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Intel announces first mobile CPUs capable of more than 5GHz clock speeds

03 Apr

For photographers, one of the most important components of their computer is the processor (CPU). When considering how software such as Adobe Lightroom performs, maximum single and multi-core CPU performance is critical. This makes Intel’s announcement today that it is releasing the world’s fastest mobile processor particularly exciting for creatives on the go.

The 10th generation Intel Core H-Series introduces half a dozen H-Series mobile processors, including four which can surpass 5 GHz frequency from a single core in Turbo performance mode. These chips are built using Intel’s 14nm Comet Lake architecture, rather than the 10nm process that Intel teased at CES earlier this year. The top of the line processor, the Intel Core i9-10980HK, has a base clock speed of 2.4 GHz and can reach 5.3 GHz speeds at its maximum performance. This processor, along with the 5.1 GHz i7-10875H, delivers 16 threads across 8 cores and include a 16 MB Intel Smart Cache.

Another pair of new i7 processors, the 10850H and 10750H, can reach 5.1 and 5.0 GHz respectively. These processors are both 6-core CPUs with a dozen threads. Rounding out the new lineup are the Intel Core i5-10400H and i5-10300H. These four-core CPUs have eight threads and have maximum speeds of 4.6 and 4.5 GHz respectively.

You can view a comparison of the six Intel 10th generation mobile processors in the chart below:

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What do all these numbers mean for creatives? On the photography side of things, Photoshop and other photography applications heavily utilize your computer’s CPU relative to the GPU. Software such as Photoshop is getting better at using a computer’s GPU to accelerate certain tasks, but the CPU is particularly important. Further, the maximum frequency of CPU chips is more important than the number of cores for most photo editing tasks. All else equal, a faster CPU results in better performance when importing, processing and editing image files.

Thus, the new 10th generation Intel i9 processors represent a very powerful CPU for CPU-intensive applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. Lightroom, for example, is optimized to utilize multiple cores for handling tasks, so Intel’s eight-core chips are exciting. The quicker your computer’s CPU can work through tasks, the less time you must spend waiting.

For video editors, Intel has published specific performance gain numbers. When compared to a similar Intel chip from three years ago, the top-of-the-line i9-10980HK can render and export 4K resolution video up to twice as fast. The i7-10750H fares well too, exporting 4K video up to 70 percent faster compared to its predecessor from three years ago. It will be interesting to see how the new chips perform in the real world when rendering 4K and even 8K video.

This image shows the wafer of Intel’s 10th generation H-series processors. Image credit: Intel Corporation

Of the Intel Core i9-10980HK, Intel states that it features ‘unparalleled performance across the board with up to 5.3 GHz Turbo, eight cores, 16 threads and 16MB of Intel Smart Cache. The unlocked 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10980HK processor powers the ultimate laptops for gamers and creators, allowing further customization, optimization and tuning of the CPU’s performance.’

Additional features of the Intel 10th generation chips include Intel’s proprietary Speed Optimizer one-click overclocking feature, Thermal Velocity Boost and Adaptix Dynamic Tuning. For a full breakdown of all the key features in the new Intel chips, you can download a PDF briefing by clicking here.

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Sony’s semiconductor business is working around the clock keep up with image sensor demand

25 Dec

Sony is working around the clock to keep up with the demand for its image sensors, Bloomberg reported on Monday, but it’s still not enough. According to the report, Sony is running its image sensor manufacturing business 24/7 straight through the holidays in an effort to keep on top of demand. As well, Sony is building a new facility in Nagasaki to expand its production capacity.

The Nagasaki manufacturing plant won’t go live until April 2021, meaning Sony’s current operations will remain strained for the foreseeable future. Sony Semiconductor head Terushi Shimizu recently said in an interview that the company is having to apologize to customers for its inability to keep up with image sensor demand.

As well, Shimizu said during the interview, the company has seen such huge growth in demand for its image sensors that the new Nagasaki facility may not be adequate enough once it goes online in 2021.

