Desember 30, 2009

Cool, Microsoft Create Car Use Wi-Fi


Major automakers have announced a remarkable generation of cars, Monday (21/12) and the application of the Sync system is designed in his Ford product, so the owner can enter Ford's USB modem directly into the car to activate the Wi-Fi signal, making broadband Internet that can accessible to all passengers. The car can turn Wi-Fi from all devices Wi-Fi facilities, ranging from smartphones to laptops.


Ford said that the factory install Sync capability will be present at next year, and no additional hardware or subscribe to an existing broadband modem. System Sync Wi-Fi Ford include WPA2 security, to ensure that only people in the car can access Wi-Fi networks are. "The speed of this technology as fast as a USB modem. Sync With this system the user will definitely get a powerful technology in the future. "Said Doug VanDagens, director of Ford Connected Services Solutions Organization.


Designed by Ford and Microsoft, Ford Sync allows drivers to this call, play music, open maps, news and weather, are also looking for businesses and other information, and all using voice technology and changing text to voice (text-to-speech). Ford Sync technology this is not the first created to provide users access the Internet on-the-road. Previously there Autonet Mobile or Waav which makes a similar technology for Cadilac car.

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Desember 25, 2009

Intel Prepare Pine Trail, Combined Processor and Graphics


Intel has announced another version of the Atom processor, which was coded Pine Trail, and plan will to louching at CES 2010 in January next. Intel's big plans in the development of PC Sytem architecture, especially for a single GPU with the CPU. In the meantime, AMD will also prepare the processor 2011 Llano in the coming year, but Intel appears in the year 2010 as the first response by the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).


Three package of Intel processors with Intel GMA graphics chip is a type N450, D510 and D410. Atom N450 processor chip aimed at netbook, while D520 and D410 is aimed at amateur level desktop. Intel Atom seems to be the main competitor to Nvidia in the netbook Ion. Why is necessary Atom CPU and NVIDIA GPU, if the Atom CPU already has integration with the same GPU, which is in Pine Trail?


However, Intel makes Pine Trail made this more like a video playback HD (high definition), but it is not clear whether it will be further developed into home theater PC market in the future. Intel claims that the chip Pine Trail will save power by 20 percent and will reduce the physical size of 60 percent when applied in a netbook, smaller than the Atom platform.

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