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Although it seems like DC's big relaunch announcement came out an eternity ago, it actually took the publisher less than two weeks to roll out the 52 titles and their creative teams for the big relaunch/reboot/overhaul coming in September. Now that the cats are out of their respective bags, I thought I'd see where various creators and characters will land after the reboot.
So I went back through DC's August solicitations to see who was writing or drawing what, and tried to map everyone to their post-relaunch project — if they had one. However, looking at DC's August solicitations, there seem to be several fill-in issues, so where appropriate I tried to map the most recent ongoing creative teams to their new projects (for instance, I consider Gail Simone and Jesus Saiz the regular creative team for Birds of Prey, even if they aren't doing the last two issues before September hits). Keep in mind that I just went through the ongoing series and skipped over all the miniseries … of which there are a lot, what with Flashpoint winding up in August.
It's also worth noting that although several creators didn't appear in the "big 52″ announcements, that doesn't mean their tenure with DC is necessarily over — some, like Frazer Irving, have said they have future projects that haven't been announced. So I tried to note where creators have talked publicly about their post-relaunch plans with DC (or lack thereof, as the case may be). The same could probably be said for some of DC's characters as well. Or, as Gail Simone said on Twitter: "Again, September is NOT THE END. There's still plans for characters that we haven't seen yet."
So let's get to it ….
DC spent the day rolling out announcements about the Batman books in anticipation of its line-wide September relaunch…with one conspicuous absence until the very end.
So, Bruce Wayne is reclaiming sole possession of the mantle of the Bat, while Batman and Detective Comics are swapping creators: Batman writer/artist Tony Daniel will be taking over Detective Comics, while 'Tec writer Scott Snyder is taking over Batman with artist Greg Capullo of Spawn fame. Both books will star Bruce Wayne rather than his protege and stand-in Dick Grayson beneath the cape and cowl.
For most of us, it's getting to be the middle of April. Everything is blooming and getting greener. Our thoughts turn to familiar rites of spring like baseball, taxes, and that new Green Lantern preview.
On Earth-Solicits, of course, it's July. The greenery is withering in the heat, the tax refund is spent, and half the Reds are sick thanks to being downwind from the Proctor & Gamble plant. Nevertheless, the residents of Earth-Solicits are just bursting at the seams, excited to tell you all that's been happening in their world …
… but they can't tell you everything, because then you'd have no reason to visit.
This sort of fan dance is especially pronounced in the current crop of solicitations. When something like a third of DC's superhero line is taken up with titles like War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath, Brightest Day Aftermath, and especially the cottage industry which is Flashpoint — titles which jump off from endings readers have yet to see, and/or which go deeper into books yet to begin — it's hard to get excited, because right now it's all hype for hype's sake.
Thankfully, that's not all there is to the July solicitations, so let's cruise on….


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Originally posted by Dajanksta:
The more I think about it the more lynch doesn't seem like a sing type guy lol.
and wtf Sings camp isn't that hard. Didn't Coffee go to Alabama where Saban runs a damn boot camp
Originally posted by Dajanksta:
The biggest thing Coffee did in the NFL was retire and increase my post count by about 10 posts.
Originally posted by RedWaltz24:
I am sure some of these college players that were better than everyone they played against in college, but not so much in the NFL, get disheartened. They get a heavy dose of humility and can't handle it. If they can't be as good as they were in college, why settle for a back-up job in the NFL?
Coffee put on muscle, but muscle doesn't make a football player.
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I'm starting to wonder if Camp Sing is so tough it takes all the fun out of football for these guys and then they don't want to play anymore.
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Learn to use Gramene, a publicly available data resource for comparative genome analysis of grasses with genome browsers for many species, species information pages, various databases, an advanced search and more. Gramene contains genome browsers for Oryza sativa indica and japonica, O. glaberrima, O. rufipogon, Zea mays, Sorghum bicolor, Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabidopsis lyrata, Vitis vinifera and Populus trichocarpa. There are also tools to search for genetic markers, traits and biochemical pathways. Gramene's purpose is to provide added value to the many data sets available from public grass genomics studies and other projects.
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This tutorial is a part of the tutorial group Model organisms. You might find the other tutorials in the group interesting:
TAIR: The Arabidopsis Information Resource
Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD): Saccharomyces Genome Database
PhenomicDB: Phenotypes database
WormBase: Molecular and genetic information on Caenorhabditis elegans and related species
FlyBase: A resource for the genes, genome and molecular biology of Drosophila melanogaster and related species.
Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI): The Mouse Genome Informatics resource provides data, tools, and analyses for the mouse model organism.
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On The Run @ Mobil, McDonald's and C&M Deli & Pub were the overall champions of their respective divisions in the Rolla Men's Softball League from league championship games Tuesday at Ber Juan Park.
The first-half champion played the second-half champion on Tuesday to determine the overall titlist in the Middle Division, Middle B Division and the Lower Division, respectively.
Newkirk Auction Service won both halves of the Upper Division, so a championship game was not needed in that division.
There were no rainouts in the Rolla Men's League this year, making this the earliest ending to the league in recent memory. A mini-doubleheader men's league will begin in two weeks, followed by the men's fall league.