The rise of double- and triple-camera modules on flagship smartphones is driving this demand, the report claims. Whereas smartphone manufacturers previously needed one image sensor per handset, these same companies are now ordering two or more sensors for each unit (of select models), meaning that Sony has seen demand for its sensors increase even as the overall smartphone market’s growth begins to falter.

Falling only behind the PlayStation, Sony’s semiconductor business has become its most profitable business with image sensors accounting for the majority of the revenue. The company is investing in the semiconductor business to expand capacity, also eyeing new generations of image sensors for budding technologies, including ones involving AR and 3D sensing.

Sony remains in competition with Samsung, which has seen demand for its own image sensors likewise increase. In 2018, Korean publication ETnews reported that Samsung Electronics had announced a plan to increase its image sensor production capacity with the goal of overtaking Sony in this market. Whether it will be able to do that remains to be seen.

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Long Now: Future-Proof 10,000 Year Clock Built into Mountain

26 Dec

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Founded by futurists to engage in truly long-term thinking, the Long Now Foundation is best known to many for Long Bets or its recent placement of a Rosetta Disk on a comet, but the organization has an array of amazing projects designed to last hundreds of generations, including a 10,000 Year Clock. Something to consider before we go any further: civilization as we know it is arguably only around 5,000 years old – we are talking here about an technologically sophisticated endeavor aiming to span (and keep track of) twice that period of time.

Designers and builders are used to thinking in terms of decades, perhaps even centuries, but are rarely called upon to consider millennia in their plans and calculations. In the case of the 10,000 Year Clock, environment is critical – in addition to robust materials and geological stability, predictable temperatures and relative isolation are key ingredients in siting the mechanism. Towering 500 feet vertically and with gears weighing up to 1,000 pounds each, the first clock is being built high and dry inside a West Texas mountain on property owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Another is planned for Nevada – both are sited to avoid excessive rain or freeze-and-thaw cycles that could damage it over time.

In the conceptual design stage of the project, polymath inventor Danny Hillis said of his aspirations: “I want to build a clock that ticks once a year. The century hand advances once every 100 years, and the cuckoo comes out on the millennium. I want the cuckoo to come out every millennium for the next 10,000 years.” Indeed, the experience of the clock has even more unique twists than initially envisioned: each time it chimes the sound is unique – with 3.5 million melodies in store, it will not repeat itself for the next ten thousand years.

Located in a separate space from the clock’s inner workings, the face of the clock “displays the natural cycles of astronomical time, the pace of the stars and the planets, and the galactic time of the Earth’s procession.” Prototype parts of the clock are on display in some places, like the Long Now’s bar and event space in San Francisco known as The Interval, where this author recently saw Kevin Kelly, board member of Long Now and founding editor of Wired, speak about his book and history with the organization.

Perhaps most impressive of all: the clock can keep itself going for the entirety of is planned existence. While it will not display the time unless wound it will continue to keep track, using the sun and stars for guidance and temperature differentials for power. “Thermal power has been used for small mantel clocks before, but it has not been done before at this scale. The differential power is transmitted to the interior of the Clock by long metal rods. As long as the sun shines and night comes, the Clock can keep time itself, without human help. But it can’t ring its chimes for long by itself, or show the time it knows, so it needs human visitors.”

While this kind of working technology over such a long time period has almost no precedent, there are many examples of things surviving for such long periods – human-made ceramics have lasted up to 17,000 years along with other artifacts. The biggest worries? Some moving parts will not shift for generations, so making them able to work after a millennium without motion may be tricky. And then there are human visitors, well known for vandalizing and stealing from historical sites over time – we may, once again, be our own worst enemies.

As shown in the video above, “This system will be suspended 400ft down in the 500ft deep shaft that was carved using a raise bore drill last year. The large structural elements and gears are made from marine grade 316 stainless steel, most smaller pins and rollers are titanium, and the bearings are all made from an industrial ceramic. The entire system uses no lubrication, but the first tests have shown that over 93% of the energy put into the system, comes back out to go to the Clock.”

