Three weeks ago this blog presented Moores Law is Alive and Well. But reader reaction was mixed because the post emphasized growth in computing power rather than number of transistors per chip. But really Moores Law has two meanings in electronics. The strict original circuit design definition was that the number of transistors on a 2D integrated circuit chip would double in number for the same cost about every 18-24 months.How…
Maybe not the writing, but the following graphics will create no great cheer in Redmond. Look at the Trends for Microsoft languages based on the Tiobe Index First, Apple’s Objective C is surging in popularity. But of greater concern is the peaking of C# and Visual Basic. Python is now more popular than VB. But even more critical is that despite Redmond funding Windows 8…
Logan and Parker are the names of the next generation mobile CPU/GPU chips coming from Nvidia. This party has wondered if Moores Law which see a doubling of CPU chip performance for the same cost roughly every two years can be sustained. This is important because Moores Law which drives electronics but is stretched to the limits given laws of physics which control numbers of…
Samsung Galaxy S4 – announcement at NYC Radio City Music Hall The GOP has done it, the major Banks, and now Samsung with its Galaxy S4 announcement – all have tarnished if not badly their Brands. And done so almost in a blink of an eye given the months and years of assiduous work it takes to build up a Brand. The following is the…
Startup technology firms are still abound despite the emergence of three controlling heavyweights in electronics and computing: Sphere 3D with Glassware 2.0 – SaaS cross platform delivery Here in Sphere 3D’s own words is their value proposition in any device support: Consumers can gain complete access to fully functional software versions, allowing PC productivity software to be made available on a variety of Cloud connected…
This is hardly a statement to make about a leading computing brand when one has recently praised its new and crucial Windows 8 OS. But right after the launch of Windows 8, CEO Steve Ballmer dismissed Steven Sinofsky who had helped Redmond: a)make Microsoft Office a continuing breadwinner despite the assault from Google Docs, Zoho, and various shades of the highly recommended and free Libre Office;…
David Einhorn, the tiny $7Billion Hedge Fund manager, has tweaked the nose of computing’s Goliath, Apple. Since a week Thursday, David has shocked the US business world with his direct, loud, and “uncivil’ attack on Apple’s huge cash hoard of nearly $130Billion. And Apple’s cash hoard islikely getting bigger on a growth rate of 10%per quarter for the next year or two at least. And Apple is not…
Samsung leads the Smartphone Market in the US taking over from Apple. But Samsung has leading or near leading positions in the appliances, TV, compact camera, and other electronic device markets. They, not GE nor Phillips nor Sony are currently the first innovators in bring the Moores Law powered electronic chip revolution to consumer products. The following is an example of that innovation wave in…
Is this the best Chart used in US Media for 2012? What is growing in popularity on news sites like cnn.com, The Christian Science Monitor, theDailyBeast, HuffingtonPost, NYTimes, The New Republic, and Time Magazine is the frequent use of charts [or infographics] to clearly describe a situation or better illustrate some analysis. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good chart is worth 10 times…
The Emergence of Computing’s New Big 3 Apple, Google and Microsoft have become the dominating Big 3 in the Computing Industry “For the past 30 years Computing has been Consumer-driven” – Ben Acelman In case you have not noticed, there is a new Computing Reality – Apple, Google, and Microsoft have become the BIG 3 in Computing. Yes, the Big 3 like in Chrysler, Ford,…
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Captain Jack Aubrey and Spymaster Stephen Maturin are the matching pieces in this historical novel. It is remarkable that English literature has two series, Horatio Hornblower and Aubrey + Maturin both set in the same era and of such great quality. Desolation Island tells you why the era of the dawning Enlightenment, European Wars and Industrial Revolution was so tempestuous... and on a prison ship voyage to Australia. Such drama!