In the league championship games from Tuesday:
Middle Division: In the Middle Division On The Run @ Mobil defeated Key Sport Shop 13-9 in the title game. Matt Booker had four hits and scored two runs while David Chirban, Jason Durbin, Charlie Shivers and Bryon Hanes each scored twice for the winners. Masen Ridenhour and Mikey Chambers each had three hits and scored twice and Steve Whitson and Karl Odenwald each scored twice for Key Sport Shop.
Middle B Division: In the Middle B Division title game McDonald's got past Xtreme Life Rolla 27-18. Josh Richards had four hits and scored five runs for the winners while Joel Goodridge had three hits and scored four runs and Robin Pickup, Nick Olivas and Brandon Newkirk all scored three runs. Chris Cremer had three hits and scored four runs while Mark Miller and Mike Miller each scored three times for Xtreme Life Rolla.
Lower Division: In the Lower Division championship game C&M Deli & Pub topped Paul's Furniture 16-7. Lea Calkins and Chad Rose each had three hits and scored two runs for the winners while Scott Rigsby, Kevin Barr, Tony Rigsby and Cameron Bogart each scored twice. Scott Barrad scored two runs for Paul's Furniture.
In Lower Division games to conclude the regular season on Tuesday:
Frieda's Closet 12, A-1 Moving 1: D. Hartley had a single and scored three runs while J. Duckworth had a triple and scored two runs as Frieda's Closet won. J. Davis scored the lone run for A-1 Moving.
Fairground Auto Plaza 16, Hartley's Climate Control 15: Brandon Adam scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as Fairground Auto Plaza won. Adam and Dennis Stanley each scored three runs for the winners. Aaron Gideon scored four runs and Dave Julious and Randy Benson each scored three times for Hartley's.
Paul's Furniture 12, Krueger Vending 7: Lance Barred, Matt McCarter, Kris Newkirk and Justin Hackworth each scored twice as Paul's Furniture won. Mike Gregory scored twice for Krueger Vending.
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AFDS 2012: AMD "Kaveri" APU to offer 1 TFLOPS Compute Performance
Subject: Graphics Cards, Processors | June 12, 2012 - 12:18 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: Kaveri, APU, amd, AFDS
During the opening keynote at the AMD Fusion Developer Summit 2012, AMD's Dr. Lisa Su revealed a slide with performance of the upcoming 3rd genreation Kaveri APU.
While Trinity is currently rated at 726 GFLOPS, the Kaveri APU due late in 2012 or early 2013, will have at least 1 TFLOPS of total compute performance. That is a 37% boost over the previous generation.
If you want more information, check out our keynote live blog!!
Video Perspective: AMD A10-4600M vs Core i7-3720QM on Diablo III
Subject: Graphics Cards, Processors, Mobile | June 1, 2012 - 10:52 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, trinity, Ivy Bridge, Intel, i7-3720QM, diablo iii, APU, amd, a10-4600m
So, apparently PC gamers are big fans of Diablo III, to the tune of 3.5 million copies sold in the first 24 hours. That means there are a lot of people out there looking for information about the performance they can expect on various harware configurations with Diablo III. Since we happened to have the two newest mobile processors and platforms on-hand, and because many people seemed to assume that "just about anything" would be able to play D3, we decided to put it to the test.
In our previous reviews of the AMD Trinity and Intel Ivy Bridge reference systems, the general consensus was that the CPU portion of the chip was better on Intel's side while the GPU portion was still weighted towards the AMD Trinity APU. Both of these CPUs, the A10-4600M and the Core i7-3720QM, are the highest end mobile solutions from both AMD and Intel.
The specifications weren't identical, but again, for a mobile platform, this was the best we could do. With the AMD system only having 4GB of memory compared to the Ivy Bridge system with 8GB, that is one lone "stand out" spec. The Intel HD 4000 graphics offer a noticeable upgrade from the HD 3000 on the Sandy Bridge platform but AMD's new HD 7660G (based on Cayman) also sees performance increase.
We ran our tests at 1366x768 with "high" image quality settings and ran through a section of the early part of the game a few times with FRAPs to get our performance results. We did also run some tests to an external monitor at 1920x1080 with "low" presets and AA disabled - both are reported in the video below. Enjoy!
This A-10 can't kill tanks but it does beat a Bulldozer
Subject: Processors | May 16, 2012 - 02:29 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: trinity, radeon, igp, gpu, APU, amd. A10-4600M
AMD's A10-4600M APU has finally arrived, showing off an enhanced Piledriver core and a new Northern Islands based graphics core. This is a big step up from Llano in terms of general processing power but not a huge improvement over Bulldozer chips, though the raised clock speed does help it in general tasks. Unfortunately the AMD still chip lags far behind the performance of Intel's mobile i5 processors and while the graphics are certainly more powerful on Trinity they still aren't up to an impressive level of performance. The Tech Report liked the high end A10-4600M but think that Trinity's low power chips are really going to shine in inexpensive ultraportable machines.
You can also check out Matt's review of Llano in a reference laptop from AMD for more information.
"AMD has pulled the curtains back on Trinity, its next-generation APU, which features new Piledriver CPU cores and Northern Islands-derived integrated graphics. Join us as we outline Trinity's architecture and run it through a whole host of benchmarks, from old staples to OpenCL-accelerated apps and "inside the second" gaming tests."