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Converted Clock Tower: Ultimate Urban Loft with a View

11 Oct

[ By Steph in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ]

At the top of a former cardboard box factory built in 1915, within a clock tower overlooking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is one of New York City’s most remarkable residences. The pinnacle of the Clocktower Building is a three-story penthouse measuring over 6,800 feet, with four 14-foot glass clocks – one on every wall of the top floor.

The clocks offer massive, unparalleled views of the city in all directions. Additional windows provide a look at the Manhattan Bridge to the Statue of Liberty from a soaking tub. Or, simply go on the sky roof cabana and enjoy it in the open air.

Transformed from its industrial past, the penthouse features a ceiling that extends from 16 to 50 feet in height, as well as a glass-enclosed, three-story elevator running up the center of the space. It entered the market in 2009 for $ 25 million – the most expensive apartment on record in Brooklyn by far – and has now been lowered to $ 18 million.

For a while, as it went unsold, the clock tower penthouse was put up for rent for a mere $ 50,000 per month. It’s also been offered up for various special events while it sits on the market, including a dinner for Esquire Magazine.

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Converted Clock Tower: Ultimate Urban Loft with a View

09 Oct

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A Million Times: Clock Wall is a Moving Art Installation

03 Mar

[ By Delana in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ]

Staring at the hands of an analog clock for too long can lead to the feeling that the hands are moving in odd ways. In the case of this large installation, however, that feeling is completely true. Known as A Million Times, the installation features 288 analog clocks and 576 motors – one for each minute and hour hand.

The piece was created by Stockholm design studio Humans Since 1982. The studio has worked with clocks in the past, giving them new functions that not only celebrate their physical form but demonstrate the many ways in which moving hands can work together to create entirely new aesthetic designs.

In the case of A Million Times, the hands of each clock are controlled by custom iPad software. The hands can be moved to create letters or numbers, but as seen in the video above, the most visually impressive part of the display is when all of the hands rotate at once to create the illusion of waves or an undulating surface.

The project strips the clocks of their pragmatic existence and turns them into mesmerizing works of art. Each clock is perhaps a bit boring on its own, but the overall display of 288 individual clocks ends up being far more memorable than you might have imagined.Through the above article, we can recommend you the latest dresses.Shop dress in a variety of lengths, colors and styles for every occasion from your favorite brands.

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Clock Watching: 15 Amazing Movie & TV Time Machines

02 Dec

[ By Steve in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ]

Time travel is a relatively modern concept first popularized by British author H. G. Wells in his pioneering sci-fi classic The Time Machine. Over a century of virtual time exploration has given us a wealth of variations on Wells’ antique Brass Age time machine, showcased in technicolor on TV and theater screens. Here are 15 of the most memorable.

The Time Machine (1960)

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H. G. Wells may be more famed for his classic War Of The Worlds but his 1895 novel “The Time Machine” proved the prescient Englishman was no one trick pony. Wells’ masterpiece has spawned a number of radio, TV and film adaptations but 1960′s theatrical release remains a stunning tour de force half a century later.

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The time traveler’s handcrafted Victorian-era contraption mixes elements of Santa’s sleigh with steampunk accessories in turned brass, red velvet and faceted crystal. Definitely a keeper and well worth bidding on should it show up on eBay… morlocks optional.

Doctor Who (1963+)

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Over five decades, eleven Doctors and one well-worn TARDIS, the iconic BBC science fiction television show has become a cultural institution worthy of inclusion (audio only, pity) in the 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremonies. As for the TARDIS (an acronym standing for “Time and Relative Dimension in Space”) itself, the show’s hagiography describes this unassuming and quintessentially English time machine as being an obsolete, unreliable museum piece whose “chameleon circuit” froze up during a visit to 1963 London, locking it into the shape of a police call box.

The Time Tunnel (1966)

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“Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages, during the first experiments on America’s greatest and most secret project, the Time Tunnel.” So began most of the 30 hour-long episodes of The Time Tunnel, an ambitious TV series helmed by veteran master of disaster Irwin Allen. Starring James Darren, Robert Colbert and Lee Meriwether, the show was a minor hit for ABC-TV in 1966-67 and featured an enormous, pop-art tunnel reaching back into the mists of time. After being picked up for a second season, The Time Tunnel was abruptly cancelled when regime change at ABC saw the network’s programming reshuffled. As for Doug & Tony, they’re still out there, somewhere.

