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Core Frequency

Nathan Taylor has spent way too much of his life poring over technology white papers, chip diagrams and benchmark results. How can we tell? He once had in-depth discussion about the Itanium's extreme instruction-level parallelism and how it ultimately turned out that developers really wanted thread-level parallelism.

 
 
A look at Windows 7 graphics
Nov 6, 2008 2:16 PM | 1 Comment

Nvidia jumps on the Windows 7 bandwagon, saying that its graphics cards are fully prepared. Nathan Taylor delves into the building blocks of Windows 7 graphics.


Is Terria going under?
Oct 29, 2008 2:27 PM | Comment Now

Youch. Another member of the Terria consortium has left, putting a large question mark over its bid to build the National Broadband Network (NBN).


Porn filters could cause 22% drop in speed
Oct 23, 2008 10:07 AM | 2 Comments

And that's just one reason you don't want to see the Labor government get its Internet filter off the ground, argues Nathan Taylor.


Decoding Intel
Oct 15, 2008 1:34 PM | 1 Comment

Remember the good old days when processors were listed by their clock speed? In many ways, it was a pretty poor way to differentiate processors – but it was a hell of a lot easier than the mish-mash of models we have now, especially from Intel.


Whither WiMax in Australia?
Oct 1, 2008 2:48 PM | Comment Now

There now seems to be hope for people that aren’t fond of paying through the nose for 3G wireless and want higher rates than the 3G network or existing Unwired network provides.


Digital radio is coming: will it be worth the wait?
Sep 24, 2008 12:03 PM | Comment Now

Digital radio stations were supposed to come online in January next year, but the commercial and ABC radio stations couldn’t get their acts together, so a few weeks ago they announced that the launch has been delayed until May.


The ironies of NBN, and the trouble with 3G
Sep 17, 2008 3:03 PM | Comment Now

Nathan Taylor says Telstra's latest attack on Terria over the NBN is misplaced - meanwhile, 3G speeds aren't living up to the hype.


A peek at PCIe and USB 3.0
Sep 10, 2008 2:26 PM | 2 Comments

With new spec 90% complete, Nathan Taylor delves into PCI Express 3.0 and USB 3.0 and what they'll mean for your system.


Best ISPs for gamers
Sep 3, 2008 12:51 PM | Comment Now

Nathan Taylor looks at which ISPs are best for gamers, including Internode's spanking new Games On Net. Is there a standout ISP for gamers?


Is Terria ready to roll out an NBN?
Aug 27, 2008 11:29 AM | 1 Comment

For all the goodwill, Terria has a big job to close the credibility gap with Telstra. Nathan Taylor wonders whether the group has what it takes to build Australia's next broadband network.


 
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Issue: 145 | December, 2009

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