Posts Tagged ‘AMD’
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
ElcomSoft had a great time overseas in the US, first at Techno Security Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC and later at AMD Fusion Developer Summit in Bellevue, WA. So it happened to be quite a long visit to the US full of preparations, talks, meetings, new acquaintances, parties and positive emotions (sun and ocean did their work).
At Techno Security it seemed like we were the only newcomers (maybe partly due to this fact we were so warmly welcomed), as practically everybody knew each other (even visitors) and the whole situation resembled an alumni party in a very positive and friendly atmosphere. (more…)
Tags: AMD, AMD Fusion Developer Summit, Techno Security Conference
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Tom’s Hardware is a really good source we can definitely trust, so if you need more details on Radeon HD 5000-series cards (specifications and prices) that are coming soon, just read:
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: September ’09
Update (Sep 16th): GT300 could outperform the Radeon HD5870
Update (Sep 22nd): ATI Radeon HD 5870 pricing and specs list revealed
Update (Sep 23rd): ATI Radeon HD 5870: DirectX 11, Eyefinity, And Serious Speed
Tags: AMD, ATI, GPU, Radeon HD 5000
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Looking for new password cracking hardware (to take advantage of GPU acceleration)? Wait just a little bit more: new ATI and NVIDIA cards (with DirectX 11) will be available soon.
ATI is going to release Radeon HD 5000 cards (5850, 5870, 5870 X2) in October — well, hopefully. The top one (HD 5870X2: single-PCB, dual-GPU) will retail for $599.
As for NVIDIA’s new GT300, the specifications were revealed in April. In brief, it groups processing cores in sets of 32 (up from 24 in GT200) — up to 512 cores total for the high-end part. If the clocks remain the same as on GT200, that will double the overall performance. And there are other improvements as well: e.g. GT300 cores rely on MIMD-similar functions. Some fresh information about GT300 availability:
You may ask — what about Intel? Well, new Core i5 and i7 (codename Lynnfield) now available. Nothing revolutionary new, just Intel P55 Express Chipset support: integrating both a 16-lane PCI Express 2 graphics port and two-channel memory controller on a single chip (previous chipsets required separate northbridge and southbridge), as well as several minor improvements. More information and some benchmarks at Intel Lynnfield; Core i5 750 and Core i7 870 Evaluation and New Intel Core i5, i7 Processors Product Matrix.
And still [almost] noting about Intel Larrabee, mostly just rumors:
Finally, funny article: NVIDIA to Intel: Your Days Are Numbered :)
Tags: AMD, ATI, GPU, GPU acceleration, Intel, Larrabee, Nvidia, password cracking
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Just about two weeks ago, ATI has introduced the fastest GPU yet: FirePro V8750. 800 shader engines, 115.2 GB/s memory bandwidth, 2 GB frame buffer memory (GDDR5), two DisplayPort outputs, one DVI output. Thinking about purchasing it? The cost is as high as $1,800. More details at Tom’s Hardware.
Want to compare ATI with NVIDIA? Then read ATI Stream vs. NVIDIA CUDA – GPGPU computing battle royale. Or you can use our Wireless Security Auditor (which supports cards from both manufacturers) for your own tests.
Tags: AMD, ATI, GPU, GPU acceleration, Nvidia, Wireless Security Auditor
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Not long ago I wrote about AMD’s TWKR when the first rumors reached the media. Now we have more news on that. And the sad one is that TWKR still cannot be purchased in retail and most probably won’t be, at least not the ones from the sought-after 100 exemplars that exist today.
Good one?
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Tags: AMD, AMD Phenom II X4 TWKR
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
According to NordicHardware, Sapphire Or Zotac Might Launch Larrabee. No further information on Larrabee yet, though; as we already wrote, the Larrabee lauch date is set to 2010. The only news from Intel so far is about i3, i5, i7 CPU naming system: Lynnfield, Clarksfield, Arrandale, Clarkdale; besides, Intel plans shipments of 32nm ‘Clarkdale’ in Q4.
What about ATI? Nothing really new so far; but here is some info on Llano chip; also, in AMD blog, and at Tom’s Hardware: ATI Stream: Finally, CUDA Has Competition.
Tags: AMD, ATI, CUDA, GPU, Intel, Larrabee, Llano
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
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The world is waiting for the specifications of currently most powerful processor – AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition aka Formula 1. They say it has an unlocked clock multiplier for ease of overclocking, though consumes 200W and thus requires good cooling. One of the pictures on the website of Maingear PC founder and CEO (Wallace Santos) has a not-for-sale-note which caused a gossip that the new processor is not meant for retail, but probably for direct selling from AMD to “extreme enthusiasts”.
So, let’s wait together for a detailed description.
Tags: AMD, AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition, overclocking, processor
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Saturday, June 6th, 2009
Sorry I did not write blog for some time… Just returned from one-week vacation at Rhodos (Greece).
I think you’re aware of COMPUTEX TAIPEI — the largest computer exhibition in Asia and the second largest in the world, next to CeBIT in Germany. It is already running; actually; today (June 6th) is the last day. But this year that was almost nothing really new/interesting (from password cracking point of view, I mean) there. Well, just something about NVIDIA Tegra and ION, Intel Atom and AMD DX11 GPU: here is some coverage. And of course, The Ladies of Computex: part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4; plus even some video
Tags: AMD, ATI, Computex, DX11, Intel Atom, NVIDIA Ion, NVIDIA Tegra, The Ladies of Computex
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
It looks like AMD has outrun NVIDIA today. Its World’s First Microsoft DirectX® 11 Graphics Processor, presented a few hours ago in Taipei, is currently the best hardware for Windows 7. Catch up, NVIDIA! However not many details of it suggested. At least enjoy the graphics:
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Tags: AMD, Computex, Direct 11, graphic cards, Nvidia
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
First of all, sad news: Intel Larrabee is delayed till 2010 (we were expecting it in Q4’2009), according to the reports. With 32 cores onboard (though this number is not confirmed yet), it looks like a very good system for password cracking. Some Larrabee development tools and resources are already available, and of course, we’re porting our code to this platform, and will share the results with you as soon as we’ll be able to (we’re under the NDA with Intel; as well as with Nvidia and AMD ).
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Tags: AMD, ATI, Intel, Larrabee, Nvidia, Transputer, Xeon
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