Here are some more Processor articles from around the web:
- AMD Launches New Trinity APU @ TechwareLabs
- The AMD Trinity Review (A10-4600M): A New Hope @ AnandTech
- AMD A10 'Trinity' APU review @ Hardware.Info
- AMD Launches New 2012 A-Series APU (Trinity) @ Bjorn3d
- AMD Trinity Preview @ Neoseeker
- AMD Trinity A10-4600M APU Review: Jumping the Shark? @ VR-Zone
- AMD Trinity: Going Mobile with a New APU @ Hardware Canucks
AMD Launches 2nd-Generation A-Series APU
Subject: Processors | May 15, 2012 - 02:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: amd, APU, trinity
AMD today announced the widely anticipated launch of its 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) for mainstream and ultrathin notebooks, All-in-One and traditional desktops, home theater PCs and embedded designs.
The 2nd-Generation A-Series APU, codenamed "Trinity", is a grounds-up improved design over the previous generation, enabling a best-in-class PC mobility, entertainment, and gaming experience. New features of the product design include:
- Double the performance per watt of the previous generation;
- The AMD HD Media Accelerator with a unique set of technologies designed to optimize video quality available with premium and Internet video content, and accelerate video file conversion;
- An increase in CPU performance of up to 29 percent with higher processor speeds thanks to the next-generation AMD "Piledriver" CPU core with 3rd-Generation AMD Turbo Core technology, where power is dynamically shifted between the CPU and GPU depending on application needs, effectively providing a more responsive experience that can boost CPU frequencies to up to 3.2 GHz;
- AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series graphics for an increase of graphics performance up to 56% over the previous generation. Combined, the CPU and GPU cores deliver more than 700 gigaflops of computing performance – several times more than the fastest x86 CPUs – to boost performance of hundreds of applications;
- Up to 12 hours of battery life through CPU and GPU power enhancements, with clear battery life leadership in notebook form factors.
"The latest OEM notebooks, ultrathins, All-in-Ones and desktops based on the new AMD A-Series APU enable the best video and gaming experiences, highly responsive performance with AMD Turbo CORE, and accelerate an ever-increasing range of productivity and multimedia applications -- in sleek, stylish designs at price points that make sense," said Chris Cloran, corporate vice president and General Manager, AMD Client Business Unit. "Our 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series APU is a major step forward in every performance and power dimension, allowing users to enjoy a stunning experience without having to give up the things that matter to them most. This experience doesn't stop at mainstream notebooks. It carries over into affordable ultrathin form factors featuring the latest in AMD Radeon graphics."
The Growing AMD Accelerated Application Ecosystem
The developer ecosystem continues to gravitate to the unmatched level of compute and unique processing capabilities of the APU as more than 100 applications and games are now accelerated by AMD APUs. The 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series APU gives users superior Web-based video experience thanks to plug-ins for Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer 9 that make it easy for consumers to turn on AMD Steady Video technology. Recent applications that have been optimized for use on AMD A-Series APUs include Adobe Photoshop CS6, WinZip 16.5 and VLC Media Player. AMD A-Series APUs are also well-positioned to take advantage of the upcoming transition to the Windows 8 operating system.
"We are excited for the introduction of the 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series APU and are confident it will continue the great work Microsoft and AMD have done together on the A-Series APU," said Aidan Marcuss, senior director, Windows Business Planning, Microsoft Corp. "We look forward to seeing the A-Series APU in action with Windows 8 to deliver a great user experience across a variety of hardware."
For developers who want to engage in the industry's move toward heterogeneous computing, the upcoming AMD Fusion12 Developer Summit will offer them a unique opportunity to enhance their knowledge base. More information on AFDS can be found here.
Unmatched Mobility
With more than 12 hours of 'resting' battery life, AMD is now an industry leader in notebook battery-life performance. The 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series APU delivers increased levels of performance, while consuming half the power as its predecessor.
These gains can be attributed to the new power-optimized "Piledriver" CPU core, as well as to AMD Start Now technology, which is designed to maximize system responsiveness by quickly entering and exiting low power states. With AMD Start Now, the computer resumes from sleep mode in as few as two seconds and boots to the desktop in as few as 10 seconds.
In ultrathin form factors, AMD enables an uncompromised visual experience thanks to a power-efficient and premium AMD Radeon graphics engine. Consumers can expect to see ultrathin notebooks based on dual-core 17-watt and quad-core 25-watt AMD A-Series APUs. These products will be easily identifiable by aluminum-styled VISION Technology stickers at a range of competitive price points.
Best-in-class Entertainment
As more and more people turn to their computers as the hub for their entertainment, the visual aspect of computing becomes ever more important. To enhance these capabilities, AMD created the AMD HD Media Accelerator – a unique set of technologies that enable the best video quality on a PC. Key features of the HD Media Accelerator include:
- AMD Perfect Picture HD – An image, video processing and display technology that automatically makes images and video better with color vibrancy adjustments, edge enhancement, noise reduction and dynamic contrast fixes;
- AMD Steady Video Technology – A technology that enables smooth playback of jittery video content with a single button click thanks to plug-ins for popular Web browsers and multimedia applications;
- AMD Quick Stream Technology – A new technology that prioritizes video streaming on PC systems for a smooth, virtually uninterrupted video stream; True HD video chat with up to four people at once;
- AMD Video Converter – A video compression engine for fast conversion and sharing of media files across multiple formats and devices; Full decode support for H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1, MVC, DivX and WMV.
