Intel Photonics Link: Intel Achieved Lightning Speed of 50 Gbps Data Transfer

Silicon Photonics Research
Silicon photonics is a research effort at Intel to revolutionize computing platforms by creating optical communication devices using traditional silicon manufacturing techniques. Bringing optical technology into the computing industry will transform the way computers work and the value that they provide to people. Research Milestone: 50G Silicon Photonics Link Intel Labs has announced an important advance in the quest to use lasers to replace the use of electrons to carry data in and around PCs and servers – a 50Gbps Silicon Photonics Link. This research prototype represents the world’s first silicon-based optical data connection with integrated lasers. This concept vehicle is the result of a multi-year silicon photonics research agenda, which included numerous “world firsts.” It is composed of a silicon transmitter and a receiver chip, each integrating all the necessary building blocks from previous Intel breakthroughs including the first Hybrid Silicon Laser (see below) as well as high-speed optical modulators and photodetectors announced in 2007.  The transmitter chip is composed of four such lasers, whose light beams each travel into an optical modulator that encodes data onto them at 12.5Gbps. The four beams are then combined and output to a single optical fiber for a total data rate of 50Gbps. At the other end of the link, the receiver chip separates the four optical beams and directs them into photo detectors, which convert data back into electrical signals. Both chips are assembled using low-cost manufacturing techniques familiar to the semiconductor industry. For more information, read the 50G Silicon Photonics Link whitepaper or download the technical paper presented at the Integrated Photonics Research conference.   Building Block Research In order to "siliconize" photonics, there are six main areas or building blocks for investigation. These include generating the light, selectively guiding and transporting it within the silicon, encoding light, detecting light, packaging the devices and finally, intelligently controlling all of these photonic functions. Intel is working to address these areas, and this research has produced a few recent success stories, including the Hybrid Silicon Laser as well as modulators and detectors running at up to 40 Gbps. Explanatory and demo video of Photonics Link:

Sony Unveils NGP: Next Generation Portable Console System

Recently in Tokyo, Sony unveiled its latest creation, a Next Generation Portable entertainment system, it’s a big brother of PlayStation Portable(PSP) with all the new tech advancements like capacitive multi-touchscreen, dual analog sticks, dual cameras etc. This is a major breakthrough in the portable entertainment, the hardware specifications of NGP fits nicely into the well crafted design as well, and I’m sure fans will approve it for the PSP2 title. Read on for the full NGP specs, release date and price details.

PSP2 Hardware Specs (Codenamed NGP), Official name yet to be decided.

• 5 inch OLED Display, Resolution 960 x 544
• CPU: ARM Cortex A9 Quad core
• GPU SGX543MP4+
• Multi-touch support, Multi-touch at rear. Type: Capacitive
• Dual Analog Sticks(Finally, Thank you Sony)
• Dual Cameras, Front and Back
• Triple motion sensors, Gyroscope, Accelerometer and Digital Compass
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and 3G
• GPS
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• Microphone
• Stereo Speakers
• PSN Access
• PSP and PSN title support

PSP2 Release Date

Q4, 2011, Exact release date unavailable.

PSP2 Price

PSP2 price is unavailable at this time. We predict it to be somewhere around $250.

Ferrari FF GT Sports Car Unveiled Ahead of Geneva

Italian supercar manufacturer Ferrari has just released initial details and images of the 612’s successor, the FF.

Set to make its world public debut at the forthcoming auto show in Geneva this March, the all-new Ferrari FF was designed by Pininfarina, showing an entirely new GT sports car concept.

The FF is an acronym for Ferrari Four, which means it is the company’s most powerful four-seat ever, as well as its first ever four-wheel drive car.

The company’s first-ever four-wheel drive, 4RM, weighs 50 per cent less than a conventional system and with 53 per cent weight over the rear axle.

The 6.3 V12 (6262cc) develops 651 horsepower and 504 lb ft of torque. The powerplant is good for 335kph and a swift 0-100kph time of 3.7 seconds.

The FF is also equipped with the latest magnetorheological damping system and the most recent development in carbon ceramic brakes from Brembo.

Ferrari’s latest GT sports car will be available in six model-specific exterior colors and an interior trim incorporating specially selected and treated aniline leather.

Ferrari has revealed little else at this stage, nor has it offered any interior photos, but more details are expected to be revealed soon.

