Real Time Raytracing - could it be with us sooner than we think?
After years of slow moving, it seems the whole industry went into a tizzy in July. Has this world lost its mind? The author of this article doesn’t think so, and he thinks he’s found the key that makes it all come together. Could Raytracing be the future, and will it be with us sooner than we think? Really insightful read.
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AMD quad-core CPUs will turn off two cores to save power
There’s an interesting story on The Register discussing AMD’s upcoming quad-core processors. The article suggests that the K8L quad-core processor will become a dual-core processor if it decides that the user isn’t giving it enough work to do, using a new technology known as Dynamic Independent Core Management.
The chip will also beef up the on-board cache with an extra level of memory shared between the four cores.
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Don’t let this guy drive another vehicle, ever again…
Gallery is back up and running!
It’s taken me a while to get around to it, but I’ve finally got my picture gallery up and running again. There are plenty of pictures for me to add from the various trips I’ve done since then. I guess I’ll be spending the rest of the day uploading some of those.