Recent content by jvroig

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    Making sense of mobile CPU&GPU specs and models

    I'm trying to understand how specs and models of mobile CPUs & GPUs work. That's basically to get a rough ballpark of how different devices compare to each other given their SOCs. 1.) So first thing I'd like to clarify is if I understand Mali GPU specs correctly. Mali models indicate a core...
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    RIP Russ, NCNE (Moderator Approved)

    Before my time, but have heard lots of good stories about him throughout my stay here. RIP Russ
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    Google May Be Designing Chips In Threat To Intel

    I think you might have slightly misunderstood his message. He wasn't talking about a massive industry-wide ISA switch. Instead, he just means Google will develop CPU's for their own internal use, running only their own programs. In that very limited scenario, recompiling software to a new ISA...
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    Vishera max voltage question

    Yeah, I think I asked for LLC and also if the UI in the BIOS now gives you an indication of what the default values are. Mine is crazy, I want to tinker with lots of the knobs, but it doesnt tell me what the default value is for anything so I dont know what sane setting to start on.
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    Vishera max voltage question

    Same experience with an 8350, steve. I tried looking for an LLC-type option in my BIOS, but found nothing. Even more interesting is that on the same board, swapped CPU to earlier Phenom II X6, behavior is opposite: vcore increases at load. From that, I can only conclude then that behavior you...
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    Seeking Peer Review

    (Speaking just as a member now, mod-hat is off) TheEinstein, for this thread to actually be of interest to most people here, is there any detail at all that you have been cleared by your attorney to share? Do you have formulas or algorithms (or even initial stages of your algo/s?) that you can...
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    Seeking Peer Review

    Alright, getting personal now. Let's stop it at that. From this point, let's try to resume this thread with just peer review matters or questions or clarifications to the OP re: his invention, and whatever other detail the OP will want to impart. Alkemyst, TheEinstein, keep your arguments to...
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    [TR] Retail Radeon 290x cards may be slower than press samples - 11/7 AMD SAYS FIXED

    Thread re-opened after mod review. Note that several infractions have been issued for thread-crapping and derailment. Please keep the discussions on-topic, and avoid meta-commentary or personal attacks against your forum peers. Answer with facts or data, and avoid insinuations against your...
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    Limits of double patterning

    Aside from what IDC has already intimated, it's probably also useful to know that "double patterning" is a general term for an industry-understood technique, but it doesn't actually refer to just one and only one "thing", which further complicates answering the question "what's the min pitch for...
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    Surreptitious Samsung Benchmark Shenanigans

    2nd comment in the article, from Anand: Link. And then on page 4 of the comments, Anand had this to say: Link
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    Motherboard specs/signs that indicate lower power?

    Heya, I've just been scouring a few mATX and some ATX motherboards. What I don't know how to look for is a spec/sign/hint about their effective power consumption. I'm not actually sure if such a thing exists. Is there a quick rule-of-thumb or ballpark way to determine which among two...
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    What is HPC mode?

    For AM3+ boards that support the FX line of AMD CPU's, HPC mode is an option that tones down (or removes entirely) CPU throttling based on (IIRC) a current limit instead of a thermal limit. Aside from removing throttling, it will also make the single-core Turbo the all-cores Turbo freq...
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    Surreptitious Samsung Benchmark Shenanigans

    Yeah, I guess that's pretty much true. I just finished reading it, but a similar sentiment actually was expressed by Anand in the comments of the latest Android-cheating article: Link
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    [THG]The Story Of How GeForce GTX 690 And Titan Came To Be

    Very cool article and great read! Thanks for sharing, Jaydip :thumbsup:
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    I have proved Kill-A-Watt accuracy .. NOT GOOD.

    While we're on the subject of Kill-a-watts, what's the power consumption of the Kill-a-watt itself? If I had two, I'd daisy-chain them to see the difference they are reporting, but I only have one at the moment. I'm guessing <2W?