Gaming Leadership
The 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series APU builds on AMD's legacy of gaming leadership with an increase in graphics performance of up to 56% over the previous generation and support for:
AMD Eyefinity Technology – For the first time, this immersive technology is available from an APU without the need for a discrete graphics card Performance-leading DirectX 11 graphics architecture and 1080p gaming a life-like level of detail; AMD Radeon dual graphics support that delivers a performance boost of up to 75 percent when adding a discrete graphics card to the APU.11 The AMD Radeon dual graphics option also offers support for DirectX 9 for older game titles, and uses new AMD CrossFire Technology Profiles for easier updates.
Introduction, Overview
AMD's position is not enviable. Though they're the only large competitor to Intel in the market for x86 processors, the company is dwarfed by the Giant of Santa Clara. As a resident of Portland, I can't forget this fact. Intel offices are strewn across the landscape of the western suburbs, most of them at least four times larger than any office I've worked at.
Despite the long odds, AMD is set in this course for now and has no choice but to soldier on. And so we have today's reference platform, a laptop powered by AMD's latest mobile processor, codenamed Trinity. These processors, like the older Llano models, will be sold as the AMD A-Series. This might lead you to think that it's simply another minor update, but that's not the case.
Llano was released around the same time as Bulldozer, but it did not use Bulldozer cores. Instead it used yet another update of Stars, which is a mobile incarnation of Phenom II, which was of course an improvement upon the original Phenom. The "new" Llano APU in fact was equipped with some rather old processor cores. This showed in the performance of the mobile Llano products. They simply could not keep up with Sandy Bridge's more modern cores.
Bulldozer isn't coming to mobile with Trinity, either. Instead we're receiving Piledriver. AMD has effectively skipped the first iteration of its new Bulldozer architecture and moved straight on to the second. Piledriver includes the third generation of AMD's Turbo Core and promises "up to 29%" better processor performance than last year's Llano-based A-Series.
That's a significant improvement, should it turn out to be correct. Is it true, and will it be enough to catch up to Intel?
AMD Releasing Mobile Trinity APUs In May
Subject: Processors | May 8, 2012 - 05:30 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: ultrathins, trinity, piledriver, mobile, APU, amd
Last week we detailed the changes and improvements in AMD's upcoming Trinity Accelerated Processing Units (APU). Today, DigiTimes has confirmed that Trinity will be released later this month. The only catch is that the company is only releasing the mobile Trinity chips in May. The higher end, and higher TDP, parts will not be released until August 2012.
A Trinity APU die next to a USB flash drive
According to their sources, AMD will be pricing the mobile Trinity chips very aggressively. They will offer a cheaper alternative to OEMs as AMD based ultrathins compared to an Ivy Bridge based ultabrook notebook. The low power Trinity chips will have vastly superior GPU execution units, though Ivy Bridge may retain the CPU performance crown. Both chips are able to sip voltage and have low TDPs so it will be interesting to see the results of battery life tests once the chips and notebooks are released and are in the hands of reviewers.
Trinity desktop parts are scheduled for release in August, including the A10-5800K, A10-5700, A8-5600K, and A8-5500. They are also planning lower end A6 and A4 series Trinity APUs.
Beyond Trinity, their sources have indicated that AMD will release very low power Brazos 2.0 processors for ultrathins and Windows 8 tablets that have 18W TDPs in June 2012. Vishera–Piledriver architecture, AM3+ socket–FX series desktop CPUs (no iGPU) will be released sometime in the third quarter of this year (Q3 2012). The FX and Brazos processors include the FX-8350, FX-6300, FX-4320, and the E2-1800 and E1-1200 respectively.
While AMD may not have the lowest manufacturing process, are seemingly dropping employees like flies, and had a huge financial loss due to buying themselves out of GlobalFoundries they are still hanging in there and delivering competitive products for the low to mid-range markets.
Trinity Improvements Include Updated Piledriver Cores and VLIW4 GPUs
Subject: Processors | May 4, 2012 - 02:11 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: trinity, piledriver, llnao, fm2, APU, AMD A series
EXP Review has managed to get their hands on a set of AMD slides containing information on one of the company's upcoming processor lines. The Llano successor, known as Trinity, is a new APU due out later this year that is said to bring increases in performance thanks to several architectural enhancements.
A Trinity APU die sitting next to a USB flash drive
Llano is AMD's currently available Accelerated Processing Unit, or APU. The chips combine updated "Stars" mobile Phenom II CPU cores and Radeon 6000 series graphics cores into a single package. Further, the APUs contain a PCI-E 2.0 controller, integrated memory controller, and UVD3 hardware video decoding units. Some models also support AMD's Turbo Core and Hybrid Graphics Technology which allow them to automatically boost CPU clockspeeds when lower GPU usage leaves TDP headroom, and to pair with a discrete Radeon HD 6450, 6570, or 6670 GPU in a Crossfire-like configuration. Built on a 32nm silicon on insulator (SOI) manufacturing process by GlobalFoundries, the APUs employ 1.45 billion transistors and have a die size of 228mm2 for the desktop versions. Desktop parts have TDPs of 65 watts or 100 watts depending on the particular chip and connect to the motherboards using the FM1 socket (which was a new socket for AMD, it has 905 contacts). There are both desktop and mobile Llano parts, though they are essentially the same chips. The mobile parts are scaled down desktop Llano chips that run at lower clockspeeds, top out DDR3 support at 1600MHz (versus DDR3 1866MHz on the desktop parts), have lower TDPs of either 35W or 45W, and use a slightly different socket (FS1).
