Revolution in PC Microprocessing
11 October, 2002Intel are be releasing a PC microprocessor with a new capability developed with the assistance of Dean Tullsen, called hyper-threading. The processor executes instructions from multiple threads/programs at once, as if they all came from a single thread. The CPU duplicates the architectural state on each processor, while sharing one set of processor execution resources. It makes one processor appear as two to the operating system.
Voice controlled electronics
10 October, 2002Scientist from the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD are working on a voice analysis system and a camera with image processing. They are focussing on designing voice activated electrical appliances and electronic equipment. An example may be a video recorder that is activated by someone saying "Record the news on channel 7 this evening" or a lamp which is turned off by the voice command of "lamp out".
Colour technology for transflective displays
11 October, 2001Philips has just introduced a technology that enhances luminance and colour saturation in transflective liquid-crystal displays without significantly increasing power consumption.
National Semiconductor Appoints Arrow Electronics As Australian and NZ Distributor
03 November, 2000Arrow Electronics Australia and National Semiconductor announced today that National has appointed Arrow Electronics as a distributor for its products in Australia and New Zealand.
