AMD and ATI Fully Merges

Three years after buying ATI, AMD is reorganizing its GPU and CPU business under the same roof. The goal is to unify the company's goals, but also unify CPU and GPU in a single chip - the vision that led to the ATI acquisition in the first place. As far as we know, the plan is to get a fused CPU and GPU sometime in 2011.

People have becoming impatient and investors must have questioned the logic of getting a multi-billion debt, asking for when it will pay off. Since then, AMD has been using "Fusion" left and right, but they basically believe in heterogeneous computing, which is the usage of CPUs associated with arrays of smaller units, like those found in GPUs. NVIDIA is currently doing quite well with CUDA and Intel is working on Larrabee, its own GPU.

reblog from ubergizmo.com

AMD to release 6 core Opteron - June and 16 core chip by 2011

Posted late last month from computerworld.com

AMD is trying to get ahead of Intel Corp., which released its six-core Xeon 7400 server chip last September and plans to add an eight-core processor code-named Nehalem EX next year, Insight64 analyst Nathan Brookwood said.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. last week said it will release a six-core Opteron processor in June, five months ahead of schedule. And it detailed plans to add chips supporting up to 12 cores next year and 16 in 2011.

AMD, which reported a $416 million first-quarter loss last week, said the six-core server chip, code-named Istanbul, will provide up to a 30% performance boost over current quad-core Opterons while using the same amount of power.

Istanbul will be followed early next year by a chip code-named Magny-Cours, which will ship in eight- and 12-core models, AMD said. And in 2011, the company plans to release a processor called Interlagos, which will be offered with 12 and 16 cores.

Vista will not be ditched until atleast 2011

Microsoft Corp. will not dump Vista when Windows 7 launches and plans to keep selling it to computer makers, system builders, volume licensees and consumers at retail until at least January 2011, a Microsoft spokesman said, citing long-running policy.

The company, however, will drop support for the three consumer editions of Windows Vista in less than three years.

source:computerworld.com

Best Job won by British Man

Ben Southall (L) of Britain and James Hill of Australia

A British citizen charity worker was announced as the winner of what's been called as "Best Job in The World" — to takecare of a tropical Island of Australia under the contract of 6 months for 150,000 Australian dollar ($111,000).

Ben Southall, 34, beat out nearly 35,000 applicants from around the world for the dream assignment to swim, explore and relax on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef for six months while writing a blog to promote the area.

Southall will live for free in an airy, three-bedroom oceanfront villa with a private pool and sweeping views of the surrounding islands.

Mayweather Vs. Pacquiao

With the return of Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Juna Manuel Marquez on July 18 and the winning of Pacuqiao to Hatton. Another Possible Great fight to come for us boxing fans - The Mayweather vs Pacquiao. How will this fight turn out, With the 2 best Pound for Pound fighter?.

As Mayweather claims to still be the king of the Pound for Pound title and Pacquiao as being the current. This must be decided on a match because there should only be one Pound for Pound fighter. Who do you think will be the underdog?

Pacquiao Wins

By the 2nd round of The East Vs West Match, Hatton was downed by the left punch from Pacquiao, putting him in to a knockout.

Roach is right on his predictions.

Pacquiao vs Hatton - East Vs West, Updates

Batista to carry one of the belt of Manny Pacquiao's Championship belt for the pre-fight rites for his world light welterweight title challenge against the Ricky Hatton.

Manny Likened to Muhammad Ali

Boxing Promoter "Top Rank" Arum likened Pacquiao’s unprecedented fame after beating De La Hoya to that of heavyweight legend Muhammad Ali.

“Ali, remember, was so tied up with politics, with the Vietnam war, so you can’t really equate Manny with Ali,” he explained. “But as a fighter, as a pure fighter, he’s the most popular, the most manic that I’ve ever seen.”

Arum noted that Pacquiao had even landed recently on Time magazine’s list of the world’s most influential persons, which included US President Barack Obama.