In our review, and what many other users noted, is that Llano's CPU performance really left something to be desired. Fortunately for AMD, the GPU portion of the chip delivered on performance and made the APU desirable for certain niches. The low power chips had a place in home theater PCs (HTPCs), cheap desktops, and even budget gaming rigs to an extent. Still, the CPU performance really held Llano back in terms of popularity and adoption among enthusiasts.
Llano APU in action during overclocking and gaming tests.
The upcoming Trinity processors bring quite a few enhancements to the table, foremost of which is a revamped CPU part that ditches the old Phenom II processor cores in favor of updated Piledriver architecture CPU modules. The move to the Piledriver x86 cores promises an increase in IPC, leakage reduction, CAC reduction, and increased clockspeeds according to the leaked slides, but the most important change is the increased performance per clock numbers. The Trinity APUs are set to replace the A8–or performance series of–Llano APUs with quad core Trinity processors that utilize two Piledriver modules that each share 2MB cache for 4MB of total L2 cache. In that respect, Trinity will be similar to Llano in that it does not employ any L3 cache that is shared between the CPU and GPU cores. Interestingly, that may mean that using higher clocked RAM can improve performance on Trinity just as it did with Llano. If true, that would make Trinity's improved DDR3 support–up to DDR3 2133MHz– all the better. On the GPU side of things, Trinity moves to a "Northern Islands" VLIW4 architecture with up to 384 stream processing units. Although the GPU area is physically smaller, it is said to be more efficient than the GPU cores in Llano APUs. The new GPU core is DirectX 11 and OpenCL 1.1 compliant. Also, it includes an updated hardware tessellator engine and hardware encoding unit (AMD Accelerated Video Converter).
Trinity will continue to offer 65W and 100W TDPs as well as a 35W part. The TDPs are the same as those in Llano, but AMD has managed to lower the voltages needed to run Trinity out of the box. Also, AMD is claiming the new Trinity chips will sip power at idle–as low as 1.08 watts.
Trinity also ratchets up the automatic overclocking with Turbo Core 3 support which can boost the CPU clockspeed up to 19% or the GPU clockspeed up to 20% above stock clocks. Even better, the APU is able to allocate power to either the GPU or CPU depending on which area needs the boost and how much TDP headroom the chip has when doing certain tasks. For example, AMD shows that the A10-4600M APU can downclock the GPU from the default clockspeed of 685MHz to 496MHz, allowing the x86 Piledriver cores to achieve up to a 900MHz overclock at a clockspeed of 3.2GHz. Alternatively, when the GPU is needed, it can run at 685MHz while the CPU sits at 2.3GHz. They are likely not able to push the GPU much further as any more reductions in CPU speeds would need to be much bigger than any accompanying GPU increases. And at that point, the GPU would likely become bottlenecked and the system would be starved of too much CPU power anyway.
The Trinity APUs continue to be based on GlobalFoundries' 32nm SOI manufacturing process, but this time the chips are slightly larger with a die size of 246mm^2. Although the APU is wholly larger than Llano, they actually have fewer transistors at 1.303 billion versus the 1.45 billion in Llano. Although that may seem like a step in the wrong direction, the new CPU modules and GPU cores are much more efficient than those in Llano so it should all balance out and Trinity should come out on top despite the lower transistor count. The Trinity APUs will also feature an improved instruction set that includes AVX, AVX1.1, FMA3, AES, and F16C which should help the CPU in certain tasks.
Overall, Trinity is looking like an improved part versus Llano, especially in the CPU department. Although AMD's numbers should be taken with more than a grain of salt, they are claiming 26% better desktop system performance as a result of the CPU overhaul. Granted, Bulldozer was not a CPU powerhouse itself when compared to the competition, but it is–at least on paper–a good design. When paired with a relatively good GPU, as is the case of Trinity, the Piledriver [architecture based] (a refined version of the Bulldozer architecture with some under-the-hood tweaks) cores should at the least not hold the GPU back, and at best make the CPU processor performance good enough to make the Trinity APU all the more desirable to an even wider range of potential buyers. Pricing of the new APUs is still up in the air, but they are set to release later this month if a certain leak is to be believed.
I think that we can expect to see an all around better chip with Trinity, though pricing will be the ultimate factor in determining how popular it is. I suspect that Intel will still carry the CPU crown, but if the price is right, AMD can sell a lot of Trinity chips to builders that only need decent CPUs to support good integrated GPU cores in systems where the GPU is more important. I am anxiously awaiting reviews of the new Trinity chips and hoping that AMD continues to have successful chips with their line of APUs.
More images of the leaked slides can be found here. Also, on a somewhat related note, it looks like many of the previous leaks and information that we reported on a while ago was correct.
