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For AMD Success Means Problems 193

Posted by Zonk on Thursday October 26, 2006 @03:18PM from the too-much-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "AMD's success with its dual-core Opteron and Athlon processors has created something of a happy problem for the company. It can't make its products fast enough to meet demand. Just the same, with the Intel price war heating up and new 65-nanometer manufacturing technology being implemented in its factories, AMD has a lot of balls in the air right now." From the News.com article: "AMD's current pickle is the result of its success, which makes it a little easier to swallow for company executives. Demand is high, but the company's dual-core processors still use its 90-nanometer manufacturing technology. Intel's chips, on the other hand, are built using the smaller transistors provided by its 65-nanometer manufacturing technology. Not only is AMD using larger transistors, but its dual-core Opteron and Athlon 64 processors contain two processing cores integrated onto a single piece of silicon, or a die. This design has given AMD great performance during the past few years, but resulted in processors that were almost twice the size of its single-core chips."

Power Suit Promises Super-Human Strength 230

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday September 28, 2006 @10:08PM from the robocop-coming-soon dept.

anthemaniac writes "LiveScience is reporting out of NextFest on a Japanese-built power suit that amplifies the strength of its wearer. The onboard computer is hooked up to sensors that monitor natural movements, then it inflates cuffs to boost lifting power. The Power Assist Suit could be used by hospital workers to move heavy patients, the researchers say."

Comment Re:It's no loss regardless. (Score 1) 594

by juangonzo on Thursday August 03, 2006 @02:23PM (#15841450) Attached to: Matt Damon as Kirk in Star Trek XI?

I don't know, I bet a soft-core porn flick about Matt Damon and space unicorns would be better than a lot of the Star Trek stuff. At least if it was hot space uniforns that is.

The Future is Plastic ... Bridges 72

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 03, 2006 @09:29AM from the good-enough-for-gaston-glock dept.

ches_grin writes "BusinessWeek reports on the latest in bridge-building technology, where new materials and techniques are allowing bridges to be built in places that were previously thought impossible. New plastics are allowing bridges to be lighter and stronger than concrete, and 'using cables and new suspension techniques, these bridges traverse bodies of water that were once too deep, too soft-floored, or too earthquake-prone for conventional methods.' The article also includes a slideshow of some of the most innovative bridges, some still under construction."

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