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HD-DVD or Blu-ray?
Posted by: Hooz on: 01/16/2007 02:09 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
I've been following the HD-DVD/Blu-ray war closely over the last several months, all-the-while remembering back to the VHS/Betamax war that took place years ago (Yes, I am that old!) and shaking my head. Once again, two rival formats are duking it out for our hard-earned cash, and only time will tell which will emerge victorious.
According to this article, HD-DVD has opened-up a decent lead in the standalone player sales, accounting for almost 83% of the units sold. The thing is, only 21% of all units sold have been standalone units. The other 79% are tied to game consoles, either as an add-on to an Xbox 360 (HD-DVD), or built-in to a PS3 (Blu-ray).
Of the 695,000 next-gen players (both standalone and "bundled"), about 61% of them are Blu-ray. Considering the fact that PS3 purchasers are getting Blu-ray if they like it or not (How many of them are actually using it as a BRD player? Especially considering the PS3's scaling issues.), I would consider HD-DVD's 49% market share quite competitive.
What do you think? Have you made a purchase? What did you choose? I've created a poll (scroll down, and look to the right side of the page) for you to let us all know your thoughts. Please leave any additional comments there as well.
According to this article, HD-DVD has opened-up a decent lead in the standalone player sales, accounting for almost 83% of the units sold. The thing is, only 21% of all units sold have been standalone units. The other 79% are tied to game consoles, either as an add-on to an Xbox 360 (HD-DVD), or built-in to a PS3 (Blu-ray).
Of the 695,000 next-gen players (both standalone and "bundled"), about 61% of them are Blu-ray. Considering the fact that PS3 purchasers are getting Blu-ray if they like it or not (How many of them are actually using it as a BRD player? Especially considering the PS3's scaling issues.), I would consider HD-DVD's 49% market share quite competitive.
What do you think? Have you made a purchase? What did you choose? I've created a poll (scroll down, and look to the right side of the page) for you to let us all know your thoughts. Please leave any additional comments there as well.
DARPA Awards Cray $250M Supercomputer Contract
Posted by: Hooz on: 11/27/2006 09:58 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Things are looking good for Cray (and AMD) these days. It seems that the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have pledged $250M to Cray for the development of a supercomputer using Cray's "Adaptive Supercomputing vision", and AMD's Opteron processor(s).
It all sounds great, but $250M buys a LOT of Opterons, and with AMD's recent supply issues... Well, I guess the contract does extend through 2010...
| Cray's HPCS development program, code-named "Cascade," will produce a system with exceptional programmability, portability, and robustness -- capable of scaling to unprecedented levels of sustained performance on real applications. Under the Cascade program, Cray will develop a new hybrid system architecture that combines multiple processor technologies, a new high-performance network, and an adaptive software layer into a single integrated system. Designed to efficiently scale to large numbers of processors, the system will maximize productivity and performance by automatically matching the most effective processor technology to each application. |
Workstation Market Sees Massive Growth in 2005
Posted by: Hooz on: 04/13/2006 04:27 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Quoted from Tech Report:
| John Peddie Research has published a report on the current state of the workstation market. Interestingly, workstation sales went up 22.4% from 2004 to 2005, compared to only 7.7% from 2003 to 2004. The report attributes this growth increase to "looser IT budgets," which are said to have allowed increased spending on new 64-bit and dual-core systems. Dell remains on top of the workstation market, although its share went down from 46% to 39% over the course of 2005. Meanwhile, HP maintained the second largest share of the market with 27% of workstation sales. The research firm says HP's success is due in part to AMD's Opterons, which have seen considerable growth through 2005 and are still not offered in Dell's machines. |
PC Industry Looks to Transform Firmware
Posted by: Hooz on: 02/03/2006 01:47 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
"This is the biggest thing that has happened to BIOS in 25 years," said Dick Holmberg, a manager inside Dell's Enterprise BIOS Group in Round Rock, Texas. "It's a pretty huge change for an area of the computing industry that definitely doesn't get a lot of attention."
More here.
More here.