Building the Perfect Bleeding-Edge PC, Part 1 by Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson -- What does it take to build the perfect bleeding-edge PC? First you need to pick the perfect components. From processor to power supply, Bob and Barbara Thompson have assembled their ideal mix of high-performance components that will run on both Linux and Windows. The Thompsons have authored the recently released Building the Perfect PC.
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AMD opens up crown jewels with Torrenza Initiative | ZDNet
Submitted by cahn on 23 September, 2006 - 2:19pmAt the AMD Global Vision Conference today, Marty Seyer, senior vice president of the commercial business unit, touted the Torrenza Initiative, which he said would enable the development and deployment of application-specific co-processors and other chips that work alongside AMD64 processors in multi-socket systems. First revealed in June, Torrenza basically opens up AMD's crown jewels"“Direct Connect Architecture and HyperTransport technology"“to OEMs, providing a standard socket that can be applied to many kinds of tasks.
Seyer was joined on stage by representatives from Fujitsu Siemens, Cray, IBM and Sun, who provided endorsements for Torrenza as an open initiative that will spur innovation.
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