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It was nearly five years ago that ASUS announced the first Eee PC model at Computex. That October the first production version of what would to be called a netbook, the ASUS Eee PC 4G, was released. The press latched on to the little Eee PC, making it the new darling of the computer industry. It was small, it was inexpensive, and it was unlike anything on the market.
Even so, the original Eee PC was a bit of a dead end. It used an Intel Celeron processor that was not suited for the application. It consumed too much power and took up a significant portion of the netbook's production cost. If Intel's Celeron had remained the only option for netbooks they probably would not have made the leap from press darling to mainstream consumer device.
It turned out that Intel (perhaps unintentionally) had the solution – Atom. Originally built with hopes that it might power "mobile Internet devices" it proved to be the netbook's savior. It allowed vendors to squeeze out cheap netbooks with Windows and a proper hard drive.
At the time, Atom and the netbook seemed promising. Sales were great – consumers loved the cute, pint-sized, affordable computers. In 2009 netbook sales jumped by over 160% quarter-over-quarter while laptops staggered along with single-digit growth. The buzz quickly jumped to other products, spawning nettops, media centers and low-power all-in-one-PCs. There seemed to be nothing an Atom powered computer could not do.
Fast forward. Earlier this year, PC World ran an article asking if netbooks are dead. U.S. sales peaked in the first quarter of 2010 and have been nose-diving since then, and while some interest remains in the other markets, only central Europe and Latin America have held steady. It appears the star that burned brightest has indeed burned the quickest.
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AMD announced their Q1 2012 earnings last week, which turned out better than the previous numbers suggested. The bad news is that they posted a net loss of $590 million. That does sound pretty bad considering that their gross revenue was $1.59 billion, but there is more to the story than meets the eye. Of course, there are thoughts of "those spendthrift executives are burying AMD again", but this is not the case. The loss lays squarely on the GLOBALFOUNDRIES equity and wafer agreements that have totally been retooled.
To get a good idea of where AMD stands in Q1, and for the rest of this year, we need to see how all these numbers actually get sorted out. Gross revenue is down 6% from the quarter before, which is expected due to seasonal pressures. This is right in line with Intel's seasonal downturn, and in ways AMD was affected slightly less than their larger competitor. They are down around 2% from last year's quarter, and part of that can be attributed to the continuing hard drive shortage that continued to affect the previous quarter.
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"Sometimes, you just wanna take that one hit that ends the whole thing," he said.
Bailey and dozens of other homeless people crowded the sidewalk outside the shelter, talking with each other and smoking cigarettes. Bailey was quiet at first, but suddenly opened up and began to tell his story in a slow, almost calming voice.
"I went to the other side of town, across the railroad tracks. I was doing good, had great friends, went water skiing, camping, everything, loved life," he said. "Then I went across the tracks and started getting high. Then I went out to prison."
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With just the clothes on his back and with dreams left unfulfilled, Bailey looked up at the blue evening sky, and sighed. Would he hang himself that night as he had attempted twice before while in prison?
"Just tired, tired of this life. I figure there's gotta be something better on the other side," he said. "I think right now I'm on the stairway to heaven."
According to the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients, more than 80 percent of homeless people have experienced drug and/or alcohol problems throughout their lives. At the same time, national homelessness has increased in part because of the rise of home foreclosure, NSHAPC reported. This puts stress on shelters that cannot accommodate the need.
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While drug involvement led Bailey to homelessness, others say it is not the cause. Josh, another homeless man in Salt Lake, grew up in Canada and began hitchhiking across the states soon after high school. He now sits outside the Road Home shelter in Salt Lake, smoking a cigarette with his girlfriend Jennifer while sipping gas station coffee.
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If these new predictions come to pass, it would spell more lean times for coal miners in major coal exporting countries such as the U.S., Australia and Indonesia. At the same time, the shift would be give a major boost to efforts to curb emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and pollutants such as mercury and sulfur dioxide.
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Designs and constructs museum collections, exhibits, and special projects. Researches ideas and materials for an exhibit, recommends solutions for design problems, and utilizes design techniques to produce desired visual effect and educational message. May require a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and 2-4 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. A degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. View full job description
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PORT's Arcy Douglass wrote the hell out of the Robert Irwin show in San Diego. I mean, thousands of words, dozens of scrolls, handfuls of images.
Irwin's work needs this kind of time, attention, and space. His complicated architectural installations and adventures in experience are not easily explored in review form.
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I was expecting an announcement that the public offering was closed (reiterating how much money was raised), so this, in comparison, is a wee bit more exciting. NBI-98854's clinical need is great, with a variety of potentially improperly medicated patients, so it is nice to see the FDA acknowledge this with a Fast Track
It will be in double digits in a few months
It is great news for any drug developer to be granted with Fast Track which normally indicates the medical needs is real, and FDA wants the drug get into market as soon as possible.We are moving into double digits after VMAT2 phase II topline data is reported in two months or sooner
I can't recall management stating they were going after Fast Track for VMAT.Could be in P3 trials by mid/late 2013 if all goes according to plan.
