Advanced technology

Cell processor

Mainstream processor development is mostly targeted at compatibility andContinuity. Thus, the processor market is dominated by x86 compatible CPUsSince more than two decades now. Several new concepts tried to gain someMarket share, but it was not possible to overtake the old compatibility drivenConcepts. A group of three corporates tries another way to come into theMarket with a new idea, the cell design. The cell processor is a new try toLeverage the increasing amount of transistors per die in an efficient way. TheNew processor is targeted at the game console and consumer electronics marketTo enhance the quality of these devices. This will lead to a wide spreading,And if everybody has two or more cell processors in TV, game console or PDA, ThisPaper gives a short overview of the architecture and several programmingIdeas which help to exploit the whole processing power of the cell processor. above allthis paper explains the advancement in cell processors and their applications in modern life.it also explains the design specifications, hardware and software of the cellprocessors.And explains how The Cell processor represents an incredible leap in computing technology, and it is debuting in the consumer market.
Cell provides a breakthrough solution by adopting flexible parallel and distributed computing architecture consisting of independent, multi-core floating point processors for rich media processing. With the capability to support multiple operating systems, Cell can perform both PC/WS operating systems as well as real-time CE/Game operating systems at the same time. Scalability offered by Cell can be utilized for broader applications, from small digital CE systems within the home to other entertainment applications for rendering movies, and to the big science applications as supercomputers.

Blue ray disk

When the CD was introduced in the early '80s, it meant an enormous leap from traditional media. Not only did it offer a significant improvement in audio quality, its primary application, but its 650 MB storage capacity also meant a giant leap in data storage and retrieval. At the same time, the DVD spec used the same form factor as the CD, allowing for seamless migration to the next generation format and offering full backwards compatibility. Now, in the next millennium, high definition video demands a new solution. History proved that a significant 5-10 x increase in storage capacity and the ability to play previous generation formats are key elements for a new format to succeed. This new format has arrived with the advent of Blu-ray Disc, the only format that offers a considerable increase in storage capacity with its 25 to 50 GB data capacity. This allows for the next big application of optical media: the distribution and recording of high definition video in the highest possible quality. In fact, no other proposed format can offer the data capacity of Blu-ray Disc, and no other format will allow for the same high video quality and interactive features to create the ultimate user experience. In future Blu-ray Disc capable of holding 200 GB of data on a single side, using six 33 GB data layers will be available.

4G technology

The ever-increasing growth of user demand, the limitations of the third generationof wireless mobile communication systems, and the emergence of new mobilebroadband technologies on the market have brought researchers and industries toa thorough reflection on the fourth generation. Many prophetic visions haveappeared in the literature presenting 4G as the ultimate boundary of wirelessmobile communication without any limit to its potential, but in practical terms notgiving any design rules and thus any definition of it. In this article we give a pragmaticdefinition of 4G derived from a new user-centric methodology that considersthe user as the “cornerstone” of the design. In this way, we devise fundamentaluser scenarios that implicitly reveal the key features of 4G, which are thenexpressed explicitly in a new framework — the “user-centric” system — thatdescribes the various level of interdependency among them. This approach consequentlycontributes to the identification of the real technical step-up of 4G withrespect to 3G. Finally, an example of a potential 4G application is also given inorder to demonstrate the validity of the overall methodology. Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is a branch of Science which deals with helping machines find solutions to complex problems in a more human-like fashion. This generally involves borrowing characteristics from human intelligence, and applying them as algorithms in a computer friendly way. A more or less flexible or efficient approach can be taken depending on the requirements established, which influences how artificial the intelligent behaviour appears.
AI is generally associated with Computer Science, but it has many important links with other fields such as Maths, Psychology, Cognition, Biology and Philosophy, among many others. Our ability to combine knowledge from all these fields will ultimately benefit our progress in the quest of creating an intelligent artificial being.