Arun Demeure
@ArunDemeure
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Random musings on computing, semiconductors, wireless, and personal stuff. Currently working on a top-secret non-sentient AI project, also writing for Beyond3D.
Brussels, Belgium
Joined April 2009
@mnstrmnch You know it's a good bug when the only reason it didn't deadlock everything is another bug preventing the deadlock... fun times!
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@davidgaider Great ending, easily your best book yet, congrats! :) I was listening to DAO OST and it shuffled to Leliana on P410! I cried :(
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@CDemerjian Basic reading comprehension would have told you the Armada 628 is homogeneous. If you still don't trust me: http://t.co/5db8VM2M
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@CDemerjian @ryszu G has higher power/mm² & much higher leakage/mm² but much higher perf->higher active perf/W. Next time do your homework!
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@CDemerjian @ryszu Qualcomm MSM8x60 uses 45LPG, Marvell Armada 628 is 2x1.5GHz+624MHz PJ4, ST-Ericsson A9600 is 2xA15+Companion (A9 or A5?).
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Intriguing presentation by Richard Bartle (father of MUD) explaining how he's literally a God: http://bit.ly/eh67Fo
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Just back from NV press dinner, NDA expires at 1am CET (I hope the NDA isn't under NDA), don't expect a big announcement but nice anyway.
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On QCOM, I can confirm the new CPU arch does have higher perf/MHz than Snapdragon, not clear how much or how.
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ST-E A9600 is even better than it looks, the power management tricks are very impressive and the Rogue GPU is multicore (not sure if 2 or 4)
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ST-Ericsson briefing was excellent, exec access after the Q&A was great, I regret not staying longer to go to the more predictable QCOM one.
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GPU-wise, had a long chat with the CTO of Caustic (now part of IMG/PowerVR), surprisingly open and realistic on how to penetrate the market.
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Most striking at #mwc11 so far: stock Honeycomb tablets are extremely smooth, browser scrolling much better than 2.2.
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Going to #mwc11 which looks like it will be a lot more exciting semiconductor-wise than 2010, hopefully will post some unusual bits here!
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Woah, I'm using twitter again! What next, a new article on Handheld CPUs on Beyond3D?! Oh wait: http://j.mp/e2hGMt
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I guess most people who care saw it by now but.. AMD DX11 demo @ Computex: http://tinyurl.com/q5c37n - B3D thread: http://tinyurl.com/pkzt97
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ARM Netbooks thread on Beyond3D turning out nicely, also put a list of links to Computex videos: http://tinyurl.com/odrfbz
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My other thoughts on Zune HD: http://tinyurl.com/pghe8k - given AMOLED/Tegra, I'm betting on 10h+ video *with screen on*
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The Cowon S9's similarity to the Zune HD makes me think a $199 price for 16GB is possible: http://tinyurl.com/o5e5kw
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BTW iSuppli's BoM for the Palm Pre must be wrong because it doesn't actually have autofocus! Also, OMAP3 for $11? Uhh no.
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If you ever wondered why camera auto-focus isn't more common in phones, just look at this BoM: http://tinyurl.com/ojmkhu
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