Our goal wasn't just to focus on the underlying technology and improved hardware performance, as other makers of Android-based gaming hardware do, but to really try to address the needs of our users.
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The advent of modern optimizing compilers and many fold enhancements in computing hardware performance have now eliminated the need to use an assembly language in most applications and most applications are now written in higher level languages.
Based on the Fusion ioMemory platform that leading enterprises around the world trust to accelerate their data centers, the 420 GB Fusion ioFX connects via the PCI Express bus to provide studios and artists with a new memory tier that bridges the gap between creative potential and hardware performance in the production pipeline.
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Nothing on the phone exuded cheapness, and we couldn't find any visible flaws in the hardware or software performance.
Going forward, the hardest hit companies will likely be those whose offerings are strongly concentrated in high-performance hardware or software, rather than nitty-gritty tasks like outsourcing data centers or security and compliance spending.
The VIA EPIA-P910 Pico-ITX supports up 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory, HD audio, HDMI, VGA and LVDS display connectivity as well as a high performance hardware HD video decoder in the shape of the latest VIA Chromotion 5.0 video processor.
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The Nextbook 7GP includes high performance hardware such as a Dual Core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB DDR3 RAM, a high definition (1024 x 600) capacitive multi touch screen, front and back cameras, and an HDMI-out port to send 1080p HD video to an HDTV or computer.
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High-performance computing hardware vendor SGI this morning said that non-GAAP profits for its fiscal second quarter ended December 28 were better than expected.
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Razer, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, set a technological benchmark today with the release of its new Razer DeathStalker Ultimate gaming keyboard, featuring Razer's award-winning Switchblade User Interface (UI).
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This software is compatible with all application processors and can be optimized for power consumption and increased performance via custom hardware blocks, such as the DOC advanced hardware image processing (AHIP) embedded in Fujitsu's discrete image signal processors (ISPs).
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This achievement is made possible by the K computer's integration of technologies, including its massive number of CPUs, the interconnectivity that links them together, and the software that is able to bring out the highest performance from the hardware.
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The new DeathAdder iteration focuses on improving power, performance and control through hardware tweaks and software upgrades.
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There's not a whole lot to say here, but we figured we'd give you a quick rundown of the hardware before digging into the actual performance.
Thirdly, converged infrastructures for cloud could get a boost through tighter integration between the hardware and OS, thanks to performance optimizations, better resource automation, and fault management throughout the stack.
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Looked at from this perspective, Apple can continue to make substantial progress in terms of the performance of its tablet hardware and the tablet-centric aspects of iOS in ways that are much more difficult in the tightening smartphone market.
Shalom says his firm's decision to target specific hardware, in pursuit of higher performance and greater scalability, is in some ways similar to Oracle's recent moves to leverage the proprietary server hardware it got with its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
The company combines hardware and software to deliver high-performance server adapter products and application acceleration middleware for faster performance.
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Processors will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on hardware and software configurations.
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"We were simply astonished by the performance of the DirectCompute 11 hardware in AMD's DirectX 11 GPUs, " said Ruslan Didenko, project lead, GSC Gameworld.
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In 2005 Lankford ditched a comfortable salary, hired away an engineer from Reuters and went hunting for consulting gigs optimizing speed performance for trading firms and hardware vendors.
The reason utility computing has stayed on the shelf for the past decade or so is that the tools available to aspiring cloud providers (originally called ASPs, or application service providers) were no different than the tools available to the enterprise at the time: high-performance, scale-up hardware systems that were powerful, but expensive and inflexible.
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Video shows Bob Mansfield, SVP of hardware engineering, talking about the increase in performance and battery life in A6 chip.
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Smartphone hardware is poised to receive a boost in performance and extended battery life thanks to the Tegra 4i, a new 4G LTE mobile processor co-designed by NVIDIA and ARM.
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Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software used.
Furthermore, the video after the break shows that there are many aspects of the OS which work fine -- such as the gallery and video apps, the "side stage" and HUD features, and also general performance on the Nexus 10's hardware.
Does the hardware work to such a standard that you can expect useful performance and bluff your way through a crowd of those paying full price?
By building an inventory of all four VANQUISH models, Digital Storm can run its industry leading 72-hour stress test and benchmarking to ensure customers experience zero performance bottlenecks and get the most out of their hardware.
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Zune apps, however, are not supported, despite the fact that the Kin devices are very similar to the Zune HD on a hardware level and would almost certainly be able to run them without performance concerns.
Savvy mobile users will not be satisfied with slow performance or short battery life, and innovations such as hardware-accelerated multimedia engines, more efficient power management techniques and multi-core architectures will all be key to ensuring that devices are able to fully take advantage of the newly broadened data pipe.
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