A real-world dam collapse event is simulated using a 1.8 million cell domain with CPU and GPU hardware available from three mainstream vendors.
With HP buying VoodooPC last week and Dell purchasing Alienware earlier this year, there's been more than a few comments around the Web on how these mainstream vendors will impact the quality of the boutiques.
"We expect average selling prices to continue to compress as more mainstream vendors utilize low-cost components to better compete with the whitebox tablet vendors that continue to enjoy widespread traction in the market despite typically offering lower-quality products and poorer customer experiences," writes Tom Mainelli, research director for tablets.
But, to illustrate just what the differences are between a large, mainstream-vendor gaming box and a boutique machine, ExtremeTech did a little head-to-head testing on a $3,745 Gateway FX510XT and a Falcon Northwest Mach V priced at $7,295.
After a decade and a half of this arrangement Caterpillar this year decided to dismantle the in-house shop; the assets will presumably wind up with a mainstream fund vendor.
As you begin your process of narrowing down potential photographers for your wedding day, check with your friends and family via social media as well as mainstream wedding vendor sites such as WeddingWire.com and MyWedding.com.
Samsung has tapped Quanta, Compal, and Pegatron – three mainstream hardware vendors – to examine the possibility of outsourcing orders.
"The supergamer segment is not really part of the consumer PC landscape, and these are the edges of the market that the (mainstream PC) vendors have lost," says Bruce Stephen, PC analyst with the Framingham, Mass.-based research firm International Data Corp. IDCC).
But before the Imp becomes a mainstream consumer product, hardware vendors need to actually adopt the platform and start adding Imp-compatible slots into their devices.
But peddling papers for petty cash is only part of a long-term plan to integrate the homeless vendor back into the mainstream work force by building up self-confidence and social interaction.
Max Wright, author of the Bitcoin Revolution, estimates that Bitcoin will go mainstream — i.e. where multiple vendors in the vast majority of niches accept Bitcoin as payment — in the next 24-36 months. 24-36 months
