Wednesday, October 09, 2013

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NASA’s Jupiter bound Juno spacecraft is streaking towards earth for critical gravity assist today, September 9th. This flyby is critical as Juno will use the earth’s gravity to boost its speed allowing it to get to Jupiter in 2016. While Juno executes this maneuver, it will have a front row seat, an amazing view of the earth/moon system. The spacecraft will capture unprecedented footage as it streaks towards the planet giving us a unique, never before seen perspective of our home world. 

When Juno arrives at Jupiter on July 4th, 2016 its prime mission will be discovering Jupiter’s origins, how the planet was formed and how that relates to the other plants of the solar system. The mission will last one year entailing 33 orbits around the gas giant each lasting 11 days bringing the spacecraft to within 3000 miles above the Jupiter’s cloud deck. Juno will also take unprecedented measurements of the planet’s extraordinary magnetic field, map the interior structure, atmosphere and try to determine whether or not Jupiter has a rocky core, or is it just a big ball of gas.

Juno was launched on August 5th, 2011 atop an ATLAS V Rocket. Juno is a fairly massive spacecraft so the 551 configuration (the most powerful configuration) of the ATLAS V was used. Even with the added power of the 551 a flyby of earth was still needed to get that extra speed boost to continue on to Jupiter. A direct trajectory to Jupiter would have required a larger more expensive rocket, more fuel and a larger spacecraft.

Source: NASA

While Juno probably won’t be visible to the naked eye, it should be possible to see the spacecraft with the aid of binoculars. For those who won’t be able to spot the flyby, Slooh will be tracking Juno live. You can watch it all live below.


Source: Slooh

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

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AMD today launched AMD Radeon™ R9 270X and AMD Radeon™ R9 280X, GPUs engineered from the bottom up to enable a new era of hyper-realistic ultra resolution gaming. AMD Radeon™ R9 Series graphics cards are designed for enthusiast gamers who demand high-performance hardware that shatters the boundaries of realism and performance.

Based on AMD’s award-winning Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, the AMD Radeon R9 Series graphics cards receive a boost from Mantle1, an industry-acclaimed technology developed by AMD to enable today’s top game developers to harness the GCN-powered cores of both PCs and consoles.  Mantle delivers a streamlined development process and games enabled with Mantle will be able to speak the native language of the GCN architecture, benefiting from hardware optimization that unlocks revolutionary performance and image quality.

“With GCN architecture and now Mantle, fully unlocked graphics performance and unrivaled quality is entrenched in the DNA of all AMD-powered GPUs and soon all of our APUs as well,” said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general manager, Graphics Business Unit, AMD. “With our new line of R9 Series graphics cards, tailor-made to perform with the next generation of PC games, AMD has proved that Radeon™ is gaming.”

AMD Radeon R9 Series graphics cards enable ultra-resolution gaming through both UltraHD (4K) and AMD Eyefinity technology, providing industry-leading visual experiences for gamers playing current and upcoming PC titles. AMD Radeon R9 270X graphics card is ideal for 1080p gaming with the highest quality settings. AMD Radeon R9 280X graphics card is ideally suited for 2560x1440 resolution and loaded with 3GB of memory, built to play graphically demanding upcoming titles like “Battlefield 4”.

Product Specifications
Product Model 
R9 270X 
R9 280X 
Price 
$199 (2GB)
$229 (4GB) 
$299 
Stream Processors 
1,280 
2,048 
Engine Clock 
Up to 1.05 GHz 
Up to 1 GHz 
Compute Performance 
2.69 TFLOPS 
4.1 TFLOPS 
Memory Configuration 
2GB or 4GB GDDR5 / 256-bit 
3 GB GDDR5 / 384-bit 
API Support 
DirectX® 11.2
OpenGL 4.3
Mantle 
DirectX® 11.2
OpenGL 4.3
Mantle 



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AMD today launched AMD Radeon™ R7 240, AMD Radeon™ R7 250 and AMD Radeon™ R7 260X, new GPUs for a new era in gaming. AMD Radeon™ R7 Series graphics cards are an ideal solution for everyday gamers looking to boost the graphics performance of their PCs.

