Want to buy that cool new video game but are unsure how much memory or what kind of processor your computer uses so you can make sure the software will work?
The System Information box will give you plenty of details about your hardware and software, like what kind of processor your computer has and how much RAM is installed.
TeraGen's approach builds on this idea, but generalises it so that the company's custom-built chips can translate instructions from, and hence emulate, more than one kind of processor at a time.Although Transmeta has not disclosed its plans, a patent granted to the company in November 1998 suggests that it is also working on a processor based on generalised micro-operations.
But this kind of processor distribution, although adequate for low and some steps of mid-level image processing, is not suitable for complex algorithms with more complex data dependencies.
Update (5:02PM ET): Neither Samsung nor Microsoft dug into what kind of processor the ATIV S has under the hood, but Qualcomm confirmed to PC Magazine that it's an MSM8260A.
It packs as much RAM and the same kind of processor as smartphones that lead the category in terms of specs, like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M8) – yet it manages to do so at a fraction (more than 1/2) the price of those devices.
In the past year, Nvidia's stock has almost tripled, and as applications like computer vision and autonomous driving require a different kind of processor Nvidia has not only seen demand for GPUs explode, but also found ways to position itself as the company for AI hardware.
iiView went a bit low end on the processor, so using any kind of online video (like say Hulu, or YouTube) will be pretty much impossible on the Intel Atom N270.
However, in HDC systems, processors and networks are not failure free and any kind of failure may be critical to the running applications.
"If processors are following food-safety guidelines, they are substantially reducing the risks of any kind of contamination," he said.
