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Facebook’s Open Compute Project splits up monolithic servers with help from Intel, more

As much as it’s important to have every component of a PC stuck together in a laptop, that same monolithic strategy is a major liability for server clusters: if one part breaks or grows obsolete, it can drag down everything else. Facebook and its Open Compute Project partners have just unveiled plans to loosen things up at the datacenter. A prototype, Atom -based rackmount server from Quanta Computer uses 100Gbps silicon photonics from Intel to connect parts at full speed, anywhere on the rack. Facebook has also garnered support for a new system-on-chip connection standard, rather affectionately named Group Hug, that would let owners swap in new mini systems from any vendor through PCI Express cards. The combined effect doesn’t just simplify repairs and upgrades — it lets companies build the exact servers they need without having to scrap other crucial elements in the process. There’s no definite timeframe for when we’ll see modular servers put to work, but the hope is that a cluster’s foundations will stay relevant for years instead of months. Continue reading Facebook’s Open Compute Project splits up monolithic servers with help from Intel, more Filed under: Intel , Facebook Comments Source: Open Compute Project

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Intel, Plastic Logic and Queen’s U build the PaperTab: a flexible e-paper tablet (video)

Plastic Logic may have bowed out of building its own e-readers , but that’s not stopping the company from making its presence felt at CES. It’s teaming up with Intel and Queen’s University on the PaperTab, a 10.7-inch tablet concept built around a flexible, e-paper touchscreen. The prototype runs a Sandy Bridge -era Core i5 processor that lets it stand on its own, but it’s ultimately designed to work as part of a team: position awareness lets multiple PaperTabs join together to share a work area, and tapping one tablet with content can send it to a waiting document in another. The bendy nature isn’t just for durability and a paper-like feel, either, as readers can flip through pages just by bending the relevant side. A fuller reveal is planned for January 8th, but you can get an initial sense of how the plastic slate works through the video after the break. Gallery: Intel and Plastic Logic PaperTab Continue reading Intel, Plastic Logic and Queen’s U build the PaperTab: a flexible e-paper tablet (video) Filed under: Tablets , Intel Comments Source: Queen’s University

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The Holy Grail Of TV: Intel™ Is About To Destroy The Traditional Cable Model With Its Magic IPTV Box

Earlier today it was announced that the geniuses at Intel™ are poised to  blow up the cable industry  with their own set-top box and an unbundled cable service.  What has cable TV lovers foaming at the mouth is the fact that the Intel™ IPTV box will allow anyone with access to internet to subscribe to whatever cable channels they like — free from the traditional “bundling” packages which typically saddle customers with 5 channels they love and 195 they never watch at all. Forbes reports: “ Apple  and  Google  have been attempting for years to entice customers to ditch cable television for set top boxes that deliver TV shows, movies and more via the internet. For the past year or so,  Intel™  has also quietly been working on a top-secret set-top box that could not only be better than what Apple, Google, and even  Microsoft  offer today, but also kill the cable industry as we know it … This set-top box, said by industry insiders to be available to a limited beta of customers in March, will offer cable channels delivered “over the top” to televisions anywhere there is an Internet connection regardless of provider. ( Microsoft  Mediaroom, for example, requires  AT&T ’s service, and  Xbox ™ has limited offerings for  Comcast  and FiOS customers). For the first time, consumers will be able to subscribe to content per channel, unlike bundled cable services, and you may also be able to subscribe per show as well. Intel’s set-top box will also have access to Intel’s already existing app marketplace for apps, casual games, and video on demand. Leveraging the speed of current broadband, and the vast shared resources of the cloud, Intel plans to give customers the ability to use “Cloud DVR”, a feature intended to allow users to watch any past TV show at any time, without the need to record it ahead of time, pause live tv, and rewind shows in progress. “ To find out why this is such a big deal — including the hugely expensive deals Intel™ has been secretly lining up with Hollywood execs in order to pull this off, and why it this is so much more significant than anything Apple or Google would ever be able to pull off on their own — you can read the full story by visiting Forbes.com . SEE ALSO:   Intel™ Developing Bacteria Hard Drive With Near Infinite Storage Capacity SEE ALSO:   Glass Warfare: Apple Filed This Patent In The Summer That Will Soon Cannibalize iPhones, Siri & iPads Source: Forbes via Business Insider

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You Can Now Pirate Apps On Your iPhone Without Jailbreaking

Apple must have heaved a great sigh of relief when it heard its Christmas wish had been answered—Installous, the jailbroken iOS app pirating app from the Hackulous community, was finally dead . But not so fast, Apple. Now anyone can install pirated apps, and without having to jailbreak too. More »

