While this new type of integrated processors will open the door to much more demanding applications that will include physics processing and simulation, they will bring a whole new set of requirements to programmers. Knowledge of multi-threaded programming, expert knowledge to fine-tune threading and knowledge to exploit the hidden capability of hardware appears to require a whole new approach on how to develop applications - in some way a whole new generation of programmers. Intel CPUs with this new ability will directly recognize those new opcodes. It will immediately instruct the accelerator to handle whatever is required. In fact, Wang told us these newaccelerators will operate in the same virtual memory space each task is using in the CPU, thereby sharing resources....

S3's Savage4 graphics chip will be featured in two newaccelerators from ELSA and Hercules. S3's Savage4 graphics chip will be featured in two newaccelerators from ELSA and Hercules. The Hercules Terminator Beast 99 will feature single-pass multi-texturing 2D/3D graphics and DVD accelerator....

Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc. is shipping its high-performance Viper V770 graphics accelerators, featuring the Nvidia's RIVA TNT2 graphics engine. The Viper V770 and V770 Ultra combine 32MB of high-speed memory and advanced 128-bit acceleration with NVIDIA's TwiN Texel engine design, true single-pass multi-texturing and true-color, 32 bit, 3D rendering. The newaccelerators offer 2D and 3D resolution support up to 2048-by-1536, with refresh rates up to 200Hz and support for monitors up to 24 inches and larger....

Canon today announced a new consumer camcorder that records home videos in 1080i resolution. Lake Success (NY) - Canon today announced a new consumer camcorder that records home videos in 1080i resolution. According to Canon, the new model will be shipping in April for about $1100, while the HV10 is currently selling for around $1300. In fact, the HV20 appears to be the more functional device, despite its lower price, thanks to features such as a 24p cinematic recording mode ND a newaccelerated autofocus. The only disadvantage of the new model is its weight of 1.2 lbs ; the HV10 weighs only 0.97 lbs, according to Canon....

TechEd 2006: Microsoft preps flash-based "performance accelerators" for Vista. ms flash performance accelerators. Collectively referred to as "PC performance accelerators," Microsoft will debut SuperFetch, ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive to store and access frequently used data from peripheral flash devices and hyrbid hard drives. New features indicate that a completely new PC could be the best way to go. Among these new demanding features are Microsoft’s "PC performance accelerators," which take advantage of the general availability of flash memory. Production models are likely to use much faster grades, he said, though the effect of accelerating the Flash on performance speeds cannot yet be quantized....

In an accelerating race to create a viable successor of the DVD, New Medium Enterprises has demonstrated its 20 GByte Versatile Multi Layer Disc (VMD). New York (NY) - In an accelerating race to create a viable successor of the DVD, New Medium Enterprises has demonstrated its 20 GByte Versatile Multi Layer Disc (VMD). While two industry groups already are competing for the winning concept of a next-generation DVD, a relatively unknown new player has come to play. New York-based New Medium Enterprises (NME) demonstrated its four-layered VMD (Versatile Multi Layer Disc) with a capacity of currently up to 20 GByte. The VMD is a new format which will require specific players, which however, will be able to play CDs and DVDs, NME said....