Source: Autoevolution

Sony VAIO YB laptops to run on AMD Fusion

Sony will release a 11.6 machine running on the E-350 Zacate chip (that is a 1,66 GHZ dual-core APU with integrated DirectX 11 graphics). The test unit also came with 500 GB of disk space and 4 GB of RAM, a HDMI port, 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth.

Final or not, the lid is surely funky, as it comes in pink (but I guess Sony will let you choose from a variety of color schemes). Although pink, the laptop looks and feels solid, without flex when typing and a solid hinge around the screen. The solid build doesn’t mean extra weight, as the laptop is easy to move around with just one hand.

On the downside, the battery life fell on the battlefield after a vulgar 3 hours and 6 minutes. Wait, wait, there’s a good excuse about it, as the laptop was running at the time a graphics benchmark based on Internet Explorer and was only feeding from an anorexic 3500mAh battery. Hopefully the retail versions will have the option to go for a stronger battery and enjoy the energy saving philosophy behind AMD Fusion technology.

 For now, this seems the only downside of this future Sony release and we eagerly wait for late February to see it on shelves. Around that time, according to an AMD suit, all Zacate powered laptops should be available for purchase. Until then, feast on the first pics with the laptop and check back regularly as we’ll let you know when we find out stuff about pricing and hardware options.

Update: Sony officially launched this series and they’re going to call it Vaio YB.

You can find the specs below:

• 1.6-GHz AMD Dual-Core E-350 + AMD Radeon HD6310 graphics
• 4 GB RAM (expandable to 8GB)
• 500 GB 5400 rpm HDD
• 11.6 inch display with 1366 x 768 ps resolution
• AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6310
• Wireless N, Bluetooth
• USB, card-reaer, webcam, HDMI, VGA, Lan
• Size: 11.4 x 8 x 1 – 1.3 inches and weight: 3.2 pounds

Nokia C6-01

Price Range: Rs.17000/-

Nokia C6-01 manufactured by nokia, is soon going to be available in market at the cost of Rs.17000/-.This phone will be available in Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi. Price of this phone in USD is 329.22$ approximately. The C6-01 is Symbian smartphone with a AMOLED Clear Black capacitive touch display which has improved outdoor visibility and better colors. Highlights of this phone are touch screen, keypad, Wifi and 3G.

8mega pixel camera with 720p video,680 MHz CPU and flash video facilities.

The network of this phone is GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 and HSDPA: 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz. Battery of this phone is of the Li-Ion type and the capacity is 1050 mAH.Standby time of the new nokia C3 is 432 hours and the talk time is 690mins.The dimensions of this phone are 103.8×52.5×13.9mm and it weighs 131g.

The new nokia C6 is available in three colors silver, grey and black. The display size is 360×640 pixels and the color type is AMOLED. It has 262144 colors but doesn’t have a secondary display.

The new nokia C-6 has an 8.1MP and 3264×2448 pixels resolution. The other facilities provided by the new nokia C6 are zoom, flash,secondary camera and video out. But it doesn’t have a flash in the secondary camera.

It has the facilities of Bluetooth,Wifi,GPS ans USB but lacks the facilities of INFRARED. It offers facililties such as GPRS,3G,EDGE and internet browsing with S60 OSS browser. It has an audio player, a video player and an FM radio with 3.5 mm headphone jack.

The software used for this phone is SYMBIAN^3. It has an inbuilt memory of 340 MB and also has the SMS, MMS and email facilities.

Tron Inspired Keyboard and Mouse From Razer Arrives for Indian Gamers

Sometime back Razer launched its Tron inspired mouse and mat for hardcore gamers and Tron fans. Now even Indian gamers will get to enjoy these latest desktop accessories as Razer has finally announced these devices for Indian market too. What this means is that Indian gamers can now grab these devices from online and local retail stores as well.

We have already covered mouse and mat combo of this series. As far as the keyboard goes, it glows in florescent blue just like its mouse and mat counterparts. Every time during start-up and shutdown the keyboard produces Rez and De-Rez lighting effects. These beautiful lighting effects are complimented by Hyper-responsive keys with programmable chiclet keys and macro capability. This high-end keyboard also features audio-out, mic-in, and detachable modular keypad.

Razer’s Tron gaming keyboard is priced at Rs.8,999, while Tron gaming mouse and mat combo can be bought for Rs.7,899.

for details click http://www.razerzone.com/