Keeping DRM in place may not be enough
By Ian Williams: Monday, 08 September 2008
MEDIA PLAYER FIRM Real has got the movie industry up in arms over its new RealDVD software that allows users to legally copy DVDs to a computer. Unlike most other DVD-ripper programs which have been around for ages, Real Networks reckons its software keeps the existing security on the disc in place, it even adds another layer of protection preventing the copied files from being distributed around too much. Basically RealDVD takes a complete snapshot of the disc, including all the extras, soundtracks and even that annoying anti-piracy ad that pops up at the beginning of every movie these days. Users can then watch their movies and TV shows without having to keep popping discs in and out, an attractive notion for travellers. Currently the system won't even image discs that have no copyright protection, assuming that they must be dodgy. Seems safe enough, but our friends at the MPAA tend to get a tad jumpy around anything that could possibly eat into its exorbitant and outdated revenue streams and has said it needs time to check out Real's claims before it decides if it will endorse the product or want to have a quiet word with Real.
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Monday, September 8, 2008
AMD reckons Cinema 2.0 will change the gaming scene
Charlie Boswell promises a whole new digital world
By Ian Williams: Monday, 08 September 2008
FOR YEARS, THERE has been a massive chasm between the worlds of movies and games, and those who attempted to cross it have usually fallen short and plummeted into the inky blackness below. That gap is getting smaller and soon the line between interactive movie and immersive game are going to become increasingly blurred, according to AMD's director of digital media, Charlie Boswell. Boswell recently had a few minutes to sit down with The INQ to discuss Cinema 2.0, which he describes as, "a vision and a roadmap that is going to usher in a new expectation that users are going to have about the technology experience. " Bold words indeed, but Boswell was able to back them up with a lot of information about the idea, calling it an "amazing immersive experience on an AMD based platform." "I can make this statement because of AMD's involvement in both the entertainment industry and the gaming industry," he added, explaining how the company had spent the last eight years working very closely with some of the most famous Hollywood directors including the likes of George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez.
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By Ian Williams: Monday, 08 September 2008
FOR YEARS, THERE has been a massive chasm between the worlds of movies and games, and those who attempted to cross it have usually fallen short and plummeted into the inky blackness below. That gap is getting smaller and soon the line between interactive movie and immersive game are going to become increasingly blurred, according to AMD's director of digital media, Charlie Boswell. Boswell recently had a few minutes to sit down with The INQ to discuss Cinema 2.0, which he describes as, "a vision and a roadmap that is going to usher in a new expectation that users are going to have about the technology experience. " Bold words indeed, but Boswell was able to back them up with a lot of information about the idea, calling it an "amazing immersive experience on an AMD based platform." "I can make this statement because of AMD's involvement in both the entertainment industry and the gaming industry," he added, explaining how the company had spent the last eight years working very closely with some of the most famous Hollywood directors including the likes of George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez.
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AMD FireStream 9250
By GPUCafe 9/08/08
RV770 has been a run away success story for AMD, in form of a class leading performance product (4870X2) as well as offering a very good performance/price ratios (4850/4870). Now AMD brings the same price/performance approach to its stream computing class of products; the AMD FireStream 9250. Based on the RV770 GPU; FireStream 9250 packs in 800 Shader processors coupled with 1GB of 256-bit GDDR3 memory. FireStream 9250 is available in a single-slot form factor compared to its older sibling the dual-slot 9170. The compact size of the 9250 should enable it to fit in 1U servers as well as most desktop workstations. The power consumption for 9250 has also gone up (150W) compared to the 9170 (100W) but the efficiency (GFlops/Watt) is still improved by 60% thanks largely to the huge jump in computational horse power. In terms of double-precision floating point performance, the FireStream 9250 is the fastest processor in the world.
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RV770 has been a run away success story for AMD, in form of a class leading performance product (4870X2) as well as offering a very good performance/price ratios (4850/4870). Now AMD brings the same price/performance approach to its stream computing class of products; the AMD FireStream 9250. Based on the RV770 GPU; FireStream 9250 packs in 800 Shader processors coupled with 1GB of 256-bit GDDR3 memory. FireStream 9250 is available in a single-slot form factor compared to its older sibling the dual-slot 9170. The compact size of the 9250 should enable it to fit in 1U servers as well as most desktop workstations. The power consumption for 9250 has also gone up (150W) compared to the 9170 (100W) but the efficiency (GFlops/Watt) is still improved by 60% thanks largely to the huge jump in computational horse power. In terms of double-precision floating point performance, the FireStream 9250 is the fastest processor in the world.
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