Fall IDF 2005 - Day 1: Coverage of Everything
by Anand Lal Shimpi on August 24, 2005 2:31 AM EST- Posted in
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Xbox 360 at IDF?
Given that there is no explicit Intel technology inside the Xbox 360, imagine our surprise when we saw a Xbox 360 on display at IDF:
The system was of course acting as a media center extender to a MCE PC which was running an Intel processor.
The system gave us our first look at a more final power cable and the Xbox 360's HD AV cables, as well as the remote control nestled in between the two.
The Xbox 360 was of course hooked up to the Samsung DLP RPTV using component cables. The coaxial audio cable was the only one not connected, for obvious reasons.
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jediknight - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
What encryption algorithm does the Seagate drive use? And is it firmware-upgradeable?smn198 - Thursday, August 25, 2005 - link
I'd like moredetails on this. If you've got an OS installed and no key yet, could you then add a key and have it re-encrypt the data or would you need to pull the disk out and do this from another system? Shame Seagate won't ship software. Is there anything free?missleman - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
BONZI BUDDY?!?!?! WTF? I cant beleive intel was stupid enough to install that on their computers.JarredWalton - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
Maybe it was a demonstration of malware getting installed on one virtual OS, and then another OS could detect it and remove it? I know Intel has talked about using virtualization for virus-related stuff before, so it's not too much of a stretch.Hacp - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
Also nice to see the Xbox360... I'm not gonna buy one.xsilver - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
is amd moving to ddr2 and then m2 sockets in a 2 stage process?if so that's pretty evil -- makes users upgrade twice
JarredWalton - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
No, M2 is DDR2 for desktops. S1 is DDR2 for the mobile sectore. F is for the server/workstation market. All are DDR2-only solutions, and there will be no DDR2 support without a socket transition.IamTHEsnake - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
Mitosis looks promising indeed.It's technologies like this that intrigue me. This is more of what Intel should focus on, not just the brute computational strength of mhz or pipeline stages.
I am also looking forward to hearing more about die-stacking and DRAM-on-die.
Furen - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
Yes, mitosis sounds nice indeed (though I'd expect it to be worthless on tasks like gaming), hopefully the software overhead wont be too bad by the time we start seeing it.phaxmohdem - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
One has to wonder in Re: to Mitosis...They say that it is just started in Research and Development, and that we may not see if for 5-10 years..... By then wouldn't all apps be written to take advantage of multithreading? Thus rendering Mitosis a day late and a dollar short?