Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Power6 4.7 Gigahertz Microprocessor

IBM has launched the world's fastest microprocessor even built. The new dual-core Power6 has a frequency of 4.7 gigahertz. The dual-core Power6 processor doubles the speed of the previous generation Power5 while using nearly the same amount of electricity to run and cool it. The Power6 processor is built using IBM’s state-of-the-art 65 nanometer process technology and aside from the huge 4.7 frequency. The Power6 chip includes additional techniques to conserve power and reduce heat generated by Power6 processor-based servers. Processor clocks can be dynamically turned off when there is no useful work to be done and turned back on when there are instructions to be executed.
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Charge wirelessly

Starting July 7, 2007 No more will you have to deal with the clutter of cords, chargers, adapters and congested outlets for your mobile electronic devices. In fact, charging a mobile device will soon be as simple as placing it on a table… Just place any device that is fitted with a WildCharge adapter on the WildCharger™ surface and it will immediately receive full power for charging and operating! You can even place multiple enabled devices on the pad, simultaneously powering them all, even if their power requirements differ!

Source: WildCharger

World's Loudest Alarm Clock with Bed Shaker

in Alarm Clock, Gadget

If the noise does not wake you the bed shaker will do it.

The Sonic Bomb Clock has an adjustable volume alarm with a maximum loudness of 113 decibels (just for reference, a jackhammer is about 100 decibels!) And the bed shaker does just that. Slip it under your mattress and your ears will bleed and your bed will shake, and there is no way you will oversleep. Or, you could turn the sound alarm off and tape the bed shaker to your office chair. You'll be vibrated awake without disturbing the drones.

Source: Thinkgeek

World's smallest digital TV Tuner

in Technology

Sharp developed the world's smallest digital TV tuner. The small module works with Japanese Seg-1 terrestrial digital broadcast (Wansegu).

The Sharp TV tuner module measures only 7.3×7.3×1.25mm. This is small enough that Scalar could integrate it right away into their ultra-lightweight Head mounted displays. Sharp also managed to design the VA3A5JZ912 tuner module to use only 85mW of power. This should increase the battery life when watching TV on a mobile phone.
The mass production will start in September 2007. Sharp plans to make 1 million units per month.

Source:i4u