October 2005

October 4, 2005 by yorksranter 0 comments

HOWTO: Configure a Qtek 8100 for Vodafone GPRS

Step one: Don’t call Vodafone customer service when you find that the thing was delivered without GPRS access settings. Step two: Don’t assume that the settings are on your SIM card. Step three: Don’t believe the Vodafone propaganda that they have a “GPRS Helpline” – your call goes through to the generic helpline in the…

October 3, 2005 by yorksranter 0 comments

Singapore Blogging: RFID Nation

One field where Singapore keeps up with its reputation for barely concealed dictatorship is the use of mass surveillance technology. You can’t use the new tube system, nor the older light rail system, without being issued a reuseable plastic card as a ticket that triggers the barriers at a distance. (You are strongly encouraged to…

October 3, 2005 by yorksranter 0 comments

Shocked, Shocked, to find gambling in this casino!

Guess who’s got their US Department of Defense jet fuel credit rating back? Our old friends Irbis Air Company! Check out the PDF, here: issued on the 23rd of September, DODAAC contract no. TBKZ01. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

Is cold-lay tar any good? – Meon-UK
PCSMs tend to have a poor reputation for early failure, mainly due to incorrect installation and sometimes due to user expectations beyond the realistic limits of the material.
AI server demand fuels DRAM titans battle over HBM
The second advantage of NCF lies in heat dissipation performance. Compared to MR-MUF, which relies on backfill materials, the more critical factor is the metal density during stacking, which provides better thermal conductivity. With more silicon vias, heat dissipation can reach the top layer from the bottom layer
Will Naver's bilateral collaboration with Samsung and Intel on AI work out?
so really they're secondsourcing between the Sammy and Intel Gaudi
SoftBank is said in talks to buy troubled AI chip firm Graphcore
SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to acquire Graphcore Ltd., a struggling British semiconductor startup once valued at $2.8 billion, according to people familiar with the deals.
IBM Launches Power Server for AI Workloads, Core-Cloud-Edge - High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC
IBM POWER10 AI edge inference server. I am sure the few people who want such a thing want it very much!
RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain - The New York Times
The doctor believed that the abnormality seen on his scans “was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” Mr. Kennedy said in the deposition...About the same time he learned of the parasite, he said, he was also diagnosed with mercury poisoning, most likely from […]
Marvell Technology, Inc. (MRVL) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha
we project significant revenue contributions from our AI cloud optimized programs, well in excess of our prior estimate of a couple of hundred million dollars in fiscal 2025. In fact, as our cloud optimized AI silicon programs reach high-volume production, we expect our overall cloud optimized revenue to exceed $200 million exiting the fourth quarter. […]
Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha
Q1 networking revenue of $3.3 billion grew 46% year-on-year, representing 45% of our semiconductor revenue. This was largely driven by strong demand for our custom AI accelerators at our 2 hyperscale customers...I know we told you in December, our revenue from AI would be 25% of our full year semiconductor revenue. We now expect revenue […]
Broadcom Inc (AVGO) Enabling AI Infrastructure Investor Meeting (Transcript) | Seeking Alpha
the 600W chip is presumably the Google TPU v5p
The ANC treats Anglo American as both national champion and national piñata
Recently, in co-operation with government, they have provided private security to guard railway lines targeted by criminal gangs // that's....quite some degree of erosion of the state.