Multi-core for multimedia clients is all about diversification

In case you haven’t noticed, multi-core processing is happening. We’ve already covered multi-core aspects that relate both to servers and clients. For clients, I’ve previously focused on video communications, but there is another aspect on the client side that is important to note - for clients, multi-core is a game of diversification, not only multiplication. Multi-core, as previously discussed and as promoted today to the mass market, is all about multiplication. Take a general purpose CPU and multiply it (read more...)

By Tsahi Levent-Levi  |  July 14th, 2008  |  Filed under Clients
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In search of the right processing power for High Definition

Everything today is High Definition (HD). Whether you’re talking about televisions, projectors, video conferencing or even voice calls - the latest and greatest is high-definition capable. That said, high definition is really complex to deal with, not just in terms of bandwidth requirements, but in terms of processing power - especially if we’re dealing with visual communications. The challenge Have you ever tried watching a movie encoded in high definition format on your laptop? Assuming you have a single (read more...)

By Tsahi Levent-Levi  |  July 10th, 2008  |  Filed under Technology
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