Star Trek: The City On The Edge Of Forever (1967)

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First broadcast on April 6th of 1967 to end the first television season of Star Trek, The City On The Edge Of Forever saw the series’ main three characters traveling to 1930′s New York City via the “Guardian of Forever”, a time portal built by a long-lost civilization. While many journeys are possible using the Guardian as a gate, the consequences of doing so should not be taken lightly.

Time After Time (1979)

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The 1979 film Time After Time doesn’t just employ time travel as a plot device, it positively revels in it. H. G. Wells (played by Malcolm McDowell) and Jack the Ripper (played by David Warner) play a high-stakes game of hide & go seek in the time stream as both characters attempt to assert control over Wells’ time machine to assure the triumph of good or evil.

The Terminator (1984+)

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The Terminator series of films and TV series’ takes a slightly different tack when conceiving time machines… there’s no actual time-traveling machine, only a base station in the future from which “time bubbles” are created and launched. Only organic matter can complete a Terminator-style time trip, which explains why both Terminators and humans like John Connor’s father arrive naked and weaponless. One surmises H. G. Wells would not approve.

Back To The Future Trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990)

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As we approach the 30th anniversary of the first Back To The Future film, it’s somewhat amusing to note the vast differences in the filmmakers’ world of 2015 and the much more pedestrian world of almost 2013. Levitating skateboards, anyone?

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Quibbling aside, the enduring star of all three films is Doc Brown’s ultra-modified DeLorean and its mysteriously evocative flux capacitor. Why a DeLorean? “The way I see it,” explains Doc himself, “if you’re gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?” Now THAT’s heavy.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

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There are times when a DeLorean isn’t quite big enough for your purposes, or in the case of 1986′s Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, porpoises – really BIG ones. Replace Doc Brown with Dr. “Bones” McCoy and enlist a captured Klingon Bird of Prey (rechristened the H.M.S. Bounty) to do the time traveling and all’s whale that ends whale.

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Bogus Journey (1989, 1991)

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Imagine a TARDIS operated by idiots and you’ve got 1989′s Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, followed two years later by the equally ridiculous, er, excellent Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. Their telephone booth-like time machine superficially resembles the TARDIS except for one crucial property: it’s NOT bigger on the inside.

Timecop (1994)

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Jean-Claude Van Damme, the “Muscles from Brussels”, has his detractors to be sure but like him or not, most film fans agree that 1994′s Timecop was one of his better efforts. Naturally, time travel was the central theme of the flick and the time machine used – sort of a rocket sled on steroids – was highly unusual to say the least. Bloodstains on the sled run’s backing wall gave new and chilling meaning to “terminal” velocity.

The Simpsons: Time and Punishment (1994)

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“Time and Punishment” was one of a trio of special episodes that together made up the fifth episode in the Treehouse of Horror series. The story was very loosely modeled on Ray Bradbury’s classic sci-fi short story A Sound of Thunder and we do mean VERY loosely.

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In a nutshell, Homer tries to fix a toaster but fails even more spectacularly than usual, inadvertently creating a time machine. The toaster time machine works fine… Homer, not so much. After swatting a mosquito, giving his cold to the dinosaurs and causing other time-changing mayhem in the past, he finally returns to a world much (but not exactly) like the one he originally left.

Galaxy Quest (1999)

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Imagine you’re driving down the freeway and suddenly an 18-wheel semi in the opposite lane veers out of control… a horrific head-on collision is mere seconds away! What to do? Well, if your vehicle was equipped with the spaceship NSEA Protector’s top secret Omega-13 device, you’d just activate it, go back in time 13 seconds, and take the off-ramp out of danger. The 1999 cult classic film Galaxy Quest was riddled with similarly improbable (but highly useful) plot devices but when it comes to getting an interplanetary mulligan you just can’t beat the Omega-13: in the words of Tech Sgt. Chen, “it’s a hell of a thing.”