To me the fast track for tardive dyskinesia is great, but I don't know how large the addressable market is. What it does mean is that they will throw a whole bunch of money at it with the required trials. In those trials they should at least get a strong feeling for the drugs effectiveness for other indications, including the holy grail, schizophrenia. If it shows efficacy in the treatment of schizo, we are all rich.Ochs


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The Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Matilda the Musical is releasing 400,000 new tickets at 11am today (13 September 2012).
The production, which is now booking until 22 December 2013 at the Cambridge Theatre, is releasing the tickets to coincide with the seventh annual Roald Dahl Day – on what would have been the author's birthday.
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And as you should been aware of their children.As an a/v boy,you are a goof.
Another one Bites the Dust. JCP is next.
Bettis Grille on North shore by the stadiums . Always good food ,service,crowds. Sports Bar,of course!
The money they command for concerts, tee shirts should be included. I don't advertise for anyone but myself.
Very misleading post to all fans of Bon Jovi.
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I had a good friend die from agent orange last week. Cancer. He never said "Poor Me."
Why would any company send a rookie out on a call by himself?
I was preping a bedroom to paint,took off all cover plates,fixtures,ect.Cat jumps into cold air return and wanders around in dark ductwork till she fell into the return side of the air...
A few weeks ago, I went on a call to assist an a/c tech at a limestone quarry that failed again.We replaced all 3 module boards and got the inside unit on,but the outside unit didn't. No o/t from the...
Can't anyone read,before posting? Magnetic seal, not lock!
Semper Fi to all our brothers,past and present. Proud to be a former member.
Agent Orange is getting a lot of our generation.
If it's that important get a movie smoke unit.
There ya Go.
Giving people money for nothing make dem fat...faces of walmart.com
Shameful, Shameful, Shameful....Evil.
Sorry to hear, will do.
I never wondered why.
I still enjoy the smell of newsprint.
Get CDC away from who's bigger gay studyies and back into focus with health issues.
Good Luck,but I wouldn't put a new tech on his own for awhile.
I would axe your neighbor what you should do, since he is an expert.
Mowed grass.
If you are required to go to training with pay...do It.
Where I reside,No one worries about their acreage.It's green always.
Put in a sight glass and watch the bubbles .
Once the carrier compensates the homeowner,it's no longer his property to sell.
Preferably a job with an hourly wage+benefits. Not the upsale /commision jobs.
That sounds like a classic case of insurance fraud.The carrier would of delared the outside unit junk,and paid for a new unit.
dogboy, I knew you were tweeking ,but that was common practice in the poorer sections of Pittsburgh,Pa. A new guy might think this is the way to go.
Turn down the t'stat a few dgrees,close off any unused spaces you don't have to heat and Don't listen to dogboy.
Ideally, the air space in the"attic" will be the same as the outside temperature.
You'll need roof ventilation if you want to keep it.Also roof overhangs are the way to go.
As an engineer,you should know better than to use the sheet metal as a reference point for voltage measurements.
check your fusebox.
No work in 4 years? I'll send you a quote!
Option A: Go for a new a/c longivity record.
Option B : Replace unit ,make sure you got scrapping rights.
If the fan blade fits,you can use the motor the same rpm
You are running a rebate but don't know the details? Thats smart business!
Bring him back till it is acceptable.
Probably would think "Once you take the fear of God out of the equasion,anything goes!"
The filter?
Dis sites four professers only. Another secrect site that if you axed a ? ,being a professional,you wouldn't have axed the ? at all. This thread is Closed.
He can hire a pro to fix it, we don't give DIY advise here.
Stay away from those 1Hour thing and that sevice thing!
Careful out there,boys .
You have over $ in repairs that should have went towards a higher seer new install,which where you live you will save loot.
Give me a break! That is about as a non professional comment as they come!


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Madison -- Democrats in the state Legislature called Tuesday for raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour over two years -- a move that has little chance in a state government run by Republicans.
The measure would immediately raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.20. The wage floor would rise to $9.15 a year later and $10.10 a year after that.
Minimum-wage worker Darnell Summers of Milwaukee said he receives $640 a month in take-home pay working at Popeye's. Summers had been working 40 hours a week, but he said all workers last year were cut back to 28 hours a week.
Almost all of what he makes -- $550 a month -- goes toward rent, he said.
"That's not living," Summers, 57, said at a Capitol news conference. "I'm able-bodied. I should not have to depend on a Quest (food stamps) card so I can eat when I'm working.
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Aquarius 2013 Astrological Overview
2013 will be a special year for Aquarians, with deep career significance. Saturn will be in Aquarius' house of career, as well as the Dragon's Head (the North Node of the Moon), indicating a mission to carry out, a structure to build.
Your ideas on career, status, reputation, authority and social position will be brought to discussion again, the things you have built will be tested, their quality, necessity, authenticity and value checked.
Saturn will force you to follow some rules, to fit some limits. It'll cut down your freedom of action and decision. You won't do as you please anymore, you'll do what you have to. And things will go slowly, reaching obstacles, interdictions, incapacity.
Nevertheless... Saturn has valuable gifts for the serious, perseverant Aquarians. With it you can make plans and build strategies for long term, you can lay foundations, you can slowly but solidly build a strong career, prestige, the fame of a competent, thorough, trustworthy person. Saturn can introduce you to official environments or to social structures with well defined hierarchy.
Uranus will remain your ally, lending strength and originality to your thinking, ideas, discourse, suggesting ingenious solutions.
