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disturbance in the workforce
Thousands Of Jobs Lost, Very Quietly, At IBM
An estimated 4000 IBM employees have been laid off in the last week, as the company adjusts to the current way of the world. Why do we care? Because IBM make a lot of stuff. More »
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Comment by One Man Freak Show: I wasn't even aware they were still around. I remember getting old IBM computers running on DOS all the time... 13 Responses | Other threads
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blizzard
IBM: World of Warcraft Is Good
It's a seesaw. Somedays playing World of Warcraft is good, good, good. Somedays it's bad, bad, bad. What about today?
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Comment by SocraticMethod: BS. WoW does not demonstrate great leadership. My roommate (whom I hate because of this game) plays this in our... 22 Responses | Other threads
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technology
PS3's Cell Processor Powers World's Fastest Supercomputer
The United States' nuclear stockpile in Los Alamos will soon be monitored by a powerful computer made out of parts you might have in your living room - the PlayStation 3's Cell processor. Nicknamed the Roadrunner, the IBM-built supercomputer is comprised completely of off-the-shelf components, including nearly 7,000 dual-core AMD Opteron processors and almost 13,000 Cell processors. The machine can process more than one thousand trillion calculations per second, making it twice as fast as the world's current fastest computer, IBM's Blue Gene. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by togenshi: i guess that the cell chips will be used as a pci card sauce ---> [www.linuxdevices.com] Thus why the AMD cpus... more » | Other threads
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gdc08
Double Fusion CEO Shreds His Way To The Top
President and CEO of Double Fusion, Jonathan Epstein put all the other GDC rock gods to shame this week at IBM's Guitar Hero Competition. Epstein won the $1,500 grand prize with his face melting rendition of Eric Johnson's White Cliffs of Dover. According tho the short press release, you can challenge Epstein to an epic battle of the bands by going to Double Fusion's website. I went there myself and didn't really see a place to sign up per se, but I suppose an email will do nicely. Just don't count on wrestling that $1,500 from him. I think the title will be the best you can hope for. -
ibm
IBM Launching Educational MMO For Teens
In an attempt to convince high schoolers that math and science are cool (hey guys, they're not beating down the door to history classes, either), IBM is launching a new, free to play MMO called PowerUp that will challenge players to solve problems involving solar, wind, and hydropower before the environment of a fictional planet is destroyed by mounting crises. Of course, there's more: More »
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Comment by TheolaPorcupine: Comment on IBM Launching Educational MMO For Teens Another Virtual Worlds in the Classroom" story of interest running at hundreds of... more » | Other threads
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cutting costs
45nm Cell Means Cheaper PS3
From 90mm to 65mm to 45mm - IBM has announced details on a smaller, more efficient version of the Cell BE processor, which of course is the brains inside every shiny new PlayStation 3. IBM will soon migrate from the 65nm process currently used to manufacture the chips to their next generation 45nm high-k process, which results in a Cell that requires 40 percent less power, reducing cooling costs while a smaller die means higher yields and a lower overall cost. This gives Sony a choice - reduce the price of the system to increase their install base or just ride the cheaper process for awhile to work up a little profit. Also interesting to note is that once again the shrink comes with no performance tweaks, with IBM citing the need to maintain gaming software operation. In other words, IBM's Cell division is Sony's little bitch. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by krunkjuice: Nice. That's pretty small...have the Cells been halfnium chips this whole time? I can't imagine they'd be able to shrink... more » | Other threads
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upgrades
Xbox 360 Could Get 32nm Chips By Late 2009
IBM made a major announcement today that they will be offering 32nm chips to their partners in the second half of 2009. This would mean that, yes, the Xbox 360 could get even smaller chips than the 65nm "Falcon" CPUs..or the rumored 45nm upgrade. We're talking power savings of 45% and speed boosts of 30% over IBM's last generation of hardware...it's flat-out better technology that will reduce the propensity of overheating drastically, and maybe even make way for a smaller console. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Deathstrike: @K-Squad: Well that is partly true. If you are an early adopter of upgrading/building a PC, you will run into problems... more » | Other threads
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the fun never stops
IBM Announces Business "Game" Innov8
Of all companies who develop software, we didn't wake up this morning expecting to hear about a new "serious game" from IBM. Called Innov8 (see what they did with the clever phonetics?), universities around the world have access to download the title to better educate students. So what exactly is the game? We can't quite tell. It looks like The Sims meets some theoretical Office Tycoon. But the goal is to "develop a combination of business and information technology (IT) skills." While it's sure to be at least a small plug for IBM technological solutions and we generally prefer watching our Sims peeing themselves over developing networking solutions, it might beat reading textbooks. Was anyone out there part of 30 university beta? More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by NaughtyBitsGLiF: @Bulldog27: My thoughts exactly ! Way to close. more » | Other threads
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ibm
Cell Architect Addresses Developer Response
The Cell has been under fire from a lot of developers for its, well you know the story. Gamasutra interviewed IBM's James A. Kahle, the chip's lead architect. Here's his take on the situation:Anything besides a single-threaded processor is going to be more difficult...it's the structures that are requiring people to do a lot more up-front planning...Whereas before, I wouldn't say [developers] were lazy, they didn't need to worry about that kind of structures...so there's some adjustment to that, and tools needed, to make that more efficient.
