PS3 v2.0 Released !!

 

Sony’s full-version firmware bump to 2.00 is now out and available for your downloading fix. So go ahead and get to downloading and feel that underwhelming surge of decorative features overwhelm your console. As to the remote start feature, once enabled, prepare to have the PS3’s cooling fan spinning 24 x 7 in preparation for remote access even when the console is turned off.

Enjoy the New Experience !!

Industry’s First Dedicated Stream Processor !!

 

The true computing geeks in the house are about to need adult diapers: AMD’s launching a dedicated stream processor, the FireStream 9170, and an accompanying SDK today, which will be available in Q108. Granted, this 55nm “world’s first Stream GPU with double-precision floating point technology” will run you two grand, but you’ll be getting 500 GFLOPS at under 150 watts power draw, but you’ll get all the insane math-crunching benefits of stream processing that your current number-crunching rig isn’t seeing, despite the eight 8800s you’ve got jury-rigged into the thing.

Read more about stream processing here

AMD FireStream 9170 Specifications

Features

• Powered by next-generation ATI GPU from AMD
• Parallel processing architecture with 320 stream cores
• Up to 500 GFLOPs single precision performance
• 2GB GDDR3 on-board memory
• Double Precision Floating Point
• PCIe 2.0 x16 interface
• < 150W power consumption
• Memory export
• BIOS settings optimized for stream processing
• API and OS Support
• Windows XP, XP64
• Linux 32 and Linux 64

System Requirements

• PCI Express® based server or workstation with available x16 lane graphics slot
• 500W or greater power supply
• 512MB of system memory

Optimized for Computation

• Double-precision floating point for scientific and engineering codes
• 2GB on-board memory
• 320 stream cores drive up to 500 GFLOPS single-precision performance
• Asynchronous DMA, allowing data transfers without interrupting streams processor or CPU

Accelerating data-parallel algorithms in a variety of applications

• Seismic processing
• Financial analysis
• Engineering analysis
• Rendering
• Computational chemistry
• Genetic research
• Physics
• Video editing
• Security

AMD Warranty and Support

• Enterprise-level support
• Three year limited product repair/replacement warranty
• Toll-free phone and email access to technical support team

AMD FireStream stream processors deliver the tremendous parallel processing power of the GPU to compute-intensive applications for scientists, engineers and consumers. Using this leading-edge technology, developers can dramatically increase the performance of their critical algorithms, allowing users to get faster results or work on larger problems.