parallel processing

Thursday, October 16, 2008
Regulars

Giz Explains: Why Does the New MacBook Pro Have Two Graphics Cards?

4:00AM Matt Buchanan | The biggest update to the new MacBooks—on the inside anyway—is their graphical muscle, which has been hooked up with some Barry Bonds-level steroids. Apple ditched Intel’s crummy integrated graphics and chipset (basically the traffic controller between the processor and everything else) entirely, opting for a new one from Nvidia that combines the chipset and a GPU on a single chip—the GeForce 9400M. The MacBook Pro, being more Pro-erer than the MacBook, now rocks two graphics cards—the integrated 9400M and a separate, beefier GeForce 9600M GT. If that swirl of numbers, letters and BS is confusing, here’s what’s up.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Software

Windows 7 Getting (Kinda) Optimised for Parallel Processing

7:20AM Matt Buchanan | Besides looking a lot like Vista—and we mean a lot—Microsoft has said Windows 7 uses a lot of the same foundation, too, to keep upgrade migraines to a minimum. The problem is that its core ain’t so suited to parallel computing, one of rival Snow Leopard’s few headline features. So they’re actually implementing some deep-level tweaks to bring it up to speed and make it more parallel processing friendly. More »
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