Kahle also stresses that IBM has a very open development system to foster synergy, and that Sony is also doing some work on their own. And then inside his head he mentioned that he really hoped that people would ultimately love the Cell and that his name might go down in history (in the good way). More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by kNZA: The heart of my point is that potential is only that. - If the potential is too hard to unlock, it is... more » | Other threads
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furries
Second Life, IBM Want Open Source Avatars
Avatars are important, but confining. One avatar in one game won't necessary be usable in another. IBM and Second Life developer Linden Labs have joined forces to figure out a way to make avatars interoperable. An open avatar would allow individuals to keep their same basic appearance and data. Says IBM vice president of digital convergence, Colin Parris: More »
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Comment by GameBoyFreak: So many anthro-haters, so little time... What did they ever do to you?? D:< Personally, I like this idea. Nintendo's got... more » | Other threads
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research
IBM Making Virtual Worlds Accessible to the Blind
Computer accessibility has come a long way since the early screen readers for MS-DOS, and it still has a long way to go - but IBM has decided that being blind should be no hindrance to enjoying virtual worlds, and have introduced a project called Accessibility in Virtual Worlds, aimed at researching at developing methods to make places like Second Life (the researchers actually used Active Worlds, which they described as more flexible for their needs) "more hospitable" to the visually impaired. It sounds like an audible version of old-school text-based adventures: More » -
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IBM Discovers Second Life
Shhhhhhhh! Second Life might be getting a bit of a backlash, but don't tell IBM. The computer co. is enamored with SL. It's teh future they say! IBM opened its virtual SL Business Center earlier this spring in order to provide sales and support services. According to IBM director of Global Web Strategy & Innovation Maggie Blayney: More »
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Comment by fleshribbon: They're even urging the employees to create SL avatars/accounts and had an HR person write up an article about her... more » | Other threads
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teh future
New Computer Chip Based on PS3 Cell
A prototype chip based on the PS3 Cell processor has been developed and will be shown next week in San Diego. The prototype is for computer boards (not the PS3), and it shouldn't come as a surprise as applications for the Cell have been mentioned for some time now. The original chip was developed by Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment, IBM and Toshiba. Called the "Cell Computing Board," this new prototype is the Cell Broadband Engine microprocessor married with the RSX graphics processor, which, according to Sony, goes beyond the Cell chip's power. That's right, a super computer. Fingers crossed for 4D output! More »
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Comment by Runna: @Cellien: No one will flame you and besides who said you have to even read the flames they are always... more » | Other threads
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i knew it
IBM - MMO Players Can Make Corporate Leaders
Eric Lessner is a member of the IBM think-tank Institute of Business Value, and as part of a study collaboration with MIT and Stanford, studied Everquest and WoW players. And he saw the games as excellent preparation for the business world.For example the ability to bring together distributed groups of individuals - often who are on a volunteer or semi-volunteer basis - to be able to make more rapid decisions under conditions of uncertainty. To incorporate and use different sources of data and make decisions rapidly. To recognise people for their contribution. To be able to motivate.
Chalk up another win for videogames by anonymous expert who is smarter than you, making total the tally: More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Ojo: I'd agree with this, where guild leaders are actually competent. From what I've personally seen, and from the stories other... more » | Other threads
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playstation used as learningstation
MIT Students Use PS3 for Homework
The first class in the United States that revolves around the Cell Broadband Engine (the microprocessor that lives in those PS3s) has finished the semester with postive results. MIT and IBM teamed up this year to introduce students to programming with the processor: More »
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By Kim PhuComment by RobotVampire: OMG 3D pong on the PS3! I bet with the cell processor you can have like 8 paddles and 4... more » | Other threads
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robot overlords
Mainframes + Cell Chips = Armageddon
What do get when you cross the awesome power of the PS3's Cell processor with the computing juggernaut that is the mainframe computer? Well according to our PR contact, you'd call it the Gameframe, but I think I'm going to call it the Harbinger of the Matrix, Sire of Our Destruction. It has a certain ring, doesn't it? More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Onizuka-GTO: I dunno why everyone is so paranoid, I myself, personally welcome our new virtual & digital overlords..... more » | Other threads
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Comment by thespunk: What a nice way for the last few US tech support employees to meet their Indian counterparts before they take... more » | Other threads
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Comment by HobbaHobba: lower power/heat consumption cell processor. Can they just use that on PS3? more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by hooligans: what i'm hearing is those damn robots are stealing jobs. deport them. more » | Other threads
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Comment by joshuahh: Definitely real good news for the Nintendo camp. Glad to see that they actually have their crap together and will... more » | Other threads
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By brownleeComment by RiceBandit: "Really, now. I can't remember the last time I was able to disrupt the disc-reading process on my PSP, and... more » | Other threads
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By brownleeComment by johannabartley: I did some research regarding his matter and I found the comments of the engineers of this project. They don't... more » | Other threads
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ps3
IBM: Sony Hard-Asses on Backwards Compat
The PlayStation 3 maybe shaped like a Victorian waffle-iron on the outside, but the inside's a different story together. That machine is no simpleton. It's involved. It's complex. More »
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Comment by MasaMuneCyrus: "That machine is no simpleton. It's involved. It's complex." After reading that, all I could think of is "Rube Goldberg machines...... more » | Other threads
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ps3
Cell Designer Talks PS3
H. Peter Hofstee, IBM's chief architect of the Cell processor to be used in the PS3, recently gave a lecture in Austin about designing the Cell and shared some information about the design process of the processor. More »
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By brownleeComment by SuicideNinja: "It may be that the PS3 doesn't allow for the low level coding, but I would see this as a... more » | Other threads
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Comment by Bamadawg: @soul4sale: Where did you hear this info about MS and Intel hooking up? Seems that when Apple abandoned the PowerPC... more » | Other threads
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