All the back-end hardware and maintenance is taken care of by tech consultant Affordable Business Solutions.
"You're going to need a lot of high-end hardware to run the newer games, " he said.
The company has to evolve into selling cloud software as well as higher-end hardware systems.
Another interesting thing about the development of this engine is the role of software in high-end hardware design.
The only hope for Adobe is high-end hardware: iPad 2, iPhone 4G and high-end Android smartphones and tablets.
As the services and higher end hardware (servers) sales become a bigger portion of revenue, margins will grow.
It doesn't help matters when you're trying to render that inefficient code on extremely low-end hardware, like the sub-1GHz single-core chip inside the ZTE Open.
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An upcoming kernel revision is scheduled to include clustering ability within the next year, and the next release (which should be finalized by the time you read this) is slated to have symmetric multiprocessing capabilities to support higher-end hardware.
Nvidia, traditionally a manufacturer of high-end graphical hardware, announced its Project Shield console at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.
These are the first serious steps towards making the case for the end of dedicated hardware for gaming.
There are going to be some more surprises on the hardware end?
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Citing concerns about softening tech hardware end demand, RBC Capital analyst Amit Daryanani this morning turned cautious on the IT supply chain, downgrading shares of the contract electronics manufacturers Benchmark Electronics and Sanmina, and reducing estimates and price targets for various other stocks.
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The Razer DeathStalker Ultimate is one of the latest high end offerings from gaming hardware and peripherals powerhouse Razer, originally announced August 15 at Gamescom.
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Serial entrepreneur and founder of SA Baxter, high-end maker of architectural hardware such as door knobs and lights in New York's Hudson Valley, Baxter has managed to clock double-digit sales growth during the recession.
And I completely resent the 2007 law, to go into effect January 1, that will ban their manufacture, and eventually their sale, in the U.S. So imagine my glee this morning that I could postpone that year-end trip to the hardware store to stock up on a lifetime supply of 100 watts.
With all of these components, HP becomes the only firm that can supply end to end enterprise IT, including hardware and software, either on premises or under the Infrastructure as a Service model.
For instance, GameStop won't end sales of used PlayStation 2 hardware, software and accessories -- both in store and online -- until "several months" after the June 1 cutoff.
One lesson emerging from these various experiments is that the visible face of any mHealth or e-health scheme, regardless of where it operates, needs to be as simple and user-friendly as possible, whereas the hidden back end should use sophisticated software and hardware.
Of course, if Sun succeeds in getting more mileage out of hardware and software, the less hardware and software it may end up selling.
"With the installed base of Android and Tegra already at critical mass, developers looking to have their games stand out have the promise of financial reward to invest in high-end content, not to mention the hardware processing that can power next-generation games, " Iida said.
As it turns out, audio hardware, particularly on the high end, has been no less hard hit.
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Of course, if Sun succeeds in getting more mileage out of hardware and software, it may end up selling less.
Games may be a problem, as high-end gaming is most likely to exploit ARM architecture hardware extensions, and as such not perform as expected on x86 processors.
Samsung KNOX is an end-to-end secure Android solution that provides security hardening from the hardware through to the application layer.
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Power-Over-Ethernet could end up being a universal power supply for much computer hardware as the cables and connectors for it are the same all over the world.
ZTE's Trusted Delivery Model provides for a thorough end-to-end security evaluation of ZTE's software, firmware and hardware throughout the equipment life cycle.
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Not just to get into the fast growing smartphone industry, but to end its reliance on Microsoft Windows as the basis for its hardware gadgets.
Historically, Nokia has been defined as much (if not more) by its platforms than by its hardware, which lacks Samsung's capability for end-to-end in-house sourcing.
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Oracle, which acquired Sun Microsystems in early 2010, leveraged its hardware technology to come up with the Exadata line of high end servers.
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It issues 1% to 2% in options annually, handily outperforms its peer group of computer hardware producers and has reduced outstanding shares 13% since year-end 1995.
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