Just learned we lost one of our own bloggers. (well if you call me that) Utakz is one on my MSN account and we had our differences but more importantly I counted him as a friend.) Didn't relize he was so young, Born almost 20 years after me. Utakz would get some great scoops that would be the envy of us all. May you rest in peace. Aaron Lukas.
I would like to thank Long Zheng for making the tribute plate for us to post.
Douglas (Eldoen)
preparing the system to test Avalon's support for speech API
While it appears that we have a few more years to support real dictation, it is Fun to experiment with today's technology.
this message was written using XP's built-in speech support. With minor Correctionup but .
most sorry for any mistakes just playing with the technology I will say that Dragon Speaking Naturally is light years ahead with dictation from 5 years ago.
Hoping we will see an updated recognition engine during the Avalon beta
Douglas
Well I have given a few days. sorry. Medical issues in the family. Nothing as bad as in the past but non the less needed time to take care of it.
But in the first installment I was giving an example of 2 engines and the fact that they are Identical and left it at that.
The important part I left out was that the gear boxes are diffent on the motors and the engine running at 8500 RPM will actually push the car along faster.
So why did this start up. During the Microsoft/AMD Some people were asking when AMD is going to catch up on the GHz range that intel is at.
But the are comparing Apples to Oranges. When Intel Desinged the P4 they designed it primarily to win the GHz race that AMD beat them at. (hey I call them as I see it)
The P4 has some very nice designs to it. It can move Lots of Memory quickly, as a matter of fact it generally needs faster speced memory so that it doesn't become starved. There are several other nicities I won't get into (Intel processor are generally better at encodeing decodeing video either with or without Hyperthreading)
But in that Design change the Gear box was changed. In CPU design terms. the Processor actually perfoms less Instructions per Clock cycle. Some to the tune that P4's when first produced and with the PIII still around under performed them.
In chip design there are always tradeoffs to be made. for heat contraints etc.
While I won't say frequncy doesn't matter, (it does) there are a ton of other issues that must be taken into consideration when considering a Chip. a 3.5 or 4.0 GHz chip may not be better than a 2.5 or 3.0 GHz chip. or it may even be the same when all the aspects of computing are taken into consideration.
As we quickly approach the limitations of Silicon and lithography issues become even more contrained. (each die shrink puts more issues at hand as we get into the quantum instabilities of atoms and electrons)
The next few gens of processors are going to be interesting to say the least.
Well we are having major storms in my area so satallite is down and missed the MTV preview. But was sent this link Enjoy.
http://msxb.wmod.llnwd.net/a274/o2/ourcolony/TheColony_v1_750k.wmv
post here if you want one. put in the reply with the http address so that the email script jockies don't get it .
douglas
I have always been a Geek and a Loner all my life. but did break out of that as I grew older.
I have 3 brothers. The Youngest Shawn passed away this past week at the age of 28. This Friday would have been his 29th birthday. He leaves behind his wife Victoria, and 2 children Michael Dale and Morgan Brooke.
Needless to say it has been a long week this week. The more important things in life family, friends. Unfortunately with my brother being so young there is very little for the kids or his wife. if anyone wishes to help out get in contact with me at drhent at hotmail dot com. Just keep us in your prayers.
Douglas R. Husemann