Based on award-winning AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, the AMD Radeon R7 Series graphics cards all support Mantle, technology developed by AMD to enable game developers to harness the GCN-powered cores of both PCs and consoles for a streamlined development process1. Games enabled with Mantle will be able to speak the native language of the GCN architecture, offering an unmatched level of hardware optimization that unlocks revolutionary performance and image quality.

 “Built on GCN architecture, AMD Radeon R7 Series GPUs are designed to deliver optimal performance and quality for users looking to enhance the graphics performance of their PCs,” said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general manager, Graphics Business Unit, AMD. “We have winning products at every price point and AMD is proud to be able to deliver affordable hardware designed for performance to suit the needs of every gamer.”

AMD Radeon R7 240 and AMD Radeon R7 250 graphics cards deliver stunning graphics performance, from web browsing to video editing. With AMD App Acceleration, users can accelerate application performance with the powerful parallel computing capabilities of the GCN architecture2. In addition, AMD Radeon R7 Series graphics fully support DirectX® 11.2 and enable users to unlock incredible graphics performance and new features in Windows 8.1.

AMD Radeon R7 260X graphics card packs the performance and enthusiast-class features at a spectacular price. A signature feature of the AMD Radeon R7 260X graphics card is the new AMD TrueAudio technology, which enables revolutionary audio experiences through stereo headsets and speakers3. Equipped with a dedicated audio processor right on the GPU, AMD Radeon R7 260X graphics card will deliver a richer and deeply immersive soundscape for gamers, including true to life echoes, convolution reverbs and fuller sounding environments. AMD Radeon R7 260X is the epitome of performance, efficiency and value for gamers in the market for a mid-range graphics card.

AMD Radeon R7 240, AMD Radeon R7 250 and AMD Radeon R7 260X graphics cards will be available on Oct. 11, 2013.

Product Specifications 
Product Model 
R7 240 
R7 250 
R7 260X 
Price 
$69 
$89 
$139 
Stream Processors 
320 
384 
896 
Engine Clock 
Up to 780 MHz 
Up to 1.05 GHz 
Up to 1.1 GHz 
Compute Performance 
499 GFLOPS 
806 GFLOPS 
1.97 TFLOPS 
Memory Configuration 
1GB GDDR5 or 2GB DDR3 / 128-bit 
1GB GDDR5 or 2GB DDR3 / 128-bit 
2GB GDDR5 / 128-bit 
API Support 
DirectX® 11.2
OpenGL 4.3
Mantle 
DirectX® 11.2
OpenGL 4.3
Mantle 
DirectX® 11.2
OpenGL 4.3
Mantle 



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LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, today announced that it will start mass-production of the world’s first flexible OLED panel for smartphones. This state-of-the-art panel represents another milestone following the company’s commercial rollout of the world’s first 55-inch OLED TV display earlier this year.

“LG Display is launching a new era of flexible displays for smartphones with its industry-leading technology,” said Dr. Sang Deog Yeo, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of LG Display. “The flexible display market is expected to grow quickly as this technology is expected to expand further into diverse applications including automotive displays, tablets and wearable devices. Our goal is to take an early lead in the flexible display market by introducing new products with enhanced performance and differentiated designs next year.”

LG Display’s flexible OLED panel is built on plastic substrates instead of glass. By applying film-type encapsulation technology and attaching the protection film to the back of the panel, LG Display made the panel bendable and unbreakable. The new display is vertically concave from top to bottom with a radius of 700mm, opening up a world of design innovations in the smartphone market. And only 0.44mm thin, LG Display’s flexible OLED panel is the world’s slimmest among existing mobile device panels. What’s more, it is also the world’s lightest, weighing a mere 7.2g even with a 6-inch screen, the largest among current smartphone OLED displays.

