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AMD has just helped the US regain the throne in the field of supercomputers
It was the first supercomputer to achieve exascale performance, capable of processing 1.1 trillion operations per second.
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Skyscrapers can absorb 1,000 tons of CO2 per year
The designers introduced a skyscraper model called 'Urban Sequoias' that is capable of removing the equivalent of 48,500 trees of carbon from the atmosphere.
Medicine - Health
Successfully cure blindness due to macular degeneration
Mr. Waters is one of the first two patients to receive AMD treatment under advanced stem cell therapy at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London (UK).
Medicine - Health
Eating sea fish can prevent blindness
US scientists have found that the use of many types of marine fish with oil in each meal can be an important factor to help the elderly avoid blindness due to age.
Medicine - Health
Laser light prevents disease due to retinal degeneration
Experts believe that a breakthrough laser treatment can prevent millions of older people from blindness.
Medicine - Health
Eating lots of fruits helps prevent vision loss
Elderly people who have a diet rich in fruits such as citrus, leafy green vegetables are less likely to develop symptoms of age-related macular degeneration.
Medicine - Health
Zinc may play a key role in eye disease
Research shows that zinc may play a role in the development of a common cause of blindness. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in o…
Medicine - Health
Corn, pumpkin ... enhances vision for the elderly
Older women should eat corn, pumpkin and yellow-colored vegetables to prevent vision loss due to age and advice from American scientists.
Computer science
The fastest graphics card in the world with 2.4 teraflop speed
AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2 dual-core card can handle more than 2 trillion instructions per second, delivering higher quality and image resolution than Nvidia's products.
Computer science
2009: Laptop will take down the desktop
The microprocessor market for personal computers will point to the inflection point at the end of 2008 and early 2009, when for the first time, the number of laptop chip…
Computer science
AMD is no longer alone in competing with Intel
In the past, the computer chip industry was almost the market share between Intel and AMD. But Taiwan's Via Technologies is expected to open the race
Computer science
New processor 'popular' IntelCore2Duo: testing and evaluation!
The new microarchitecture platform that Intel aspires to be in the next few years is Core. In 2006, the production of two Conroe processors (for desktops) and Merom (for…
Computer science
Smart hard disk defragger
After a period of use, the hard disk's data retrieval rate will gradually decrease and one of the main reasons is that this situation is due to fragmentation of hard dis…
Computer science
Fujitsu announced the world's fastest chip
While public opinion is still eyeing new Intel or AMD product lines, Japanese electronics company has quietly developed a computer processor with the ability to perform…