The chip has also been refined to be able to handle the detailed graphics common in games and the data demands of films and broadband media.

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The technique, adapted from Wall Street risk management strategies, uses data from thousands of films to predict the outcome of any given movie, taking into account budget, stars, release date and genre.

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We used data from Box Office Mojo to see which films earned the smallest percentage of their budgets at the box office.

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The main reason for the data explosion is users' love of video, TV and films while on the move.

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Into this mass of data the producers have injected cross-references and geo-tags, films and sound clips, archival photographs and rare historical maps.

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As a result, much of the data is scientific, although there is also limited cultural information about pop stars and films.

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