In March 2012 LG Display developed the world’s first 6-inch Electronic Paper Display (EPD) based on e-ink which utilizes a plastic backplane. Having previously showcased the world’s first curved 55-inch OLED TV panel at CES 2013, today’s announcement highlights the company’s leading position in advanced flexible display technologies.

According to research firm IHS Display Bank, the global flexible display industry will see dramatic growth and become a USD 1.5 billion market by 2016, exceeding USD 10 billion by 2019. LG Display plans to advance flexible display technologies and bring innovation to consumers’ daily lives with the introduction of rollable and foldable displays in various sizes
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EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium water cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to introduce the EK-MOSFET ASUS M6G - a new water block for water cooling of the power regulation (VRM / MOSFETs) module on ASUS® Maximus VI Gene and -Hero series motherboards. This product features pre-installed nickel-plated brass standoffs and utilizes ASUS factory provided backplates.

EK-MOSFET ASUS M6G features a high flow design allowing the water block to be easily used with systems using weaker water pumps and is available in three different flavours:





Enclosed:
- EK-MOSFET ASUS M6G series water block
- thermal pads
- mounting mechanism

EK-MOSFET ASUS M6G is readily available for purchase through EK Webshop and Partner Reseller Network.


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Tuesday, October 01, 2013

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Latest Catalyst Beta is live.


Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta2 Driver for Windows

  • AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta2 includes all of the features/fixes found in AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta
  • Includes a 32-bit single GPU, and a AMD Crossfire game profile for Battlefield 4
  • Total War: Rome 2 AMD CrossFire profile update
  • AMD CrossFire frame pacing improvements for CPU-bound applications
  • Resolves image corruption seen in Autodesk Inventor 2014
  • Resolves intermittent black screen when resuming from a S3/S4 sleep-state if the display is unplugged during the sleep-state on systems supporting AMD Enduro technology
  • Updated AMD Enduro technology application profiles for AMD Radeon HD notebook users

Profile Highlights:
Total War: Rome 2
Battlefield 4
Saints Row 4
Splinter Cell Blacklist
FIFA 14

Latest Catalyst Beta is live, go get em! This latest beta features support for the HD 5000-HD 7000 series desktop cards and also has support for HD 5000M-HD 8000M Mobile GPUs.

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Mobile Graphics  Windows 7 64bit
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AMD today announced SAPPHIRE Technology as its exclusive global distribution partner for AMD FirePro™ professional graphics. An international supplier and leading manufacturer of innovative technologies, SAPPHIRE has successfully collaborated with AMD for more than a decade, managing AMD products in various markets and acting as an AMD FirePro professional graphics channel partner in Asia.

The distribution partnership will be beneficial in driving stronger support for AMD FirePro professional graphics by delivering new distribution resources to AMD’s channel ecosystem companies worldwide.

 “For many years we have enjoyed a strong, productive and mutually beneficial relationship with SAPPHIRE. This new collaboration marks yet another exciting step in our award-winning AMD graphics history by opening up new markets for AMD FirePro,” said David Cummings, senior director and general manager, Professional Graphics at AMD. “AMD is committed to growth in the professional graphics market, and as we build on the success of AMD FirePro, we sought out a distribution partner that would allow us to broaden our reach, support growing sales and embrace new opportunities. SAPPHIRE was the natural choice.”


The company engaged SAPPHIRE to deliver focused distribution on a global basis. SAPPHIRE’s experience in a variety of regions – including more than five years in the Asia-Pacific workstation market – enables AMD to service the needs of even larger numbers of users throughout the world.

“We are very pleased to be the primary champion for the channel,” said Adrian Thompson, VP of Marketing, SAPPHIRE. “SAPPHIRE has experience in key professional markets that AMD FirePro targets including manufacturing CAD, media and entertainment, display walls and more. By strengthening our association with AMD, both companies win. We look forward to our expanded role to broaden the reach of AMD FirePro.”


The distribution partnership is effective immediately, with AMD FirePro products distributed in the channel through SAPPHIRE from Oct. 1, 2013. Meanwhile, original equipment manufacturing (OEM) customers will still have the ability to purchase products directly from AMD.