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Intel aims for longer tablet battery life with new Haswell chips

July 23, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Intel says it will increase the battery life of tablets and hybrid PCs that use its microprocessors, with new low-power Haswell chips that will start shipping later this year.

The chip maker said Tuesday that its upcoming Core Y series chips will run at 4.5-watts using a metric called SDP (scenario design power), which measures the power used to dissipate heat while running certain apps on mobile and touch devices.

That’s a lower figure than Intel was aiming for initially, Intel spokesman Dan Snyder said via e-mail. Intel previously said it would release Core Y chips with a 6-watt SDP.

Intel’s use of SDP has been criticized, however, since it differs from the widely-used and accepted TDP (Thermal Design Power) metric. Intel counters that TDP may not be applicable on devices such as tablets, because they differ so much in design from laptops. Rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices disagree.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at PCWorld

Football

Washington Redskins’ name discussed by Congress

July 10, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Rosenthal, Gregg

The Washington Redskins’ team name has been the subject of a continuing debate this offseason. On Wednesday it even became a Congressional matter.

Discussion about the appropriateness of the Washington Redskins‘ team name continues to simmer this offseason. It reached the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa’s non-voting delegate to the House, made a speech decrying the name.

“Mr. Speaker, it’s time the National Football League and the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, face the reality that the continued use of the word ‘Redskin’ is unacceptable. It is a racist, derogatory term, and patently offensive to Native Americans.” Faleomavega said, via The Washington Post. “The Native American community has spent millions of dollars over the past two decades trying earnestly to fight the racism that is perpetuated by this slur.

“The fact that the NFL and Commissioner Goodell continue to deny this is a shameful treatment of the mistreatment of Native Americans for so many years. It is quite obvious that once the American public understands why ‘Redskins‘ is so offensive, it will know that the word should never be used again.”

The entire speech can be seen here. Faleomavaega was one of 10 members of Congress to send a letter to Goodell and Redskins owner Dan Snyder asking for change. Goodell responded with a letter that defended the use of the name.

Snyder said this offseason that he would “never” change the team’s name, although the Redskins have indicated some willingness to hear what their fans think.

According to Dan Steinberg of the D.C. Sports Bog, the Redskins this week sent out an online survey that touched on a number of topics, including the team’s name. It asked fans if the Redskins should change their name and followed up with a few more questions on the topic.

It’s still hard to imagine the Redskins changing their name anytime soon, but the questions from the team show a degree of open thinking on the topic. It’s a topic that hasn’t gone away this year, even if the team would prefer it did.

Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at NFL

Computers

Intel exits the desktop motherboard business to focus on new form factors

January 23, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

After some 20 years of selling branded desktop motherboards, Intel will begin exiting this portion of its business, Intel spokesman Dan Snyder has told PCWorld. The Santa Clara chip giant will begin the retreat from desktop motherboards as soon as its next-generation Haswell CPU ships, and plans to dissolve its Desktop Motherboard Business unit over the next three years.

Intel’s move responds to market pressures from two directions. On one side, the world simply doesn’t need as many desktop motherboards as it has in the past. Demand is shifting to laptops and tablets, so Intel is responding to changing times. On the other side, companies like Asus, Gigabyte and Asrock are meeting existing demand with a wide variety of motherboard products with innovative features.

NUC mobo — Intel will shift resources to designing innovative form factor motherboards like the **NUC** board here.

Even worse, the feature sets offered by Intel motherboards often haven’t kept pace with the offerings from Asian companies, begging the question, Why even buy an Intel board in the first place?

Intel says it will shift resources from desktop motherboards to boards for emerging form factors, such as the company’s recently released NUC (Next Unit of Computing), a tiny, 4-by-4-inch, self-contained PC. Intel will also focus on improving Ultrabook and all-in-one systems designs. Manufacturers will be able to license entire designs, or just parts of Intel designs to integrate into their own products. This type of integration can already be be found in Gigabyte’s recently launched Thin ITX motherboard for white-box and DIY all-in-one PCs.