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Intel Challenges ARM On Power Consumption… And Ties

GhostX9 writes “Tom’s Hardware just published a detailed look at the Intel Atom Z2760 in the Acer Iconia W510 and compared it to the NVIDIA Tegra 3 in the Microsoft Surface. They break it down and demonstrate how the full Windows 8 tablet outperforms the Windows RT machine in power consumption. They break down power consumption to include the role of the CPU, GPU, memory controller and display. Anandtech is also reporting similar findings, but only reports CPU and GPU utilization.” Despite repeated claims that x86 is beating ARM here, they look neck in neck. Assuming you can make a meaningful comparison. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Frame Latency Spikes Plague Radeon Graphics Cards

crookedvulture writes “AMD is bundling a stack of the latest games with graphics cards like its Radeon HD 7950. One might expect the Radeon to perform well in those games, and it does. Sort of. The Radeon posts high FPS numbers, the metric commonly used to measure graphics performance. However, it doesn’t feel quite as smooth as the competing Nvidia solution, which actually scores lower on the FPS scale. This comparison of the Radeon HD 7950 and GeForce 660 Ti takes a closer look at individual frame latencies to explain why. Turns out the Radeon suffers from frequent, measurable latency spikes that noticeably disrupt the smoothness of animation without lowering the FPS average substantially. This trait spans multiple games, cards, and operating systems, and it’s ‘raised some alarms’ internally at AMD. Looks like Radeons may have problems with smooth frame delivery in new games despite boasting competitive FPS averages.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Leaked chart appears to spill beans on Intel’s Haswell desktop CPU range

The folks over at VR-Zone have snagged a chart which purports to represent Intel’s plans for the Haswell architecture in 2013. If genuine, then we can expect at least 14 new desktop CPUs to arrive next year, including a range-topping 3.5GHz Core i7 with 400MHz of headroom in boost mode and a TDP of just 84W — i.e. midway between Sandy and Ivy Bridge in terms of power consumption, but not bad when you consider this’ll be a higher performance architecture with no transistor shrinkage . Integrated graphics have also apparently been tweaked, with a reference to HD 4600. Since we can’t expect Intel to confirm the leak, we’ll just have to file this one in the “plausible” cabinet. (What, you didn’t know we had filing cabinets?) Comments Via: Ubergizmo Source: VR-Zone (Translated)

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Linux 3.7 Released

The wait is over; diegocg writes “Linux kernel 3.7 has been released. This release adds support for the new ARM 64-bit architecture, ARM multiplatform — the ability to boot into different ARM systems using a single kernel; support for cryptographically signed kernel modules; Btrfs support for disabling copy-on-write on a per-file basis using chattr; faster Btrfs fsync(); a new experimental ‘perf trace’ tool modeled after strace; support for the TCP Fast Open feature in the server side; experimental SMBv2 protocol support; stable NFS 4.1 and parallel NFS; a vxlan tunneling protocol that allows to transfer Layer 2 ethernet packets over UDP; and support for the Intel SMAP security feature. Many small features and new drivers and fixes are also available. Here’s the full list of changes.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Intel’s NUC mini-PC internals exposed, available for around $300 in early December

Intel’s Next Unit of Computing (NUC) is just about ready for store shelves, and Anandtech managed to get their hands on the DC3217BY model to provide us an early inside look at the mini-PC. Clearly aimed at enthusiasts, the motherboard and 4 x 4-inch chassis are all you get out of the box; you’ll have to get the memory, the mini PCIe cards and even the power cord separately. Luckily installation looks quite easy — only four screws hold the chassis and motherboard together. The bottom mini PCIe slot accommodates half height cards (for WiFi, presumably) and you can go ahead and put an mSATA drive or full height card at the top. As we saw in our IDF hands-on , the NUC holds a Core i3 CPU, HD 4000 graphics, two SoDIMM sockets, mSATA and mini-PCIe interfaces, one to two HDMI and three USB 2.0 connectors. The DC3217BY eschews Gigabit Ethernet (which is available on the DC3217IYE) in favor of a Thunderbolt port. While we initially thought the NUC would go for somewhere around $400 , it turns out it’ll cost $300 to $320 and will be available from Amazon and Eggdrop in early December. If you’re considering getting one for yourself, we recommend taking a peek at the source to get a more intimate look. Filed under: Desktops , Misc , Intel Intel’s NUC mini-PC internals exposed, available for around $300 in early December originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink    |  Anandtech  |  Email this  |  Comments

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