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• Following the invention of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby, when he was working at TI, and other investigators, the question of functional partitioning evolved from, 'yeah, that's kinda interesting', to a critical matter today.  What do you stu…

  in Apple developing dedicated AI chip called Apple Neural Engine Comment by futurist May 2017
• Quote: Originally Posted by macosxp I wonder if you Boot Camp Windows 7 if Windows has TRIM support. I suppose booting Windows in Boot Camp would give Windows direct hardware control and that TRIM would work on a recent-vintage installed SSD, …

  in Apple's MacBook Pros ship with active SSD TRIM support in Snow Leopard Comment by futurist March 2011
• First Apple emasculated iStat which, for me, was a critical memory management tool to make up for the lousy 128MB of RAM in the 3G. Now Apple trashes WiFiTrak, which I use *all the time* as it enables me to see the number of available channels, p…

  in Apple removes Wi-Fi scanners, 'minimum functionality' iPhone apps Comment by futurist March 2010
• Another pleasant development in the evolution of a fantastic near-term compute future. Contemplate, my friends, your Mac with 10.6, a high end NVIDIA discrete GPU and a Nehalem CPU : OpenCL (OSX) + Grand Central (OSX) + Cuda (NVIDIA) + simultaneou…

  in NVIDIA prepping GeForce GTX 285 for Mac Pro Comment by futurist April 2009
• The longer it takes MSFT to deliver a truly world class OS, the better it is for Apple. XP Pro/SP2 is preferred by thousands of corporate IT departments. Why? Because it's stable, takes 2GB on disk and, however inelegant it may be, it works. L…

  in Microsoft allows HP to wipe Windows 7 with XP through 2010 Comment by futurist April 2009
• The article doesn't mention, but the screenshot text refers to FM receive and transmit. This could be interesting -- particularly to Belkin, Griffin, et al. who still have a large business in FM connectivity for iPod playback in autos. Plus, when …

  in Next-gen iPod touch, iPhone to support low-power 802.11n Comment by futurist April 2009
• Wired should fire Chen. This sort of journalistic irresponsibility is unacceptable.

  in Japanese "hate" for iPhone all a big mistake Comment by futurist March 2009
• Apple could never rationalize the R&D expense associated with the MPU business, Intel's core franchise. Apple is stuck with the x86 architecture (it was the right choice given the lack of support/extensibility for the PowerPC MPU/architecture) …

  in Intel sues NVIDIA to halt development of future chipsets Comment by futurist February 2009
• Setting aside the semantic wrestling around the word "tie", aren't we missing the point? It seems to me that we are in the midst of one of those rare technology development and adoption convergences that will make computing much the better for all …

  in OpenCL ties Apple to NVIDIA Comment by futurist December 2008