Research May Extend Moore’s Law

Moore’s law describes an important trend in the history of computer hardware. Since the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958, the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has increased exponentially, doubling approximately every two years. But some observers have predicted that law cannot be sustained indefinitely. The McGill scientists , though, think they may have a way around those roadblocks. The research conducted by the McGill scientists may be the answer to continuing Moore’s Law .

Imagine A World Without Wires

The power is everywhere, like god. You wouldn’t know where the power is coming from. You don’t need cords or batteries for your gadgets and computers. The laptop could be recharged when the machine gets within several feet of a transmit resonator. This reasoner could be embedded in tables, work surfaces, and even behind walls. This is one of the Intel’s technology which relies on an idea called magnetic induction. A principle similar to the way a trained singer can shatter a glass using the voice (frequency). Power can be put into magnetic fields at a transmitting resonator at the wall socket. The receiving resonator is tuned to absorb energy from the magnetic field.

In this research, Intel has built a sample light bulb to make a 60-watt glow from an energy source 3 feet away. This was achieved with high efficiency and only a quarter of the energy has been lost. Researchers admitted the technology will be on market in at least five year.

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Intel and Yahoo To Bring the Internet to TV.

Intel Corporation and Yahoo! previewed plans for the Widget Channel, a television (TV) application framework optimized for TV and related consumer electronics (CE) devices that use the Intel Architecture. The Widget Channel will allow consumers to enjoy rich Internet applications designed for the TV while watching their favorite TV programs. It will also give developers access to write TV applications for the platform using JAVASCRIPT, XML, HTML and Adobe Flash technology. In addition to supporting the Yahoo! Widget Engine, Yahoo! will also provide consumers Yahoo!-branded TV Widgets that are customized based on its category-leading Internet services. Intel is the world’s largest CPU maker.

ATOM : Intel’s new processor

The world’s largest semiconductor company Intel corp. has named its new low power processor as ‘Atom‘. The Intel Atom processor will power mobile Internet devices and ultra low-cost and small notebook and desktop personal computers. The new processor is based on a new micro architecture designed for small devices and low power consumption.

AMD beats INTEL in power efficiency

Neal Nelson & Associates, an independent computer performance consulting firm has reported that AMD opteron based servers are more power efficient than equally configured Intel Xeon-based server. The tests also revealed that Intel’s power efficiency advantages decrease as memory size increases while AMD’s power efficiency advantages increase as memory size increases.