stick is an IC (Integrated Circuit) which is stored in a compact and rugged plastic enclosure. Memory Sticks are designed to store data and to enable the transfer of data between devices equipped with Memory Stick slots.Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, launched by Sony in October 1998 and is also used in general to describe the whole family of Memory Sticks.

Understanding RDRAM

RDRAM is basically known as Rambus RAM,it is really more of a bus interface architecture than DRAM architecture.Rambus buses uses multiplexed address/data lines to connect the memory controller to the RDRAM device.The specification of this interface states that clock must runs at 300 mHz.In addition to this,th dat is latched on both rising and falling edge of the clock.Using such a bus,theoretically, transfer rate of 600 million cycles is possible.In addition each 64-Mbit RDRAM is broken into four banks each with its own row decoders.So,at any given time,four pages remain open.The RDRAM protocol is packet driven,where address packets are followed by data packets.

What is xD card?

The term xD card directly implies the extreme digital card.It is a type of removable flash memory that is used in digital cameras.Now a days the speed that these xD cards provide is about 5MB per second and comes in storage capacity of about 8 GB.These cards are very compact in their size and having size of about 20mm x 25mm x 1.7mm.The xD-Picture Card was developed by Fuji film and Olympus and are used in many models of digital cameras made by these two.

Solid State Drives from Transcend

Now Transcend is going to launch 1.8-inch eSATA/USB portable Solid State Drive and a 2.5-inch StoreJet 25F portable hard drive.This 1.8 inch SSD is available in n 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB capacities and on the other hand 2.5 inch Storejet 25F portable hard disk is available in 500GB storage capacity.This Transcend's 1.8 inchs eSata/USB is capable of reading speed of 90MB/s and a writing speed of 50MB/s due to its USB and eSATA connectivity interface.On the other hand 2.5 inchs Storejet 25F portable hard disk drive, which offers data transfer speeds of up to 480MB/sec over the USB 2.0 interface.These SSD's are compatible with every operating system like Windows, Mac, and Linux but transcend

hasn't announced the price for either of the drives and can be announced within the next few days.

Pocket size Laptops from Sony

Now the Japanese electronic giant Sony is going to launch a series of fashionable,powerful laptops that are small enough to fit in your pocket.These laptops are come under the Sony VAIO P series and having the weight of about 1.4 pounds.These laptops having all the facilties that an ordinary laptop have like having built-in Bluetooth and wireless Internet connection hardware along with global positioning satellite (GPS) technology.The special features of these laptops is that you can connect to internet where ever there is a cell phone signal.This pocket laptop from Sony has a high-resolution 8-inch LCD screen.The cost of this laptop is about $900 and going to launch in the last of January.

Samsung to produce new DRAM

Now the latest news from the field of technology is the launching of new DRAM by Samsung.
Samsung Electronics Co, world's largest computer memory chipmaker, is planning to begin mass production of its latest and fastest chip model from next month, a statement said on Monday.
The company will begin production of its 2-gigabit DDR3 DRAM chip, which is approximately 1.6-times faster than last year's DDR2 DRAM model, starting next month.Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), also referred to as memory chips, is used in personal computers and other electronic devices such as mobile phones.The new model, which is to be produced under 50-nano etching technology, will bring about a 60-per cent increase in production efficiency due to the much-reduced size of the chip, according to Samsung.