unruh - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Wrong way around? (Score 1) 263

by unruh on Friday June 19, 2009 @08:19AM (#28388023) Attached to: Nvidia Lauds Windows CE Over Android For Smartbooks

You're meant to optimise for the applications, not the OS. If the OS needs the hardware optimised for it, and does much more than keeping out of the way of the apps (and making sure that the apps keep out of each others' way) then the OS is probably fundamentally broken.

Many CPUs for the embedded market are optimized for running an RTOS -- fast context switches, super fast interrupts etc.

It does make sense to optimize the CPU for a specific kind of OS.

Comment Re:Bittorrent over 3G (Score 1) 360

by unruh on Tuesday April 21, 2009 @09:05AM (#27658905) Attached to: BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay

It works surprisingly well. Of course, the battery only lasts for three or four hours of downloading. Having a power outlet near you helps.

Comment Re:640x480? (Score 1) 494

by unruh on Monday October 29, 2001 @01:10PM (#2493170) Attached to: Large-Scale Video Archiving?

Broadcast TV is definitely not 460x360. It is 704x480 (720x480) in North America and 704x576 (720x576) in the rest of the world.

Due to bandwidth limitations of some media (terrestrial transmission) the horizontal resolution may be reduced along the way.

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