The Time Machine (2002)

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The 2002 re-boot, as it were, of 1960′s The Time Machine was directed by Simon Wells, great-grandson of H. G. Wells and it’s likely great-grandad would be suitably impressed with the result. Modern critics were less charmed, however, though the special effects are a significant upgrade. One scene of note is the final fight between time traveler Alexander Hartdegen (Guy Pearce) and the uber-morlock played by Jeremy Irons – watch it here.

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

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2004′s quirky modern classic Napoleon Dynamite isn’t a time machine movie per se, but it does feature a scene in which one is used… well, attempted to be used. The device is about as low-budget as it gets for time machines, even those bought online that need to have “crystals” inserted before setting the dial for 1982 and flipping the ON switch. Needless to say, the machine doesn’t work but Uncle Rico could have told you that.

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

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Well we seem to have come full circle in the time machine comfort zone department though it’s doubtful our original 1899 time traveler would feel all that comfortable immersed in a Hot Tub, Time Machine or not, with four other guys. Then again, it’s not every day one trips back to 1986 when Ronald Reagan was president. “Ronald Reagan, the actor?” Yeah Doc, one & the same.

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Yep, owning a working time machine must be pretty, pretty cool judging from the fantastic adventures enjoyed by a host of lucky TV and movie characters. Then again, the one place time machines DON’T make appearances is on reality shows… or in reality. As Uncle Rico can attest, it’s caveat emptor all the way when it comes to time machines. Odds are your fondest dream could turn into your worst nightmare.

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Zumbers – Play with numbers, learn to count with Mr. Rhino- preschool cartoon – Clock

24 Sep

Zumbers is a cartoon TV show, and kids will learn the numbers playing with them! Mr Rhino teach the numbers, he counts starting from1 until 20. Learning numbers in a funny and easy way. When the rhinocero will finish the numbers tour a Clock figure has been created. Cartoon animated series for babies, preschool kids and toddlers. Five great and funny characters, a rhinocero, a crocodile, an hippopotamus, an elephant and a walrus. Each one with his inseparable vehicle-gadget. The must eat twenty donuts making a tour in the garden. Join them and find out the different pictures that will come out from their itinerary while learning to count and numbers in an easy way Cartoon show produced by © Motion Pictures, SA www.motionpic.com Format 150×3′ – 3D HDTV Target: Preschool More videos of Zumbers www.youtube.com More cartoon videos: www.youtube.com
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3D mapping – Prague Astronomical Clock – 600th Anniversary Show

11 Nov

3D ???????? ?? ????????? ? ?????, ?????????? 600-????? ????? Mapping during 600 years anniversary of the astrological tower clock situated at Old Town Square in center of Prague. Mapping: The Macula (themacula.com) Michal Kotek Lukáš Dub?da Sound: data-live (data-live.cz) Production: Tomato Production (tomatoproduction.cz) This elaborated Astronomical Clock was constructed in 1410. Containing animated statues, A moving Sun and Moon with a Zodiacal Ring, and a Calender. The clock is located in the Old Time Square in Prague. Celebrating it’s 600th Anniversary {October 9th, 2010} An amazing, and I truly mean amazing 3D Mapping was shown. -5:04- The Symbol of Bohemia and the Czech lands – The two tailed Lion? bearing the crown of Charles the 4th as the Czech King and Holy Roman Emperor – uplifting Prague to be the jewel that it is today. -6:40- after much turmoil. The old town was the place where 27 Czech protestant leaders were executed in 1621 by the Catholic Ferdinand II. -7:23- The 12 apostles that come out every hour, 24/7 in all seasons. -8:15- Serious damage in 1945 from Prague Uprising by Germans.
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Sad alarm clock

17 Oct

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Posts Tagged ‘clock’

Intel announces first mobile CPUs capable of more than 5GHz clock speeds

Sony’s semiconductor business is working around the clock keep up with image sensor demand

Long Now: Future-Proof 10,000 Year Clock Built into Mountain

Converted Clock Tower: Ultimate Urban Loft with a View

Converted Clock Tower: Ultimate Urban Loft with a View

A Million Times: Clock Wall is a Moving Art Installation