Neptune in Aquarius' house of money can bring along benefits from artistic talents, poetry, creation, visual arts, esoteric preoccupations, business with fluids (liquids, gases) and synthetic materials. Beware, though, because it's still Neptune that can cause financial chaos and can tempt you to prejudicial delusion and strange associations!
Aquarius 2013
Love and Relationships Horoscope
With the burning Mars in Aquarius and the magnificent Jupiter in Aquarius' house of eroticism, you'll start 2013 in a fabulous sexual shape! Mars and Jupiter are connected by themselves to physical vigor and carnal lust, highly underlined now by the houses they transit.
Against the background of setting instincts free will naturally grow passion, your urge to conquer and your desire for adventure. There can be sudden sentimental outbursts, waves of fervent romanticism, wishes that require to be fulfilled, even if it involves risks and rash deeds.
The top feverishness will last all month in January 2013, while Mars stays in Aquarius. Falling in love will now become the easiest thing in the world. And it'll stay easy for the whole first half of 2013 because Jupiter will make sure it provides you with favorable opportunities by June 26th.
Meanwhile, February 2013 promises happiness and achievements, and June 2013, with Jupiter, Mars and the Sun in Aquarius' house of love, will reach its peak! June will be the most dynamic and sensual, the hottest and craziest month in 2013. Afterwards, there'll be some peace. No spectacular events are foreseen by the end of the year.
The last six months in 2013 will not lack action, but the most significant events and the moments that will have the greatest impact on your sentimental life will happen in the first part of the year.
In the second half of the year you can peacefully enjoy the sweet transit of Venus through Aquarius' house of couple in July 2013 (harmony, tenderness, understanding, reconciliation) and you can experience a sort of stability, acknowledgement and fulfillment in August 2013, when the Sun crosses the same house.
Following its predecessors, Mars will cross Aquarius' house of couple in September and the first part of October 2013, lighting again the flame of passion and ardor, but risking storms out of too much haste and impulsiviness.
Aquarius Career and Money Horoscope 2013
Saturn arrived in Aquarius' house of career in October last year and it'll stay there until September 2015. Three difficult and burdening years, because Saturn sets tasks, rules and restrictions, which the rebellious Aquarius people don't like a bit.
But this is it: Saturn thinks time has come for you to learn what discipline, patience, responsibility, planning and tenacity mean. And you must follow it so that you don't fail. You'll probably have a burden on your shoulders: many and difficult tasks, stereotype work, lack of excitement, a grumpy, demanding or hostile boss, a very busy schedule, with impossible work hours, etc.
In January 2013, in the last decan of April and all May 2013 you'll feel the restrictive action of Saturn rather strongly. There will be periods in which collisions of forces, pride and wills can lead to tough situations.
The second half of March 2013 and the first half of April will also imply a degree of risk: they will incite to rebellion, radical decisions, rash statements, verbal conflicts, incidents and accidents.
To your luck, on June 26th 2013 Jupiter will enter Aquarius' house of work, making things easier to you, lending you strength and creating a niche of favorable opportunities. Jupiter and Saturn work well together, so you'll make progress in the second part of the year 2013, and your work will be better paid.
The last decan of June, all the month July and even August 2013 will form a busy, demanding, hectic, stressful interval, which could be very productive though. However, pay attention to documents and communication!
September 2013 will focus on partnerships, but can also bring along competition, rivalry, conflicts and misunderstandings.
October and November 2013 will be important as regards Aquarius' position and status, but will impose prudent and long-thought-of decisions. They will be active months financially speaking, in which you shouldn't take risks though.
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A cyborg who believed in God…
Very far away from my Celestial Warrior Series; however, it is related with the religious theme. This took me a long time because I've been working on some commercial projects (which is great) and I don't have so much time for personal stuff. I hope you like it.
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This is so beautiful! Love it!
πολύ ισχυρή αντίθεση.
That's so amazing, I can't stop looking at it o.o
Beautiful gallery
pk, now this has to be my favorate
Interesting idea! Awesome colours used with great detail. Well done!
Great idea & execution!
Algo me había llamado la atención de esto.. ¿Por qué el "E9"? ¿Tiene alguna significación?
PD: hermoso trabajo.
PD: hermoso trabajo.
Bueno yo tenía pensado hacer una serie de cyborgs con este concepto, y el E9 es el código de cada uno, todos los nombres de cyborgs comenzaran por la letra "E" con diferente número claro. Gracias.
Very detailed and beautiful. Nice work!
The detail work as well as the color scheme is wonderful.
Very beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.
Very beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.
Amazing work, seems perfect for a book cover. Hope to see more of this
So many amazing details!
Incredible work!
Un robot que cree en Dios? Mola el concepto! muy original
beautiful girl!
Amazing work I just love her hair.
Breathtaking, I'd love to know some background about her.
Thank you! I'm thinking about to make a series with this concept, then I could tell more of this story.
beautiful... makes me want to know more of her story..
Hello I am glad to announce you that your wonderful art has been featured here : www.deviantart.com/journal/Hig… in our Highlights of the week at ! Congrats!!!
Impressive and worderful work my friend
love it
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Marvelous work, I'm a believer in your work now! And I'm invested in your characters.